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FOI #26-007 (01-6-26, 4:29 pm) - Subject - Department of Education (DoED) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Case No.: 21 – 00103 – F.
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation - Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the Department of Education (DoED) as a federal agency of the United States government which has on (or around) February 16th 2021 processed the FOIA request they had assigned Case No.: 21 – 00103 – F by (i) refusing to deny that Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W was 18 (eighteen) years of age (in the month of January 2010) when he was for the first time of his life informed what constitutes affirmative and effective consent in healthy sexual relationships on the campus of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri); (ii) refusing to deny that Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W was (in the month of January 2010) told of the April 05th 1986 rape and murder of Jeanne Ann Clery before being informed what constitutes affirmative and effective consent in healthy sexual relationships; (iii) refusing to deny that American colleges and universities that receive Title IX funding have a legal obligation to inform their freshmen undergraduate students what constitutes affirmative and effective consent at the very beginning of their undergraduate academic career; (iv) refusing to deny that American colleges and universities that receive Title IX funding have a legal obligation to inform their freshmen undergraduate students of the April 05th 1986 rape and murder of Jeanne Ann Clery; (v) confirming to Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W that they’ve previously held conversations with Lehigh University on Jeanne Clery’s time as an undergraduate student between August 1985 and April 1986; (vi) informing Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W that their search for responsive records located 1,456 (one thousand four hundred and fifty-six) pages of documents pertaining to Jeanne Clery’s time as an undergraduate student of Lehigh University between August 1985 and April 1986; (vii) informing Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W that they would redact all 1,456 pages of documents pertaining to Jeanne Clery’s time as an undergraduate student of Lehigh University between August 1985 and April 1986; [2] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who has witnessed his written publications paradoxically being subjected to frenzy before they were filtered and distorted on search engines such as AOL, Bing/MSN, Google and Yahoo following his decision to recognize that the DoED have processed the FOIA request they had assigned Case No.: 21 – 00103 – F by (i) confirming to Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W that they’ve previously held conversations with Lehigh University on Jeanne Clery’s time as an undergraduate student between August 1985 and April 1986; (ii) informing Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W that their search for responsive records located 1,456 (one thousand four hundred and fifty-six) pages of documents pertaining to Jeanne Clery’s time as an undergraduate student of Lehigh University between August 1985 and April 1986...
FOI #26-006 (01-6-26, 2:23 pm) - Subject - Copy of Rod Chance football contract
Name - TC Duty
Affiliation - OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Good morning, I would like to request a copy of Rod Chance, Assistant Football Coach's contract. He is the Pass Game Coordinator/Quarterback coach. He was recently hired. Thank you!
FOI #26-004 - Subject - Payments to AET Labs (2021–2024)
Name - Justin Turski
Affiliation -
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 1-200 et seq., I respectfully request copies of all records reflecting payments made to AET Labs (Advanced Educational Technologies - Essex, MA) during the calendar years 2021,2022, 2023, and 2024.
This request includes, but is not limited to:
• Payment records (including check/payment dates)
• Invoices
• Contracts or agreements
• Purchase orders
• Check registers or electronic payment records
1. Police Report reflecting details below in number 2;
2. 911 recording(s) regarding report(s) of the following the incident:
Date: November 15, 2025
Location: UConn - Storrs Campus outside Baldwin Hall North, Storrs, Connecticut
3. 911 transcript(s) regarding report(s) of the above incident;
4. 911 recording(s) regarding dispatch of emergency service(s) to the scene of the above accident;
5. 911 transcript( s) regarding dispatch of emergency service( s) to the scene of the above accident;
6. Any other materials, logs, or records created as a result of the above accident.
7. Any photographs or body/dash cam footage taken involving the incident referenced above.
I am interested in receiving purchasing records from University of Connecticut School of Medicine for purchases made from 7/18/2025 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
I am interested in receiving purchasing records from University of Connecticut for purchases made from 7/17/2025 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
FOI #25-567 (12-31-25, 11:30 am) - Subject - 2300065346
Name -
Affiliation -
All files and records relating to incident 2300065346 with the on campus police department. This request includes, but is not limited too, statements, notes, records, communications and body cam footage.
FOI #25-566 (12-30-25, 4:52 pm) - Subject - RFP UCHC-203976310X: UConn Health Cybersecurity Assessment
Name - Hannah Burnley
Affiliation - Securance LLC
Securance Consulting would like to submit a records request for an electronic copy of the entire winning proposal (cost and technical) that was submitted in response to RFP UCHC-203976310X, the UConn Health Cybersecurity Assessment opportunity. We are also requesting any bid tabulations or evaluation scores that may be available.
Please consider this an open records request for UConn's Men’s Basketball Staff’s contracts. This request includes any amendments to their employment agreements. If the coach is not under contract, please provide their 2026 salary.
David Benedict – Athletic Director
Dan Hurley – Head Coach
Kimani Young – Assoc. Head Coach
Luke Murray – Ass’t Coach
Mike Nardi– Ass’t Coach
Tom Moore - GM
Paul Wttemann III - Dir. of Admin
Mamadou Diarra - Dir. of Player Development
Gavin Roberts - Dir. of Sports Performance
Andre Berry - Player Development Ass't
Cam Turley - Ass't Dir. of Admin.
Samantha Buccheri - Admin. Ass't
*Any additional support staff who report to the Head Coach?