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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
FOI #22-134 (04-5-22, 12:45 pm) - Subject - Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - Connecticut Jr Huskies Youth Hockey Organization
I'm looking for any energy and/or budget related studies done on the rink, any documents showing allocated capital for the rink to have improvements (estimates of said improvements) and a full break down of the FY22 and FY23 budget including overhead. Thank you!
Records related to all decisions on testing the student population. Including, but not limited to:
Testing and punishment for student who are vaccine exempt
Testing and punishment for students who are not boosted, but are vaccinated
Testing availability to fully vaccinated students for the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Semester
Please include internal emails discussing the implementation of these policies, and if possible the decision making
Please include the policies, or the location that they may be publicly available
Please include statistics and the number tests administered to vaccine exempt and fully vaccinated students during the academic year 2021-2022
FOI #22-132 (04-5-22, 10:07 am) - Subject - Email communication between UConn-Hartford and UConn Storrs
Name - David Amdur
Affiliation - UConn-AAUP
I am requesting any and all email communication between Mark Overmyer-Velazquez and Linda Halgunseth, including between the two of them, with the following people (Juli Wade, Mark Healey, James Green, Diane Lillo-Martin, Edith Barrett, Nicole Ariyavtkul, and Nadine Brennan) which include the following in the subject line or body of the email:
Susan Holt
Nancy Ritter
Daniel Russo
Adjunct
non-renewal
full-time faculty
multi-year
Linguistics
LING 2010Q
LING1030
LING1020
Language and Environment
Science of Linguistics
Diversity of Language
Western Traditions
HIST 1300
PSYC 1100
PSYC 1101
PSYC 2400
General Psychology
Social Psychology
Developmental Psychology
I also request any attachments or documents which may be included with any email.