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SmartProcure is requesting electronic copies of the active/current contracts between the university and the vendors:
- Synergy Sports technology
- Valid Group
- TruMedia Networks, Inc.
Please consider this a request under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act.
I am requesting all records pursuant to any investigation into sexual misconduct of any faculty or staff member from January 1, 2018 to present. I am also requesting all disciplinary files for any individuals who were the subject of those investigations from any date, as well as any employment contracts or agreements those individuals may have signed.
This is a request under the Federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. I am requesting the disclosure of records that include the following information:
• Records relating to alumni of the University from 2000-2023. Specifically, I am looking for the following graduates' data:
1. Full name
2. Email address
3. Telephone number
• Records relating to applicants to the University from 2000-2023. Specifically, I am looking for the following applicants data:
1. Full name
2. Email address
3. Telephone number
• Records relating to donors of the University from 2000-2023. Specifically, I am looking for the following donor’s data:
1. Full name
2. Email address
3. Telephone number
I request the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System revenue and expense reports for fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014. 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.
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records— the most updated employment agreements and all subsequent amendments for the men's basketball employees:
Kimani Young, Tom Moore, Luke Murray, Gavin Roberts, Mathew Johnson, Mamadou Diarra, Paul Wettemann
If a contract does not exist, I am requesting to obtain a MOU/LOA/Term Sheet/Offer Letter/etc and 2023-24 salary information.
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.