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1. Google Chrome
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Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
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FOI #23-005 (01-8-23, 12:55 pm) - Subject - Faculty emails
Name - Nathan Wharton
Affiliation -
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I'd like to make a public records request for a copy of any emails, as well as any related attachments, sent to or from Faculty Member starting Oct.1, 2021 and ending Nov. 1, 2021. This request is of public interest. The request is limited to readily available records in any electronic format.
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I'd like to make a public records request for a copy of any emails, as well as any related attachments, sent to or from Faculty member starting Oct. 1,2021 and ending Oct. 1, 2022. This request is of public interest. The request is limited to readily available records in any electronic format.
FOI #23-003 (01-6-23, 3:43 pm) - Subject - Men's and women's basketball
Name - Aaron Beard
Affiliation - Associated Press
Hello,
I'm writing to request the following records regarding the men's and women's basketball programs.
Specifically I'm seeking the following data from the 2017-18 season through the current 2022-23 season:
_ The names of all people working within those two programs, excluding the head coach and assistant coaches.
_ The salary for each employee for that season.
I'm seeking to have this information by Jan. 13. Please let me know if you have any questions about my request. I'm happy to receive the data electronically, including via Excel if that's an option.
Good afternoon. I am writing to inquire about RFP # MF030122 for On-Call Graphic Enhancement Services project. Below are some things I am hoping to find out:
• Would you be able to disclose the list of respondents?
• Is there an estimated timeline for the release of formal solicitation?
FOI #23-001 (01-5-23, 12:06 pm) - Subject - Athletics documents
Name - Steve Berkowitz
Affiliation - USA Today
Pursuant to the applicable open-records law(s), I am requesting copies of the following:
1. The current contracts and the current base salaries, if not specified in the contract, for the following athletics department employees:
--Men’s basketball head coach.
--The men’s basketball team’s three full-time assistant coaches.
--Women’s basketball head coach.
--Baseball head coach.
--Softball head coach.
2. The most recent athletically related outside income report for the men’s basketball head coach and the women’s basketball head coach.
3. An itemized list of incentive bonus amounts actually paid to the current men’s basketball head coach and to the current women’s basketball head coach from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The goal of this request is to obtain data about bonus payments made for sport-related goals achieved during the 2021-22 basketball season and/or for academic or other achievements during a full, 12-month period, even though that period may not conform with the school’s fiscal year or academic year or with the coach’s contract year.
4. The revenue-and-expenses report completed by the athletic department for the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the 2022 fiscal year. It is a multi-page document that is due to be filed with the NCAA by Jan. 15, 2023. However, because some schools file this in advance of the deadline, I am seeking it in this request and ask that, if the report is not presently available, the request for this document be held open through Jan. 17, 2023. The report contains more than 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 and the entire Statement of Revenues and Expenses that appears at the end of the report.
If these records can be provided electronically, I would prefer that format.
Please provide these records within the time allotted by relevant open-records law, provide an explanation of when the records will be provided or a statement of the statutory exception authorizing the withholding of all or parts of these records. Please include the name and title of the person responsible for the denial.
If there will be a charge of more than $25, please notify me in advance.
FOI #22-457 (12-31-22, 10:37 pm) - Subject - Search Committee's Report for Political Science Department Head Submitted to the CLAS Dean
Name - Faculty Faculty
Affiliation - University of Connecticut
The document/s requested is a report authored by the search committee for the Department Head of Political Science at UConn, the Storrs campus. The committee's report was submitted to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Juli Wade during the final weeks of fall semester 2022. I would estimate that it was submitted between Dec 6-Dec 14, 2023.
FOI #22-456 (12-27-22, 8:46 am) - Subject - Contract Information
Name - Jason Caisse
Affiliation - Mass Tank Inspection Services, LLC
I am seeking to find out the previously awarded Underground Storage Tank Service contract details. Specifically, the amount it was awarded for and the current contractor. The new contract solicitation is currently listed on Husky Buy under event# KS072922 for reference.
Affiliation - reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation
This is a public records request for all electronic communication sent to the university's Bias Reporting Form between Aug. 29 to Dec. 18. This includes all communication sent to the Bias Reporting Form, Dean of Students Office, the Office of Institutional Equity, the Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs regarding bias, bias incidents and/or bias report.