Dog Registration Data (Framingham Town Clerk)

Mr. Morisy,

I am sending this email to you regarding your recent request for data from the Town of Framingham. In your FOI request, you were requesting a list of dog registrations. According to your website, you already have this information (see message below generated by your organization). If this information is not accurate, please contact me for further instructions on how to obtain such information.

Regards,
Lisa Ferguson
Assistant Town Clerk

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This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 6, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

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On Jan. 6, 2014:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:

A copy of the current Dog Registration or Dog License Database.

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 fees cannot be waived, 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,

Michael Morisy

Lisa Ferguson, CMC
Assistant Town Clerk
Justice of the Peace, Notary Public
Commissioner to Qualify
150 Concord Street
Framingham, MA 01702

Telephone: (508) 532-5521
Fax: (508) 628-1358

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