Jorge Oquendo v. Springfield, City of (SPR 20160778)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 5, 2016 SPR16/778 Ms. Andrea L. Stone City of Springfield - Law Department 36 Court St., Room 210 Springfield, MA 011 03 Dear Ms. Stone: I have received the petition of Mr. Jorge Oquendo appealing the response of the City of Springfield-Law Department (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lO(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Oquendo requested a copy of the manual for the handling of confidential informants as well as other records relating to the Department's use of confidential information. This matter was the subject of a previous appeal with this office. See SPR16/478 Determination of the Supervisor of Records (July 19, 2016). Having received no records based on the previous order, Mr. Oquendo contacted this office. Subsequent to the intervention of a member of my staff, this office was notified that the City did provide the records to Mr. Oquendo; however, Mr. Oquendo did not receive the records. I will consider this matter closed with the proviso that the City sends the records once more to Mr. Oquendo. A copy of any cover letter associated with the City's response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this r ponse to this office at pre@sec. state.ma. us. illiams cc: Mr. Jorge Oquendo OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre