FOI #26-105 - Subject - UCHC-208235022

Name -

Affiliation -

The purpose of this letter is to request publicly available information under regulations associated with open access to public information, such as laws created and enacted by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). To help us with research for our RFP Database, OPEN MINDS is formally requesting the following information for the solicitation/Request for Proposal referenced below:

SOLICITATION NUMBER: UCHC-208235022
SOLICITATION TITLE: Connecticut Seeks Medicaid Eligibility Enrollment Services
SOLICITATION DUE DATE: November 19, 2025

Please provide*:
• Name, contact person, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the organization(s) awarded a contract because of this solicitation.
• Contract award date
• Contract award period
• Contract award amount
• List of additional organizations that responded to this RFP.

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FOI #26-104 - Subject - Outstanding Checks

Name - Michael Lazar

Affiliation -

Pursuant to which grants access to copies of public records, we respectfully request the most up to date information pertaining to the following types of obligations:
• Outstanding and refundable credit balances.
• Checks exempt from Unclaimed Property Reporting.
• Unclaimed, uncashed, undeliverable, staled-dated, voided, overdue and/or outstanding payments or checks/warrants issued and owed by UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT.

If some of this request is exempt from release, please release the remainder of the record which is allowed. Please provide all requested records that are greater than $500, are claimable (The obligation to the payee has not been voided by law), The funds have not been turned over to the abandoned property office, and the funds are not in the process of being issued or reissued. Also for any outstanding checks, please only provide those that the payee still has the right to claim and have been outstanding for a period of over 3 months. For each property, please provide issue dates, payee names, addresses, and dollar amounts due. If possible, an excel document would be the desired format to receive data for all available years.

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FOI #26-103 (02-16-26, 2:23 pm) - Subject - Period Tracking Apps in Athletics

Name - David Covucci

Affiliation - FOIAball

Regarding this request, I understand there may be concerns about releasing certain details as they relate to HIPAA. I am willing to agree upfront to any redactions that need to be made with regard to individuals’ identity or private health data.

Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.) I am requesting the following data from your athletics department. Specifically, I am requesting data in possession of your women’s women's basketball team, as well as athletic training, sports performance, or other related staff.

A list of all wearable data devices required or offered to be worn by student-athletes for practice, games, or daily life for the above-listed sports.

Any policies the athletics department has established for the use of wearable data devices.

Any agreements or information sheets provided to student athletes regarding wearable data devices

Any agreements for wearable data devices the university has with the following firms: Clue, Flo, Ovia, Glow, Whoop, WildAI/Zepp Health, FitrWoman or Fitr Coach, Kinexion, Oura or other applications that track individuals' menstrual cycles.

A list of all linked accounts to any of the above applications if run by a centralized university account.

Any questionnaires or online forms sent to student-athletes in the above-listed sports requesting menstrual cycle information.

A screenshot of any Teamworks AMS dashboard (or similar third-party platforms for athlete health such as Lumin) that covers menstrual cycle data (with necessary redactions).

A list of inputs provided to athletes for any Teamworks AMS dashboard (or similar third-party platforms for athlete health such as Lumin) covering menstrual cycle data.

For all the above requested information, the most recent copy for all will suffice. Again, if you have any questions about this, given the sensitivities involved, I’m happy to chat. I am working on a story about the tracking of this data, and not interested in any personal identifying information or data the school believes should be withheld under HIPAA.

Please note that Connecticut law requires public agencies to respond to requests within four days of receiving them by either processing or denying the request, or providing written notice requesting an extension.

As I am an independent journalist engaged in legitimate newsgathering, I am requesting a fee waiver of any associated costs with this request. In lieu of a fee waiver, I am requesting a detailed invoice of any potential costs, if any, associated with this request.

Thanks,
David

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FOI #26-102 (02-16-26, 12:21 pm) - Subject - Public Records Request - Dan Hurley Contract/Salary

Name - Paul Myerberg

Affiliation - USA TODAY

Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I am writing to request a copy of the following public records:

• The current employment contract and any amendments for Men’s Head Basketball Coach Dan Hurley.
• Documents indicating total compensation, including base salary, bonuses, and incentives for the 2025-26 season.

