Don Kempner Warner Saklad v. Boston, City of - Office of Broadband and Cable (SPR 20160502)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords July 18, 2016 SPR16/502 Mr. Mike Lynch Office of Broadband and Cable City of Boston 4 3 Hawkins Street Boston, MA 02114 Dear Mr. Lynch: I have received the petition of Don Saklad appealing the nomesponse of the Office of Broadband and Cable (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Saklad requested the names of all staff of the Office. Having received no response, Mr. Saklad 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 of the records, or a denial. 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 14, 2016. 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. Saklad may appeal the substantive nature of the Office's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Shawn A. Williams Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Don Saklad OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre