Colman Herman v. Department of Veteran Services (SPR 20200968)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records June 30, 2020 SPR20/0968 Stuart Ivimey, Esq. General Counsel Department of Veterans’ Services 600 Washington Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02111 Dear Attorney Ivimey: I have received the petition of Colman Herman appealing the response of the Department of Veterans’ Services (Department/DVS) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on May 13, 2020, Mr. Herman requested the following records: 1) Records of all the expenses Francisco Urena incurred in his capacity as secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Services for the period March 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020. This includes, but is not limited to, the following. a) Expense reports, including back-up receipts b) Credit cards statements, including back-up receipts c) Automobile expense records, including back-up receipts d) Any and all other records that document Secretary Urema’s [sic] expenses, including back-up receipts . . . 2) The written employee reimbursement policy of the Department of Veterans’ Services. This request was the subject of a previous appeal. See SPR20/0889 Determination of the Supervisor of Records (June 17, 2020). In a June 19, 2020 email, Mr. Herman informed this office he wishes to withdraw the administrative appeal. Accordingly, per Mr. Herman’s request to withdraw his appeal, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. 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

Stuart Ivimey, Esq. SPR20/0968 Page 2 June 30, 2020 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Colman Herman