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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I’d like to request electronic copies of the contracts (and any extensions/amendments) for the head men’s basketball coach and his 3 assistant coaches, the head football coach, his 10 assistants, and any analysts, and the athletic director. If any assistant coaches do not have contracts, their letters of employment and/or salary figures will be sufficient
FOI #21-193 (06-9-21, 2:10 pm) - Subject - Audit contract for CohnReznick
Name - Aaron Waters
Affiliation - Self employed
Looking for the proposal, pricing, scoring sheet, team bios for outsourced internal audit provider CohnReznick. Looking to obtain the proposal for internal audit services for CohnReznick. They are auditing construction projects. I am looking for their proposal, RFP, scope, fees, and reports issued.
Matt Brown
publisher of Extra Points, a newsletter covering the business of college sports and higher education
UConn Storrs
Complete
FOI #21-192 - Subject -
Name - Matt Brown
Affiliation - publisher of Extra Points, a newsletter covering the business of college sports and higher education
I would like to file an Open Records Request for the following documentation:
1) Copies of all signed contracts for non-conference college football games currently scheduled from 2022-2030 involving your institution.
2) A copy of any itemized breakdown or report indicating how the university allocated resources given via the CARES Act and HERF II. As an example, here is one such document produced by the University of New Mexico.
As I understand these documents are kept by different universities departments and may take different amounts of time to produce, feel free to send the responsive documents in stages, if that is easier for your department.
Andy Wittry
Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (Substack newsletter)
FOI #21-191 (06-6-21, 6:05 pm) - Subject - Athletics
Name - Andy Wittry
Affiliation - Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (Substack newsletter)
I'd like to make a public records request for a copy of UConn's 2020 NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System report. Since this request is of public interest, I'd like to request that any associated fees are waived.
Paolo Fernandez
Complete
FOI #21-190 (06-4-21, 3:29 pm) - Subject -
Name - Paolo Fernandez
Affiliation -
I am requesting the original employment agreement and all subsequent contract amendments, extensions, modifications, etc. associated with women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma, including the most recent 2021 extension.
FOI #21-189 (06-3-21, 3:27 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 that pertain to the scheduling of non-conference games and multi-team exempt events intended to be played by the UConn Men's Basketball team for the 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
These public records may include but are not limited to:
· Contract agreements between UConn and other institutions or event planners. This includes
o Contractual agreements
o Amendments to contractual agreements
· Documents shared with and by the Big East Conference pertaining to scheduling.
I am requesting all emails, correspondences, and memorandums from the governor’s office and the state department of education regarding requiring vaccinations for students and employees to return to colleges in the fall.
FOI #21-187 - Subject - Unclaimed or outstanding checks
Name - Loren Bialik
Affiliation -
This request is for both the University and the Health Center/Hospital.
Under the Public Records Act we request access and copies of the following:
1. Unclaimed or outstanding checks including dates, names, last addresses and amounts due the payees that have been going unclaimed for at least six months but not more than five years. (Generally these are vendor or accounts payable checks.)
A list of these items, rather than actual copies is acceptable. And we can accept it by email.
We are only interested in items that are $5,000 or over and ones issued by your office (not ones that have escheated to the state unclaimed property office).
Andy Wittry
Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (Substack newsletter)
FOI #21-186 (05-30-21, 1:14 pm) - Subject - Athletics
Name - Andy Wittry
Affiliation - Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (Substack newsletter)
I'd like to make a public records request for a copy of any emails, as well as any related attachments, sent or received by AD David Benedict starting May 22 and ending May 28, 2021 that include either: "Kaplan Hecker" or "gender equity," while ignoring any responsive documents from industry newsletters, such as D1.ticker. Since this request is of public interest, I'd like to request that any associated fees are waived.
FOI #21-185 (05-27-21, 4:35 pm) - Subject - police reports and call logs
Name - sandra fish
Affiliation - ESPN
Pursuant to the state open records law Conn. Gen. Stat. Secs. 1-200 to 1-242, I write to request access to and a copy of all police reports and call logs from 2018, 2019 and 2020, with all available fields, including but not limited to date of incident, time of incident, incident type, incident location, case number, date reported, time reported, information on the suspect including name, date of birth, race/ethnicity, student status, and disposition if available. I'd like to receive the data digitally, preferably in csv or Excel format. If your agency does not maintain these public records, please let me know who does and include the proper custodian's name and address.