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Hello,
Can you please send me the Award Documents (bid tabulation, award letter) and the proposal response by the winning vendor for the following bid(s)?
Name: ePortfolio System
Bid Number: MW02242023
Due Date: 3/31/23
Pursuant to Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting public access, within ten business days, to the university records reasonably described as follows.
Men’s hockey contracts of any form signed by the University of Connecticut in relation to the Connecticut Ice Tournament from the year 2023 onward.
I am willing to pay any reasonable copy and postage fees up to $5. Please notify me if the cost exceeds this amount and provide an itemized receipt for the charges of each document.
If my request is denied, I ask that the denial is justified in writing with reference to specific exemptions of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act.
Please let me know if you require more information or if there is anything I can do to be of assistance.
FOI #23-396 (08-25-23, 6:46 pm) - Subject - Email Exchanges Between University Personnel
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
I request all emails exchanged from January 1, 2023 and February 28, 2023 between UConn DEIJ staff and staff of the UConn President's Office including:
Franklin Tuitt [email: franklin.tuitt@uconn.edu]
Jonelle Reynolds [email: jonelle.reynolds@uconn.edu]
Michael Vidal [email: michael.vidal@uconn.edu]
Patrick Russell [email: patrick.k.russell@uconn.edu]
Radenka Maric [radenka.maric@uconn.edu] [email: president@uconn.edu]
Lillian Bosques [email: lillian.bosques@uconn.edu]
Jennifer Burckardt [email: jennifer.burckardt@uconn.edu]
Michael Kirk [email: michael.kirk@uconn.edu]
Susan Locke [email: susan.locke@uconn.edu]
Maryann Markowski [email: maryann.markowski@uconn.edu]
Rachel Rubin [email: rachel.rubin@uconn.edu]
Michelle Williams [email: michelle.williams@uconn.edu]
Cara Workman [email: cara.workman@uconn.edu]
FOI #23-395 (08-25-23, 6:46 pm) - Subject - Email Exchanges Between University Personnel
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - UConn
I request all emails exchanged from January 1, 2023 and February 28, 2023 between Celina Torres [email: celina.torres@uconn.edu] and all UConn DEIJ staff including:
Franklin Tuitt [email: franklin.tuitt@uconn.edu]
Jonelle Reynolds [email: jonelle.reynolds@uconn.edu]
Michael Vidal [email: michael.vidal@uconn.edu]
Patrick Russell [email: patrick.k.russell@uconn.edu]
FOI #23-394 (08-25-23, 6:02 pm) - Subject - Email Exchanges Between University Personnel
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - UConn
I request all emails exchanged from January 1, 2023 and February 28, 2023 between Claudia Pina [email: claudia.pina@uconn.edu] and all UConn DEIJ staff including:
Franklin Tuitt [email: franklin.tuitt@uconn.edu]
Jonelle Reynolds [email: jonelle.reynolds@uconn.edu]
Michael Vidal [email: michael.vidal@uconn.edu]
Patrick Russell [email: patrick.k.russell@uconn.edu]
FOI #23-393 (08-24-23, 7:41 pm) - Subject - OIE files for OIE Case No 22-0294
Name - David Amdur
Affiliation - UConn AAUP
This request is for a copy of all the contents of the file(s) for OIE Case No. 22-0294. This includes, but is not limited to:
Complaint form filled out by complainant.
Any and all Interview notes and summaries with the complainant
Any and all additional or supplemental information submitted to OIE by the complainant.
Any and all communication between OIE and the complainant
Any and all communication between OIE and the respondent
Any and all interview notes and summaries with any witnesses
Any and all additional or supplemental information submitted by any witnesses.
Any communication between OIE and other individuals and/offices at UConn regarding the final report and its findings.
FOI #23-392 (08-24-23, 7:41 pm) - Subject - Requesting copy of personnel file
Name - David Amdur
Affiliation - UConn AAUP
This request is for of all the contents in the personnel file of Timothy B Miller who was employed at UConn starting on January 1, 2017 in the following positions: Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Design, Assistant Research Professor of Psychological Sciences, and Co-Principal Investigator/University Affiliate, Department of Psychological Sciences. The request covers any and all letters of appointment, non-renewal and/or termination of appointments, pre-disciplinary letters of advice or counseling, letters of fact-finding investigation, letters initiating the disciplinary process, letters of written discipline, and any other disciplinary action taking against the employee during his time of employment at or affiliation with the University of Connecticut.
FOI #23-391 (08-24-23, 1:08 pm) - Subject - University Brand Campaign Phase II
Name - Kenda Revis-Nixon
Affiliation -
I would like to request any and all records, inclusive of proposals that were submitted, in regard to University of Connecticut's University Brand Campaign Phase II RFP.