Brown, Esq., Christopher v. Department of Revenue (SPR 20140581)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 22, 2014 SPR14/581 Mr. Daniel Bertrand Director of Communications and Policy Massachusetts Department of Revenue P.O. Box 7010 Boston, MA 02204 Dear Mr. Bertrand: I have received the petition of Christopher Brown appealing the nonresponse of the Department of Revenue (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Brown requested each Schedule A-2 form filed with the Department for the City of Worcester's Sewer Enterprise Fund for fiscal years 2000 to the present. Having received no response, Mr. Brown 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 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 ofthe 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 informed this office that a partial response had been sent on October 6, 2014 to Mr. Brown's associate, Peter Mello. On October 15, 2014 you provided the remainder ofthe response to Mr. Mello. Copies of these responses were made available to my office. Whereas the Depart nt provided a written response, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Supervisor of Records cc: Christopher Brown OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre