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FOI #23-352

SciLeads

Name: Niamh Collett

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 02/28/23 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 #23-350

Fire Records

Name: Elizabeth Knight Adams

Affiliation: The Adams Law Firm P.C.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: This letter is a request for any/ all records you maintain regarding any incident; to which the Fire Department responded at Kappa Alpha Lambda, Building B2, 25 Laurel Way, Husky Village,
and it's adjacent building, Gamma Phi Beta, 20 Laurel Way, Husky Village, on November 18, 2022.

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FOI #23-349 (07-17-23, 5:50 pm)

Non-conference football game contracts

Name: Kevin Kelley

Affiliation: BRI Solutions, LLC

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2023

Request Date End: 07/17/2023

Details: 1. All University of Connecticut football game contracts, amendments, and/or cancellations for non-conference opponents for the 2024 season through the 2040 season (DATED OR EXECUTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2023).

2. If not covered by No. 1, a copy of the contract with Syracuse University for a football game in 2024.

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FOI #23-345

Central Utility Plant Boiler Replacement project #300151

Name: Hope Redding

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I have updated and attached our FOIA letter requesting additional certified payroll records submitted by the following list of contractors for work performed on UConn’s Central Utility Plant Boiler Replacement project #300151, located at 240 Glenbrook Road, Storrs CT. We can accept the responsive records electrically. If you have questions or need anything further on our end, please let me know.

• Ferguson Electric for Wk ending 5.21.23 through to the present
• Ferguson Mechanical for Wk ending 5.21.23 through to the present
• Sullivan Benson for Wk ending 5.6.23 through to the present

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FOI #23-344 (07-17-23, 11:47 am)

Tonya Cardoza Contract

Name: Maggie Vanoni

Affiliation: Hearst CT Media

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 07/01/2023

Request Date End: 07/15/2023

Details: Under the state of Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting a copy of the employment contract between the University of Connecticut and women's basketball assistant coach Tonya Cardoza. Thank you!

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FOI #23-343 (07-17-23, 5:02 am)

Jessica Alba May 2023 Statements on Systemic Sexism and University of California Interpretation of 1986 Immigration Reform & Control Act

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

Affiliation: Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL): https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 12/23/2009

Request Date End: 07/17/2023

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the formal/informal ties that exist between UConn, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the University of California; [2] the University of California (UC) as a post-secondary academic institution, which has (i) on September 07th 2022 published through its Los Angeles (UCLA) campus a proposal in favor of hiring “undocumented students for positions within UC even if they lack employment authorization under federal immigration law;” (ii) provided persuasive arguments that they should not be bound by the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), in particular 8 U.S.C Section 1324a because they are not specifically mentioned; (iii) on May 18th 2023 agreed to find a pathway to hire students who lack legal status and work permits; [3] Jessica Alba as a woman, who (i) was born April 28th 1981 in Pomona, California; (ii) believes that she has had a tough childhood in part because of the systemic racism that her ancestors of Mexican national origin have gone through; (iii) believes that there’s systemic sexism embedded throughout U.S society; (iv) says that she’s previously been called “delusional;” (v) believes that the U.S government has not provided “enough oversight to make sure that people have a robust safety standard, which didn’t poison them;” [4] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black man, who (i) came to the U.S.A on an F-1 visa in December 2009 for the purpose of obtaining a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree from Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri); (ii) was previously issued by the DHS an Employment Authorization Document (EAD); (iii) has in Calendar Year 2014 initiated contact with the DHS on the subject of his employment history with the Missouri Department of Mental Health (MODMH) Fulton State Hospital (FSH) after they had issued him an EAD; (iv) has in good-faith informed the DHS in July 2016 that he would be leaving the territory of the U.S.A; (v) has in good-faith informed the DHS in Calendar Year 2017 that he had obtained a B.A Degree from Westminster College; (vi) has in the past had his FOIA request with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) processed in the “simple” track when it pertained to DHS matters; (vii) expects the EEOC to break the precedent they have set for themselves (in FOIA Request Case No.: 280 – 2020 – 000469) by assigning his future FOIA requests on DHS related matters to the “complex” track and afterwards labelling them “unreasonable;” (viii) has previously visited the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI); [5] your discussions about the NMAI as a diverse and multifaceted cultural and educational enterprise, which (i) defines the term “treaty” as a “solemn agreement between sovereign nations;” (ii) has on its website and their museums displayed the treaties that the U.S government signed with the Indian Nations only to afterwards break them...

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FOI #23-342

Donations

Name: Gregory Tarone

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: All donations by Thomas O. Farrish to the University of Connecticut, UConn Department of Athletics, and the UConn Foundation for the years 2013 through 2023 to date, no matter where and what.

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FOI #23-341 (07-13-23, 3:57 pm)

Sia AI

Name: Athena Hawkins

Affiliation: The Daily Dot

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2018

Request Date End: 07/13/2023

Details: Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I’d like to make the following records request from University of Connecticut from January 1, 2018 to the date this request is processed:

- Any existing contracts between the University of Connecticut and OneOrigin Inc including, but not limited to, contracts between OneOrigin Inc and the university’s admissions office, recruitment office, financial aid office or enrollment office
- Any documents or reports related to the use of the AI tool Sia or SiaHigherEd in university activities, including admissions, recruitment, enrollment and financial aid
- Any documents or reports detailing anonymized datasets or inputs used to train AI tools, including Sia or SiaHigherEd
- Any documents or reports assessing the efficacy Sia or SiaHigherEd in processes such as admissions, recruitment, enrollment, or financial aid
- Any emails from the domain @uconn.edu mentioning the word “Sia”
- Any correspondence sent from the email domain @oneorigin.us to the email domain @uconn.edu
- Any correspondence sent from the email domain @uconn.edu to the email domain @oneorigin.us

I’d like to receive copies of these records in a digital format by email at athenafhawkins@gmail.com, if possible.

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FOI #23-340 (07-13-23, 10:55 am)

AI tools

Name: Patrick Eaton-Robb

Affiliation: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2022

Request Date End: 07/13/2023

Details: Pursuant to the state open records law, Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. Secs. 1-200 to 1-241, I write to request access to and an electronic copy of any reports or correspondence related to the use of artificial intelligence tools, including but not limited to Social Sentinel/Navigate 360 for the purpose of monitoring the social media activities of members of the UConn community. This includes the use of these tools by UCPD. Thank you.

Pat Eaton-Robb
AP, Hartford

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FOI #23-337

Text Messages

Name: Jonthan Husky

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Text messages sent to and from Daniel Toscano between 06/01/2021 and 12/31/2021 containing the keywords “vaccine,” and/or “Covid,” and/or “mask,” and/or “HEERF (or heerf),” and/or “tracing.”

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