Name: Andrew Ramjit
Affiliation: Lambda Theta Phi
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: 01/01/2025
Request Date End: 12/22/2025
Details: Requesting all information regarding the investigation into Lambda Theta Phi in 2025 leading up the expulsion of the fraternity from the University of Connecticut.
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Name: Kathie Deptula
Affiliation: Withheld.
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: 12/20/2025
Request Date End: Withheld.
Details: I would like copies of proposed site location of the golf practice facility
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Name: David Covucci
Affiliation: FOIAball
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: 01/01/2023
Request Date End: 12/19/2025
Details: Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following contracts from your university’s campus police department and potentially athletics department (regarding the last bullet).
Any contracts with any firm for facial recognition software (show as but not limited to FaceFirst, Incode) or facial recognition-enabled cameras (such as but not limited to Clearview AI, Verkada, Oosto).
Any contracts with any firm for other video surveillance software (show as but not limited to Flock).
Any contracts with any firms for social media monitoring software (such as but not limited to ZeroFox, Smarsh, or Critical Mention).
Any contracts with any firms for software designed to integrate or analyze data from surveillance technology, including surveillance target tracking and predictive policing software (such as Palantir or other data mining firms).
Any other contracts with companies that could be reasonably defined as surveillance tech. I’m happy to discuss this bullet point if it’s not searchable, but I request you use your best judgment.
Any contracts or notice of use of any contracts that could be reasonably defined as surveillance tech by any third-party vendors who handle stadium operations for your athletics teams.
I am requesting current contracts or any previous contracts from 2023 onward.
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Name:
Affiliation: Withheld.
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: 01/01/2010
Request Date End: 12/31/2025
Details: Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records regarding the use and procurement of ISMI-catchers, sometimes known as Stingrays, by UCPD. An ISMI-catcher is "a telephone eavesdropping device used for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking location data of mobile phone users" (per Wikipedia). Relevant records may include but are not exclusive to procurement records, equipment lists, and warrants for their use.
I would like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of surveillance as it relates to their right to privacy. This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.
The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act requires a response within four business days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
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Name: Chris Vannini
Affiliation: The Athletic
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: Withheld.
Request Date End: Withheld.
Details: The contract, term sheet and/or MOU for new football head coach Jason Candle.
Any exit agreements with former football head coach Jim Mora.
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Name: Jesse Dougherty
Affiliation: Washington Post
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: 11/01/2025
Request Date End: 12/15/2025
Details: All emails sent to or from accounts for David Benedict (athleticdirector@uconn.edu), Jason Butikofer (jason.butikofer@uconn.edu), Chris Grosse (christopher.grosse@uconn.edu), Bill Guerrero (william.guerrero@uconn.edu), William Peterson (william.peterson@uconn.edu) and men's basketball head coach Dan Hurley mentioning the terms “Royal Palm Invitational”, “Royal Palm”, “Dubai”, “United Arab Emirates” and/or "UAE”. The date range for this request is Nov. 1, 2025 to Dec. 15, 2025.
Please omit all summaries or compilations of news articles. Upon being informed of the results of this search, I may be willing to narrow the scope of my request.
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Name: Alex Andrejev
Affiliation: The Athletic
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: 02/01/2012
Request Date End: 03/01/2016
Details: Dear UConn Records Officer,
Pursuant to Connecticut open records laws, I am requesting copies of the following records in electronic format on a rolling basis as they are cleared for release:
— All emails, including attachments, to and from the inboxes of athleticdirector@uconn.edu and warde.manuel@uconn.edu from February 1, 2012, to March 1, 2016, with the following non-case sensitive keywords: “coach” AND “complaint”; “coach” AND “allegation”; “coach” AND “inappropriate”; “coach” AND “investigation”; “coach” AND “reprimand.” Please exclude documents from news aggregators or other similar bulk content services.
This records request is being filed in pursuit of a time-sensitive news story. Therefore, I ask that my request be expedited. I would like these records in electronic format, sent via email or other digital method, and released as they become available.
If you determine that any of the information qualifies for an exemption from disclosure, I ask you to note whether the exemption is discretionary, and if so, whether it is necessary in this case to exercise your discretion to withhold the information.
Also, I am a member of the news media as a journalist for The Athletic, and the requested documents are in the public interest and will not be used for commercial purposes. Therefore, I ask that all fees be waived in the processing of my request. If fees associated with this request will exceed $25, kindly notify me in advance of fulfilling this request.
Thank you in advance for your prompt attention.
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Name: David Covucci
Affiliation: FOIAball
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: 01/01/2025
Request Date End: 12/12/2025
Details: Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following documents from your athletics department.
Records regarding the total spending by your school’s football team on security and escorts from 1/1/2025 to 12/12/2025.
This includes: local police and sheriff departments, county and state agencies, federal agencies, and independent security contractors.
I am happy to accept a lump sum from whatever data you maintain, if that is easy enough.
If you can not provide that data, I am requesting all invoices you received from local police and sheriff departments, county and state agencies, any federal agencies, and independent security contractors.
While I am asking for documents specifically relating to football, if it is too difficult or time-consuming to parse records and separate out football, I will accept all department spending.
Please note that Connecticut law requires public agencies to respond to requests within four days of receiving them by either processing or denying the request, or providing written notice requesting an extension.
As I am an independent journalist engaged in legitimate newsgathering, I am requesting a fee waiver of any associated costs with this request. In lieu of a fee waiver, I am requesting a detailed invoice of any potential costs, if any, associated with this request.
Thank you very much!
David
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Name:
Affiliation: Withheld.
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: Withheld.
Request Date End: Withheld.
Details: I’d like to request electronic copies of new head football coach Jason Candle’s contract. The contract was announced by the school on December 8, 2025. If there is not an executed contract available, a letter of intent, term sheet, or other similar document will suffice.
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Name: Alyssa Tufano
Affiliation: Withheld.
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: 12/11/2025
Request Date End: 12/12/2025
Details: The complete RFP and current revenue agreement including any addenda, appendixes, and attachments between the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Department of Transportation for HuskyGo fixed route service provided by the Windham Region Transit Company.
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