Emily Hopkins v. Boston, City of - Office of Emergency Management (SPR 20170552)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords April26,2017 SPR17/552 Emily Hopkins Dear Ms. Hopkins: I have received your petition appealing the response of the City of Boston - Office of Emergency Management (Office) to your request for public records. The requirements for an appeal are as follows: Such appeal shall be in writing, shall include a copy of the letter by which the request was made, and shall include a copy of all correspondence from the custodian. 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 C.M.R. 32.05(3), may not be the basis of an appeal under 950 C.M.R. 32.08. Given that a copy of the letter by which the Office made their response was not included with your petition, 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. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Christopher Coakley 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