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FOI #25-002 (01-2-25, 1:34 pm) - Subject - Capital and operating expenditures for payments made by or on behalf of The University of Connecticut System during fiscal year 2024
Name - Megan Russell-Erlich
Affiliation - Acme Research
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, we formally request that following the close of your current fiscal year your office provide us with public spending information, including both capital and operating expenditures for payments made by or on behalf of The University of Connecticut System during fiscal year 2024 for the following University of Connecticut campuses: Storrs, Hartford, and Avery Point, as well as the University of Connecticut Health Center. Specifically, sortable by campus as noted in the “Division SL” column, for any payee, other than a regular employee or student, paid a cumulative total amount of more than $5,000, we seek the payee name, address, and the cumulative total dollar amount paid to the subject payee over the relevant time period. The $5,000 threshold was established to minimize reporting for respondents. If a data sort of this type is not practical, please provide the requested information for all non-employee payees. This is the same format information that Kayla Postler was kind enough to provide via email for fiscal year 2023.
The information is to be used for research aimed at identifying patterns of spending by public entities. No part of the data will be used as a mailing list and your supplying the information cannot be construed as an endorsement of either your payees or our work.
We are willing to reimburse your office for any reasonable expense incurred in providing the requested information if an estimate of costs is provided for our approval before the work is performed. We would prefer to receive the data in CSV, text, or PDF document or Excel spreadsheet attached to an email.
Should you have questions or need to advise us to redirect this request, we can be reached at 800-810-3846 or via e-mail at HigherEd@acmeresearch.com. Kindly confirm receipt of this letter and contact our office to let us know your time frame for a response. Thank you for your assistance!
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: all updated Term Sheet/MOU/LOA/Offer Letter(s) and formal contract/amendment/addendum(s) for Head Football Coach Jim Mora.
I am contacting you in regard to a public records/information request.
I am looking for an up-to-date list of your current employees, full names, hire date, phone numbers, e-mail address, and salary, if possible, in digital format (excel preferred). I prefer to receive these documents via e-mail at requests@academyresearchgroup.com
I am ONLY seeking public information that is clearly disclosable to me and not confidential by law, or otherwise protected, and exempted from disclosure under state law.
FOI #24-585 - Subject - SmartProcure Public Records Request to University of Connecticut Health Center For PO/Vendor Information
Name - Misty Ruhlman
Affiliation -
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut Health Center for any and all purchasing records from 10/6/2023 to current. 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. Purchase order number. If purchase orders are not used a comparable substitute is acceptable, i.e., invoice, encumbrance, or check number 2. Purchase date 3. Line item details (Detailed description of the purchase) 4. Line item quantity 5. Line item price 6. Vendor ID number, name, address, contact person and their email address
FOI #24-584 (12-28-24, 3:57 pm) - Subject - Employment Contract
Name -
Affiliation -
Hello, I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: the recently announced extension to the employment contract for the UConn football head coach: Jim Mora
If a contract does not exist, I am requesting to obtain a MOU/LOA/term sheet/etc.
If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me of the cost. 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. 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 #24-583 (12-27-24, 10:46 am) - Subject - Public Records Request - UConn Health
Name - Frank Patterson
Affiliation -
I am contacting you in regard to a public records/information request.
I am looking for an up-to-date list of your current employees, full names, hire date, phone numbers, e-mail address, and salary, if possible, in digital format (excel preferred). I prefer to receive these documents via e-mail at requests@academyresearchgroup.com
I am ONLY seeking public information that is clearly disclosable to me and not confidential by law, or otherwise protected, and exempted from disclosure under state law.
I understand there may be a cost associated with retrieving and copying these documents. Please provide me with an estimated list of fees if so and contact me if you have any questions or concerns about this request. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Frank Patterson
Academy Research Group
Phone: (405) 529-5687
Hello, I am looking for thee bid results tabulation for Project #300267 - Urman Reflection Garden. I see the total bid amount but I need the tabulations and breakdowns for each of the contractors. Thank you!
We are requesting a public records for the contract - EI00242~2023RFP – Temporary Staffing Services
Please send us the following details:
1. Technical & Cost Proposals of the all awarded (Incumbent) vendors
2. Bid tabulation/scoring sheet of the award
3. Yearly spend and total budget on the requested contract
If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform us in advance before filling out our request. If in case there are no records or details of the request above, please respond stating the reason.
Looking forward to hearing from you
Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457
FOI #24-580 (12-23-24, 4:37 am) - Subject - Missouri Accountability Portal Listing of Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W Following Terrible December 23rd 2013 Morning at Fulton State Hospital
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation - Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the obligations of the University of Connecticut (UConn) to list the name and annual salary of their employees; [2] the mechanism and the website in use by UConn for the purpose of listing the name and annual salary of their employees; [3] the decision of the Missouri state government to identify Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a former employee of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (MODMH) Fulton State Hospital (FSH) who has earned approximately (i) $19,189 (nineteen thousand one hundred and eighty-nine American dollars) in Calendar Year 2013; (ii) $2,322 (two thousand three hundred and twenty two American dollars) in Calendar Year 2014; [4] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black man who (i) has never denied being employed for the MODMH (FSH) in Calendar Year 2013; (ii) has had his key questions on Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act filtered and distorted on Internet Search Engines (ISE) such as AOL, Bing/MSN and Yahoo; [5] the MODMH (FSH) as a state government agency, which refuses to deny that Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W (i) was on (or around) December 20th 2013 informed that he would receive a one-time lump sum payment for the work he did at the MODMH (FSH) upon the return of his government issued badge and uniform; (ii) returned his Missouri state government issued badge and uniform on December 20th 2013 and December 23rd 2013 (respectively) for the purpose of receiving the one-time lump sum payment that was promised to him on December 20th 2013; (iii) was not provided the one-time lump sum payment that was promised to him on December 23rd 2013 even though he had returned his Missouri state government issued badge and uniform; (iv) was very much displeased on (or around) December 23rd 2013 upon learning that he would not receive the one time lump sum payment he was promised even though he had returned his Missouri state government issued badge and uniform; (v) made numerous telephone calls between December 24th 2013 and December 30th 2013 to the MODMH (FSH) for the purpose of receiving the one-time lump sum payment that was owed to him; (vi) telephone calls to the MODMH (FSH) between December 24th 2013 and December 30th 2013 were either ignored or sent to voicemail; (vii) went to the MODMH (FSH) in person on (or around) December 30th 2013 for the purpose of demanding that he be paid the one time lump sum payment that was promised to him on (or around) December 30th 2013; (viii) was arrested for the first time in his life on (or around) December 30th 2013 for demanding that he be compensated with the one-time lump sum payment that was promised to him on December 20th 2013; (ix) was arrested for the first time in his life on (or around) December 30th 2013 for demanding that he provided with the entirety of his employment file at the MODMH (FSH)...