CFR 22 § 706.23 Fees Charged - FOIA Fee Schedule

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22 CFR Chapter VII, § 706.23 sets out the fee rules for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) responses by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). It specifies when fees apply, the categories for search, duplication, and review charges, and the rates tied to personnel search time. It also limits charging for certain request types, addresses restrictions when DFC exceeds response time limits, and describes additional fee conditions for unusually large requests.

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§ 706.23 Fees charged

(a) Fees

(b) Restrictions on charging fees

US International Development Finance Corporation § 706 .23 news media in that capacity. A representative of the news media is defined as any person or entity that gathers information of potential interest toa segment of the public, uses its editorial skills to turn the raw materials into a distinct work, and distributes that work to an audience. The term‘‘news’’ means information that isabout current events or that would be of current interest to the public. Examples of news media entities include television or radio stations that broadcast news to the public at large and publishers of periodicals that disseminate news and make their products available through a variety of means to the general public. A request for records that supports the news-dissemination function of the requester shall not be considered to be for a commercial use.‘‘Freelance’’ journalists who demonstrate a solid basis for expecting publication through a news media entity shall be considered as a representative of the news media. A publishing contract would provide the clearest evidence that publication is expected; however, DFC shall also consider a requester’s past publication record in making this determination. (e) All other requests include any requests that do not qualify under one of the above categories. § 706.23 Fees charged. (a) Fees. In responding to FOIA requests, DFC will charge the following fees unless a waiver or reduction of fees has been granted under § 706 .24 of this subpart. Because the fee amounts provided below already account for the direct costs associated with a given fee type, DFC should not add any additional costs to charges calculated under this section. (1) Search. (i) Requests made by educational institutions, noncommercial scientific institutions, or representatives of the news media are not subject to search fees. Search fees will be charged to all other requests, subject to the restrictions of paragraph (b) of this section. Fees for time spent searching is properly charged even if no responsive records are located or if all responsive records are determined to be entirely exempt from disclosure. (ii) For each quarter hour spent by personnel searching for requested records, including electronic searches that do not require new programming, the fees will be as follows: Professional—$13 .75; and administrative—$7.50. (iii) Requesters will be charged the direct costs associated with conducting any search that requires the creation of a new program to locate the requested records. Before incurring such costs, DFC will notify the requester and the requester must agree to pay. (iv) For requests that require the retrieval of records stored at a Federal Records Center operated by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), additional costs shall be charged in accordance with the Transactional Billing Rate Schedule established by NARA. (2) Duplication. Duplication fees will be charged to all requesters, subject to the restrictions of paragraph (b) of this section. DFC will honor a requester’spreference for receiving a record in a particular form or format where it is readily reproducible in the form or format requested. Where photocopies are supplied, DFC will provide one copy per request at a cost of $0.10 per page. For copies of records produced on tapes, disks, or other electronic media, DFC will charge the direct costs of producing the copy, including operator time. Where paper documents must be scanned in order to comply with a requester’s preference to receive the records in an electronic format, the requester must also pay the direct costs associated with scanning those materials. For other forms of duplication, DFC will charge the direct costs. (3) Review. Review fees will be charged to requesters who make commercial use requests. Review fees will be assessed in connection with the initial review of the record, i.e. , the review conducted by DFC to determine whether an exemption applies to a

FAQs

Which fees does DFC charge under § 706.23 in FOIA responses?

DFC charges fees for search, duplication, and review, unless a waiver or reduction applies under § 706.24. Search fees apply to most requests subject to the section’s restrictions.

When are search fees not charged?

Search fees are not charged for educational institution requests, noncommercial scientific institution requests, or news media requests as defined by § 706.22.

What happens if DFC fails to meet the FOIA response time limits?

When DFC fails to comply with the time limits, it may not charge search fees. For requesters covered by § 706.23(b)(1), DFC may also be barred from charging duplication fees, except as described in § 706.23(b)(2)(ii) through (iv).

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