[ExI] FOIA Fee Survey for Requesters: Help Inform the Debate on FOIA Fees

[Terry W. Colvin]

FOIA Fee Survey for Requesters: Help Inform the Debate on FOIA Fees
Date: Dec 16, 2015 9:52 PM

December 16, 2015 -- As a member of the National Security Archive's mailing list, you may be interested in helping inform the debate on FOIA fees by filling out a quick survey we have formulated on fee-related issues: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XK-c1yu8Kg_UdNHbT6fG6lnI1K_ph-qoVi-s5sjgkRk/viewform?c=0&w=1.

The U.S. government's FOIA Advisory Committee recently distributed an important poll on a variety of FOIA fee issues -- however, for logistical reasons, it only surveyed federal FOIA processors.

In an attempt to provide a broader picture of FOIA fees as they affect all sides of the FOIA process, the National Security Archive and the Project on Government Oversight are distributing a similar, independent, unofficial survey to non-government FOIA stakeholders so that their views on FOIA fees can be cataloged and documented.

The survey parallels the FOIA Advisory Committee survey, and will remain open until January 14, 2016. The results will be made available in advance of the Committee's next meeting – which will be held on January 19.

We would greatly appreciate if you could take about 10 minutes to fill out the survey so we can provide the Committee with a more representative view of FOIA fees and, if possible, circulate it to other FOIA requesters. The survey is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XK-c1yu8Kg_UdNHbT6fG6lnI1K_ph-qoVi-s5sjgkRk/viewform?c=0&w=1


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