Wyman, Allen v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (SPR 20140536)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 24, 2014 SPR14/536 Mr. Keith A. Healey Administrative Assistant Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination One Ashb urton Place, Room 601 Boston, MA 021 08 Dear Mr. Healey: I have received the petition of Mr. Allen Wyman appealing the nomesponse of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (Commission) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Wyman requested complaint records regarding a specifically identified individual. Having received no response, Mr. Wyman 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 (1 0) days of the 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 Commission is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and its Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, you provided a copy of your October 1, 2014 response to this office. With that letter you provided to Mr. Wyman copies of all responsive records. Whereas the Commission has provided a written response, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Allen Wyman OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre