Administrative Turnaround at Unemployment Office

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any documents, data, internal analyses or other information about wait times for administrative appeals and/or approvals of unemployment claims. I'd also like to request the number of employees empowered to handle these kinds of appeals at the department, as well as the monthly average number of administrative escalations for the year 2013.

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,

Chris Caesar

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 28, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Thank you. I look forward to hearing about your determinations.

Regards,
Chris

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 28, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 28, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 28, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 28, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Hello Ms. Dufresne,

I am following up on my Appeal, filed in early April, #AP-2014-02350. Are there any updates as to the status of my request?

Regards,
Chris Caesar
Boston Globe

Ms. Dufresne,

I apologize; I was updating a lot of FOIA correspondence and accidentally sent you the wrong message. However, it appears the thumb drive you provided was somehow lost in the shuffle as I never received it. Is there any way it could be resent, or perhaps provided via Dropbox or e-mail?

Thanks for your help.

Chris

Actually, never mind, we had a filing error. Thanks so much.