Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:15:06 -0400 Subject: May 6, 2015 MPIA request From: Jacob Kogan To: David Gleason Cc: Jacob Kogan , Nagaraj Neerchal Dear Mr. Gleason, On May 6, 2015 a request for document inspection under MPIA was mailed to Dr. Neerchal, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UMBC (please see attached). The Maryland Law provides the custodian with thirty (30) days to notify the applicant about the decision concerning the requested records. As of today, June 10, 2015, the request remains with no response. I note that more than one year ago, on May 14, 2014 the Department requested Dr. Neerchal to provide a financial report of departmental funds expended for the past three years (please see attached). The written request was not submitted under MPIA (as per MPIA, Chapter 4: Request Procedures: "An agency need not and should not demand written requests for inspection of agency documents when there is no question that the public has a right to inspect them."). As of today, more than one year after the request, the request remains with no response. Unless a response to the May 6, 2015 MPIA request is provided by EOB June 12, 2015 I will have no choice, but to consider legal remedies to enforce Maryland Law. With best regards, Jacob Kogan