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FOI #23-417 - Subject - Central Utility Plant Boiler Replacement project #300151 (Internal File #22-24)
Name - Hope Redding
Affiliation -
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 7.2.23 through to the present
• Ferguson Mechanical for Wk ending 7.25.23 through to the present
• Sullivan Benson for Wk ending 7.1.23 through to the present
FOI #23-416 - Subject - SmartProcure Public Records Request to University of Connecticut For PO/Vendor Information
Name - Brandi Williams
Affiliation -
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut for any and all purchasing records from 6/27/2023 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
This is an open records FOIA request for UCONN, University System Georgia, University of Texas at Austin, UCOP for any national security letter or order these schools possess that concerns me.
Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL): https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/
FOI #23-414 (09-5-23, 3:59 am) - Subject - Brock Turner September 2016 "College Speaking Tour" After Spending 90 Days in County for Sexual Assault of Chanel Miller
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] Brock Allen Turner as a Caucasian man, who (i) began attending Stanford University as a Freshman student sometime in (or around) the month September 2014; (ii) was more likely than not informed what constitutes “affirmative and effective consent” in healthy sexual relationships when he was a Freshman undergraduate student of Stanford University; (iii) was on (or around) January 10th 2015 accused of being sexually inappropriate with a female student who was (also) attending Stanford University; (iv) was on (or around) January 18th 2015 arrested for sexually assaulting Chanel Miller behind a dumpster (on the campus of Stanford University) while she was unconscious; (v) was on (or around) March 30th 2016 found guilty of sexually assaulting and sexually penetrating Chanel Miller while she was unconscious despite his claims that he had not done so; (vi) was not remanded to custody on (or around) March 30th 2016 even though he had been found guilty of sexually assaulting Chanel Miller while she was unconscious; (vii) was on June 02nd 2016 sentenced to 6 (six) months of county jail for the sexual assault he perpetrated on Chanel Miller; (viii) has gone on to be released from the Santa Clara county jail on (or around) September 02nd 2016 after serving 90 (ninety) days of the six months jail sentence; (ix) was in the month of September 2016 reported to have seriously considered going on a “college speaking tour” to warn young people of the risks associated with “alcohol drinking and promiscuity;” [2] Chanel Miller as a woman of Asian descent, who (i) was very much vexed by the 6 months jail sentence handed to Brock Turner on June 02nd 2016; (ii) believes that her life is worth significantly more than the 90 day prison sentence Brock Turner ended up serving after he had sexually assaulted her; (iii) has had a very unpleasant phone call with a probation officer in Santa Clara, California following the conviction of Brock Turner on March 30th 2016; [3] the decision of Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji-Brown Jackson to note that “it is not a stereotype to acknowledge the basic truth that young people’s experiences are shaded by a societal structure where race matters;” [4] fear of public speaking (or glossophobia) ranking as one of American’s greatest fears.
Please see the attached document that will be sent to Kayla Postler and Megan Philippi for additional information requesting records from UConn.
FOI #23-413 (09-1-23, 7:15 pm) - Subject - Uconn WBB Foreign Tour to Spain 2023
Name - John Andrews
Affiliation -
I am a sports media writer who focuses on the business of athletics, in particular college athletics. I am doing research for a possible article on foreign tours for NCAA Division I basketball teams.
I came across news regarding the Uconn Women's Basketball foreign tour to Europe, dated August 15-25, 2023, and am looking for an unredacted, digital/electronic copy (PDF is fine) of the following:
- The unredacted original contract;
- Any itinerary published or proposed for the trip;
- Any associated documents related to the international game.
referenced here - https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2023/5/2/womens-basketball-uconn-wbb-to-tour-europe-in-august
FOI #23-412 (09-1-23, 11:44 am) - Subject - Employment contracts
Name - Anthony Ferguson
Affiliation -
1.The current Director of Athletics contract between David Benedict and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
2.The current Director of Football Strength and Conditioning contract between Matt King and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
3.The current Men’s Baseball Head Coach contract between Jim Penders and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
4.The current Men’s Basketball Head Coach contract between Dan Hurley and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
5.The current Women’s Basketball Head Coach contract between Geno Auriemma and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
Please note: If the coach did not sign a contract – but is instead working from an offer letter and/or memorandum of understanding – those documents will suffice in fulfillment of this request. Furthermore, if the coach is an at-will employee, please provide their base salary for the 2023-2024 contract year.
If there are any fees for searching or copying this record, please invoice me for the cost. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of assistant coach contracts, their buyout language, guarantee language, bonus structure, and other value contained within.
FOI #23-409 (08-31-23, 11:57 am) - Subject - UConn PD risk protection order/"Red flag" law usage
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - The Daily Campus
Documents should include UCPD policies, emails and correspondences, police reports, and warrants concerning the Connecticut Risk Protection Order, or "red flag" law.
If possible, documents should also include bodycam footage and audio recorded in the process of enforcing a risk protection order.
Documents should include, if possible, the requester of RPO warrants.