Lawrence Watson v. Department of Revenue - Child Support Services Division (SPR 20160619)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords August 19,2016 SPR16/619 Ms. Katie M. Perry, Esq. Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Division P.O. Box 9561 Boston, MA 02114 Dear Attorney Perry: I have received the petition of Lawrence Watson appealing the nomesponse of the Department of Revenue (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Watson requested records regarding standard operating procedures and statistics implemented by the Department. Having received no response, Mr. Watson 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 August 18,2016. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Department's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Watson may appeal the substantive nature of the Department's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). pervisor of Records cc: Mr. Lawrence Watson OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre