Nicholson, Deborah v. Department of Housing & Community Development (SPR 20140535)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 16, 2014 SPR14/535 Ms. Adrian Walleigh, Esq. Office of the General Counsel Department of Housing and Community Development 100 Cambridge Street Boston, MA 02114 Dear Attorney W alleigh: I have received the petition of Deborah Nicholson appealing the nonresponse of the Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) to her request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Ms. Nicholson requested records regarding the application process for Community Development Block Grant Program funding. Having received no response, Ms. Nicholson petitioned this office. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten (10) days ofthe request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(b); 950 C.M.R. 32.05. The response may be an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. The Department is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, you agreed to provide a written response to the request. A copy of this response, dated October 8, 2014 was provided to this office. Whereas the Department has agreed to provide a written response, made in compliance with the Public Records Law and its Regulations, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Nicholson may appeal the response made by the epartment within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Supervisor of Records cc: Ms. Deborah Nicholson OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre