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Nathaniel Adams v. Boston, City of - Public Records (SPR 20212912)
Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Appeal closed · Filed 11-02-2021
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SPR 20212912 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Nathaniel Adams concerning records held by Boston, City of - Public Records, opened 11-02-2021. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Appeal closed.
Case Details
- Case Number
- 20212912
- Case Type
- Appeal
- Case Subtype
- Initial
- Status
- Closed
- Requester
- Nathaniel Adams
- Custodian
- Boston, City of - Public Records
- Date Opened
- 11-02-2021
- Date Closed
- 11-16-2021
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records November 16, 2021 SPR21/2912 Shawn A. Williams, Esq. Director of Public Records Records Access Officer City of Boston One City Hall Square, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02201 Dear Attorney Williams: I have received the petition of Nathaniel Adams appealing the nonresponse of the City of Boston (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On October 15, 2021, Mr. Adams requested copies of all written communications between or among the following individuals: (1) any member of the Exam School Admissions Working Group … (2) any member of the Exam School Admissions Task Force … (3) any member of the Boston School Committee; (4) any Boston Public Schools personnel; (5) any personnel working within the Mayor's office … and (6) any personnel working for any member of the City Council . . . Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Adams petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR21/2912, was opened as a result. 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 from receipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(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, § 10(b). All records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. I have subsequently learned that Mr. Adams withdrew the appeal on November 10, 2021. Consequently, I will now consider this 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 Shawn A. Williams, Esq. Page 2 SPR21/2912 November 16, 2021 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Nathaniel Adams