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FOI #21-068 (02-25-21, 10:20 am) - Subject - Course Billing
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - University of Connecticut
Internal correspondence, meeting minutes, policy statements and records of guidelines regarding decisions on formulating course lesson plans, decisions on learning objectives for each course, decisions on quantity of credit-hours per course, and decisions on course prerequisites for the undergraduate ECE department courses in years 2000-2021.
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. Please let me know if there is a fee.
I'd also like to request an electronic copy of the contracts for the men's basketball and football support staff for the year 2020-2021. If there are no employment contracts for these individuals, salary figures will suffice. Please let me know if there is a fee
FOI #21-066 - Subject - Contact Information - Avery Point
Name - Product Analyst Team
Affiliation - publiccontractors.com
We would like to submit a public record request to the University of Connecticut Avery Point for all current employee/staff contact information. The request is limited to readily available records in any electronic format. Alternatively, if the information is readily available on your website, please let us know where and we will obtain it from there.
The specific information being requested 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 ${Accounts Account Name})
7. Email Address
8. Office Address (Address, City, State, Zip)
FOI #21-065 - Subject - Contact Information - Waterbury
Name - Product Analyst Team
Affiliation - publiccontractors.com
We would like to submit a public record request to the University of Connecticut Waterbury for all current employee/staff contact information. The request is limited to readily available records in any electronic format. Alternatively, if the information is readily available on your website, please let us know where and we will obtain it from there.
The specific information being requested 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 ${Accounts Account Name})
7. Email Address
8. Office Address (Address, City, State, Zip)
FOI #21-064 - Subject - Contact Information - UConn Health
Name - Product Analyst Team
Affiliation - publiccontractors.com
We would like to submit a public record request to the University of Connecticut Health Center for all current employee/staff contact information. The request is limited to readily available records in any electronic format. Alternatively, if the information is readily available on your website, please let us know where and we will obtain it from there.
The specific information being requested 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 ${Accounts Account Name})
7. Email Address
8. Office Address (Address, City, State, Zip)
Andy Wittry
Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (Substack newsletter)
FOI #21-063 (02-23-21, 9:46 am) - 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 starting Feb. 19 and ending Feb. 23, 2021 that include either "Big East" or "Madison Square Garden," while ignoring any listserv emails. Since this request is of public interest, I'd like to request that any associated fees are waived.
FOI #21-062 (02-21-21, 2:34 pm) - Subject - Correspondence between University Staff Surrounding the Uyghur Genocide
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - Undergraduate Student Government
To the greatest extent possible the Undergraduate Students Government is searching for internal correspondence between Officials within the Neag Dean's office, Dean of Students office, UConn Global Affairs, and other offices pertaining to this Message: https://soapbox.uconn.edu/public/storyView.php?id=100865&cid=9&iid=14369
This should include an email with the subject line: "Question and request on the unconfirmed news of Chinese Uighur" received by Judd on Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 2:30 PM as well as the response sent by Jones on Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 9:11 AM.
This should also include an email sent from CSSA UCONN to Alexander, Rae ; DOS - Dean of Students ; UConn - Global Affairs on Monday, November 2, 2020 12:30 PM with the subject "Emergent! Report of a sensitive political statement towards China" and any internal correspondence surrounding it.
The Union is submitting a formal Freedom of Information Request regarding University discretionary compensation forms from the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR).
Please include the following:
• Any and all written recommendations for UCPEA Performance-Based Compensation for CAHNR employees in 2020.
• Any and all written recommendations for UCPEA One-Time Performance Awards for CAHNR employees in 2020.
FOI #21-059 (02-19-21, 11:43 am) - Subject - List of respondents to RFI #5-2020 – Continuing Medical Education Application Review Process
Name - Jennifer Fabugais
Affiliation - Deltek
Requesting for the list of list respondents to RFI #5-2020 released for the Continuing Medical Education Application Review Process which closed on February 13, 2020.