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FOI #26-072 (02-4-26, 11:18 am) - Subject - Game contracts - women's basketball
Name - Chantel M Jennings
Affiliation - The Athletic, The New York Times Co.
I would like to obtain copies of game contracts for the UConn women's basketball program for the following games:
1. Armed Forces Classic vs. Louisville (11/4)
2. Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase vs. Michigan and Utah (11/21 + 11/23)
3. Women's Championships Classic vs. Iowa (12/20)
4. As of yet unannounced but confirmed game vs. LSU in Nashville, 2027
FOI #26-068 (02-3-26, 9:51 am) - Subject - Emails From Angela Weeks and Marlene Matarese
Name - Megan Brock
Affiliation - Daily Wire
Any/all email communication records (including attachments, URL links, PDFs, and electronic database links) to and/or from Angela Weeks (angela.weeks@uconn.edu) and/or Marlene Marteese (marlene.matarese@uconn.edu), to or from any or all of the following: Ronna Popkin (ronna.popkin@nih.gov), Dr. Leah Robin (ler7@cdc.gov), Lauren Wethers-Coggins (lauren.wetherscoggins@maryland.gov), Vida Khavar (vkhavar@familybuilders.org), Shannon Deinhart (shannon.deinhart@kinnectohio.org), Kristi Burre (kristi.burre@kinnectohio.org), Kevin Torigoe (Kevin.Torigoe@frontlineservice.org), Kathleen Dwyer (Kathleen.Dwyer@ACF.hhs.gov), containing information about Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) data collection and/or social services programs (including but not limited to AFFIRM programs, Youth Acceptance Project, Chosen Affirming Finding Family, Family Builders) and/or about expanding the evidence base and availability of programs that assist families in supporting their LGBTQI+ children including program details, research and securing funding/working with donors, from November 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026.
For further specificity please only include records that have any or all of the following keywords or phrases:
“Family Acceptance” “LGBTQ” “Affirmative” “discrimination” “ACES” “LGBTQI+” “SOGIE” “Clearinghouse” “Family Finding” “Our Family Values” “CAFF” “AFFIRM” “Pritzker” “Casey Foundation” “Aviv Foundation” “David Thomas” “Hilton” “YAP” “”Kinnect” “HRC” “Human Rights Campaign” “Family Builders” “Youth Acceptance Project”
FOI #26-067 (02-3-26, 8:40 am) - Subject - Emails From Angela Weeks and Marlene Marteese
Name - Megan Brock
Affiliation - Daily Wire
Any/all email communication records (including attachments, URL links, PDFs, and electronic database links) to and/or from Angela Weeks and/or Marlene Marteese, to or from any or all of the following: Catherine Heath (Catherine.Heath@ACF.hhs.gov), Kathleen Dwyer (Kathleen.Dwyer@ACF.hhs.gov), Julie Kruse (julie.kruse@acf.hhs.gov), David Gonzalez Rice (David.Gonzalezrice@acf.hhs.gov), Gabrielle Newell (Gabrielle.Newell@acf.hhs.gov), Christine Fortunato (Christine.Fortunato@acf.hhs.gov), Laura Radel (Laura.Radel@HHS.GOV), Douglas Steiger (Douglas.Steiger@acf.hhs.gov), Lauren Wethers-Coggins (lauren.wetherscoggins@maryland.gov), Vida Khavar, Kevin Torigoe, Ronna Popkin (ronna.popkin@nih.gov), Dr. Leah Robin (ler7@cdc.gov), from October 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024, that contain any information about the October 16, 2024, event “Our Family Values: Building the Evidence Base for Child Well-Being,” and/or any information about expanding the evidence base and availability of programs that assist families in supporting their LGBTQI+ children including program details, research and securing funding/working with donors.
For further specificity please only include records that have any or all of the following keywords and/or phrases:
“Family Acceptance” “LGBTQ” “Affirmative” “discrimination” “ACES” “LGBTQI+” “SOGIE” “Clearinghouse” “Family Finding” “Trump” “Election” “Our Family Values” “CAFF” “AFFIRM” “Pritzker” “Casey Foundation” “Aviv Foundation” “David Thomos” “David Thomas” “Hilton” “Kellog” “YAP”
FOI #26-066 (02-3-26, 8:40 am) - Subject - SOGIE Training Videos
Name - Megan Brock
Affiliation - Daily Wire
Please provide digital copies or links to the 8 modules created under contract # 75ACF123P00007, between the department of the Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Connecticut.
This should be an example of one of the videos that is already online: https://youtu.be/DWYktShw3Ng
FOI #26-065 (02-2-26, 9:56 am) - Subject - Letters of appointment, special payroll appointments, employment agreements, and job descriptons
Name - David Amdur
Affiliation - UConn-AAUP
I am requesting any and all copies of letters of appointment, special payroll appointments or contracts, employment agreements or contracts, job descriptions, and organizational flow charts with lines of reporting/supervision between the University of Connecticut and Elizabeth M (Lee) Reynolds between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2026.
FOI #26-064 (02-2-26, 9:56 am) - Subject - Data collected regarding the staffing of employees performing labor and employee relations functions for calendar years 2016 through 2025
Name - Kurt Comisky
Affiliation -
Please provide the number of staff that perform the functions of labor and employee relations for calendar years 2016 through 2025, inclusive.
Please provide the protected class determinations of staff that perform the functions of labor and employee relations for calendar years 2016 through 2025, inclusive.
FOI #26-063 - Subject - Temporary IT Support for EPIC & Other Clinical & Non-Clinical Systems-UCHC4-155915401
Name - Raj Pal
Affiliation -
I am writing to request access to public records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to the RFP “Temporary IT Support for EPIC & Other Clinical & Non-Clinical Systems-UCHC4-155915401
for covering the period from January 2022 through February 2026.
Specifically, I am requesting the following information:
1. Name(s) of the awarded vendor(s)
2. A copy of the winning proposal(s)
3. Bid tabulation and/or scoring sheets
4. Final executed contract(s) with the awarded vendor(s)
5. Contract spending details for each vendor during the specified timeframe