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The fact that the government can (seemingly) charge an arbitrary dollar amount to fulfill a lawful FOIA request seems to be a flaw in the system. If the people
by leesalminen 10y ago
The fact that the government can (seemingly) charge an arbitrary dollar amount to fulfill a lawful FOIA request seems to be a flaw in the system. If the people should be able to access government data, there should be clearly defined, affordable pricing.
- ryan_j_naughton 10y agoAbsolutely agree. If a government agency claims that the cost of retrieving the data for the FOIA is insanely high as the justification for the high price then it points to greater organizational problems in how our data is being stored. By forcing a lower and standardized upper bound price for the data it would incentivize organizations to revamp their storage solutions to make the data more accessible.