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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129514936" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Just to add to the discussion about how these sorts of things are sometimes kept from view--shouldn't create any adversarial issues--here's a recent article from the UConn side of things as the Hartford paper tried to get FOIA info on UConn's attempts at the P5 (much like the Cincy paper did to UC):excerpt(s):the <a href="http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-jacobs-column-susan-herbst-power-5-0218-20160217-column.html">Hartford Courant</a> submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to UConn for documents related to the university’s efforts to get into a P5. In a response that should have surprised no one, the school said there were no relevant documents............So let’s get into this. The FOIA entitles the public to access to public records or files produced by or in the control of public agencies (and UConn qualifies as a public agency).Here’s what a public record is under the law: any recorded data or information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, received or retained by a public agency, or to which a public agency is entitled to receive a copy by law or contract under section 1-218, whether such data or information be handwritten, typed, tape-recorded, printed, photostated, photographed or recorded by any other method.What we know: Former Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese is under contract to advise President Susan Herbst on all athletic matters. We’ve looked through UConn’s active contracts, and Tranghese’s isn’t there, presumably because he’s being paid by the UConn Foundation. [Editor’s note: A Dime Back has submitted its own Freedom of Information request on the subject] Tranghese has his own firm, MT Consulting, and any documents produced or in the control of the firm that did not end up in the control of UConn are not FOI-able. So any emails sent by Tranghese that don’t go to or from a uconn.edu or ct.gov address would not be subject to disclosure. Any communication done by or through the UConn Foundation, which is a private, non-profit entity, is also not FOI-able. Emails sent from personal accounts are also not FOI-able unless they are done so by state employees regarding state business.<a href="http://adimeback.com/of-course-uconn-is-trying-to-get-into-a-p5/">http://adimeback.com/of-course-uconn-is-trying-to-get-into-a-p5/</a><a href="http://adimeback.com/of-course-uconn-is-trying-to-get-into-a-p5/">http://adimeback.com/of-course-uconn-is-trying-to-get-into-a-p5/</a></blockquote>

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