APRA procedures (Office of Auditor General)

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Written procedures for access to the agency’s public records, including any
records request forms required or suggested by the agency

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. 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.

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,

Shawn Musgrave

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 31, 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 March 31, 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 March 31, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Mr. Hoyle,

The APRA request below regarding the Office of the Auditor General's APRA procedures and form(s) has been sent to ag@oag.ri.gov without reply since March 31. Please confirm whether this is the appropriate inbox for APRA requests.

Thank you.

Hello,

We are still awaiting a response on this APRA request. Please confirm receipt.

Thank you.

Hello,

Again, we have received no reply to this request whatsoever. Please confirm receipt and process this request per the Office of the Auditor General's obligations under APRA.

Respectfully,
Shawn

Hello,

After sending the followup email below from our primary email service (which was sent from requests@muckrock.com), we received a notification indicating that our system had been blocked by ProofPoint. Please confirm whether the emailed APRA request and numerous followups below has been received.

Another APRA request for contract information was received and processed on April 29, but the request below was submitted March 31 and has yet to be processed despite several emails and two phone calls to OAG administration.

-Shawn

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 31, 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,

This request is going on three months since it was submitted. I have called and received no communication back regarding this very simple request. Please advise.

Best,
Shawn

Hello,

Once again, this request remains unanswered. Per your obligations under APRA, please confirm receipt or provide contact information for the appropriate individual or unit at OAG to process APRA requests.

Respectfully,
Shawn

Hello Mr. Rossi,

Please find attached a request for the APRA procedures of the Office of the Auditor General. The Office has now been contacted by telephone three times regarding this request; each time a name and number have been left but no one from your office has been in touch thus far. Emails have also been sent to the addresses ag@oag.ri.gov and dennis.hoyle@oag.ri.gov. Please let me know which addresses and contact people are the appropriate ones to use for APRA requests.

Thank you so much for your help. I hope you had a lovely holiday break.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 31, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Dear Mr. Hoyle,

On March 31, 2014, I submitted via email a request for “Written procedures for access to the agency’s public records, including any records request forms required or suggested by the agency.” This request has not been acknowledged in any way. Your office has been contacted via phone and email multiple times. During a phone call to your office today, Michael Rossi, the Office Manager, confirmed that you are the contact person for APRA requests.

We are now sending this communication and the attached request by email, fax and mail to Auditor General Dennis Hoyle. Per the Office of the Auditor General's obligations under the APRA, we respectfully insist that a response be provided immediately.

Sincerely,

Shawn Musgrave

Dear Mr. Hoyle,

On March 31, 2014, I submitted via email a request for “Written procedures for access to the agency’s public records, including any records request forms required or suggested by the agency.” This request has not been acknowledged in any way. Your office has been contacted via phone and email multiple times. During a phone call to your office today, Michael Rossi, the Office Manager, confirmed that you are the contact person for APRA requests.

We are now sending this communication and the attached request by email, fax and mail to Auditor General Dennis Hoyle. Per the Office of the Auditor General's obligations under the APRA, we respectfully insist that a response be provided immediately.

Sincerely,

Shawn Musgrave

Office of the Auditor General
ATTN: Dennis Hoyle
86 Weybosset Street
2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903-2800

July 31, 2014

Dear Mr. Hoyle,

On March 31, 2014, I submitted via email a request for “Written procedures for access to the agency’s public records, including any records request forms required or suggested by the agency.” This request has not been acknowledged in any way. Your office has been contacted via phone and email multiple times. During a phone call to your office today, Michael Rossi, the Office Manager, confirmed that you are the contact person for APRA requests.

We are now sending this communication and the attached request by email, fax and mail to Auditor General Dennis Hoyle. Per the Office of the Auditor General's obligations under the APRA, we respectfully insist that a response be provided immediately.

Sincerely,

Shawn Musgrave

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 31, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Mr. Hoyle -

I am emailing once again to note that your office has yet to respond to this request under the APRA for your office's APRA procedures. As amended in 2012, the APRA requires each public body to establish written APRA procedures, as well as to post such procedures online.

At this point, the OAG is in clear violation of the obligation to respond to requests within 10 business days. Nor have I been able to locate any APRA procedures posted on the OAG website.

Please advise immediately.

Respectfully,
Shawn

Mr. Hoyle -

Your response of yesterday suggested that your office currently has written APRA procedures. If this is the case, please provide them in their current form per your obligations under the statute. If that is not the case, please confirm that the OAG does not have written APRA procedures at present.

Respectfully,

Shawn

Mr. Hoyle -

Checking again on this request for APRA procedures as currently written. This request has been pending for several months now.

-Shawn

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 31, 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 March 31, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.