http://scottsmb.com/2008/08/city-of-suffolk-charges-for-information-for-some/ Coffee, satire, news, politics & commentary Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:02:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://scottsmb.com/2008/08/city-of-suffolk-charges-for-information-for-some/#comment-322 D. Panagopulos Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:44:12 +0000 http://scottsmb.com/2008/08/26/city-of-suffolk-charges-for-information-for-some/#comment-322 I also received an invoice for Ms. George's time to assemble my FOIA request concerning media press releases. I was charged $44.oo for one hour of her time to search and copy documents and $10.oo for copying. The process was extented the maximum alloted time of 19 days before receiving notice the FOIA packet was available. To my surprise my initial letter to Ms. George on behalf of Inside Suffolk requesting press releases was missing and required another day for her to locate. The kicker is not all documents were released under the Working Papers exclusion. What could possibly be excluded as working papaers under a FOIA for press releases to the public? So much for the Mayor's Open & Transparent government. This issue is not going away. I also received an invoice for Ms. George’s time to assemble my FOIA request concerning media press releases. I was charged $44.oo for one hour of her time to search and copy documents and $10.oo for copying. The process was extented the maximum alloted time of 19 days before receiving notice the FOIA packet was available. To my surprise my initial letter to Ms. George on behalf of Inside Suffolk requesting press releases was missing and required another day for her to locate. The kicker is not all documents were released under the Working Papers exclusion. What could possibly be excluded as working papaers under a FOIA for press releases to the public? So much for the Mayor’s Open & Transparent government. This issue is not going away.

]]> http://scottsmb.com/2008/08/city-of-suffolk-charges-for-information-for-some/#comment-319 jason Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:56:27 +0000 http://scottsmb.com/2008/08/26/city-of-suffolk-charges-for-information-for-some/#comment-319 I especially like the hand written note at the bottom of the invoice. I'm surprised they didn't charge you for the time it took to write that. This is mind-boggling. Blogger = media. End of story. When will local government get it right? I especially like the hand written note at the bottom of the invoice. I’m surprised they didn’t charge you for the time it took to write that. This is mind-boggling. Blogger = media. End of story. When will local government get it right?

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