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FOI #26-439 (07-1-26, 3:02 pm) - Subject - Expenditures
Name - Jennah Mitchell
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 2026. 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 your office was kind enough to provide via email for fiscal year 2025.
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.
We are willing to reimburse your office for any reasonable expense incurred in preparing the requested information if an estimate of costs is provided for our approval before the work is performed. We would prefer to receive the data in CSV, text, PDF document, Excel spreadsheet attached to an email, via our file sharing website to our secure server, or on PC-formatted media sent by mail.
Should you have questions or need to advise us to redirect this request, we can be reached at 800-810-3846 or via e-mail at HigherEd@acmeresearch.com. Kindly confirm receipt of this letter and contact our office to let us know your time frame for a response. Thank you for your assistance!
FOI #26-438 (07-1-26, 1:36 pm) - Subject - salaries
Name - Matt Brown
Affiliation - Extra Points
The most current salary information for all current Full Time employees of the athletic department with their name and title. Please provide this in a spreadsheet format if possible.
This is a request for public records made under CFOIA and the common law right of access. Please confirm receipt of this message. Kindly send all responsive documents electronically — either by replying directly or emailing the address below. This unique address helps me organize my requests, so please use it exactly as shown:
recordrequest+40590.1782885901466@govrecordrequest.com
Please send the final and compiled bid tabulation (bid tally), including all quantities and unit pricing for each bidder, for 'UConn Southeast Campus Infrastructure - 01K Temporary Fencing Bid' that was submitted on 04/12/2019. I believe the project number is '300065-01K Bid', but I could be mistaken. If so, please use the project name and date to lookup the responsive documents. We specifically request the line-item bid tabulation showing each material, quantity, unit, and unit price for every bidder. If no such line-item tally was created, please provide the full bid submissions from each contractor. A grand total sheet alone is not sufficient to satisfy this request unless it was a lump sum bid.
FOI #26-436 (06-30-26, 2:28 pm) - Subject - FOI Request
Name - Layla Allen
Affiliation -
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: the long-form employment contract for UConn Head Football Coach Jason Candle.
If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me of the cost. 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. 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.
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 1-200 et seq.), I am requesting access to and copies of records relating to the installation, inspection, maintenance, functioning, repair and condition of the UConn Health Main Clinic Lobby entrance revolving door ("the door") located at UConn John Dempsey Hospital, 263 Farmington A venue, Farmington, Connecticut.
1) The installation contract and all instructions relating to door operation, maintenance and safety measures for pedestrians (This may precede the date range stated below);
2) Maintenance contracts, service logs/reports, work orders, repair records, and repair recommendations from vendor(s) as well as any such documents prepared or authored by employees ofUConn Health;
3) Communications between UConn Health and its vendor(s) and any other person or legal entity relating to the function/malfunction of the door;
4) Incident/accident reports relating to the an incident that occurred involving Helen Gorsky on March 6, 2026 (UConn Police Department case/incident report attached);
5) Incident/accident reports or notices of any kind authored by or received by UConn Health relating to door malfunction whether or not involving injury to a pedestrian; and
6) Correspondence, memorandum and/or written documents authored by or
received by UConn Health relating to the condition, operation, repair or replacement of the door following the March 6, 2026 incident involving Helen Gorsky.
Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request copies of the following "Documents" for the athletic department staff listed below:
* Current employment contract and salary (Letter of intent, form agreement, or applicable document / record which shows annual compensation and start/end date of employment) as well as any pertinent amendments. If an employee does not have a formal written agreement, please provide (ideally in a spreadsheet or table format): Name, Compensation, and Start/End Date (or write "At Will" if applicable). I am only seeking documents that have been signed and or executed in the last 9 months. If no new document exists, please provide the individual's annual salary as of June 1, 2026.
- Mike Pegues
- Elizabeth Robertshaw
- Andrew Olinger
- Max Dunn
FOI #26-432 (06-29-26, 7:28 pm) - Subject - FOI Request
Name - Bill Nichols
Affiliation - The Data Branch
We request all records, including executed contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and solicitation/RFP documents — for products or services purchased from: EAB, Hoover, Karcher, Nascare, Sanitaire. covering the past three years to present.
FOI #26-431 (06-29-26, 11:44 am) - Subject - Purchase Order Data - University of Connecticut, CT
Name - Rosário Caldeira
Affiliation -
We request all records, including executed contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and solicitation/RFP documents for products or services purchased from Gorgias, Intercom, Sierra, Futurefit AI, Overgrad, Powerschool, Schoollinks, and and/or Xello, covering the past three years to present.
Spreadsheet exports preferred; PDF, Word, or standard ERP/finance reports also work. This is a commercial research request, and we're happy to narrow or clarify the scope to ease fulfillment.
FOI #26-430 (06-29-26, 11:44 am) - Subject - FOI Request
Name - Juliana Marsh
Affiliation - The Data Branch
We request all records, including executed contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and solicitation/RFP documents for products or services purchased from ESS/ESI, Kokua Education, Scoot Education, Zed Educate, and BuildEd, covering the past three years to present.
Spreadsheet exports preferred; PDF, Word, or standard ERP/finance reports also work. This is a commercial research request, and we're happy to narrow or clarify the scope to ease fulfillment.