Don Keeran v. Massachusetts National Guard - Joint Force Headquarters (SPR 20241068)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records April 22, 2024 SPR24/1068 Jamie J. Gaitan Primary Records Access Officer Massachusetts National Guard 2 Randolph Road Hanscom Air Force Base, MA 01731 Dear Mr. Gaitan: I have received the petition of Don Keeran appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts National Guard (Guard) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On March 20, 2024, Mr. Keeran requested, “[a]ll documents, including, but not limited to, e-mails and letters from July 1, 2023 to the present day relating in any manner to funding, or the pursuit of additional funding, to or from Congress or within the Department of Defense for the proposed Joint Base Cape Cod Multipurpose Machine Gun Range project…” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Keeran petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/1068, was opened as a result. Despite being notified of the opening of this appeal, it remains unclear whether the Guard has provided a response. As such, the Guard is ordered to provide Mr. Keeran with a response to his request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Access Regulations within ten (10) business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of the response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Keeran may appeal the substantive nature of the Guard’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Don Keeran 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