Grissom, Donald v. Massachusetts Department of Transportation - Registry of Motor Vehicles (SPR 20150230)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams June 24,2015 Supervisor ofR ecords SPRlS/230 Ms. Marjorie Weinberger, Esq. Legal Counsel/RMV Information Security Officer MassDOT Registry of Motor Vehicles P.O. Box 55889 Boston, MA 02205 Dear Attorney Weinberger: I have received the petition of Donald M. Grissom appealing the nonresponse of the MassDOT-Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) to his March 2, 2015 request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1 O(b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Grissom requested the license plate numbers 1 through 400 and the municipality in which each plate is listed, in Excel format on a compact disc. Having received no response, Mr. Grissom 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, § 1O (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 RMV is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. After the invention of an attorney on my staff, on May 26, 2015, you informed this attorney that the RMV will provide Mr. Grissom with the records. As a courtesy to Mr. Grissom for not responding in a timely manner, and only for this request, the RMV is waiving all applicable fees. If a written response was provided to Mr. Grissom with the records, a copy must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. urs, illiams Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Donald M. Grissom One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre