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The documents outlining the procedure for selecting and ranking students from a substantial number of applications for your Doctor of Medicine(MD) and MD-PHD program.
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut Health Center for any and all purchasing records from 4/15/2023 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
1) Emails sent to and from Charlene M. Russell-Tucker between the dates of 06/01/2021 and 11/01/2021 containing the keywords, “vaccine,” and/or “Covid,” and/or “mask,” and/or “exemption” and/or “testing.”
2) Emails sent to and from Daniel D. Toscano between the dates of 06/01/2021 and 11/01/2021 containing the keywords, “vaccine,” and/or “Covid,” and/or “mask,” and/or “exemption” and/or “testing.”
3) Emails sent to and from Ned Lamont between the dates of 06/01/2021 and 11/01/2021 containing the keywords, “vaccine,” and/or “Covid,” and/or “mask,” and/or “exemption” and/or “testing.”
4) Emails sent to and from Jonathan Dach between the dates of 06/01/2021 and 11/01/2021 containing the keywords, “vaccine,” and/or “Covid,” and/or “mask,” and/or “exemption” and/or “testing.”
5) Emails sent to and from Alexandra Daum between the dates of 06/01/2021 and 11/01/2021 containing the keywords, “vaccine,” and/or “Covid,” and/or “mask,” and/or “exemption” and/or “testing.”
FOI #23-328 (07-6-23, 10:37 am) - Subject - Freedom of Information Act
Name - Kristi Upton
Affiliation - Acme Research
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, we formally request that your office provide us with public spending information, including both capital and operating expenditures, for payments made by or on behalf of The University of Connecticut Health Center during fiscal year 2023. Specifically, for any payee other than a regular employee or student paid a cumulative total amount of more than $5,000, we seek the payee name, address and the cumulative total dollar amount paid to the subject payee over the relevant time period. The $5,000 threshold was established to minimize reporting for respondents.
Please return records responsive to the following requests promptly. Please return via digital file to this email address. Please provide an explanation for any redactions.
1) emails sent to and from Nicole Gelston between 06/01/2023 and 07/05/2023 to or from representatives from the University of Cincinnati.
2) emails sent to and from Donna Balskus between 06/01/2023 and 07/05/2023 to or from representatives from the University of Cincinnati.
FOI #23-326 (07-5-23, 12:46 pm) - Subject - Conference Reallignment
Name - Patrick Eaton-Robb
Affiliation - Associated Press
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 between the university's athletics division or administration with the Big 12 athletic conference or the Atlantic Coast Conference, regarding the possibility of UConn joining those organizations. I would also request any such documents or correspondence among members of the university's athletics division or administration regarding this topic and any correspondence with other members of the media on this issue.
Also, please provide all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material.
FOI #23-325 (07-5-23, 12:46 pm) - Subject - Social Sentinel and Navigate 360 Detect
Name - Vincent Gabrielle
Affiliation - Hearst Media Connecticut (CT Insider)
I am requesting the following:
1) Any and all emails between UConn staff, administrators and faculty regarding renewing or not renewing the contract for Social Sentinel/Navigate 360 between September 2022-July 5 2023
2) Any and all student emails to administration regarding Social Sentinel/Navigate 360 for the same time period.
3) Any and all discussions or assessments of Social Sentinel’s/Navigate 360s efficacy for the same time period between UConn administrators, staff and faculty.
4) Any emails between administration, faculty and staff discussing Vincent Gabrielle’s FOIA requests or questions regarding Social Sentinel/Navigate 360 between November of 2022- July 5 2023.
Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL): https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/
FOI #23-324 (07-4-23, 5:02 am) - Subject - Inconsistent Legislative Outcomes After Sexual Assault Leading to Suicides of Audrie Taylor Pott and Catherine Daisy Coleman
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation - Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL): https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] Audrie Taylor Pott as a Caucasian girl, (i) who was 15 (fifteen) years of age, when she was sexually assaulted on September 04th 2012; (ii) who attempted suicide 6 (six) days after her sexual assault on (or around) September 04th 2012; (iii) who was declared deceased on September 12th 2012 following her attempted suicide on (or around) September 10th 2012; (iv) whose suicide led the California legislature to enact Audrie’s Law on (or around) September 30th 2014; (v) whose name, image and likeness is extensively linked with Catherine Daisy Coleman in part because of the 2016 Netflix documentary entitled Audrie and Daisy; [2] Catherine Daisy Coleman as a Caucasian woman, (i) who was victim of a sexual assault on (or around) January 08th 2012 when she was 14 (fourteen) years of age; (ii) who was under American national microscopic scrutiny because of the January 08th 2012 sexual assault she was victim of in the State of Missouri; (iii) who attempted suicide following her very much publicized sexual assault on January 08th 2012 in the State of Missouri; (iv) who has been noted to have spent some time at Missouri Girls Town: a facility that has concluded many contracts with the Missouri Department of Mental Health (MODMH); (v) whose suicide didn’t inspire legislative action in the State of Missouri even though it was in many ways similar to the suicide of Audrie Taylor Pott; [3] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black man, who (i) is linked with the MODMH because of his Calendar Year 2013 employment there; (ii) was on October 26th 2013 accused of being somehow involved in the self-injurious non suicidal behavior of a Caucasian woman in the Fulton State Hospital (FSH) now defunct Biggs Forensic Center (BFC) New Outlook Program (NOP); (iii) has in the days and weeks following October 26th 2013 firmly denied any involvement in the self-injurious non suicidal behavior of female patients in the FSH; (iv) was on November 21st 2013 “cleared of wrongdoing” following the allegations made against him on October 26th 2013; (v) has attempted to obtain from the MODMH and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) documents relating to the October 26th 2013 complaint filed against him; (vi) has attempted to obtain from the MODMH and the EEOC documents relating to investigation that was launched against him between October 26th 2013 and November 21st 2013; (vi) has obtained through Missouri’s Sunshine statutes limited responsive documents concerning the August 04th 2020 suicide of Catherine Daisy Coleman; (vii) is very much displeased with many aspects of his employment history with the MODMH including but not limited to the events he was witness to between October 26th 2013 and November 21st 2013...
Please see the attached document that will be sent via email to Kayla Postler and Megan Philippi for additional information requesting records.
FOI #23-322 - Subject - Police Data Audit 2014-21 report
Name - Jaden Edison
Affiliation -
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), CGS § 1-200, et seq, I am requesting access to the underlying summary data for the Connecticut State Police Data Audit 2014-21 report. Please include the summary data for both state troopers and constables. As you know, FOIA provides that if portions of a document are exempt from release, the remainder must be segregated and disclosed. In the event that you deny all or any portion of this request, please respond in writing and cite to the specific provision of FOIA or any other statute that you contend supports the denial.