[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to Request for Information on BSBP's Response to Attachment 4.2(c) of the FY2015 State Plan

[joe harcz Comcast]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: Haynes, Carla (LARA) 
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: FOIA Response to Request for Information on BSBP's Response to Attachment 4.2(c) of the FY2015 State Plan


This is absolute horse hockey and illegal in the highest order for all materials related to the state plan, its supplements and its adherance to the Rehab Act  are required to be made accessible to the public in the first instance under the Rehabilitation Act itself.

Now you've really stepped in it.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Haynes, Carla (LARA) 
  To: joe harcz Comcast 
  Cc: Rodgers, Edward (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Pemble, Mike (LARA) ; Belknap, Katie (LARA) ; Jones, Leamon (LARA) ; Gaston, Diamalyn (LARA) ; Elster, Lauren (LARA) 
  Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 2:17 PM
  Subject: FOIA Response to Request for Information on BSBP's Response to Attachment 4.2(c) of the FY2015 State Plan


  August 29, 2014

   

  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 BSBP's Response to Attachment 4.2(c) of the FY 2015 BSBP State Plan

   

  Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:

   

  This email is in response to your email request for information, received by this office on August 20, 2014, through the Michigan Council of Rehabilitation Services.  Please be advised that the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP) is processing this request under the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq.

   

  You have requested information you describe as (which is also included in your email below.):

   

  "Before conclusion of the meeting, MCRS Members received the BSBP State Director's response to the Council's recommendations in Attachment 4.2(c) for the FY 2015 BSBP State Plan.  Now for one I'm requesting a copy of this response.."

   

  Your request is granted as to existing, nonexempt information responsive to your request.  The BSBP Response to Attachment 4.2(c) of the FY 2015 BSBP State Plan is attached as a separate document to this email.  Please be advised that this document has been submitted to the Rehabilitation Services Administration and is subject to their approval.

   

   

  FOIA Response - P.J. Harcz, Jr.

  Page 2 of 2

  August 29, 2014

   

   

   

   

  As the cost of this request is below the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs' threshold of $25.00, we have waived the fee for this request.

   

  Sincerely,

   

   

  Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator

  Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

   

   

  Attachments - Email Request for Information & BSBP Response to Attachment 4.2(c) of the FY15 State Plan (as a separate attachment to this email)

   

  cc:     Edward F. Rodgers II

  Sue Luzenski

  Mike Pemble

  Katie Belknap

  Leamon Jones

  Diamalyn Gaston



  From:         Marlene Malloy <marlene at mcrs13.org>

  Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 11:54 AM

  To:    Haynes, Carla (LARA)

  Cc:    Pemble, Mike (LARA); SHORI TEEPLE; CAROL BERGQUIST; BRIAN SABOURIN

  Subject:     Fwd: request bsbp state plan response

   

  Hi Carla - if you scroll down you will see a request from Joe Harcz requesting the BSBP State Plan. Our policy is to only provide MCRS documents as requested. I will respond to Mr. Harcz's question and copy you on it.

   

  Marlene S. Malloy

  Sent from I Pad


  Begin forwarded message:

  From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net> 

  Date: August 17, 2014 at 4:05:49 PM EDT 

  To: "Marlene Malloy MCRS Dir." <marlene at mcrs13.org> 

  Cc: "Shori Teeple MCRS" <shori at mcrs13.org>, "BRIAN SABOURIN" 

  <BSABOUR at mpas.org>, "Michael Poyma VA MCRS" 

  <michael.poyma at va.gov>, "trina edmondson mcrs dac" <trina.e at dakc.us>, 

  "Sarah Gravetti" <SARA at dnmichigan.org>, <Christyne.Cavataio at ed.gov>, 

  <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>, "MARK MCWILLIAMS MPAS" 

  <MMCWILL at mpas.org>, "Elmer Cerano MPAS" <ECERANO at mpas.org> 

  Subject: request bsbp state plan response

  August 17 2014 BSBP Belated Response


  Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

  1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

  Mt. Morris, MI 48458

  joeharcz at comcast.net

  810-516-5262


  To:

  Marlene Malloy, Executive Director

  Mich. Council Rehabilitation Services (MCRS)

  Via e-mail


  (Note: please pass this inquiry on to other MCRS members)


  Dear Ms. Malloy,


  I draw your attention to the following From the August 8 2014 draft MCRS 

  minutes:


   

   

  "Other Business


  Before conclusion of the meeting, MCRS Members received the BSBP State Director's response to the Council's recommendations in Attachment 4.2(c) for the FY 2015 BSBP State Plan."


   

   

  Now for one I'm requesting a copy of this response and two I'm wondering why MCRS approved more than one month ago the proposed BSBP state plan update before getting this response and other requested data?


  Sincerely,


  Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.


  Cc: NFB MI

  Cc: BSBP Commissioners

  Cc: CAP/MPAS

  Cc: RSA

   

   

   

  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