AAALAC Records
Name: Lindsey Soffes
Affiliation: Rise for Animals
Location: UConn Health
Request Date Start: 01/01/2020
Request Date End: 12/10/2024
Details: This submission serves as a request for public records pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, C.T. Gen. Stat. § 1-200 et seq.
We are writing to request copies of any and all records regarding and/or concerning University of Connecticut – including but not limited to University of Connecticut Health Center (UConn Health) – accreditation by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (“AAALAC”). The requested records shall include, but not be limited to, communications, correspondence, memoranda, messages, and/or other exchanges between the University of Connecticut and AAALAC (including any of its employees, agents, and/or representatives), as well as any records that were not exchanged between the University of Connecticut and AAALAC but mention or relate to AAALAC accreditation. This request specifically includes, but is not limited to:
--Program Descriptions and similar records requested by AAALAC from the University of Connecticut and/or submitted by the University of Connecticut to AAALAC;
--Annual reports submitted by the University of Connecticut to AAALAC;
--Records related to planned and/or actual site visits by AAALAC, including preparations for the site visit and AAALAC findings, recommendations, and accreditation status;
--Adverse events not already included in an annual report to AAALAC, including any records regarding how adverse USDA inspection findings relate to, or affect, accreditation; and
--Records pertaining to fees or any other monies paid by the University of Connecticut to AAALAC and/or requested by AAALAC from the University of Connecticut.
The date range for this request is January 1, 2020, to the present.
If the University of Connecticut does not maintain these public records, please let us know which organization or agency does maintain these records. If you deny all or any part of this request, please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the denial and the appellate procedure available by law.
Connecticut law requires that this request be responded to within four (4) business days. See C.T. Gen. Stat. § 1-205(a). If a delay in response to or fulfillment of this request is anticipated, please contact us regarding when we may expect access to the requested records.
We kindly ask that, if possible, our request be fulfilled electronically by email attachment to lindsey@riseforanimals.org.
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