Anthology contracts

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

1) All active contracts, statements of work, data sharing agreements, or other agreements between the university and Anthology regarding the Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight products.

2) All policies, manuals, and other instructional material provided to university staff regarding the proper use of Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight predictive models.

3) The data dictionary (sometimes called a data library) for the university's Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight systems. A data dictionary lists and defines the fields in a database, it does not contain the actual data.

4) Records documenting the following information about each Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight predictive model the university uses:

a) The purpose of the model (e.g., the audience is built for and the prediction it is making)
b) The input variables, thresholds, and weights.
c) The accuracy (including measures such as AUC, true vs. false positives, specificity, etc.)
d) The results of any validation or disparate impact tests.

Please note that I am not requesting any student data, but rather records describing the district's predictive models.

I ask that all fees be waived as I am a journalist and intend to use the requested records to publish articles in the public interest about the operations of a government agency. If you choose to impose fees, I ask that you provide an explanation of the fees.

If you choose to reject this request or redact portions of responsive documents, I ask that you cite the statutory exemptions and associated case law underlying your decision to withhold each portion from public review.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Todd Feathers