William McDonagh v. Department of Correction - Legal Division (SPR 20190073)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords January 28, 2019 SPR19/0073 Kate M. Silvia Director of Communications Massachusetts Department of Correction 50 Maple Street Milford, MA O1 7 57 Dear Ms. Silvia: I have received the petition of William McDonagh appealing the nomesponse of the Department of Correction (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. McDonagh requested documents pertaining to information on M.G.L. Ch 124 & 127. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within 10 business days of receipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(a)-(b). The response may contain, among other things, an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. G. L. c. 66, § lO(b). All records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. As of the date of this letter, it is my understanding that the Department has not provided Mr. McDonagh a response to his request for records. · Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. McDonagh with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations without delay. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. 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

Department of Correction SPR19/0073 Page2 January 28, 2019 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: William McDonagh