Request Log

FOI #18-187 (06-7-18, 10:46 pm) - Subject - Rainbow Center Documents

Name - Elizabeth Sullivan

Affiliation - UCPEA

Request for Rainbow Center documents including but not limited to documents saved on UConn's Google Drive.

FOI #18-186 - Subject - Athletics Coaches Contracts

Name - Sydnee Wells

Affiliation -

The most recent contracts for the head coach and assistant coaches in the following sports: baseball, softball, men's basketball, and women's basketball.

FOI #18-185 (06-5-18, 8:01 pm) - Subject - Football-related documents

Name - Steve Berkowitz

Affiliation - USA Today

1. The contracts and base salaries covering the 2018-19 season for the head football coach, the 10 full-time assistant football coaches and the football team’s head strength/conditioning coach, including but not limited to:
a) Amendments or addenda.
b) Documents reflecting current or intended compensation or benefits to any of the coaches from a third party.
*If the head coach (or any assistant or the strength/conditioning coach) is not covered by a contract, please provide the applicable letter of understanding or other document that outlines his compensation and a copy of any document listing bonuses for which the coach is eligible, including criteria for the bonuses and the amounts that would be paid.
*If the head coach (or any assistant or the strength/conditioning coach) is employed on an at-will basis, please provide a list of each coach’s base salary and a copy of any document listing bonuses for which the coach is eligible, including criteria for the bonuses and the amounts that would be paid.
*If the football team does not have a dedicated strength/conditioning coach, I would like to obtain the compensation information for the athletics department’s head strength/conditioning coach.
2. The most recent athletically related outside-income reports for the head football coach, the 10 assistant football coaches and the football team’s head strength/conditioning coach described above. This is a document that the university may require athletic personnel to use in order to report income earned from sources other than the university. If the university is no longer collecting these documents, please state that in the response to this request.
3. An itemized list of incentive bonus amounts actually paid to the current head football coach from May 15, 2017 through May 14, 2018. The goal of this request is to obtain data about bonus payments made for sport-related goals achieved during the 2017-18 football season and/or for academic or other achievements during a full, 12-month period, even though that period may not conform with the school’s fiscal year or academic year or with the coach’s contract year.
4. The university’s contracts for non-conference football games scheduled to be played during the 2018 regular season, including any amendments.

FOI #18-184 - Subject - Salary Information

Name - Janis Farese

Affiliation - American Transparency

An electronic copy of any and all employees for year of 2017, (fiscal or calendar year). Each employee record should contain the employer name, employer zip code, year of compensation, first name, middle initial, last name, hire date (mm-dd-yyyy), base salary amount, bonus amount, overtime amount, gross annual wages and position title. This data should be broken down by employer, employee and year.

FOI #18-183 - Subject - Microaggression

Name - Carolyn Komatsoulis

Affiliation - MuckRock.com

(1) Any emails to or from any representative of the Division of Student Life or Office of Student Affairs or whatever equivalent office from January 1, 2015 up through the present that contain the following terms:
• "microagression"
• "microagressions"
• "trigger warning"
• "triggered"
• "trigger warnings"
• "safe space"
• "safe spaces"
(2) Any available demographic information related to the current student population of this educational institution.

FOI #18-182 (06-4-18, 10:04 am) - Subject - Executive Director Employee Relations Search 2018487

Name - Kurt Comisky

Affiliation - Self

I request a complete and certified copy of all submitted applications and submitted documents to support the application. I also request a copy of the Search Committee's criteria used to rank or determine which candidates would be interviewed, the ranking or score sheet, and any other written notes, email, or memorandum related to this position posting.

FOI #18-181 (05-30-18, 4:04 pm) - Subject - Athletic fees assessed to full-time students

Name - Aaron Beard

Affiliation - Associated Press

The amount of all athletics fees assessed to full-time students from the 2009-10 academic year and running through the upcoming 2018-19 school year. We request those amounts be broken down by academic year, semester or term.
This request would include any amounts that provide revenue for a school’s athletics department or related athletics operations (such as allowing students to attend sporting events or additional amounts designated to help pay for athletic facilities costs/debt). If the amount is part of a broader general fee, please include the amount of that general fee and the part designated for athletics-related operations.

FOI #18-180 (05-30-18, 10:35 am) - Subject - Football Attendance and Ticket Accounting

Name - Rachel Bachman

Affiliation - The Wall Street Journal

1. Game-by-game drop count for attendance during the 2017 home football season. By drop count, I mean the number of tickets scanned/counted for each game.
2. Game-by-game count of free tickets distributed for the 2017 home football season.
3. Game-by-game count of tickets for the 2017 home football season that were purchased by the university, the athletic department or a representative agency (e.g. a marketing partner). Please include the face value for those tickets.

FOI #18-179 - Subject - Fringe Benefits

Name - Michael Aronow

Affiliation -

1. A copy of any documents (including but not exclusive to electronic, paper, email) relating to the amount of fringe benefits a physician faculty member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine would have received for Fiscal Year 2011 (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011), Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012), Fiscal Year 2013 (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013), Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014), Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015), and Fiscal Year 2018 (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018).
a. The information provided should include
i. The total fringe benefit cost for a physician (Total dollar amount or percentage of salary).
ii. The amount a physician faculty member would receive for each fringe benefit received including but not exclusive to
1. Family Health Insurance
2. Family Dental Insurance
3. Disability insurance
4. Life insurance
5. Retirement contributions
6. Tuition waivers
b. If available, this request may be fulfilled by providing the numerical answers to request 1a above, in lieu of all documents related to each faculty members fringe benefit payments during the above time period.
2. A list of all documents that you have obtained related to the above requests but were excluded and the reason they were excluded.
3. The names of the individual(s) who carried out this request.

Follow up request received 6/15/18:
1. The link you provided https://research.uchc.edu/sps-awards/fa-and-fb-rates/ lists 2018 data. Do you have similar data for the other years?
2. With respect to records relating to actual fringe cost for specific employees, please provide that data for Fiscal Years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 for
a. Robert Arciero, M.D.
b. Michael Aronow, MD
c. Augustus Mazzocca, M.D.
d. Kevin Shea, M.D.

FOI #18-178 (05-28-18, 12:01 pm) - Subject - Pasqualoni Employment Contract 2011

Name - Øyvind Aas

Affiliation -

In accordance with the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), can you please send me, via email, the employment contract for the head coach of football at the University of Connecticut, Mr. Paul Pasqualoni.
Coach Pasqualoni was hired as the head coach in January 13, 2011, and the contract was terminated on September 30, 2013. Please send the first contract (2011) with amendments, all subsequent amendments and renewals, and any new contracts in the period 2011 – 2013.

Name Affiliation Subject Location Request Status
Elizabeth Sullivan UCPEA Rainbow Center Documents UConn Storrs Complete
Sydnee Wells Athletics Coaches Contracts UConn Storrs Complete
Steve Berkowitz USA Today Football-related documents UConn Storrs Complete
Janis Farese American Transparency Salary Information UConn Storrs Complete
Carolyn Komatsoulis MuckRock.com Microaggression UConn Storrs Complete
Kurt Comisky Self Executive Director Employee Relations Search 2018487 UConn Storrs Premature request
Aaron Beard Associated Press Athletic fees assessed to full-time students UConn Storrs Complete
Rachel Bachman The Wall Street Journal Football Attendance and Ticket Accounting UConn Storrs Complete
Michael Aronow Fringe Benefits UConn Health Complete
Øyvind Aas Pasqualoni Employment Contract 2011 UConn Storrs Complete