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FOI #25-318

Certified Payroll Records

Name: Hope Redding

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: We are requesting certified payroll records submitted by the contractors listed below for work performed in the University of Connecticut New School of Nursing Project No. 300260, located at 1356 Storrs Rd., Mansfield, CT. The CM is Lee Kennedy Co., Inc. The GC is BOND Brothers. Please let me know if you have trouble opening the attachment and/or if you need anything further on our end.

• Advance Resources
• Banton Construction
• Barall & Konover Floors
• Ferguson Mechanical, and their subs
• M. Frank Higgins & Co
• Richards Corp
• Scholar Painting and Restoration
• Shepard Steel and their subs
• Steeltech
• System One
• Wayne J Griffin

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FOI #25-317 (07-30-25, 8:20 am)

Athletics Spending

Name: David Covucci

Affiliation: FOIAball

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 06/01/2025

Request Date End: 06/30/2025

Details: Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following documents from your department.
The most recent statement (including transactions) for any credit, procurement, or spending cards issued by the university for the following individuals.

Jim Mora

A copy of any credit, procurement, or spending card statement (including transactions) for the following dates. 12/25/2024-1/10/2025, for the above-named individual.
The most recent statement (including transactions) the university has received documenting or detailing credit card spending from any funding or booster group for the above-named individuals, should they exist.

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,
David

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FOI #25-316 (07-28-25, 11:51 am)

Russell Reynolds Associates

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Hello,
I am requesting a copy of all contracts, budget documentation, internal correspondence, and memos related to the University's agreement to hire Russell Reynolds Associates for the search for Executive Vice President for Operations and CFO for the Storrs and regional campuses

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FOI #25-315 (07-25-25, 9:26 am)

Public Records Request Regarding Music Licensing Services

Name: Jerry michael

Affiliation: N/A

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/02/2024

Request Date End: 07/25/2025

Details: I am requesting access to records that document any purchases, vendor agreements, or expenditures related to music licensing services by University of Connecticut including its constituent colleges, schools, departments, and athletic programs.

Specifically, I am requesting the following documents covering the period January 1, 2024 to present:

All contracts, purchase orders, or agreements with any vendors or services providing music licensing, synchronization rights, royalty-free music, or audio content libraries for commercial or educational use (e.g., for marketing, promotional videos, athletic department media, podcasts, or events).
All invoices or receipts for music licensing services purchased via P-card (procurement card), credit card, or university accounts.
A list of any vendors or platforms from which music or music licenses were obtained (including, but not limited to: Epidemic Sound, Artlist, Musicbed, Soundstripe, Storyblocks, Universal Production Music, APM Music, Audiio, Dewolfe Music, Envato, etc.).

This is to enable us better understand how U.S higher education institutions are partnering with music licensing companies, particularly as video content becomes an increasingly important part of campus communications and marketing.

If responsive documents exist in both physical and digital format, I request access to the digital versions. If any part of this request is unclear or too broad, I am happy to provide clarification.

Please inform me in advance of any potential costs. If any portions of the requested records are exempted from disclosure, please redact only those portions and provide the remaining materials, citing the specific exemption used.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
Jerry Michael

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FOI #25-313 (-23-25, 1:18 pm)

Athletics and Finance

Name: Silas Fausset

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I need electronic copies of the 2024 NCAA financial records sent to my email please.

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FOI #25-312 (07-22-25, 12:09 am)

Basketball Coaching Contracts

Name: Richard O'Leary

Affiliation: On3 Sports / Media

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 07/22/2025

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Hello! I'd like to request the most updated contracts for the following basketball coaches.

- Geno Auriemma
- Chris Dailey
- Jamelle Elliott
- Morgan Valley
- Tonya Cardoza

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FOI #25-310 (07-21-25, 12:28 pm)

Vendor payments for FY24

Name: Janis Farese

Affiliation: American Transparency

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 07/21/2025

Request Date End: 08/08/2025

Details: I am requesting a Check Register Report, preferably in .pdf, .csv, or .xlsx format of any and all vendor payment transactions for FY24(July 1,2023-June 30, 2024). Please include vendor names, transaction date, and check/ACH amount.

