Appendix A to Part 292 - Uniform Agency Fees for Search and Duplication Under the Freedom of Information Act (as Amended)


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  • Appendix A to Part 292 - Uniform Agency Fees for Search and Duplication Under the Freedom of Information Act (as Amended)

    Search + Review (only in the case of commercial requesters)

    a. Manual search or review -

    Type Grade Hourly rate
    Clerical E9/GG-08 and below $12.00
    Professional O1-O6/GG-09-GG-15 25.00
    Executive O7/GG-16/ES1 and above 45.00

    b. Computer search is based on direct cost of the central processing unit, input-output devices, and memory capacity of the actual computer configuration. The salary scale (equating to paragraph a. above) for the computer/operator/programmer determining how to conduct and subsequently executing the search will be recorded as part of the computer search.

    c. Actual time spent travelling to a search site, conducting the search and return may be charged as FOIA search costs.

    General

    Pre-Printed material, per printed page .02

    Office copy, per page .15

    Microfiche, per page .25

    Aerial Photography Reproduction

    Per Print$2.50

    d. See Chapter VI of DoD 5400.7-R for further guidance on fees.