Grogan, David v. New Bedford, City of - Public Schools (SPR 20140021)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A Williams Supervisor ofR ecords March 6, 2014 SPR14/021 Grogan.d@gmail.com Dear Mr. Grogan: I have received your petition appealing the response of the New Bedford City Solicitor (Solicitor) to your request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, you requested the Solicitor to answer a question; whether a specifically identified person holds the college degree cited on his resume. The purpose of the Massachusetts Public Records Law (Law) and its Access Regulations (Regulations) is to enable a citizen to access documents made or received by a public employee. The responsibilities of public employees are limited to providing documents only in his/her possession at the time of the request. Furthermore, the Law and Regulations do NOT require public employees to answer questions, or to create documents in response to questions or requests, or to conduct research with regard to questions or requests. The Solicitor provided to you a redacted copy of the transcript for the identified person citing proper exemptions to the Public Records Law. Whereas a record responsive to your question was provided, I consider your administrative appeal closed. Supervisor of Records cc: Mikaela A. McDermott OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre