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A&A: Agency charging $2k for redacting electronic records

Q: I received a cost breakdown from a California State Agency, which proposes to charge me more than $2,000 to produce what is essentially a list of names. Much of the cost involves redaction. Initially, the cost was presented to me as ”programming costs,” which are allowed for electronic records, but their cost breakdown covers mostly staff time for a massive redaction effort.  Are they abiding by the Public Records Act? A: The Public Records

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A&A: Agency’s proposed fees for producing electronic records–$2,000!

Q: I received a cost breakdown from a California state agency, which proposes to charge me more than $2,000 to produce what is essentially a list of names. Much of the cost involves redaction. Initially, the cost was presented to me as “programming costs,” which are allowed for electronic records, but their cost breakdown covers mostly staff time for a massive redaction effort. Could I  get advice on whether they are abiding by the Public

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Charging for Electronic Records

Charging for Electronic Records Q: A local hospital district claims it is “required” to charge me for access to inspect records that they claim are only available in electronic form.  They have demanded a deposit of hundreds of dollars and my agreement to pay them whatever they determine the actual cost to be.  When you consider that more and more government agencies, like businesses, are going paperless, this will become a major problem unless it’s

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Government practices in preserving electronic records called 'fatally flawed'

A panel of experts told a committee of the House of Representatives that the National Archives and Records Administration is failing to conserve agency electronic records, especially e-mails. -DB Nextgov.com May 21, 2009 By Jill R. Aitoro The government’s practices in preserving electronic records is “fatally flawed,” and the National Archives and Records Administration must enforce stricter policies to store agencies records, especially e-mail messages, a panel of records management professionals told a House hearing

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Electronic records of ousted Texas speaker of the House destroyed

Open government advocates are charging that when state officials wiped out computer files of the ousted three-term speaker of the House, they may have destroyed state records that belong to the taxpaying public. –DB First Amendment Center Feb. 5, 2009 AUSTIN, Texas — Before Texas lawmakers voted their three-term speaker of the House out of his powerful job, state officials wiped his computers clean and deleted scores of electronic files, raising concerns that important public

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