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Any and all documents relating to Michael Menard regarding any claims, complaints or notices of discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and/or improper behavior or actions by him during his employment with UConn or any of its subsidiaries or other related organizations. This is to include any investigation, witness statements, and/or any resolutions or discipline
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting copies of the Bid Results/Winning Bidder either official or unofficial containing the electrical bidders and their bid amounts for the following projects:
1) Whitney Hall Building Network Infrastructure & Cabling, #IT1176, Bid Date: 3/26/2020 2:00:00 PM
2) Holcomb Hall Building Network Infrastructure & Cabling, 3 Discovery Drive Storrs, #IT1175, Bid Date: 3/26/2020 2:00:00 PM
3) Electrical Contractor Services IQC, #OCELEC2020SBE, Bid Date: 10/20/2020 2:00:00 PM
4) Residence Hall Door Access Reader Upgrade, #300158, Bid Date: 10/8/2020 2:00:00 PM
FOI #21-042 - Subject - Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
Name - Michael Ayele
Affiliation -
(1) formal and informal ties existing between your offices, the Department of Education (DoED), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and Lehigh University;
(2) the time, the place and the manner in which you were first informed about the brutal rape and murder of Jeanne Ann Clery;
(3) all your communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence about the manner in which high school and undergraduate students are being taught / informed about the requirements of the Jeanne Ann Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act;
(4) all your communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence about Jeanne Ann Clery’s time as a student of Lehigh University;
(5) receipt of all concerns and complaints that were filed with your offices pertaining to Donald Trump having been invited to speak at the graduation ceremony of Lehigh University Class of 1988 two years after the brutal rape and murder of Jeanne Clery;
(6) receipt of all concerns and complaints that were filed with your offices about Donald Trump having been invited to speak at the graduation ceremony of Lehigh University Class of 1988 fifteen years after the DOJ charged his real estate company of maliciously excluding blacks and African Americans as customers;
(7) receipt of all concerns and complaints that were filed by people of the United States of America with your offices about Donald Trump having advocated for the reinstatement of the death penalty in the state of New York following the much-publicized incident at Central Park in the Spring of 1989;
(8) all your communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence about Donald Trump having endorsed the reinstatement of the death penalty in the State of New York following the much publicized incident at Central Park in the Spring of 1989;
(9) all your communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence about Donald Trump’s failure to be respectful of affirmative and effective consent in his sexual relationships with females;
(10) all your communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence about Kelly McCoy petition on Change.org calling for Donald Trump honorary degree to be rescinded;
(11) all your communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence about the motion put forward by faculty members of Lehigh University calling upon the honorary degree awarded to Donald Trump to be rescinded and
(12) all your communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence about Lehigh University rescinding Donald Trump’s honorary degree for his participation in the District of Columbia Dirksen Senate Office Building riot dated January 06th 2021.
FOI #21-041 (02-4-21, 12:32 am) - Subject - Future Football Game Agreements and Contracts Beginning in 2021
Name - Drew Vandemore
Affiliation - Alumnus
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be provided to me: written communication/agreements and/or finalized contracts and amendments between any and all members of the University of Connecticut Athletic Department and employees or representatives of other FBS and FCS schools/athletic departments related to future scheduling of football games beginning in the 2021 season and all future seasons. The date range for this request is limited to agreements/contracts finalized on or between January 2, 2020 and February 4, 2021.
FOI #21-040 (02-3-21, 12:24 am) - Subject - Athletics Finances
Name - Griffin Whitmer
Affiliation -
Requesting the athletic department's annual expenses/revenues document for FY2020 in full. Should have all detailed revenue and expense information for UConn Husky athletic programs.
Andy Wittry
Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (Substack newsletter)
FOI #21-039 (02-1-21, 7:23 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 to or from AD David Benedict, or men's basketball coach Dan Hurley, that include any of "Big East tournament," "conference tournament," or "Madison Square Garden." Since this request is of public interest, I'd like to request that any associated fees are waived.
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of public records of the names, salaries (base and total compensation if available), fraction of FTE, and ranks of all faculty members in the Department of Economics at UConn. That is, each data item in the requested spreadsheet would have a faculty member's name, rank, base salary, total salary and year, from 2000 to the most recent year available. This is sought for academic research purposes.
Student Student
School of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources
I am reaching out in regards to the "North Campus Residence Hall Renovations Phase II - Project #300164" that was bid on 1/26/2021. I would like submit a FOIL request to get the Pricing Sheets of all contractors that submitted a bid. Your help is much appreciated.