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I request the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System revenue and expense reports for fiscal year 2023. Specifically:
These reports are completed by the athletic department for the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the fiscal years listed above. This report is a multi-page document that had to be submitted to the NCAA in January. It contains 40+ revenue and expense categories, followed by specific breakdowns of each of those categories, by sport and gender. I am requesting the full report, including the detail tables, the “Other Reporting Items” list and the “Statement of Revenues and Expenses” that appears at the end of the report. PLEASE NOTE: The NCAA report is different than the equity report that is sent to the U.S. Department of Education for Title IX compliance.
FOI #24-149 (04-4-24, 4:53 pm) - Subject - Huron Consulting Group
Name - Clare King'oo
Affiliation - UConn
I am requesting information about UConn's relationship with Huron Consulting Group:
--All contracts between UConn and Huron.
--All amounts paid to Huron by UConn.
--All reports written by Huron or its employees for any entity at UConn.
--Email correspondence between Huron Consulting Group and the President's Office, the Provost's Office, and/or OVPR.
WTNH-TV / News8 is requesting through Freedom of Information the internal affairs report on Marc Hanna following a February 2023 investigation into alleged inappropriate behavior by him that eventually led to his demotion. At the time he apparently was a Sgt. & Supervisor of the UConn Police Department's Special Victims Unit. We also request the agreement between him and the University following the completion of that report. Can it be e-mailed to me when available or if not can you tell me what we need to do to obtain the documents?
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut Health Center for any and all purchasing records from 10/6/2023 to current. The request is limited to readily available records without physically copying, scanning, or printing paper documents. Any editable electronic document is acceptable.
The specific information requested from your record-keeping system is:
1. Purchase order number. If purchase orders are not used a comparable substitute is acceptable, i.e., invoice, encumbrance, or check number 2. Purchase date 3. Line item details (Detailed description of the purchase) 4. Line item quantity 5. Line item price 6. Vendor ID number, name, address, contact person and their email address
FOI #24-145 (04-2-24, 10:30 pm) - Subject - Tickets 2
Name - Joshua Eaton
Affiliation - Hearst Connecticut Media Group
I request records sufficient to show the details of how UConn allocated both paid and complementary tickets to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments — including, but not limited to, the regional semifinals ("Sweet Sixteen"), regional finals ("Elite Eight"), national semifinals ("Final Four") and championships.
FOI #24-143 (04-3-24, 4:59 pm) - Subject - Tickets
Name - Joshua Eaton
Affiliation - Hearst Connecticut Media Group
I request the following records for the 2024 NCAA Division I women's and men's basketball tournaments regional semifinals ("Sweet Sixteen"), regional finals ("Elite Eight"), national semifinals ("Final Four") and championships:
- the log, list, database or spreadsheet of everyone who purchased a ticket for these events through UConn, and
- the log, list, database or spreadsheet of everyone who received a complimentary ticket for these events through UConn.
Please include all data fields that are not exempt from disclosure under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act. If you do exempt records, in whole or in part, please cite specific statutory exemptions.
Please provide these records to me on a rolling basis as they are processed, rather than waiting to release any records until all of the records are processed.
Please provide these records in spreadsheet format (CSV, XLS, XLSX, etc), if possible.
I hope this message finds you well. I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: most updated long-form employment contracts, appointment letters, and 23-24 salary information for women's hockey coaching staff members: