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FOI #22-144 (04-18-22, 12:04 pm) - Subject - Geno Auriemma Current Employment Contract
Name - Andrew Mulvey
Affiliation -
Public records request for a copy of the current Employment Agreement together with any Addendums and/or Amendments for Geno Auriemma, head coach for UCONN Women's basketball.
Fernando Rojas
Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization Yale Law School
FOI #22-143 - Subject - Student recruitment, teacher training programs, graduation and performance data
Name - Fernando Rojas
Affiliation - Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization Yale Law School
Any data collected regarding the race, ethnicity, national origin, or sex of applicants to your Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s (IB/M) Teacher Education Program, Teacher
Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG), and any other teacher training or teacher certification program you run (collectively, “your teacher training programs”) in the past 5 years, as well as any supporting reports or studies.
2) Any data collected regarding the race, ethnicity, national origin, or sex of admitted students and of graduates of your teacher training programs in the past 5 years, as well as any supporting reports or studies.
3) Any records of plans and programming related to recruiting minority students, increasing minority student retention, or providing support for minority students within your teacher training programs, covering the last 5 years, including planning documents, budget appropriations, and any outcome evaluations.
4) Records sufficient to show how and where University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education is and has been distributing and posting job and career opportunities for
teaching and administration positions in Connecticut public schools, or otherwise encouraging its students to apply to such positions, over the last 5 years.
As a follow up to my FOI request, I would like email records with the following terms, from the following email addresses. Please date these to Jan 1st 2021. I would also like to include in my FOI request any and all video recordings, minutes, and agendas from meetings from the "Executive Policy Group" dating back to the same date. I understand this will be a large amount of information and am amenable to bringing a USB flash drive to pick it up. Please let me know if there are any issues with this.
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: the most updated employment agreements, all subsequent amendments, any applicable Term Sheet/MOU/LOA/Offer Letter/etc, and 2022 salary data for Connecticut football staff members Nick Charlton, Lou Spanos, Doug Shearer, John Allen, E.J. Barthel, Siriki Diabate, Dalton Hilliard, John Marinelli, Kenny McClendon, Gordon Sammis.
FOI #22-140 - Subject - UCONN Performing Art Center project
Name - Hope Redding
Affiliation -
We are requesting certified payroll records submitted by the contractors listed below and the wage determination issued by the CT Department of Labor. I've attached an FOIA letter. We have little information on this project but believe the CM was Whiting-Turner during the time frame of 2018-2019. We can accept the responsive records electronically. If you have trouble opening the attachment or need anything further on our end, please let me know.
• Architectural Curtain Wall
• AC Glass
FOI #22-139 (04-13-22, 12:43 pm) - Subject - video
Name - Dawn DiCesare
Affiliation - State of Connecticut, Department of Correction
On 9/14/18 approximately between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., an incident occurred in or near Bullpen, UCHC MSW 5 in Farmington, CT involving former inmate and several DOC staff members. The incident was labeled CSP Case #1800446390. Please provide us a copy of this video or a specific reason why this request is denied.
FOI #22-138 (04-7-22, 1:13 pm) - Subject - Football Game Contract
Name - Ellen Wood
Affiliation -
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting copies of the current contracts, and all amendments thereto, for your institution’s current game contract with any and all parties for the following areas:
Any signed and/or executed football game contract between University of Connecticut and University of Wyoming.
FOI #22-137 (04-7-22, 10:56 am) - Subject - Information on Biological Safety Officer Hiring Process
Name - Alison Pohl
Affiliation - Self
Pursuant to the Freedom of information act, Connecticut General Statutes
Section 1-200 et seq. I hereby request copies of any or all (but not limited to) records:
1) Copies of the Department of Human Resources Candidate Disposition Forms for following current UConn Health employment position, as well as copies of all those for the candidates who were not offered the position. Please include copies of the redacted CDF with regard to all candidates who were interviewed.
2)Copies of the original listings for each position (i.e. Job Opportunity Bulletins) as posted on the online Job openings for the following position:
FOI #22-135 (04-6-22, 2:36 pm) - Subject - Men's Basketball Game Contracts
Name - Charles Pipkins
Affiliation - The D1 Docket
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of public records regarding the non-conference games and multi-team exempt events to be played by the Connecticut Men's Basketball team during the 2022-23 season.
These public records may include but are not limited to:
· Contract agreements between Connecticut and other institutions or event planners. This includes:
o Contractual agreements
o Amendments to contractual agreements, whether they be new agreements or agreements which span multiple seasons
o Cancellation agreements