Villani, Chris v. Office of the District Attorney - Worcester District (SPR 20150698)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor of& cords September 16, 2015 SPRlS/698 Mr.--chnstopnerP-:-Hodgens, · sq. Worcester County District Attorney's Office 225 Main Street. G301 Worcester, MA 01608 Dear Attorney Hodgens: I have received the petition of Chris Villani, of the Boston Herald, appealing the nonresponse of the Worcester County District Attorney's Office (Office) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Villani requested incident reports pertaining to specifically identified addresses. Having received no response, Mr. Villani 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 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 September 11, 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. Villani may appeal the substantive nature of the Office's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). illiams cc: Mr. Chris Villani OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre