Wallack, Todd v. Office of the District Attorney - Middlesex District (SPR 20150576)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords July 30, 2015 SPRlS/576 Ms. Kerry Anne Kilcoyne, Esq. Middlesex District Attorney's Office 15 Commonwealth A venue Woburn, MA 01801 Dear Attorney Kilcoyne: I have received the petition of Todd Wallack appealing the nonresponse ofthe Middlesex District Attorney's Office (Office) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Wallack requested records regarding a SQL query. Having received no response, Mr. Wallack 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 Office 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, this office was notified that a response was provided, dated July 29, 2015. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Office's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Wallack may appeal the substantive nature of the Office's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Todd Wallack OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma.us/pre