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FOI #17-233 (11-21-17, 10:43 pm) - Subject - Budget Correspondence
Name - Jennifer Davis
Affiliation -
Any emails or text in the last year containing "budget options" "cutbacks" "cut back" "eliminate" "elimination" "eliminations" "deficit" "budget deficit" "staff reduction" "layoff" "layoffs" "deficit-mitigation plan" "deficit mitigation plan" "hiring freeze" "downsize" "reorganized" "reorganization" for Susan Herbst; Rachel Rubin; Joann Lombardo; David Benedict; Daniel Weiner; Wayne Locust; Michael Gilbert; Patrick Kendig; Richard Orr; Joelle Murchison; Jeremy Teitelbaum; Michael Mundrane; John Volin; Holly Jeffcoat; Radenka Maric; Kent Holsinger; Amy Donahue; Scott Jordan; Katrina Spencer; Reka Wrynn; Jennifer Person; Robin Graves-Hoagland; Hans Rhynhart; Andrew Langlais; Christopher Delello; Aliza Wilder; Keith Hood; Jackie Brenn; Andrew Agwunobi; Debra Merritt; Michael Kirk; Debbie Carone; Donna Balskus; Renee Boggis; Lori Vivian; Michelle Fournier; Carolle Andrews; Jeff Geoghegan; John Peeples; Anne Diamond; Denis LaFreniere; Robert Trestman; Joe Curer; Jim Brown; Allan Peterson; Robin Perreguax; Cliff Ashton; Deb Kaufman; Lisa Danville; Chad Bianchi; Sandy Ritucci; Kimberly Sutton; Lori Gizzi; Jeffrey Blumenthal; Brian White; Lynn Wittenbrink; Judy Wilcox; Etta Henderson; Janice Coco; Katarzyna Piekut; Keith Hood; Jessica Van Alstyne; Caroline Beitman; Sylvia Flickinger; Shaela Ryng; Marisa Leone; Noreen Logan; Pamela Rucker; Donna Seklecki; Julie Parrette; Larry Pittman; Margo Granger’ Joyce Smith; Erica D’Angelo; Sulaiman Avery; Elizabeth Fay; Gail Johnson; Melanie Hufschmied; Monica Farinella; Connie Weiskopf; Richard Benoit; Hanna Koziol; Anne Hortbatuck; Greg Sznaj; Christine Masotti; Laurie Wall; Mun Choi; Nina Heller; Andrea Keilty; Chris Hyers; Dannel Malloy; Kelly Bannister; Peter Diplock; Alison Gaffey; Jay Hickey; Holly Bray; Paul McCarthy; Lillian Bosques; Susan Locke; Jennifer Burckardt
The name and location of the firm who was awarded the following: (1) RFQ No. DS060116-1 - As-Needed Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Services – Proposals were due 09/08/16 (2) Project No. 170728MK - On-Call Cost Estimating and Scheduling Services – Proposals were due 08/15/17
(1) Current employment contract and salary covering the 2017-18 season 1. Oblinger Michael 2. Valor Reinaldo (2) Copy of any contract or written agreement in force (i.e., signed, fully executed) for non-conference Men's Basketball games listed below plus any additional non-conference games or exhibition games scheduled to be played during the 2017 - 2018 season and future years between the University’s Department of Athletics and the following Universities’ Departments of Athletics: 1. Boston University 11/19/2017 2. Colgate University 11/10/2017 3. Columbia University 11/29/2017 4. Coppin State University 12/09/2017 5. Monmouth University 12/02/2017 6. Stony Brook University 11/14/2017 7. Syracuse University 12/05/2017 8. University of Oregon 11/23/2017 9. Villanova University 01/20/2018 (3) Copy of any contract or written agreement in force (i.e., signed, fully executed) for non-conference Women's Basketball games listed below plus any additional non-conference games or exhibition games scheduled to be played during the 2017 - 2018 season and future years between the University’s Department of Athletics and the following Universities’ Departments of Athletics: 1. Duquesne University 12/22/2017 2. Michigan State University 11/25/2017 3. Stanford University 11/12/2017 4. University of California, Berkeley 11/17/2017 5. University of California, Los Angeles 11/21/2017 6. University of Louisville 02/12/2018 7. University of Nevada, Reno 11/28/2017 8. University of Oklahoma 12/19/2017
1. A list of all state vehicles used by UCONN for each year starting in 2010 to present 2. A log of miles driven on each state vehicle by UCONN employees for each year starting in 2010 to present 3. A list of state vehicles and the employee assigned to the vehicle for each year, or month, from 2010 to present.
FOI #17-226 - Subject - Monteith Building Renovation (Phase 1) - Project # 901756
Name - Elizabeth Kelly
Affiliation - New England Regional Council of Carpenters
Monteith Building Renovation (Phase 1) - Project # 901756: Any and all Wage Determination Sheets and certified payroll records relating to Interior Drywall Systems for the entire duration of the project.
(1) The most recent outside audit completed of the finances of the University of Connecticut Athletic Department. (2) The most recent financial report the University of Connecticut has submitted to the NCAA that details operating expenses and revenues related to athletic programs.
FOI #17-224 - Subject - Faculty Services Specialist-Pre-Award (Grants and Contracts Specialist 1), UCP 6, Job ID 2018168
Name - Cindy Hall
Affiliation -
All documents, files, emails related to the job search including interview records from both Linda Juber and Nancy Labonne and the matrix that ranks/scores candidates and the reason(s) for disqualification.
Affiliation - Foundation for Fair Contracting of Connecticut
(1) A Copy of the contract for construction executed between UCONN and the awarded Construction Management Firm, Whiting-Turner, for the Northwest Science Quad Infrastructure Project referenced above; (2) A list of any and all subcontractors awarded packages of work for construction to be performed on the Northwest Science Quad Infrastructure Project referenced above; (3) The certified payroll records submitted by B&W Paving for the work they are performing on the Northwest Science Quad Infrastructure Project referenced above; and (4) The Wage Determination issued by the Connecticut Department of Labor for the Northwest Science Quad Infrastructure Project referenced above.