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Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
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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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Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
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Be Aware:
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Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records that show the 2023-2024 men’s basketball team staff budgets
FOI #24-113 (03-18-24, 12:54 pm) - Subject - Parking pass Data, Vehicle Related Campus Crime logs, relevant departments that may provide more information.
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - UCONN Journalism
Dear Public Records Administration
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the opportunity to obtain public records pertaining to vehicle-related incidents on the Storrs Campus. In particular, I am requesting the number of parking passes sold for each academic year from 2020 up to the current academic year and crime reports of any vehicle-related incident responded to by university law enforcement for the same period. I am not requesting any student information be attached to these documents. I only ask for the number of parking passes sold to each parking designation and the incident reports of vehicle-related incidents, barring student, faculty, and other personal information.
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of the following public records:
- All email records, including attachments, to, from, or copying email addresses with the domain name “@stryker.com” sent or received between Jan. 1 2022 and Dec. 31 2022 in the
possession of Irene Cordilico.
Responsive records include but are not limited to email records pertaining to Cordilico’s meetings with Styker on the following dates:
5/25/22
5/27/22
6/28/22
2/10/22
3/6/22
3/7/22
3/11/22
3/23/22
3/27/22
4/2/22
4/8/22
4/8/22
4/20/22
4/28/22
Additional information surrounding these meetings can be found at:
https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/npp/10452673.
FOI #24-110 (03-14-24, 12:09 pm) - Subject - Commencement Photography
Name - Carol Strong
Affiliation - Flash Photography
Good afternoon!
I would like to submit the following request for documents in relation to your Request for Proposal MF120222.
1. Any and all documents, proposals and documentation of sample submissions.
2. Any and all evaluation scoring sheets, scoring rubrics and/or matrixes and any other documents supporting the decision making process.
Electronic copies are preferred, and can be sent to flash@airmail.net.
We are willing to pay any fees associated with the fulfillment of this request. However, I do request that you please provide an estimate of those fees before moving forward with fulfilling the request.
Thank you for your consideration of this request, please let me know if I need to provide anything else to help this request along!
FOI #24-108 (03-14-24, 9:07 am) - Subject - Bid Tabulation for Water Treatment Chemiclas
Name - Shelby Dingle
Affiliation - PVS Minibulk
Could you provide the previous most recent bid results for the water treatment chemicals bid? We are planning to submit pricing for ITB #SK020924. Thank you.
FOI #24-105 - Subject - 2023-24 UConn Women's Basketball Head Coach Contracts & Salaries
Name - John Gabriel
Affiliation -
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records— the most updated employment agreements and all subsequent amendments for the women's basketball employee: Geno Auriemma