office tourism

Adam Vaccaro filed this request with the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development of Massachusetts.
Submitted May 26, 2016
Status
Completed

Communications

From: Adam Vaccaro

Subject: None

Mail

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, ยง10, I hereby request the following records:

Emails to or from the address "ken.brissette@state.ma.us" between 2007 and 2014 that use the terms:

"Union"
"Teamsters"
"labor"
"local"

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 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Adam Vaccaro

From: Adam Vaccaro

Subject: MR#25852-253819 - Public Records Law Request: office tourism

Fax

Please consider this request withdrawn, as it has been satisfied through email with the press office. Thank you.

From: Adam Vaccaro

Subject: MR#25852-253820 - RE: Public Records Law Request: office tourism

Fax

I apologize, please disregard my last message; this request has not yet been satisfied.

From: Cosco, Jonathan (EOHED)

Subject: Public Records Request dated May 26, 2016

Email

Dear Mr. Adam Vaccaro:

We have received your public records request dated May 26, 2016. I have requested the assistance of our IT professionals in making the email search you requested. I have been advised by them that a technical issue with our email storage system prevents an immediate search and response. We will provide you with a more substantive response as soon as practicable.

Please feel free to call me at the number below if I can be of further assistance in the meantime.

___________________________________________
Jonathan M. Cosco
Deputy General Counsel
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
One Ashburton Place, 21st Floor
Boston, MA 02114
617-788-3628
jonathan.cosco@state.ma.us<mailto:jonathan.cosco@state.ma.us>

From: Cosco, Jonathan (SEA)

Subject: RE: Public Records Law Request: office tourism

Email

Is there someone I can talk to about better understanding, and possibly narrowing, the scope of this request?

___________________________________________
Jonathan M. Cosco
Senior Deputy General Counsel
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
One Ashburton Place, 21st Floor
Boston, MA 02114
617-788-3628
jonathan.cosco@state.ma.us<mailto:jonathan.cosco@state.ma.us>

From: Adam Vaccaro

Subject: RE: Public Records Law Request: office tourism

Email

Hi Jonathan --

I can be reached at 617-929-7015.

Thanks,
Adam

From: Cosco, Jonathan (EOHED)

Subject: RE: Public Records Request dated May 26, 2016

Email

Dear Mr. Adam Vaccaro:

Attached please find our response to your public records request dated May 26, 2016. As we discussed more recently, we narrowed your original request somewhat to include an electronic search of the state's email archives as follows:

Sender/receiver: Emails to AND emails from the address "ken.brissette@state.ma.us<mailto:ken.brissette@state.ma.us>"
Time period: 1/1/2007 to 12/31/2014
Keywords: Union OR Teamsters OR labor in the body of the email.
We found 248 emails that meet these search parameters. They are attached in electronic format for your convenience.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this matter.

And again, thank you for your patience as we sorted through the technical issues we encountered in trying to search those old email records.

With best regards.

___________________________________________
Jonathan M. Cosco
Senior Deputy General Counsel
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
One Ashburton Place, 21st Floor
Boston, MA 02114
617-788-3628
jonathan.cosco@state.ma.us<mailto:jonathan.cosco@state.ma.us>

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