Vendor Payments, 2015-2020
| Submitted | March 26, 2021 |
| Due | April 12, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Serena Hajjar
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
Vendor Name
Account Commodity or Class Code
Account Commodity or Class Description
Account Code
Account Description
Fiscal Year
Department
Amount
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Serena Hajjar
From:
Good Day:
Pursuant to your Public Records Request, dated March 26, 2021, respective to vendor payment information for the years' 2015 to 2020, please find the a spreadsheet attached which contains the line item information as requested.
You will note that there is no charge at this time.
Respectfully,
Kali R. Cofield
Staff Assistant/Public Records Coordinator
Office of Administration & Finance
Tel.: (617) 228-2452
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Vendor Payments 2015-2020
From: Serena Hajjar
Hello,
Thank you for the document.
Would you be able to please provide me a version of the report which includes the general leger account names?
Thank you,
Serena Hajjar
From: Bunker Hill Community College
Good Day:
Pursuant to your second request dated, April 2, 2021, respective of vendor ledger information, please be advised that the information you are requesting is not available in the requested format. What we previously provided you with is what our system is able to produce. Our system does not produce general ledger (GL) account names, as we work with GL account numbers as issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Our accountants use an Expenditure Handbook to refer to GL accounts for their work processes. Below is a link, which is also a public resource, that contains this information:
https://www.macomptroller.org/expenditure-classification-handbook
Respectfully,
Kali R. Cofield
Staff Assistant/Public Records Coordinator
Office of Administration & Finance
From: Serena Hajjar
Thank you for explaining this and providing the link to the Expenditure Handbook. This is very helpful.
Sincerely,
Serena Hajjar
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Massachusetts Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 26, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.