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William A. O'Neill:
An Inventory of His Gubernatorial Records at the Connecticut State Archives

Subseries Title: Human Rights and Opportunities

Subseries ID: 001CL-0065

Subseries is: 001CL-0065
Folder is: Human Rights and Opportunities
Box # Folder ID Folder Title Folder Dates Content
123  0065CL-001  HRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  January-April 1981  Minutes of a meeting held with representatives of minority businesses, and a copy of Governor Meskill's Executive Order #3 concerning equal employment compliance for state contracts; requests for stat 
123  0065CL-002  HRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  May-December 1981  Letter writing campaign urging the Governor to address the increasing incidence of violence against minorities; requests for status report on employer discrimination cases; Director Green's statement 
124  0065CL-003  HRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  1982  State needs to provide services to benefit minority businesses; allegation that employee fired without cause; State Representative Casey concerned about backlog of cases and lack of investigators; com 
124  0065CL-004  [Human Rights and Opportunities]  1983  Request for and Governor's approval of adopting emergency regulations pertaining to the filing of Affirmative Action plans; review of Affirmative Action Plan; Superior Court decision in case involving 
124  0065CL-005  Human Rights and Opportunities  1984  Appeal to municipalities to implement the report by the Task Force on Racial Harmony and create Human Rights Commissions; several towns respond. 
124  0065CL-006  Human Rights and Opportunities  1985  Governor's welcoming remarks to participants in fact-finding hearing on equal housing; protest to being subpoenaed to testify at hearing; Department of Transportation questions contract compliance reg 
124  0065CL-007  Human Rights and Opportunities  1986  University of Connecticut's Affirmative Action Plan late; student requests information about discrimination in the state; request Governor's intervention in employer discrimination case; advertisement 
124  0065CL-008  Human Rights and Opportunities  January-September 1987  Response to audit report; requests for review of CHRO findings; complaint about slow processing of claims; question about contract compliance; complaint about procedures for filing claims. 
124  0065CL-009  Human Rights and Opportunities  October-December 1987  Governor's comments to participants in the fact-finding hearings; requests for status report on claim; CHRO findings in case; request for review of CHRO findings; complaints about Commission and its p 
124  0065CL-010  Human Rights and Opportunities--Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday  1987  Information concerning a conference to commemorate Dr. King's speech at Riverside Church, sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission; annual report of Commission. 
124  0065CL-011  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  January-July 1988  Requests for update on status of claim; claimants' directions for handling two cases; refutation of claim by employer; information concerning civil rights for women who take maternity leave; complaint 
124  0065CL-012  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  August-September 1988  Request for Howard Rifkin's recommendations on investigating CHRO; offers of testimony for Task Force on the Commission; annual report of Commission; complaint about treatment by the Commission; reque 
124  0065CL-013  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  October-December 1988  Complaint about lack of communication with Commission; request for update on status of claim; Governor concerned about number of agencies receiving late notices or certificates of noncompliance for Af 
124  0065CL-014  Human Rights and Opportunities--Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday  1988  An agenda, meeting packets and minutes of Holiday Commission meetings; teacher's resource manual on Martin Luther King, Jr.; program and related material from the state's Martin Luther King, Jr. Comme 
124  0065CL-015  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  January-March 1989  Governor thanks members of the Task Force to Review the CHRO; request for appeal; complaint regarding state agency contract compliance; ask Governor to intervene in case; complaints about treatment or 
125  0065CL-016  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  April 1989  Request for update on status of claim; ask Governor to intervene in cases; Department of Agriculture notified of non-compliance in reporting contracts; agenda of Commission meeting; complaint about sl 
125  0065CL-017  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  May 1989  Agencies notified of non-compliance in reporting contracts and their responses; ask Governor to intervene in case; approval of Affirmative Action Plan for Governor's office; disapproval of agency Affi 
125  0065CL-018  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  June-August 1989  Complaint about discrimination at a beauty pageant for girls; report on Coordinated Statewide Investigation of Racial Steering; praise for CHRO staff; question authority of CHRO-issued subpoena; quest 
125  0065CL-019  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  September 1989  Requests for updates on status of claims; Attorney General's Office asked to enforce CHRO findings; ask Governor to intervene in case; complaints about CHRO procedures; Charter Oak College informed i 
125  0065CL-020  CHRO [Human Rights and Opportunities]  October-December 1989  Attorneys request appointment as hearing officer; claim filed against CHRO itself; welcome new member of Commission; complaint about contract compliance regulations as applied to small businesses; ask 
125  0065CL-021  Human Rights and Opportunities--Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday  1989  Poster to Commemorate holiday; text for program for commemoration; thank Governor for his participation. 
125  0065CL-022  Human Rights and Opportunities  January-April 1990  Requests for updates on status of claims; press releases; explanation of Attorney General's opinion of effect of PA 89-332 on current hearing examiners; protest new age requirement at motor home park; 
125  0065CL-023  Human Rights and Opportunities  May 1990  Information concerning training for investigative personnel; background information, correspondence and claimants refutations of CHRO findings related to a discrimination complaint against the Depart 
125  0065CL-024  Human Rights and Opportunities  July-December 1990  Affirmative Action Plan of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner is overdue; complaint about slow process of investigating and hearing claim; requests for update on status of claims; press releases; al 
125  0065CL-025  Human Rights and Opportunities--Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday  1990  Annual report of Holiday Commission; thank Governor for participation. 
125  0065CL-026  Human Rights and Opportunities--Memos to/from Director  1990  Attorney General's opinion on effect of PA 89-332 on current hearing officers; attorneys request appointment as hearing officer; Governor requests update on status of claim; standardized Contract Awar