[nfbmi-talk] Fw: flint office bldg crisis and blind information resources - FOIA Request

Tue Mar 15 15:08:02 UTC 2016

----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: David Robinson NFB MI 
Cc: Georgia Kitchen FANFB ; Mary Ann Robinson NFB MI ; Larry Posont NFBMI Pres. ; Fred Wurtzel ; Michael Powell ; J.J. Meddaugh NFB MI ; Mark Eagle ; terry Eagle ; Larry D Keeler ; Sidhu,Mehgan ; Mark A. Riccobono NFB Pres. 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 9:53 AM
Subject: Fw: flint office bldg crisis and blind information resources - FOIA Request

This information should go to the NFB list serve and NFB should be working on this issue which is a matter of life, death and health of the blind residents of this county who are abused by the system including BSBP.

The so-called NFB MIleadership needs to get its head out of the sand and it needs to stop retaliating against activists and start doing its advocacy job.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: LARAFOIAInfo 
To: joeharcz at comcast.net 
Cc: BSBPFOIA 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 8:58 AM
Subject: RE: flint office bldg crisis and blind information resources - FOIA Request

Dear Mr. Harcz:

This notice responds to your February 8, 2016  and February 9, 2016 emails (copies attached), received by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) on February 9, 2016 and February 10, 2016, respectively, requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq.

You have asked for numerous documents related to the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons and the Flint water matter.   

Your request is granted in part and denied in part.  Records responsive to your request are attached.  Section 13(1)(d) of the FOIA provides that information specifically described exempt from disclosure by another agency statute is exempt from disclosure; therefore, portions of your request have been denied. (MCL 15.243(1)(d))  Consumer information contained in the documents has been redacted per the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 34 CFR 361.68.

Information related to the Flint water matter is available on our website at www.michigan.gov/bsbp. Please see the link entitled "Outreach to Flint's Blind Community Helps Ensure Access to Information and Resources" is under the "Spotlight".

Section 10 of the FOIA, MCL 15.240, provides that you may seek judicial review in the Court of Claims within 180 days after the final denial determination.  If you prevail in such an action, the court is to award reasonable attorney fees, costs, and disbursements, and possible damages.

If you have questions concerning this matter, please feel free to contact the LARA FOIA Office at LARAFOIAInfo at michigan.gov.  You may also write to us at the address listed below and enclose a copy of this letter.

LARA's FOIA Procedures and Guidelines can be accessed at www.michigan.gov/lara. 

Thank you,

LARA FOIA Office

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