[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to Request for Information onExpenses for E. Rodgers Attendance at NFB MI Convention

Fri Nov 1 04:12:45 UTC 2013

What does the BS4BP have to hide here?  Perhaps who shared a hotel room with
whom?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Haynes, Carla (LARA) 
To: joe harcz Comcast 
Cc: Rodgers, Edward (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Pemble, Mike (LARA) ;
Belknap, Katie (LARA) ; Duell, Elsie (LARA) 
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 11:30 AM
Subject: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Expenses for E. Rodgers
Attendance at NFB MI Convention

October 30, 2013

Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

Re:  FOIA Response to Request for Information on Expenses for Edward Rodgers
II for Attendance at the NFB MI Convention

Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:

This email is in response to your October 23, 2013, email request for
information, received by this office on October 24, 2013.  Please be advised
that the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons 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 (also included
below) as:

"I am writing you today to send me the "group billing" for lodging and other
expenses (including personnel) for your attendance at the recent NFB MI
State convention.

I also wish to know who was the driver of the state car used for this
important convention."

In order to determine the extent of the research time, the size and number
of records of nonexempt information within BSBP responsive to your request,
a search must be undertaken.  For this reason, it is necessary to extend the
time for response, as permitted by Section 5(2)(d) of the FOIA, through
November 14, 2013, for your request.

FOIA Response - P.J. Harcz, Jr.

October 30, 2013

Page 2 of 2

If it is determined that there is a cost involved in the processing of this
request, you will be sent an email which will include an invoice outlining 

that cost (before or no later than November 14, 2013).  This email may
either request a deposit (if the cost is over $50.00) or request payment of
the total cost if the amount is under $50.00.

Please note that nothing within the federal American with Disabilities Act
(ADA ), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA), as amended, or
the state's FOIA (MCL 15.231 et seq.) requires a public body to process FOIA
requests free of charge.  Further, while the ADA and Section 504 of the RA
may mandate that, upon request, material be produced in an accessible format
without charge, neither the ADA or Section 504 of the RA preclude a public
body from charging costs under the state's FOIA. Thusly, please note that no
labor fee charges have been, or will be, assessed to convert existing,
nonexempt public records responsive to your requests into an accessible
format to forward to you.

Sincerely,

Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

Attachment:  Email Request for Information

cc:     Edward F. Rodgers II

          Sue Luzenski

          Mike Pemble

Katie Belknap

          Elsie Duell

From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]  

Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 10:49 AM 

To: Rodgers, Edward (LARA) 

Cc: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org 

Subject: group billing request nfb mi convention

October 23 2013 to Rodgers Group Billing NFB MI Convention

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

joeharcz at comcast.net

810-516-5262

To: Edward Rodgers, Director BSBP

Dear Sir,

I am writing you today to send me the "group billing" for lodging and other
expenses (including personnel) for your attendance at the recent NFB MI
State convention.

I also wish to know who was the driver of the state car used for this
important convention.

You may send this to me in accessible format which by now you are quite
aware of.

Thank you, by the way for attending and for your responsive and enlighten
comments to all.

Sincerely,

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

-Ninety-nine  Percent of lawyers give the other one percent a bad
name.Steven Wright

Cc: NFB MI

Carla Miller Haynes

LARA Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP)

201 N. Washington Square, 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 30652

Lansing, MI  48909

Telephone:  517-373-2063 or Toll-Free 1-800-292-4200

Fax:  517-335-5140

www.michigan.gov/bsbp