Jerry Dawson v. Department of Correction - Office of the General Counsel (SPR 20170848)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords June 26, 2017 SPR17/848 Jerry Dawson Dear Mr. Dawson: I have received your petition appealing the response of the Department of Correction (Department) to your request for public records. The requirements for an appeal are follows: Such appeal shall be in writing, and shall include a copy of the letter by which the request was made and, if available, a copy of the letter by which the custodian responded. The Supervisor shall accept an appeal only from a person who had made his or her record request in writing. An oral request, while valid as a public record request pursuant to 950 CMR 32.06(1)(a), may not be the basis of an appeal under 950 CMR 32.08. See 950 CMR 32.08(1)(g). In order for this office to proceed with your petition you must send a copy of the original request letter you sent to the Department. 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 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