FOI #22-449 (12-20-22, 2:54 pm) - Subject - Coaches Contracts
Name - Max Josef
Affiliation -
Good afternoon,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I’d like to request electronic copies of the current contracts, as well as any current amendments/extensions, for the following members of the athletic department:
1. Athletic Director
2. Head Men’s Basketball Coach
3. All Full-Time Assistant Men’s Basketball Coaches
4. All Full-Time Basketball Strength & Conditioning Coaches
If full contracts are not available for assistant coaches, annual salary figures will suffice. I sincerely appreciate your prompt response to this request. Thank you.
FOI #22-448 (12-20-22, 1:49 pm) - Subject - HigherEd Study is conducting a national research study to better understand the trends and practices related to student medical withdrawals.
Name - Kyle Elliot
Affiliation - HigherEd Study
HigherEd Study is conducting a national research study to better understand the trends and practices related to student medical withdrawals and leaves of absence. - Undergraduate Students
Typically, this information is managed through the enrollment management, bursar, or student financial services office, but it may also involve your campus offices for student health and counseling.
Please provide the following enrollment information via email for the University of Connecticut as soon as practical and not later than February 1, 2023.
- The number of students who completed an official medical withdrawal in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
- The number of refunds provided to students who completed a medical withdrawal in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
- Provide a sample for how the institution discloses its refund and medical withdrawal policies to students.
Please note that this request is designed specifically to be easy to complete. While we are willing to pay for the direct costs involved with responding to this request, please understand this request is narrowly focused and information should be readily available for schools that participate in the federal financial aid program. Further, no personal student information is requested.
In addition, we would be pleased to provide a report to you and your enrollment management colleagues to better benchmark trends in student medical withdrawals.
FOI #22-446 (12-19-22, 2:55 am) - Subject - List of respondents for the ePortfolio System RFI (KA071122)
Name - Jennifer Fabugais
Affiliation - Deltek
Good day! I'm submitting this FOI request to obtain the list of vendors who responded to the ePortfolio System RFI (KA071122) which closed last July 26, 2022. Please advise me of any potential fees prior to completing this request. Thank you.
FOI #22-445 (12-19-22, 1:33 am) - Subject - RFP MF071122 - Long Island Sound Public Perception Survey (PPS)
Name - Patrick Moir
Affiliation -
In accordance with the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act §1-200 et seq., I would like to request copies of documentation pertaining to the RFP process for MF071122 dealing with the Long Island Sound Public Perception Survey.
Specifically, I would like all documents, messages, notes and emails related to the RFP, including, but not limited to:
• Survey Documents
• Presentations
• Agreements
• Notes
• Documents
• RFPs
• Proposal Responses
• Work Product Produced Under RFP
• Rating Sheets for Responses
• Emails. Letters & Phone Messages between staff and other staff, staff and elected officials, and between staff and vendors and/or proposers.
• Contracts
• Other Internal Agency Documents
The dates covered by this request are January 26, 2022 through the present.
I ask for a determination on this request within four days of your receipt of it, as required by the Act, and an even prompter reply if you can make that determination without having to review the record[s] in question.
Hopefully you will be able to provide this information electronically; if not, please contact me with the expected amount for the copies and the easiest payment arrangement for you.
If you determine that any or all or the information qualifies for an exemption from disclosure, I ask you to note whether, as is normally the case under the Act, the exemption is discretionary, and if so whether it is necessary in this case to exercise your discretion to withhold the information.
If you determine that some but not all of the information is exempt from disclosure and that you intend to withhold it, I ask that you redact it for the time being and make the rest available as requested.
In any event, please provide a signed notification citing the legal authorities on which you rely if you determine that any or all of the information is exempt and will not be disclosed.
FOI #22-441 (12-14-22, 9:20 am) - Subject - Compensation data for faculty who teach/conduct research in atmospheric, oceanic, and related disciplines during 2022-2023 school year.
Name - Alexander Pasternack
Affiliation - Pearl Meyer in conjunction with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Pearl Meyer is working in conjunction with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to conduct a compensation survey of its members. To participate in the survey, an Excel worksheet is provided where a respondent reports base salary and internal job titles for individuals who are matched to a particular job code and discipline in the survey. Fields such as gender, ethnicity, and year of PhD are optional. The individuals of interest to the survey teach or conduct research in atmospheric, oceanic, and other related disciplines during the 2022-2023 school year. Postdoctoral students and Software Engineers/Programmers are also included in the survey. Additionally, the respondent completes an online compensation policies and practices questionnaire.
Participation in the survey is optional but highly encouraged. There is no fee associated with participating in the survey, as it has been sponsored by UCAR.
Michael Ayele (aka W)
Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)
FOI #22-440 (12-14-22, 3:06 am) - Subject - Jennifer Lawrence September 2022 Vogue Interview & #MeToo Movement
Name - Michael Ayele (aka 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] Jennifer Lawrence as a Caucasian woman, who was born August 15th 1990 in the State of Kentucky; [2] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who’s known worldwide for being an actress; [3] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who has in the month of September 2022 agreed to answer 73 (seventy three) questions for the purpose of an interview with Vogue; [4] Vogue (as a news magazine), which has decided to broach the subject of the “most bizarre thing she’s read about herself” with Jennifer Lawrence; [5] Vogue (as a news magazine), which has for the purpose of their interview with Jennifer Lawrence (in the month of September 2022) questioned her about “the most bizarre thing she’s read about herself;” [6] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who has told Vogue (magazine) that the “most bizarre thing she’s read about herself” is that she “f***** Harvey Weinstein;” [7] Vogue (as a news magazine), which has decided not to follow-up Jennifer Lawrence answer to their question by asking her about the pervasive culture of sexual harassment/sexual assault and rape at the workplace (including but not limited to Hollywood); [8] Vogue (as a news magazine), which has decided not to follow-up Jennifer Lawrence answer to their question by asking her if she has had in the past sexual relations, which were not consensual; [9] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who has not answered any questions on the subject of the pervasive culture of sexual harassment/sexual assault and rape at the workplace (including but not limited to Hollywood) for the purpose of her interview with Vogue (magazine) (in the month of September 2022); [10] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who was not asked for the purpose of her interview with Vogue (magazine) (in the month of September 2022) whether or not she has had in the past sexual relations which were not consensual; [11] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who has firmly denied (on or around December 15th 2018) having any sexual relationship with Harvey Weinstein; [12] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who has previously won an Oscar for the Weinstein-produced film entitled: “Silver Linings Playbook;” [13] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who has in the month of August 2018 left CAA, “the agency that represented her for 10 years” because they were “making (…) decisions that should have been hers alone;” [14] Jennifer Lawrence as a woman, who has toward the end of October 2018 launched her production company called Excellent Cadaver; [15] Tarana Burke as a Black/African American woman, who’s the founder of the #MeToo movement; [16] Harvey Weinstein as a Caucasian Jewish man, who was on (or around) February 24th 2020 convicted of third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act in the New York Supreme Court.