Contracts between Connecticut's Department of Economic and Community Development and United Technologies Corporation, et al

To Whom It May Concern:

The Department of Economic and Community Development (“DECD”) has received your Freedom of Information (“FOI”) request dated September 2, 2014 (DECD received on September 17, 2014) requesting the following information: copy of all contracts and written agreements between Connecticut's DECD and the following companies: General Dynamics Corporation, United Technologies Corporation, Cabrera Services Inc., and Finmeccanica Spa.

We will search our files for information responsive to your request and will determine whether the information is subject to disclosure under Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act. Please note that requests for access to and/or copies of documents are handled in the order that such requests were received. At this time, there are currently twenty-four (24) outstanding requests for access to and/or copies of documents that were received prior to your request, many of which are voluminous. As you may be aware, each document must be reviewed for statutory exemptions to disclosure prior to being made available for public access. Additionally, the legal unit is not the custodian of the records you have requested. We must therefore rely on agency staff to provide responsive materials for our review and as such, our ability to provide the materials to you is dependent on our timely receipt of them from staff.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A DENIAL OF YOUR REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS. I will contact you when the requested materials are ready for your review. Additionally, please be advised that there is a charge of $.25 per page for each page copied. Once the materials have been assembled, I will contact you with the estimated charges. Thank you for your patience.

In the interim, please contact me with any questions.

Very truly yours,

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist
Legal Division
DECD

Dear Mr. Wigham:

There are twenty-one (21) Freedom of Information ("FOI") requests ahead of your FOI request as of 10/6/14. The FOI Officer is in the process of reviewing an FOI request that consist of over 1300 pages and the next on the list for review is over 3000 pages. We work on the FOI requests in the order that we received them. I’ll do my best to get the materials to you as soon as possible.

Please feel free to check in with me periodically if you would like an update as to the status of your request.

Thank you,

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist 3
Legal Division
DECD

Dear Mr. Wigham:

There are twenty-one (21) Freedom of Information ("FOI") requests ahead of your FOI request as of 10/21/14. The FOI Officer is in the process of reviewing an FOI request that consist of over 3000 pages. We work on the FOI requests in the order that we received them. I’ll do my best to get the materials to you as soon as possible.

Please feel free to check in with me periodically if you would like an update as to the status of your request.

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist 3
Legal Division
DECD

Dear Mr. Wigham:

There are nineteen (19) Freedom of Information ("FOI") requests ahead of your FOI request as of 11/5/14. The FOI Officer is in the process of reviewing an FOI request that consist of over 3000 pages. We work on the FOI requests in the order that we received them. I’ll do my best to get the materials to you as soon as possible.

Please feel free to check in with me periodically if you would like an update as to the status of your request.

Thank you,

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist 3
Legal Division
DECD

Dear Mr. Wigham:

There are nineteen (19) Freedom of Information ("FOI") requests ahead of your FOI request as of 11/20/14. Five (5) of those FOI requests (including your FOI request) are waiting to be reviewed by me unfortunately, I am working on an emergency project that consists of over 6000 pages that I am in the processing of reviewing now.

We work on the FOI requests in the order that we received them. I’ll do my best to get the materials to you as soon as possible. Please feel free to check in with me periodically if you would like an update as to the status of your request.
Thank you,

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist 3
Legal Division
DECD

Dear Mr. Wigham:

There are nineteen (19) Freedom of Information ("FOI") requests ahead of your FOI request as of 12/11/14. Four (4) of those FOI requests (including your FOI request) are waiting to be reviewed by me unfortunately, I am still working on an emergency project that consists of over 6000 pages that I am in the processing of reviewing now.

We work on the FOI requests in the order that we received them. I’ll do my best to get the materials to you as soon as possible. Please feel free to check in with me periodically if you would like an update as to the status of your request.

Thank you,

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist 3
Legal Division
DECD

Dear Mr. Wigham:

There are nineteen (19) Freedom of Information ("FOI") requests ahead of your FOI request as of 01/06/2015. Four (4) of those FOI requests (including your FOI request) are waiting to be reviewed by me unfortunately, I am still working on an emergency project that consists of over 6000 pages that I am in the processing of reviewing now.

We work on the FOI requests in the order that we received them. I’ll do my best to get the materials to you as soon as possible. Please feel free to check in with me periodically if you would like an update as to the status of your request.

Thank you,

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist 3
Legal Division
DECD

Dear Mr. Wigham:

Please call me at 860-270-8225 (anytime after 2pm) regarding your FOI request.

Thank you

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist 3
Legal Division
DECD

Dear Mr. Wigham:

The response to your Freedom of Information ("FOI") request has been assembled. Unfortunately, due to the enormous size of the responsive material I am unable to attach the PDF documents to this email. I have burned the responsive material onto a CD and will forward to you by mail to MuckRock News, DEPT MR 13228, P.O.Box 55819, Boston, MA 02205-5819.Because this material is being provided to you by CD there’s no charge for the documents.

We sincerely appreciate your patience while we assembled and prepared the response to your request. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Also, I would appreciate it if you could confirm receipt of the responsive material once you have received it.

Thank you,

Crystal Knight
Paralegal Specialist
Legal Division
DECD

A copy of documents responsive to the request.

A cover letter granting the request and outlining any exempted materials, if any.