Stevan Johnson v. Boston, City of - Office of the City Clerk (SPR 20170116)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords January 26, 2017 SPR17/116 Stevan Johnson Dear Mr. Johnson: This office has received your January 24, 2017 email appealing the lack of compliance of the City of Boston-Office of the City Clerk (Office) to your records request. After reviewing this information I find that I am unable to accept your appeal. The Public Records Access Regulations, which govern the procedural aspects of all appeals, require that an appeal to this office be filed within ninety (90) days of the date of your request letter, or within ninety (90) days of the date of a written response from the record custodian. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08 (l)(d); 950 C.M.R. 32.08 (1)(e). The attachments you provided with your appeal have exceeded the ninety day limit. You may make a new request to the Office for the same information. The Office has ten (10) business days in which to respond to your new requests. G. L. c. 66, § 1O (b ). Ifthe Office denies your request or fails to respond within ten business days, you may appeal to this office within the statutory time frame. At that time this office will review the matter. Very truly yours, rY\ttvvu:tt.·j,_ ;·12Jft~t~ 0 Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Maureen Feeney 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