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FOI #25-308

Purchase Orders

Name: Isabelle Verebelyi

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I am interested in receiving purchasing records from University of Connecticut for purchases made from 01/03/2025 to present. I work for a company called SciLeads and would like to use the information for commercial purposes.

The information I'm interested in includes:
1. Purchase order number or equivalent
2. Purchase order date
3. Line item details
4. Line item quantity
5. Line item price
6. Vendor name
7. Delivery Address

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FOI #25-307 (07-21-25, 8:53 am)

Sexual misconduct investigation records

Name: Katherine Revello

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act 1-200 et seq., I am requesting access to the following records for the time period beginning January 1, 2023 to the present:

- any records related to the investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against faculty or staff members, including disciplinary files and investigation reports, or any other document that was compiled while investigating a claim of sexual misconduct
- any employment contracts or agreements signed by faculty or staff members who were investigated for sexual misconduct

Please include any attachments or appendices attached to responsive documents.

I am requesting these documents in electronic format.

This information is not being sought for commercial purposes. As a member of the news media, I am seeking disclosure of these records for the purposes of informing the public about investigations into sexual misconduct at public universities. I therefore ask that any fees associated with this request be waived, as disclosure of the requested information is in the public's interest. If this is not possible, I request to be informed in advanced if fees associated with this request exceed $10.

The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act requires a response within four business days. If processing any part of this request will take longer, please provide a time frame for when I can expect to receive records. I am willing to receive responsive records in batches.

If any part of this request is denied, please cite specific exemptions in each instance where access to records is being denied which you feel justifies the refusal to release information. Please also notify me of appeal procedures available under the law.

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FOI #25-306 (07-18-25, 7:18 am)

Saturday, June 11th 2022 Employment Related Murder of Riley Whitelaw and OSF.IO/MCDBE

Name: Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 05/13/2011

Request Date End: 07/18/2025

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the legal and financial obligations that your local/state government would incur in the event a female employee is murdered on the job after being sexually harassed during the performance of her duties; [2] Walgreens as a for-profit drugstore corporation, which has never issued a press release (i) recognizing that Riley Whitelaw was on (or around) June 11th 2022 murdered as an employee of Walgreens after being sexually harassed during the performance of her job duties; (ii) affirming that it would initiate contact with the Colorado Civil Rights Division, the Department of Labor and/or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to invite them to launch an honest and thorough investigation in order to assess whether there’s a systemic form of sexism in their workplace environments that ultimately led to the June 11th 2022 employment related murder of Riley Whitelaw; [3] Riley Whitelaw as a former female employee of Walgreens who (i) was found by the courts of the Colorado government to have been murdered after being sexually harassed during the performance of her job duties at Walgreens; (ii) had prior to her June 11th 2022 murder filed a sexual harassment complaint against the person who would go on to murder her; (iii) was prior to her June 11th 2022 employment related murder attending Air Academy High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado); (iv) was posthumously awarded an honorary high-school diploma from Air Academy High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado); [4] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) and a former Missouri state government employee (listed on the Missouri Accountability Portal) who has witnessed his written content paradoxically being subjected to frenzy before they were filtered and distorted by internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL and Bing/MSN following his decision to recognize that the June 11th 2022 employment related murder of Riley Whitelaw could have been prevented if management personnel at Walgreens (i) had taken the concerns of Riley Whitelaw seriously at the time she told them that she was being sexually harassed by Joshua Taylor Johnson (in Calendar Year 2021); (ii) didn’t make Riley Whitelaw choose between extra-money while working with Joshua Taylor Johnson or a cut in her paycheck; (iii) had in good-faith improved the working conditions of Riley Whitelaw by terminating the employment of Joshua Taylor Johnson; (iv) were in good faith engaged in “proactively combatting workplace harassment...”

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