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FOI #26-410 (06-19-26, 5:31 am) - Subject - Annual Merit award letters and annual Promotional Increase letters
Name - Adam Fry
Affiliation - EEB / UConn
I am requesting all Annual Merit Award Letters, All Annual Promotional Increase Letters, as well as all PTR (Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment) Packets for the years in which a promotion was given for all of the following employees from their date of hire (earliest 2010) to the present:
Susan Herrick: Professor in Residence / EEB Department
Miranda Davis: Associate Professor in Residence / Associate Head / EEB Department
FOI #26-409 (06-18-26, 2:32 pm) - Subject - Head Coach Contract
Name - Martin Greenberg
Affiliation - Law Office of Martin J. Greenberg
Under the Connecticut Public Records Laws, I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain a copy of public records, specifically a copy of the Employment Agreement with Jason Candle.
I am requesting this for educational purposes for use in the internships I mentor for law students at Marquette University Law School. Contracts will also be used for reference in articles in Greenberg’s Coaching Corner. Please feel free to view these articles at http://law.marquette.edu/national-sports-law-institute/greenbergs-coaching-corner. Emailing the documents is perfectly acceptable, mjg@martygreenberglaw.com.
I agree to pay any reasonable copying and postage fees. Please provide a receipt indicating the charges for each document. 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. This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.
I would request a prompt response to this request. If you expect a significant delay in responding to or in fulfilling this request, 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.
FOI #26-408 (06-18-26, 11:08 am) - Subject - Content Management and Continuing Education Solutions contracts
Name - Justin Wenig
Affiliation - Starbridge
I am requesting access and copies of the following public records possessed by University Of Connecticut:
All executed contracts, service agreements, and purchase orders that are in effect or have been in effect in the last three years with any of the following vendor with which you have a relationship:
• CampusCE, D2L (Course Merchant), Drieam (Eduframe), Ellucian (Elevate), Hannon Hill (Cascade CMS), Instructure (Canvas Catalog), Intrinsik (Enrole), Terminal Four
I am looking for existing, already maintained electronic records (without copying, scanning, or printing).
Should you need further information or clarification to expedite this request, do not hesitate to contact justin@starbridgeopenportal.com.
FOI #26-407 (06-18-26, 10:23 am) - Subject - Labor Relations
Name - Joshua Mayer
Affiliation -
I am requesting all emails matching either of the following criteria:
1. Sent from kelly.bannister@uconn.edu to michaelbailey@uconnaaup.org and/or davidamdur@uconnaaup.org
2. Received by kelly.bannister@uconn.edu from michaelbailey@uconnaaup.org or davidamdur@uconnaaup.org
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut for all current employee/staff contact information. 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. First Name
2. Last Name
3. Position Title
4. Department
5. Direct Phone Number (if does not exist, list main phone number with extension) 6. Business Cell Phone (if provided by University of Connecticut) 7. Email Address 8. Office Address (Address, City, State, Zip)
FOI #26-405 - Subject - Compliance Verification and Formal Records Disposition Request
Name - Brittany Clifton
Affiliation -
While I acknowledge your statement that UConn does not currently have copies of the records I requested, the RC-108 form provided establishes that significant volumes of records were authorized for destruction under two specific series:
1. ADMIN-027: Grant Program Files – Agency as administrator (Williams Syndrome/Mentor Connection/Nat1 G&T) [15.8 cf]
2. ADMIN-022: Event Program Files (Confratute) [10 cf]
Although your recent correspondence states that you cannot confirm UConn’s prior possession of these records, the attached Form RC-108—signed by the University Archivist and dated June 15, 2023—serves as the official institutional record confirming that these datasets were under the University's legal custody and control until the requested disposition date.
To conclude my administrative audit of these datasets, I am formally requesting the following documentation for both series:
• Federal Grant Identifier: Please provide the specific federal grant number(s) associated with both ADMIN-027 and ADMIN-022 so that I may verify the retention requirements mandated by the awarding federal agency.
• Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria: Please provide the official protocol documents detailing the participant inclusion and exclusion criteria for the research studies categorized under these series. This is necessary to understand the methodology and eligibility requirements for the populations studied.
• Certificate of Disposition: Please provide the formal Certificate of Destruction or Disposition associated with the July 1, 2023, proposed disposal date for these records.
• Finding Aid / Metadata: If the physical records were destroyed, please provide any existing finding aids, metadata summaries, or electronic project logs that describe the contents, participants, or scope of these specific datasets.
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.
- Laura Valentino
- Mackenzie Keyes
- Dave Pezzino
- Justin McClelland
Michael Ayele (a.k.a.) W
Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)
Affiliation - Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about:
[1] Immigrant Heritage Month as an event that began in June 2014 to shine a spotlight on the xenophobia encountered by first-generation American immigrants;
[2] the manner in which UConn has commemorated Immigrant Heritage Month beginning June 1, 2014;
[3] the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a federal agency of the United States government which has concluded the processing of FOIA Request No. 2020 – ICFO – 82819 by informing Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a.) W that Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) (i) was in the early 2010s offering undergraduate students 767 (seven hundred and sixty-seven) classes per year; (ii) had in the early 2010s approximately 913 (nine hundred and thirteen) undergraduate students per year;
[4] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a.) W as a Black former international student who has witnessed his written content being subjected to frenzy before they were filtered and distorted on internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL, Bing/MSN, Google and Yahoo following his decision to recognize that (i) he went to the U.S. on an F-1 visa in the month of December 2009 when he was 18 (eighteen) years of age; (ii) he graduated from Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) on (or around) December 31, 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree in Economics and Political Science; (iii) he has witnessed discrepancies in the DHS processing of the FOIA request they had assigned Case No. 2023 – ICFO – 23335 and 2020 – ICFO – 82819;
[5] the decision of internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL, Bing/MSN, Google and Yahoo to filter and distort Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a.) W’s written publications on immigration-related unfair employment practices by generating unwelcome and unapproved queries such as “Michael Ayele immigration,” “Michael Ayele immigration case,” “Michael Ayele immigration reform,” “Michael Ayele IRCA,” “Mike Ayele alumni,” “Michael Ayele alumni,” “Mike Ayele Jessica Alba,” “Michael Ayele Jessica Alba;” (https://www.bing.com/search?q=Michael+Ayele+Jessica+Alba)
[6] Exodus 12:49 decreeing as follows: “The same law should apply to both the native-born and the foreigner residing among you;”
[7] Exodus 23:9 decreeing as follows: “Do not oppress a foreigner because you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners;”
[8] Leviticus 19:34 decreeing as follows: “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love the foreigner as you love yourself;”
[9] Deuteronomy 10:18 decreeing as follows: “God loves the cause of the orphan and the widow. God also loves the foreigner.”
FOI #26-402 (06-15-26, 5:06 pm) - Subject - Air Charter Services
Name - David Covucci
Affiliation - FOIAball
Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following documents from your university:
The most recent version of a document prepared or possessed by your university’s risk management, compliance, athletics, or other departments that details your school’s policy for air charter booking and reservations and which lists out all acceptable providers (both individuals and businesses) and available aircraft that university personnel can use.
Please note that Connecticut law requires public agencies to respond to requests within four days of receiving them by either processing or denying the request, or providing written notice requesting an extension.
As I am an independent journalist engaged in legitimate newsgathering, I am requesting a fee waiver of any associated costs with this request. In lieu of a fee waiver, I am requesting a detailed invoice of any potential costs, if any, associated with this request.
FOI #26-401 (06-15-26, 9:18 am) - Subject - Public Records Request — RFP# CDR031325, AI Innovation Institute Technology Partner
Name - Will Lubbring
Affiliation - World Wide Technology
I am requesting electronic copies of the bid responses for RFP# CDR031325 (AI Innovation Institute Technology Partner) that was due April 3, 2025, and who the awarded contractor was. If there were numerous bidders, I would like to request copies of the finalists for this opportunity. Thank you.