[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Response to FOIA Request of 1-1-12 - PeckhamARRAExpenditures
joe harcz Comcast
joeharcz at comcast.net
Fri Jan 27 23:59:03 UTC 2012
Yup the rich no goodnicks at places like Peckham (I'm talking about the
CEOs) go back to the same trough including VR monies over and over again and
then have their state lackies try to shovel this all under the carpet to try
to avoid scrutiny for their ill behavior and lack of stewardship for
taxpayer's funds.
I'll not let this happen on my watch.
Nor should any blind or otherwise disabled individual either.
Their is a monstrous fraud being perpuated against our entire community here
and it needs to be exposed, rereformed and cleaned up.
Free our people!
Peace with Justice,
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Ann Robinson" <brightsmile1953 at comcast.net>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: Response to FOIA Request of 1-1-12 -
PeckhamARRAExpenditures
> Hello,
>
> Joe, they need to find someone who can sort through documents and decide
> what not to send. Interestingly, I may make around the same amount as
> that person or perhaps a little less and I have nearly 30 years of post
> masters experience in social work. MCB also has a director with a high
> school diploma who is making approximately $120,000. Isn't there
> something incredibly wrong with this picture?
>
> Folks, we still have a lot of work to do; and we are a long way from
> achieving equal pay for equal work.
> However, we need to persevere.
>
> As you so often say:
> "peace with justice!"
>
> Mary Ann Robinson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
> To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 5:53 PM
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: Response to FOIA Request of 1-1-12 - Peckham
> ARRAExpenditures
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: joe harcz Comcast
>> To: Haynes, Carla (LARA)
>> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 5:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: Response to FOIA Request of 1-1-12 - Peckham ARRA
>> Expenditures
>>
>>
>> Dear Carla,
>>
>> You might send this out to some people working at Peckham I'm certain
>> then that Peckham can find some people with disabilities to do this work
>> for sub-minimum wages.
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Haynes, Carla (LARA)
>> To: joe harcz Comcast (joeharcz at comcast.net)
>> Cc: Cannon, Patrick (LARA) ; Farmer, Mel (LARA) ; Turney, Susan (LARA) ;
>> Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Jones, Leamon (LARA) ; Gaston, Diamalyn (LARA) ;
>> White, Elizabeth (LARA) ; Duell, Elsie (LARA)
>> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 4:39 PM
>> Subject: Response to FOIA Request of 1-1-12 - Peckham ARRA Expenditures
>>
>>
>> January 27, 2012
>>
>>
>>
>> Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>>
>> E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net
>>
>> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
>>
>> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>>
>>
>>
>> Re: Payments to Peckham Vocational Industries
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:
>>
>>
>>
>> This letter is in response to your January 1, 2012, email request for
>> copies of public records, received January 3, 2012, of which a ten day
>> extension was taken to January 25, 2012. Please be informed that the
>> Department's Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) is processing this
>> request under the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231
>> et seq.
>>
>>
>>
>> You have requested information as described in your email, a copy of
>> which is attached.
>>
>>
>>
>> Your request is granted as to existing, nonexempt records in the
>> possession of the Department falling within the scope of your request.
>>
>>
>>
>> Section 4(1) of the FOIA, MCL 15.234(1), provides that a public body may
>> charge a fee for public record search, including the mailing, costs, the
>> cost of duplication or publication including labor, the cost of search,
>> examination, review, and the deletion and separation of exempt from
>> nonexempt information. The Department has estimated that a minimum of 6
>> hours of employee time must be drawn away from their respective duties
>> and assignments to search, locate, and retrieve records to determine if
>> they are responsive to your request, and to examine and review the
>> responsive records for possible statutory exemptions from public
>> disclosure. For the above reasons, the Department, pursuant to MCL15.234,
>> Section 4(3) of the FOIA, has determined that failure to charge a fee in
>> this particular instance will result in unreasonably high costs to the
>> Department. The estimated costs to process this request, based on the
>> hourly wages (including fringe benefits) of the lowest paid Department
>> employee capable of performing the necessary tasks to comply with the
>> request is $130.60.
>>
>>
>>
>> Therefore, in order to complete the processing of your request, based on
>> the hourly wages of the lowest paid Department employees capable of
>> performing the necessary tasks to process the request, under MCL 15.234,
>> Section 4(2) of the state's FOIA, the Department requires a good faith
>> deposit of $65.30, which is one-half of the total estimated $130.60,
>> including a $20.00 credit per MCL 15.234, Section 4(1) of the FOIA. See
>> the attached Invoice Calculations illustrating estimated costs and
>> payment instructions
>>
>>
>>
>> The above estimate is based on an estimated twenty-three (23) payments
>> MCB made to Peckham Vocational Industries under Award Number H390A090031.
>> These payments made to Peckham Vocational Industries by MCB were coded as
>> ARRA monies. The estimated cost to research, examine and redact exempt
>> information of the approximately 23 invoices along with the
>> authorizations is also detailed in the attached invoice.
>>
>>
>>
>> After receipt of the good faith deposit and upon completing the process
>> of your request, the Department will notify you in writing of any balance
>> due and payable (or owed you) before copies of the requested records are
>> forwarded to you; and will explain any statutory basis for the exemption
>> of any records in or in part, and your remedial rights.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator
>>
>> Michigan Commission for the Blind
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Attachments:
>>
>> 1. Email of 1/1/2012
>>
>> 2. FOIA Invoice
>>
>>
>>
>> cc: Patrick Cannon
>>
>> Mel Farmer
>>
>> Susan Turney
>>
>> Elsie Duell
>>
>> Leamon Jones
>>
>> Elizabeth White
>>
>> -
>> From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
>>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 2:06 PM
>>
>> To: Cannon, Patrick (LARA)
>>
>> Cc: Larry Posont MCB Comm.; lydia Schuck MCB Comm.; John Scott MCB
>> Comm.; Craig
>>
>> McManus RSA; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; Elmer Cerano MPAS
>>
>> Subject: more arra funding info please
>>
>>
>>
>> January 1 2012 Request for Peckham Information
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>>
>> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
>>
>> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>>
>> joeharcz at comcast.net
>>
>> joeharcz at comcast.net
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick D. Cannon
>>
>> Director, Michigan Commission for the Blind
>>
>> (Via E-mail)
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Mr. Cannon,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm writing you today to get just a little more detail about this
>> expenditure:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES - Award Number H390A090031 -
>>
>> PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES
>>
>>
>>
>> Table with 2 columns and 7 rows
>>
>> Award Number
>>
>> H390A090031
>>
>> Sub-Award Number
>>
>> N/A
>>
>> Vendor DUNS Number
>>
>> Not reported
>>
>> Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4
>>
>> 489062102
>>
>>
>>
>> Could you simply give me what this was for and when this expenditure was
>> made?
>>
>>
>>
>> Or can't you supply that type of information?
>>
>>
>>
>> Happy New Year.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cc: MCB Commissioners
>>
>> Cc: NFB MI
>>
>> Cc: RSA
>>
>> Cc: Elmer Cerano, NISH/ M PAS
>>
>>
>>
>> Vendor Name
>>
>> PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES
>>
>> Product and Service Description
>>
>> SERVICES FOR MICHIGAN COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND CLIENTS
>>
>> Payment Amount
>>
>> $31,843"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>>
>> MICHIGAN COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND
>>
>> FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT INVOICE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> NAME AND ADDRESS OF REQUESTER:
>>
>> Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>>
>> E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.com
>>
>> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Road
>>
>> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>>
>>
>>
>> REQUEST RECEIVED: January 3, 2012
>>
>> TYPE OF REQUEST: Email
>>
>> REQUEST PARTIALLY DENIED: No
>>
>> EXEMPT INFORMATION WITHHELD/REDACTED: To be determined
>>
>> EXTENDED RESPONSE NOTICE ISSUED: Yes
>>
>> REQUESTED INFORMATION WILL BE: Emailed/Invoiced For Partial Payment
>>
>> ACCOUNT CODE: Index: 36200 PCA: 11343
>>
>>
>>
>> DLARA CONTACT: Melvin Farmer, Central FOIA Coordinator
>>
>> (517) 373-0194
>>
>> Ottawa Building, 4th Floor, 611 W. Ottawa, Lansing, MI 48909
>>
>> The FOIA provides that the department may charge a fee to comply with
>> requests for public records. The processing fee is composed of hourly
>> wages and benefit costs of the lowest paid employee(s) capable of
>> processing the request; the duplication of records at assessed costs per
>> page; mailing costs; and other related special costs. Prior to searching
>> and copying requested records, the department may request full payment or
>> 50% of the estimated costs exceeding $50.00 with the balance required
>> before mailing the records. Assessed costs are related to your request
>> for:
>>
>>
>>
>> "I'm writing you today to get just a little more detail about this
>> expenditure: "PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES - Award Number H390A090031 -
>> PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES
>>
>> Table with 2 columns and 7 rows
>>
>> Award Number H390A090031
>>
>> Sub-Award Number N/A
>>
>> Vendor DUNS Number
>>
>> Not reported
>>
>> Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 - 489062102
>>
>>
>>
>> Could you simply give me what this was for and when this expenditure was
>> made?
>>
>> Vendor Name
>>
>> PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES
>>
>> Product and Service Description
>>
>> SERVICES FOR MICHIGAN COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND CLIENTS
>>
>> Payment Amount
>>
>> $31,843"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> INVOICE CALCULATIONS
>>
>>
>>
>> LABOR
>>
>> Locating and Duplicating Cost:
>>
>> Number of Hours: 4 hrs. x Hourly Rate: $25.10 =
>> Amount: $100.40
>>
>> Examining and Extracting Cost:
>>
>> Number of Hours: 2 hrs. x Hourly Rate: $25.10 =
>> Amount: $50.20
>>
>> TOTAL LABOR: $150.60
>>
>> POSTAGE (estimate): $0
>>
>> DUPLICATING: Number of Pages times Copying Rate of $.25 $0
>>
>> OTHER (overtime, audio tapes, discs, photos, security, etc.): $0
>>
>> SUBTOTAL: $
>>
>> Less waived indigency fee under FOIA Act MCL 15.234 Section 4(1)
>> ($20.00)
>>
>> INVOICE TOTAL: $130.60
>>
>>
>>
>> DEPOSIT* $65.30
>>
>>
>>
>> BALANCE TO BE PAID: $65.30
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Make check or money order payable to: STATE OF MICHIGAN
>>
>> Remit to: Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
>>
>> Office Services Mailroom
>>
>> 7150 Harris Drive, PO Box 30015
>>
>> Lansing, MI 48909
>>
>>
>>
>> RETURN ORIGINAL COPY OF THIS INVOICE WITH YOUR PAYMENT
>>
>>
>>
>> *Please note that if a deposit is requested, the indicated amount is an
>> estimate of the cost of complying with your request. The actual cost may
>> vary somewhat from this amount.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Carla Miller Haynes
>>
>> DLARA Michigan Commission for the Blind
>>
>> 201 N. Washington Sq., 2nd Floor
>>
>> P.O. Box 30652
>>
>> Lansing, MI 48909
>>
>> Phone: 517/373-2063
>>
>> FAX: 517/335-5140
>>
>>
>>
>> www.michigan.gov/mcb
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