FOI #22-227 - Subject - Purchase Orders

Name - Brandi Williams

Affiliation - SmartProcure

SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut for any and all purchasing records from 3/20/2022 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

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FOI #22-226 (06-15-22, 8:46 pm) - Subject - Academic Program Review

Name - Lucy Barnard-Brak

Affiliation - University of Alabama

Please consider this a public records request for the most recent academic program review report for the Special Education program at University of Connecticut. In developing our own academic program review, we need to identify peer and aspirant universities and provide comparison data. Please forward on as appropriate.

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FOI #22-225 - Subject - Staff Directory

Name - Paul Phillips

Affiliation -

Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I write to request access to and a copy of a listing of all University of Connecticut employees first and last names, email address, title / position, and primary department. Please provide this information in an electronic format such as Excel or .csv format to this email address if possible.

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FOI #22-224 (06-14-22, 12:42 pm) - Subject - FOIA Request - RFP # DS012120

Name - Saurabh Modi

Affiliation - Coursedog

Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of public records that is pertaining to RFP # DS012120. I am requesting access to all proposals submitted by any vendor pertaining to this RFP.

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $20. 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 how technology vendors can better support post-secondary higher education.

The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act requires a response within four business days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

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FOI #22-223 (06-13-22, 6:55 pm) - Subject - Athletics Documents

Name - Kevin Cohen

Affiliation - Winthrop Intelligence

Part 1: Football Games
Pursuant to applicable authority,, I am writing to request a copy of any contract or written agreement in force (i.e., signed, fully executed) for non-conference Football games listed below plus any additional non-conference games scheduled to be played between 2021 and 2035:
Rice on Oct 7, 2028
Rice on Oct 7, 2023
University of Alabama at Birmingham on Nov 1, 2025
University of Alabama at Birmingham on Nov 9, 2024
University of South Florida on Sep 2, 2028
University of South Florida on Oct 21, 2023
Wake Forest on Oct 12, 2024
Wake Forest on Sep 16, 2028
University of Wyoming on Aug 29, 2026
University of Wyoming on Sep 15, 2029

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FOI #22-222 (06-13-22, 2:39 pm) - Subject - Contract

Name - Tyce Jackson

Affiliation -

I hope you are well. I am a student seeking contract information for a research study. Under the FOIA, I am requesting a copy of the contracts of the following positions within the University,
Men’s and Women’s Basketball coaching staff, Football coaching staff, and Men’s and Women’s Soccer coaching staff.

To be clear, we are seeking all coaches paid by the university, therefore this will include titles such as, but not limited to, head coach, assistant coach, associate head coach and position specific coaches.
Please provide me with any and all documents reflecting the terms and conditions of the employment of the Coach and assistant coaches. These documents should include, but not limited to, the following information: (i)
base salary (ii) performance bonuses; (iii) fringe benefits such as insurance packages, annuities, vacation, automobiles, housing, travel and country club memberships (iv) termination provisions (including the terms of any
buyout and rollover provisions); and (v) all other income or benefits paid by the institution to the coaches.

I am also requesting any information or documents in effect regarding any supplemental income or benefits received by Coach from third-party sources which are received as a direct result of his coaching position with
the university (whether or not considered as part of the total compensation package) including, but not limited to, shoe, apparel and equipment
contracts, endorsements, radio and/or television contracts, summer camps, and instructional media. If such information is not available, please provide
a good faith estimate of such information.
This request includes but is not limited to, employment agreements, contracts, letters, memorandums, payroll records and any and all other documents which are in effect.

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FOI #22-221 - Subject - National College Health Assessment Data

Name - Alexandra McCann

Affiliation -

I am submitting a request for information and would appreciate it very much if your institution, at your convenience, could provide me with the following information in an xls or csv file:

1) If your institution has participated in Fall 2020, Spring 2021, or Fall 2021 NCHA III Round, could you please provide me with the UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT (including 18-24-year-old students) Reference Group, including any responses to COVID-19 Questions?

2) If your institution is participating in the Spring 2022 NCHA III Round, could you please provide me with the UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT (including 18-24-year-old students) Reference Group, including any responses to COVID-19 Questions?
I recognize that your institution may not have completed the Spring 2022 survey cycle when I am contacting you. In this case, would you please let me know when the data is available so that I can reach out to you again?

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FOI #22-220 (06-13-22, 12:27 pm) - Subject - Tax Forms

Name - Hudson Miller

Affiliation - SIU Edwardsville

I have been working on a research project about the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the effects on executive compensation relating Division I basketball and football coaches. 
 
We are requesting the amount of excises taxes paid on to any coaching salaries in excess of $1,000,000. Ideally, we would like to obtain copies of page 1 and schedule N of IRS form 4720 for any years after 2018 for departments of athletics, the university or any university foundation responsible for paying coaching salaries at the University of Connecticut.  Ideally, we would like a scanned copy of those 2 pages for each relevant year/organization.

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FOI #22-219 (06-13-22, 10:16 am) - Subject - Copy of Mike Cavanaugh Contract

Name - Kevin McGlinchey

Affiliation - N/A

Hi, could I please get a copy of Mike Cavanaugh's new, six-year contract signed around June 1, 2022. Thank you for your assistance

Kevin McGlinchey

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FOI #22-218 - Subject - NCTQ Request for Public Records

Name - Shannon Holston

Affiliation -

Please provide in electronic form:
1. Syllabi for each of the following courses. I request copies of syllabi as they were distributed to students and course sections taught during the 2021 - 2022 school year or later.
1. All courses which participants in Bachelor of Arts in Education/Master of Arts in Education with Elementary Teacher Certification (Single Subject: Math major; excluding 2nd concentration because of fine arts, computer science, etc.) are required to take and focus on reading instruction, including:
EDCI 4110W: Teaching Reading and Writing in the Elementary School
EDCI 4130: Teaching the Language Arts in the Elementary School

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