Gregory Yanchenko v. Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (SPR 20191641)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords August 26, 2019 SPR19/1641 Christopher D. Guerin Records Access Officer Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance One Ashburton Place, 15th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Dear Mr. Guerin: I have received the petition of Gregory Y anchenko appealing the nonresponse of the Division of Capital Management and Maintenance (Division) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Yanchenko requested records related to a specifically identified project. Having received no response, he petitioned this office. Please note this request was the subject of a petition submitted by the Division. See SPR19/1565 Determination of the Supervisor of Records (August 12, 2019). Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten business days ofreceipt 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, § 1O (b ). All records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. · Subsequent to the intervention by a member of the Public Records Division, this office was notified that a response was provided, dated August 23, 2019. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Division's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. I understand Mr. Yanchenko appealed the Division's August 23rd response and SPR19/1730 was opened as a result. This office will issue a determination a within 10 business days of receipt of SPRl 9/1730. Sincerely, ~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Gregory Yanchenko 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