Ben Douglas v. Lynn, City of - Public Schools (SPR 20202093)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records October 29, 2020 SPR20/2093 Charles Gallo, Compliance Officer Records Access Officer (RAO) Lynn Public Schools 100 Bennett Street Lynn, MA 01905 Dear Mr. Gallo: I have received the petition of Benjamin Douglas appealing the response of the Lynn School Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on October 13, 2020, Mr. Douglas requested, “…the Department’s email policy as it related to the preserving of emails as a public record.” Unsatisfied with the Department’s response, Mr. Douglas petitioned this office and SPR20/2093 was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff attorney of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Department responded to Mr. Gallo’s request with a subsequent response sent on October 29, 2020. Whereas the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s October 19th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Douglas may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Benjamin Douglas 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