[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Disability Network SW Expenditures
joe harcz Comcast
joeharcz at comcast.net
Thu Jun 5 23:15:46 UTC 2014
----- Original Message -----
From: joe harcz Comcast
To: Haynes, Carla (LARA)
Cc: Rodgers, Edward (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Pemble, Mike (LARA) ; Belknap, Katie (LARA) ; Jones, Leamon (LARA) ; Gaston, Diamalyn (LARA) ; McVoy, Shannon (LARA) ; McNeal, Gwen (LARA) ; Neubaum, Marla (LARA) ; Haney, Wilda (LARA) ; Cove, Catherine (LARA) ; Wilborn, Leon (LARA)
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Disability Network SW Expenditures
June 5 2014 Invoice to BSBP for Disability Network Information
And Request Group Billing MARO Conference
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
Mt. Morris, MI 48458
810-516.5262
Response to FOIA and My Invoice
To: Carla Haynes, FOIA, BSBP
Ed Rodgers, Director, BSBP
Dear All,
Since I indeed supplied you the information related to this request and since you are dealing with the citizen's money and fail to account for it more fully, and also try to extort from this citizen copious funds for public information I am now invoicing you for my labor in these regards.
To wit:
I'm charging you for two hours of labor at my rate on this little project alone. That rate is: 100 per hour. Thus remit to my person by check or money order to the address listed above $200.
I know Mr. Rodgers won't get this until next week since he is so tied up at the MARO Conference and all those lodgings, wine tastings, and so forth paid for at the public trough for his inane alleviating.
By the way I am now requesting the group billing and precise payment of BSBP for this conference as well.
Sincerely,
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
Cc: NFB MI
Cc: RSA, Independent Living
Cc: Zimmer, LARA
Cc: several media
----- 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) ; McVoy, Shannon (LARA) ; McNeal, Gwen (LARA) ; Neubaum, Marla (LARA) ; Haney, Wilda (LARA) ; Cove, Catherine (LARA) ; Wilborn, Leon (LARA)
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 4:51 PM
Subject: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Disability Network SW Expenditures
June 5, 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 Disability Network SW in Kalamazoo
Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:
This email is in response to your May 17, 2014, email request for information, received by this office on May 19, 2014, of which an extension was taken to June 5, 2014. 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 as described in your email (which is also below) as:
"Could you in simple English tell me precisely what the BSBP expentitures for the Disability Network SW in Kalamazoo (DTMB notations after signature line) were for?" Please see the attached email for this additional information.
Your request is granted as to existing, nonexempt documents pertaining to your request.
We estimate that the time to process this request is 4 hours. 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.
FOIA Response - P.J. Harcz, Jr.
Page 2 of
June 5, 2014
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.
In order to complete the processing of your request, and based on the hourly wages and benefits of the lowest paid Department employee capable of performing the necessary tasks to process your request, we are requesting a deposit of $62.74 in order to begin the processing of this request. An invoice is attached that outlines the costs.
Once payment is received for the deposit, we will start the processing of your request. Once the process is complete, we will request payment for the additional amount of the actual cost of the request. When we receive this payment, we will send the information either to you via email or to you in the U.S. Mail on a USB flash drive (depending on the amount of material responsive to your request).
Sincerely,
Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator
Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
Attachments - 2: Invoice & Request for Information
cc: Edward F. Rodgers II
Sue Luzenski
Mike Pemble
Katie Belknap
Leamon Jones, Diamalyn Gaston
Shannon McVoy, Marla Neubaum
Gwen McNeal, Cathy Cove
Wilda Haney, Leon Wilborn
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
BUREAU OF SERVICES FOR BLIND PERSONS
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT INVOICE
NAME AND ADDRESS OF REQUESTER:
Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net
1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
Mt. Morris, MI 48458
REQUEST RECEIVED: May 17, 2014
TYPE OF REQUEST: Email
REQUEST PARTIALLY DENIED: No
EXEMPT INFORMATION WITHHELD/REDACTED: To be determined
EXTENDED RESPONSE NOTICE ISSUED: Yes to June 5, 2014
REQUESTED INFORMATION WILL BE: Emailed/Invoiced For 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:
"Could you in simple English tell me precisely what the BSBP expentitures for the Disability Network SW in Kalamazoo (DTMB notations after signature line) were for?"
INVOICE CALCULATIONS
LABOR
Locating and Duplicating Cost:
Number of Hours: 3.5 hrs. x Hourly Rate: $31.37 = Amount: $109.79
Examining and Extracting Cost:
Number of Hours: .5 hrs. x Hourly Rate: $31.37 = Amount: $15.69
TOTAL LABOR: $125.48
POSTAGE (estimate): To be determined based on the amount of information
DUPLICATING: Number of Pages (0) times Copying Rate of $0
OTHER (overtime, audio tapes, discs, photos, security, etc.): $0
SUBTOTAL: $125.48
Less waived indigency fee under FOIA Act MCL 15.234 Section 4(1)
INVOICE TOTAL: $125.48
DEPOSIT* $62.74
BALANCE TO BE PAID*: $62.74
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.
From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:37 AM
To: Rodgers, Edward (LARA)
Cc: Luzenski, Sue (LARA); Christyne.Cavataio at ed.gov; BRIAN SABOURIN; Marlene Malloy MCRS Dir.;
nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; Timothy Beatty RSA; commissioner-hudson at outlook.com; BSBPcommissioners
Subject:
May 17 2014 Disability Network SW
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
Mt. Morris, MI 48458
Joeharcz at comcast.net
To: Edward Rodgers, Director
Bureau Services to Blind Persons
Dear Mr. Rodgers,
Could you in simple English tell me precisely what the BSBP expentitures for the Disability Network SW in Kalamazoo (DTMB notations after signature line) were for?
These things should not be difficult to answer.
Sincerely,
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
Cc: NFB MI
Cc: RSA
Cc: MPAS
Cc: MI SILC
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Payments to a Vendor by Agency and Category
Payments to DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN by LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS for fiscal year 2014
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Agency Name
Category Description
Warrant Date
Payments Total
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/12/2014
$500.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/1/2014
$500.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/15/2014
$500.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/11/2014
$500.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/4/2014
$1,000.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/19/2014
$1,000.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/17/2014
$500.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/14/2014
$500.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/4/2014
$777.50
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
1/7/2014
$150.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/27/2013
$1,000.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/12/2013
$500.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/9/2013
$350.00
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
11/21/2013
$500.00
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