Stevan Johnson v. Department of Industrial Accidents (SPR 20191692)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords September 3, 2019 SPR19/1692 Kevin O'Leary Depa1iment of Industrial Accidents 1 Congress Street, Suite 100 Boston, MA 02114 Dear Mr. O'Leary: I have received the petition of Stevan Johnson appealing the limited response of the Department of Industrial Accidents (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Specifically, Mr. Johnson requested certain records relating to cab companies. 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 ofreceipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § IO(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, § IO(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. Johnson a. response to his request for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Johnson 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 Industrial Accidents SPR19/1692 Page 2 September 3, 2019 Sincerely, ~~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Stevan Johnson