I completely agree. I've been part of an organization that sent numerous FOIA requests out via our legal team, mostly to smaller county or city level agencies.

I completely agree. I've been part of an organization that sent numerous FOIA requests out via our legal team, mostly to smaller county or city level agencies. In some cases City A would respond (San Fransisco was in this bucket) and say: "Sure, we'll have it by X! What email address should we send the data to?" In other cases (a few agencies in Hawaii come to mind), for the exact same dataset / FOIA request -- in fact, with an order of magnitude fewer responsive data records -- the agency would require payment in the amount of $100,000+. True story, first-hand experience...