Request for Email Metadata (Information Technology)

Matt Chapman filed this request with the Information Technology of Cranston, RI.
Multi Request Request for Email Metadata
Est. Completion None
Status
Fix Required
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Communications

From: Matt Chapman


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

For all email accounts under the management of this city, please provide me the following information for all emails sent and received during January, 2019:

1. From address
2. To address
3. bcc addresses
4. cc addresses
5. Time
6. Date

E-mail metadata is trivially exportable from the IT infrastructure of any modern e-mail archiving or data retention system - such as Microsoft Outlook 365, Google, Datacove, etc. - and should be deliverable in a .CSV, .XLS, or other machine readable format.

Please note that I am not requesting the contents of each email. E-mail metadata does not include the contents of the specified e-mails, thus do not need individual review for redaction.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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,

Matt Chapman - Free Our Info, NFP

From:

The City of Cranston needs an additional 20 days to respond due to the potential voluminous nature of the request for email information.

Chris Rawson
City Solicitor

From: Information Technology

To whom it may concern,
The City of Cranston does not have the capability to respond to your request as stated.
In order to do so, it would require the use of a third party technology vendor.
The IT Department of the City of Cranston has estimated its cost from the vendor would be approximately $3,000.
Please advise if you are able to pay this sum in order for the City of Cranston to proceed.
Thank you,
Chris Rawson

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