Joseph Viglione v. Office of the Attorney General (SPR 20191453)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supen>isor of Records August 5, 2019 SPR19/1453 Joseph Viglione Dear Mr. Viglione: This office has received your email appealing the response of the Office of the Attorney General (AGO). 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 calendar days of the date of the request letter, or within ninety calendar days of the date of a written response from the record custodian. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1)(d); 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1)(e). The attachments you provided with your appeal have exceeded the ninety day limit-the written response is dated April 17, 2019. You may make a new request to the AGO for the same information. The AGO would then have ten business days in which to respond to your new request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(a)-(b). If the AGO denies your request or fails to respond within ten business days, you may appeal to this office within the above timeframe. At that time this office will review the matter. Sincerely, ~ ~ - - Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Lorraine A.G. Tarrow, Esq. 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