Commonwealth Transparency v. Malden, City of (SPR 20242780)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records October 9, 2024 SPR24/2780 Carol A Desiderio City Clerk City of Malden 215 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148 Dear Mrs. Desiderio: I have received the petition of Commonwealth Transparency (“requestor”) appealing the nonresponse of the City of Malden (City) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On September 4, 2024, the requestor sought, “[f]rom 1/1/2024 through the date you receive this request, please extract the author and all recipients (To:, Cc:, and/or Bcc:), date (but not the body or attachments) sent or received by any email address in the possession and/or under the control of the City of Malden, including but not limited to the City (@cityofmalden.org), The Schools (@maldenps.org), (thus search all systems), where any email address under the control of [identified individual] appears as either/or both the author or recipient (To:, Cc:, and/or Bcc:).” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, the requestor petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/2780, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the City provided the requestor with a response on September 18, 2024. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the City’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. The City may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s September 18th response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Commonwealth Transparency 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