Additionally, she explains that she was not aware that the 30-day window for filing a complaint after discovery of a violation would apply in her case, and that she was not informed of the deadline when she contacted the Attorney General's Office in July 2010. While we appreciate the difficulty Ms.

Additionally, we reviewed documents provided by the complainant including: an April 13, 2011 Board document authorizing the creation of the Committee; a May 3, 2011 public records request; a May 18, 2011 letter from the Board sent to our office; and emails between the Town Clerk and the Attorney General's Office. Finally, we reviewed the minutes of the Board's April 11, April 19, and April 25, 2011 meetings.

Casey: The Attorney General's Office received a complaint from Ted Kenney, dated April 10, 2012, alleging that the Melrose School Committee's Superintendent Search Committee (the "Committee") violated the Open Meeting Law, Ci.L. c. 30A, 18-25. Specifically, the complaint alleges that "Rlhere was a meeting of the Melrose School Committee's Superintendent Search Committee on February 22, 2012.

Since the date that the Attorney General's Office issued regulations allowing such action, the Town has operated under the belief that it notified this office of its election of the Town website as its alternative posting location for all meeting notices. This office has no record of ever receiving such notice, however.

The Open Meeting Law requires that, within 14 business days after receiving an Open Meeting Law complaint, a public body shall review the complaint's allegations; take remedial action, if appropriate; and send to the complainant and the Attorney General's Office copies of the complaint and a description of any remedial action taken. See 940 CMR 29.05(5).

The Offices May 29th response In its May 29th response the Office outlined the number of investigations ongoing from the Governors independent investigation, federal Department of Justice, Massachusetts Attorney Generals Office and Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The Office stated that , [a]ll of the documents sought are confidential and are not subject to public disclosure [pursuant] to M. G. L. c. 4, 7 clause 26 (a) (f).

Departments July 9th Response In its July 9, 2021 response, the Department declined to provided email addresses stating that e-mail addresses were not provided to the Requestor pursuant to a recent determination of the Attorney Generals Office, on November 6, 2020, that the provision of aggregated e-mail addresses for groups of individuals is exempt from the Public Records Law under G.L. c. 4, $7, cl. 26(n) (exemption (n)), the safety and security

Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Dear Attorney Snape: I have received the petition of William Scarpelli, Esq. on behalf of Eric W. Thuotte, Esq. both of Morrison Mahoney LLP appealing the response of the Office of the Attorney General (AGO) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1).