One-day marriage designations (January 2014 thru June 2015)

Shawn Musgrave filed this request with the Office of the Governor - Massachusetts of Massachusetts.
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From: Shawn Musgrave

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 spreadsheet or database of all one-day marriage designations submitted from January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

The Governor's Office has provided spreadsheets in response to requests on this subject in the past. I would be happy to provide an example, if that would be helpful.

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 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Shawn Musgrave

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 2, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

From: Cathy Judd-Stein

Good Afternoon Mr. Musgrave:

I am attaching our response to your recent request for records.
Thank you.

Cathy Judd-Stein

Cathy M. Judd-Stein
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel
Office of the Governor
State House, Room 271
Boston, MA 02133
617.725.4030

From: Shawn Musgrave

Ms. Judd-Stein -

Thank you for your response, and for sending the spreadsheet for January through June 2015. I will follow up in a couple of weeks to see whether you were able to locate data for 2014.

Best,
Shawn

From: Shawn Musgrave

Hello -

Any luck on tracking down the 2014 data?

Best,
Shawn

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 2, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 2, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 2, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Cathy Judd-Stein


Shawn Musgrave
c/o MuckRock News

Dear Mr. Musgrave:

I am writing to follow up on your records request to the Office of the Governor, seeking “[a] spreadsheet or database of all one-day marriage designations submitted from January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.” [1]

In a letter dated July 28, 2015, our office provided you a spreadsheet responsive to your request for the dates January 8, 2015 through June 30, 2015, inclusive. As noted in that letter, we continued our search for any additional records responsive to your request for the dates January 1, 2014 through January 7, 2015, maintained by the prior administration, but did not find any such records. Accordingly, we have concluded our search.

Sincerely,

Cathy Judd-Stein


Cathy Judd-Stein
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel
Office of the Governor
State House, Room 271
Boston, MA 02133
(617) 725-4030

From: Shawn Musgrave

Hi Cathy -

Thank you for following up on this. Would it help for me to put you in touch with the person in the previous administration who was fulfilling my request for marriage ordination spreadsheets? At the time, it seemed very easy to fulfill.

Best,
Shawn

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