Alycia Kennedy, Esq. v. Newton, City of - Law Department (SPR 20161082)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A Williams Supervisor ofR ecords November 29,2016 SPR16/1082 Ms. Alycia Kennedy Dear Ms. Kennedy: I have received your petition appealing the response of your public records request made by the Newton Law Department. The requirements for an appeal are as follows: Such appeal shall be in writing, shall include a copy of the original request, and shall include a copy of the letter by which the custodian made a response. The supervisor shall accept an appeal only from a person who has made his or her request in writing. An oral request, while valid as a public records request pursuant to 950 CMR 32.05 (3), may not be the basis of an appeal under 950 CMR 32.08. Given that copies of the original request and response were not included, we are unable to assist you in this appeal at this time. Please feel free to re-submit your appeal when you have retrieved copies of all the required documents. cc: Ms. Donnalyn Lynch Kahn One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us