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What kinds of FOIA releases are available online?
Currently only awarded contracts are available.
How do I find the number of a contract that I would like to request?
What fees are associated with a FOIA request?
There are no fees associated with downloading a previously released FOIA
document. Fees are only associated with new FOIA requests.
| Duplication |
$.10 / page |
standard page |
| $.15 / page |
oversize page |
| actual cost |
disks, tapes, photos, etc. |
| Search/Review |
$15 / hour |
Non-professional |
| $30 / hour |
Professional/Paralegal |
| $45 / hour |
Attorney |
(NOTE: A fee total of less than $15 will not be charged to the requester.)
Fee categories:
- News media, educational, or non-commercial scientific institutions whose purpose is scholarly or scientific research. There is
no charge for search and review. Only duplication fees are assessed, and the first 100 pages are provided at no cost.
- Commercial use requests generally include information involving profit-making activities. Commercial use requesters pay for all search,
review, and duplication fees incurred in processing their requests.
- All other requesters include everyone not covered in the first two groups. These requesters receive two hours of search, all review, and
the first 100 pages at no cost.
What is a PDF file and how do I read it?
PDF stands for Portable Document Format. Adobe developed PDF to provide an
easy method to distribute an electronic document across platforms while
maintaining the original quality of the document (e.g. fonts, images, etc.).
You can read/search/print a PDF file by downloading a free Adobe Acrobat
reader which is available for numerous platforms (e.g. Windows 3.1/95/NT,
Macintosh, DOS, IRIX, LINUX, Solaris, etc.).
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