Colman Herman v. Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (SPR 20200101)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords February 3, 2020 SPR20/0101 Janelle Hardiman Records Access Officer Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations 501 Boylston Street, Suite 5100 Boston, MA 02116 Dear Ms. Hardiman: I have received the petition of Colman Herman appealing the response of the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on November 25, 2019, Mr. Herman requested "hard copies and electronic copes ofrecords related to boundary violations committed by message therapists for the period November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019." Previous Appeal This request was the subject of a previous appeal. See SPR20/0006 Determination of the Supervisor of Records (January 16, 2020). In my January 16111 determination, I ordered the Office to provide Mr. Herman with a supplemental response, specifically providing more detail in regard to the fee estimate. Order Subsequent to the intervention by a member of the Public Records Division, the Office indicated they never received the determination relating to SPR20/0006 and are willing to provide Mr. Herman with a supplemental response. Accordingly, said response should be made in a manner consistent with the order in SPR20/0006, 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

Janelle Hardiman SPR120/0101 Page2 February 3, 2020 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Colman Herman