If some parts of this request are exempt from disclosure, I request that you release the non-exempt, segregable portions of the records.

I am requesting these records for journalistic research as part of USA TODAY’s annual coaches database.

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if they exceed $25. If you are able to send these records electronically (e.g., CSV or PDF to this email address), that would be preferred.

If you deny this request, please cite the specific legal exemption that justifies your refusal.

Thank you.

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FOI #26-101 (02-15-26, 9:03 pm) - Subject - FOI

Name - Student Student

Affiliation - The Daily Campus

I am requesting that the records for the following FOIA requests be sent to my email when completed:

FOI #26-100
FOI #26-099
FOI #26-068
FOI #26-067
FOI #26-066
FOI #26-005
FOI #25-554

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FOI #26-100 (02-13-26, 2:02 pm) - Subject - Social Services Emails

Name - Megan Brock

Affiliation - Daily Wire

Any/all email communication records (including attachments, URL links and electronic database links) sent and/or received by Angela Weeks (angela.weeks@uconn.edu) and/or Marlene Matarese (marlene.matarese@uconn.edu), to or from Liliana Chakrabarti (Liliana.Chakrabarti@acf.hhs.gov) from January 1, 2025, to March 1, 2025, and October 1, 2025, to December 1, 2025.

I am asking for any/all communication records containing information about:

1. Any/all information or communications about programs, projects, that assist families, including foster care families, and child welfare agencies in supporting LGBTQI+ children.

2. Any/all communications about the 2024 presidential election and how it has impacted LGBTQI+

3. Any/all communications about LGBTQI+ youth and policies that impact LGBTQI+ youth, including but not limited to bans on gender affirming care.

For further specificity, please only include records that contain any or all of the following keywords:
“Family Acceptance” “LGBTQ” “Youth Acceptance” “Family Values” “Affirmative” “discrimination” “ACES” “LGBTQI+” “SOGIE” “CLEARINGHOUSE” “Family Finding” “Trump” “Election” “CAFF” “AFFIRM” “Pritzker” “Casey Foundation” “YAP” “Kellog” “David Thomas” “safety” “gender affirming” “discrimination”

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FOI #26-099 (02-13-26, 12:54 pm) - Subject - Social Services

Name - Megan Brock

Affiliation - Daily Wire

Any/all email communication records (including attachments, URL links and electronic database links) sent and/or received by Angela Weeks (angela.weeks@uconn.edu) and/or Marlene Matarese (marlene.matarese@uconn.edu), to or from Merle Chambers, from June 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024.
I am asking for any/all communication records containing the following information:

1. Any/all information about the October 16, 2024, event hosted by ACF “Our Family Values: Building the Evidence Base for Child Well-Being,” including but not limited to communications about the event itinerary, attendees, follow-up, and materials given to attendees before or after the event.

2. Any/all information or communications about programs, projects, grants about expanding the evidence base and availability of programs that assist families, including foster care families, and child welfare agencies in supporting LGBTQI children.

For further specificity, please only include records that contain any or all of the following keywords:
“Family Acceptance” “LGBTQ” “Youth Acceptance” “Family Values” “Affirmative” “discrimination” “ACES” “LGBTQI+” “SOGIE” “CLEARINGHOUSE” “Family Finding” “Trump” “Election” “CAFF” “AFFIRM” “Pritzker” “Casey Foundation” “Aviv Foundation” “Hilton” “YAP” “Kellog” “David Thomas”

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FOI #26-098 (02-13-26, 7:50 am) - Subject - 3rd Party Communications Platforms

Name - David Covucci

Affiliation - FOIAball

Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following documents from your athletics director and/or their top assistant.

Any invitations to any external communications platforms, channels, groups, or apps outside your university’s main platforms, such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Signal Groups, WhatsApp chats, or others from Bynum Jaeger or any Excel employee or Parker Executive Search employees relating to the school’s 2025 head coaching search that ended with the hiring of Tim Candle.

