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I am interested in receiving purchasing records from University of Connecticut School of Medicine for purchases made from 10/05/21 to present. I work for a company called SciLeads and would like to use the information for commercial purposes.
The information I'm interested in includes:
1. Purchase order number or equivalent
2. Purchase order date
3. Line item details
4. Line item quantity
5. Line item price
6. Vendor name
7. Delivery Address
A full list of all contractors and subcontractors awarded by Turner Construction for construction work to be performed on the UCONN Hockey Ice Arena & I-Lot Improvements project referenced above,
• The certified payroll records submitted by Professional Drywall, and any of their subcontractors, for work performed on the UCONN Hockey Ice Arena & I-Lot Improvements project referenced above, and
• The Prevailing Wage Schedule issued by the Connecticut Department of Labor for the UCONN Hockey Ice Arena & I-Lot Improvements project referenced above.
I am interested in receiving purchasing records from University of Connecticut for purchases made from 01/19/22 to present. I work for a company called SciLeads and would like to use the information for commercial purposes.
The information I'm interested in includes:
1. Purchase order number or equivalent
2. Purchase order date
3. Line item details
4. Line item quantity
5. Line item price
6. Vendor name
7. Delivery Address
FOI #22-247 (07-11-22, 10:41 am) - Subject - Acme Expenditure Request - UConn Health
Name - Kristi Upton
Affiliation - Acme Research
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, we formally request that your office provide us with public spending information, including both capital and operating expenditures, for payments made by or on behalf of The University of Connecticut Health Center during fiscal year 2022. Specifically, for any payee other than a regular employee or student paid a cumulative total amount of more than $5,000, we seek the payee name, address and the cumulative total dollar amount paid to the subject payee over the relevant time period. The $5,000 threshold was established to minimize reporting for respondents. This is the same information that Kayla Postler was kind enough to provide via email for fiscal year 2021.
The information is to be used for research aimed at identifying patterns of spending by public entities. No part of the data will be used as a mailing list and your supplying the information cannot be construed as an endorsement of either your payees or our work.
FOI #22-246 (07-10-22, 3:37 pm) - Subject - Investigation report
Name - Bernard Gillett
Affiliation -
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, C.G.S. § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting Bruce Gelston’s report on Professor, including any supplemental material
FOI #22-245 (07-7-22, 1:55 pm) - Subject - NIL Collectives
Name - Patrick Eaton-Robb
Affiliation - Associated Press
Could you please provide me with any documents including emails regarding the university's athletic department and any NIL (name, image and likeness) collectives designed to benefit student athletes. This would include, but is not limited to, correspondence with Marc D'Amelio, regarding the collective that he has founded. Could you also provide any documents regarding how the school is vetting those collectives and any policies it has developed for dealing with such entities.
FOI #22-244 (07-1-22, 9:01 pm) - Subject - Basketball Travel
Name - Lukas Illa
Affiliation -
Hello, I am writing to file a request for all records related to the arrangement of air transportation for the University of Connecticut’s basketball team on iAero Airways’ (previously known as Swift Air) flight N418US from Bradley International Airport to Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport on January 22, 2020, as detailed here: https://twitter.com/SportsAviation/status/1220117357667987456. Specifically, I am interested in copies of all emails, invoices, or written communications between University of Connecticut employees in charge of arranging travel and the travel agent/broker (if one was used) or iAero/Swift itself (if no travel agent was used) regarding this flight. Please send these records to me electronically at this address. Thank you.
FOI #22-243 (07-1-22, 11:37 am) - Subject - List of respondents to RFI #MF030122 - On-Call Graphic Enhancement Services
Name - Jennifer Fabugais
Affiliation - Deltek
Good day! I'm submitting this public records request to obtain the list of respondents to RFI #MF030122 - On-Call Graphic Enhancement Services which closed last April 1, 2022. Please advise me of any potential fees prior to processing this request.
FOI #22-242 (06-30-22, 10:46 am) - Subject - Employment Contract
Name - Ellen Wood
Affiliation - CollegeAD
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting copies of the current contracts, and all amendments thereto, for your institution’s current and/or most recent employment contract with any and all parties for the following areas:
(1) Any signed and/or executed employment contract/agreement/offer letter/memorandum of understanding between University of Connecticut and Jason Butikofer.
Please supply the contract without informing me if the cost of the fees do not exceed $100.00, which I will agree to pay. In the alternative, if the fees will exceed $100.00, please contact me before fulfilling my request.
If you deny any part of this request, please cite the specific reason that you think justifies your refusal to release such contracts and notify me of appeal procedures available under the law.
If you have any questions processing this request, you may contact me at 337-258-2475.