Framingham Reporter v. Attorney General's Office (SPR 20210309)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records February 22, 2021 SPR21/0309 Lorraine A. G. Tarrow, Esq. Attorney General's Office One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Dear Attorney Tarrow: I have received the petition of the Framingham Reporter appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 7, 2021, the Framingham Reporter requested the following records, “… all written or electronic communications [of the Attorney General’s Office] with any board, committee, employee, counsel, or any other entity associated with the Town of Natick, MA from January 1, 2020 to the date of the request, January 7, 2020 including but not limited to: - Any electronic mail sent to or received from any email address in the natickma.org, natickpolice.com, or natickps.org email domains, and any attachments or other documents sent to or received from those email domains. - Any written correspondence sent to or received from any entity of the Town of Natick, MA as listed above.” Claiming to not yet have received a response, The Framingham Reporter petitioned this office and this appeal was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that a representative from the Office intends on providing a written response to the Framingham Reporter by Monday, February 22, 2021. Accordingly, the Office is ordered to provide the Framingham Reporter with a response in accordance with the Public Records Law, its Access Regulations and this order within ten business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. The Framingham Reporter may appeal the substantive nature of the Office’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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

Lorraine A. G. Tarrow, Esq. SPR21/0309 Page 2 February 22, 2021 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Framingham Reporter