Any emails or texts directing university officials or members of any coach search committee to download any apps or programs by Bynum Jaeger or any Excel employee or Parker Executive Search employees for the purpose of communicating outside of official government channels.

Any documentation, referenced in emails, texts, or inventory logs, of any devices such as mobile phones or tablets, provided by Bynum Jaeger or any Excel employee or Parker Executive Search employees to your university.

I am requesting that you conduct these searches for your school’s athletic director and/or their top assistant.

If you need a more narrow date range to search, I am requesting communications from 10/1/2025-12/31/2025.

I do understand this request, as worded, is a tad tricky, so I’m willing and open to your best ideas on how to fulfill it. It is my understanding that companies can provide these services during head football coach searches as a way to keep communications off platforms subject to public records laws. I’m hoping to obtain any possible documentation of that process.

Please note that Connecticut law requires public agencies to respond to requests within four days of receiving them by either processing or denying the request, or providing written notice requesting an extension.

As I am an independent journalist engaged in legitimate newsgathering, I am requesting a fee waiver of any associated costs with this request. In lieu of a fee waiver, I am requesting a detailed invoice of any potential costs, if any, associated with this request.

Thanks,
David

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FOI #26-097 - Subject - 2400068607 & 2600005378

Name - Ivy Baron

Affiliation -

Requesting any and all records of communications over multiple dates and incidents

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FOI #26-096 (02-13-26, 5:08 am) - Subject - National Council on Disability (NCD) FOIA Request Case No. 2023 - 01. https://www.bing.com/search?q=michael+ayele+jeanne+clery

Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation - Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)

What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the National Council on Disability (NCD) as a federal agency of the United States government which had on (or around) January 30th 2018 published a report recognizing that (i) American colleges and universities in receipt of Title IX funding have a legal obligation to inform all their freshmen undergraduate students (whether domestic or international) what constitutes “affirmative and effective consent in healthy sexual relationships;” (ii) American colleges and universities in receipt of Title IX funding have a legal obligation to inform all their freshmen undergraduate students (whether domestic or international) of the Jeanne Clery Act; (iv) twenty percent (20%) of women were sexually assaulted in a college or university setting (of the U.S.A) by the time they reached their senior year in Calendar Year 2005; (v) thirty-two percent (32%) of women with a disability were sexually assaulted during Calendar Years 2014 and 2015 in a college or university setting; (vi) sexual assault “is a public health and public safety concern with far reaching implications;” (vii) sexual assault is a “deeply personal violation” which “leaves physical and emotional impacts that change the lives of victims;” (viii) sexual assault causes “long-term physical, psychological, and emotional effects, including depression, post-traumatic stress, thoughts of suicide, flashbacks, and sleep disorders;” [2] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who has witnessed his correspondence with the NCD on the subject of their January 30th 2018 report being subjected to frenzy before it was very inappropriately filtered and distorted on internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL, Bing/MSN, Google and Yahoo following his decision to recognize that (i) he was informed what constitutes “affirmative and effective consent” in the month of January 2010 when he was 18 years of age; (ii) he was informed what constitutes “affirmative and effective consent” after being told of the April 05th 1986 rape and murder of Jeanne Ann Clery; (iii) the rape and murder of Jeanne Ann Clery raises questions about Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972; [3] the decision of the Bing/MSN internet search engine (ISE) to filter and distort Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W’s correspondence with the NCD on the subject of their January 30th 2018 report by generating unwelcome and unapproved queries such as “Michael Ayele’s role in Title IX reform,” and “Michael Ayele’s impact on Title IX reforms,” “Michael Ayele published articles,” “Michael Ayele article controversies,” “Michael Ayele OSF publications,” “Michael Ayele AACL Projects,” “Michael Ayele academic profile,” “mike ayele alumni.” ( https://www.bing.com/search?q=mike+ayele+alumni )

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