The notice 1 Unless otherwise indicated, all dates in this letter refer to the year 2016. 2 Unless an extension of time has been granted, a public body must, within fourteen business days of receipt of an Open Meeting Law complaint, send a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General's Office and notify the Attorney General's Office of any remedial action taken. G.L. c. 30A, 23(b); 940 CMR 19.05(5), (6).

I further encouraged the parties to contact the Attorney Generals Office for a determination on the Open Meeting Law issues. In an email received on June 6, 2024, Ms. Amaral requests that I reconsider my previous determination. The Public Records Law The Public Records Law strongly favors disclosure by creating a presumption that all governmental records are public records. G. L. c. 66, 10A(d); 950 C.M.R. 32.03(4).

The Attorney Generals office has not done this for the vast majority of records it reviewed in response to this request. We have no clear answer as to why were unable to review so many records that appeared at first to be responsive.

Sloan states that her request is a key component of a larger issue concerning a complaint of violations of Open Meeting Law that is currently being reviewed by the Attorney Generals Office. Given that an interpretation of the Open Meeting Law falls within the authority of the Attorney Generals Office (AGO) and not this office, I am unable to address those issues in this determination. See G. L. c. 30A, 23.

The Office references a 2017 Letter (Letter) from the Attorney Generals Office (AGO) regarding this matter. In that Letter, the Office states that the AGO found that it had complied with its obligations under the Public Records Law to withhold records under Exemption (f), pertaining to Mr. Shibleys 2015 public records request.

Lory is familiar with the numerous public records requests that our office has received from All to/from/cc/bcc: anyone at the Attorney Generals Office regardless if Intra Attorney Generals Office . . . One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 (617) 727-2832 Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre pre@sec.state.ma.us Lorraine A.G. Tarrow, Esq.

on an application submitted by WHC Haverhill AL, LLC ("WHC Haverhill") for permission to construct an assisted-living facility, in accordance with the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection 1 Unless otherwise specified, all dates in this letter refer to the year 2016. 2 We note that, unless an extension of time has been granted, a public body must, within 14 business days of receipt of an Open Meeting Law complaint, send a copy of the complaint to the Attorney

Unless an extension of time has been granted, a public body must, within 14 business days of receipt of an Open Meeting Law complaint, send a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General's Office and notify the Attorney General's Office of any remedial action taken. G.L. c. 30A, 23(b); 940 CMR 19.05(5), (6). We again remind the Committee of its obligation to respond to Open Meeting Law complaints within the time frame required by law.

Unless an extension of time has been granted, a public body must, within 14 business days of receipt of an Open Meeting Law complaint, send a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General's Office and notify the Attorney General's Office of any remedial action taken. G.L. c. 30A, 23(b); 940 CMR 19.05(5), (6).

Unless an extension of time has been granted, a public body must, within 14 business days of receipt of an Open Meeting Law complaint, send a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General's Office and notify the Attorney General's Office of any remedial action taken. G.L. c. 30A, 23(b); 940 CMR 29.05(5), (6).