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Fees for “compiling” digital documents at UC?

I am trying to obtain public records at my university which are stored in electronic format. I have been told that I will be charged $.20 per page for the electronic record and, upon inquiring about this fee have been referred to the following policy by the California State University: Public Records Act? The […]

May 15, 2012
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CPRA

Same fees assessed for electronic data as photocopies

[…] otherwise prohibited by law," if an agency "has information that constitutes an identifiable public record not exempt from disclosure pursuant to this chapter that is in an electronic format," the agency must "make that information available in an electronic format when requested by any person." Gov't Code § 6253.9. The default rule for electronic […]

March 23, 2012
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CPRA

Fees assessed for electronic data

The default rule for electronic records is that "he cost of duplication shall be limited to the direct cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format." Id. (emphasis added). In other words, the agency is permitted to charge for staff time spent in performing the copying, but not the searching […]

January 12, 2012
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CPRA

Costs soar for City Council meeting DVDs

[…] fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable." Govt. Code section 6253(b). The PRA further provides that when the information is in an electronic format, the agency: "(a) shall make that information available in an electronic format when requested by any person,and. . . (1) shall make the information available […]

September 5, 2011