Todd Wallack v. Office of the District Attorney - Plymouth District (SPR 20160609)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords August 22, 2016 SPR16/609 Ms. Gail McKenna, Esq. Assistant District Attorney Office of the District Attorney - Plymouth County 32 Belmont Street Brockton, MA 02301 Dear Attorney McKenna: I have received the petition of Todd Wallack of The Boston Globe appealing the nomesponse of the Office of the District Attorney-Plymouth County (DAO) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lO(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Wallack requested "copies of the 10 most recent public records requests that your agency has processed, in addition to your responses to those requests (excluding requests that [Mr. Wallack has] made)." 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 (10) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(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, you informed this office the DAO intends to provide a response to this request. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the DAO's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed with the proviso that such a response is provided. Mr. Wallfl,ck may appeal the substantive nature of the DAO's response within ninety (90) day (See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). cc: Mr. Todd Wallack OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre