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Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
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Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
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Be Aware:
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FOI #19-103 - Subject - 2019 CT Assistant Coaches Contracts
Name - Zack Behnke
Affiliation - Creative Artists Agency
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: the most updated employment contracts and all subsequent amendments for Connecticut football staff members: Eddie Allen, Frank Giufre, Lou Spanos, Dennis Dottin-Carter, Corey Edsall, Mike Moyseenko, Darrell Perkins, Aaron Smith, Kyle Weiss, Jon Wholley
If a contract does not exist, I am requesting to obtain a MOU/LOA/term sheet/etc and 2019 salary information.
1. The information contained in the attached file “UMG Ortho une 11 10 data 12.12.11.xlsx”, but for Fiscal Year 2018 (July 1, 2017- June 30, 2018).
2. A list of all documents that you have obtained related to the above requests but were excluded and the reason they were excluded.
FOI #19-100 - Subject - Orthopaedic Surgery Clinical
Name - Michael Aronow
Affiliation - Orthopedic Associates of Hartford, PC
1. A copy of all orthopaedic surgery clinical faculty employment contracts/ appointment letters generated, signed, offered, or in effect subsequent to July 1, 2018. This includes original employment contracts/ appointment letters for new faculty, renewed/ renegotiated employment contracts/ appointment letters for established faculty, and currently pending contract offers.
2. A list of all documents that you have obtained related to the above requests but were excluded and the reason they were excluded.
FOI #19-099 - Subject - Charter Air Travel Records
Name - Craig Raabe
Affiliation - Izard, Kindall & Raabe
We write pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat.§§ 1-200 et seq., the Freedom of Information Act, to request inspection and copies of the following public records or files ("records"), as defined in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-200(5):
1. Any and all contracts or agreements for charter air travel taken by any UCONN employee(s) and/or student(s), including but not limited to athletic staff and/or student athletes from January 1, 2012 to the present.
2. Records sufficient to show the total amount spent per year from January 1, 2012 to the present on any charter air travel within the scope of Request No. 1.
3. Any and all contracts or agreements for fractional aircraft ownership related to travel taken by any UCONN employee(s) and/or student(s), including but not limited to athletic staff and/or student athletes from
January 1, 2012 to the present.
4. Records sufficient to show the total amount spent per year from January 1, 2012 to the present on any fractional aircraft ownership within the scope of Request No. 3.
Provide me with copies of any and all medical complaints filed or made on record against Dr. Ricardo Ruiz between December 2000 to present.
I also request a copy of your sworn medical hypocritic oath, that you get when becoming licensed to the medical field.
FOI #19-097 - Subject - Hartford Promise & New Haven Promise Scholarships
Name - Ted Deeley
Affiliation -
Please also consider this email as a formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to provide me with data on both the Hartford Promise and the New Haven Promise scholarship programs indicating the amount of "not stacked" additional funding provided for each year since inception under each of these programs. By "additional funding" I mean, the amount of scholarship funding that resulted from increasing a candidates financial aid over and above what they would normally received from UConn. For example, if a candidate would normally receive $3,000 of financial aid from UConn, they would then benefit from receiving an additional $2,000 under these programs utilizing the "not stacked" provision of these MOUs.
FOI #19-096 (04-2-19, 10:58 pm) - Subject - Furniture Receipts
Name - Zoey Turturino
Affiliation -
I'd like to request documents associated with the purchasing of furniture (chairs, tables, beds) for UConn residence halls in Storrs and Stamford. Vendor information, purchaser/purchasing department, cost, and date of purchase.
I'd like to request documents associated with purchases from the Correctional Enterprises of Connecticut (CEC) in the past ten years.
FOI #19-095 - Subject - Student Directory Information
Name - Virginia Johnson
Affiliation - Meadowbrook Gardens
In accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut, the undersigned hereby requests the right to inspect and make a copy of the following public information which you have on all students currently registered at your state university, but limited as to each student to the following information only:
1. Name;
2. Home Mailing Address;
3. Campus Mailing Address;
4. E-mail Address;
5. Campus Telephone Number;
6. Permanent Home Address;
7. Permanent Home Telephone Number;
8. Parent/Legal Guardian Names;
9. Parent/Legal Guardian Telephone Numbers;
10. Parent/Legal Guardian Email Addresses;