What are the fees for a FOIA request?
In many cases, FOIA requesters are not charged any fees by CSOSA. The FOIA, however, permits agencies to recover part of the cost incurred in complying with FOIA requests. Specifically, CSOSA may recover the following costs: Search Time: $14 per quarter hour Review Time: $14 per quarter hour Photocopying: 25ยข per page Please note that CSOSA will provide records to educational institutions, non-commercial scientific institutions, and representatives of the news media for the cost of reproduction alone. Further, no fee will be charged to such entities for the costs of photocopying the first 100 pages of documents. Commercial use requesters will be charged all costs listed above. Requesters that are not otherwise described in this paragraph will be charged for search and duplication, but will not be charged for the first two hours of search time or the costs of photocopying the first 100 pages of documents. Please note that CSOSA is authorized to recover search and review costs even if no
