Eno, Robert v. Executive Office of Health and Human Services - Department of Public Health (SPR 20140349)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor of& cords July 21, 2014 SPR14/349 Mr. Robert Eno RedMassGroup.com 4 3 Shirley Road Shrewsbury, MA 01545 Dear Mr. Eno: I have received your petition appealing the response of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) to your request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, you requested copies of four categories of records. In his response, EOHHS Communications Director Alec Loftus stated that EOHHS has no responsive records. Mr. Loftus later clarified this response by providing one document to you. There is a presumption that all government employees perform their duties in an honest and impartial manner. LaPointe v. License Bd. of Worcester, 389 Mass. 454, 459 (1983); see also Konover Mgt. Corp v. Planning Bd. of Auburn, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 319, 326 (1992). It is the duty of a records custodian to use his superior knowledge of the records to assist a requester in obtaining the records. 950 C.M.R. 32.05(4 ). I assume that Mr. Loftus, as Communications Director for EOHHS, understood your request and responded to it with the best of his knowledge. After producing one responsive document, Mr. Loftus suggested that you may wish to direct your request "to the federal Department of Homeland Security or the U.S. Office for Refugee Resettlement" for more information. Whereas EOHHS has no other records responsive to your request, your administrative appeal is now closed. Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Alec Loftus OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre