Although these addresses are not at this time being published for general use, if a local district staff person, a client, or representative requests an email address for use in communicating with the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), the appropriate email address indicated above can be provided.

The mailbox will be accessed daily by Communications Intake Unit (CIU) staff in the Correspondence Unit who will process any inquiries or requests as they would if they received the same inquiry or request via correspondence or fax.

Email for staff in units other than the Correspondence Unit will be forwarded to the appropriate staff person or, in the absence of the assigned individual, to the designated backup, as indicated below:

• Liaison: Bert Pagano/Peggy Acevedo

• Correspondence: Ivonne Foster Velez/Peggy Gerard

• Home Hearings: Judi Ball/Pat Keays

• Compliance: Jackie Donovan/Bart Delaney or Lori Kozlowski or Steve Twardzik

• Post-Hearing Complaints (not compliance related): Kathy Rourke/Valerie Acklin

• Administrative Disqualification Hearings: Ed McCarthy/Dave Szary

When answering the email, the designated individual sending a response should log on and send the response as the “Intakemail” user. This response should be a standardized format, initially under Mark Lacivita's signature.

It is not necessary to respond via email to each inquiry as some OAH staff actions will result in automatic responses to the individual contacting this office (for example: issuance of forms OAH 4420 (Acknowledgement of Fair Hearing Request), OAH 457 (Scheduling Notice), automated letters, etc.)

Any email received will be stored for three months.