Jamie Folk v. Attorney General's Office (SPR 20230791)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records May 9, 2023 SPR23/0791 Lorraine A.G. Tarrow, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Records Access Officer Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Dear Attorney Tarrow: I have received the petition of James Folk appealing the response of the Office of the Attorney General (AGO) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On March 22, 2023, Mr. Folk requested, “[a]ll emails, records and audio and video recordings associated with the criminal referrals proposed by the Inspector General's office in their investigation of the Hinton and Amherst Drug testing labs. This would be from 2012 to 2018.” The AGO responded on April 5, 2023. Unsatisfied with the response, Mr. Folk petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/0791, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the AGO provided a further response to Mr. Folk on May 8, 2023. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the AGO’s April 5th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Folk may appeal the substantive nature of the AGO’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: James Folk 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