FOIA fee schedule.

[Title 32 CFR 701.53]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Subtitle A - Department of Defense (Continued)]
[Chapter Vi - DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY]
[Subchapter A - UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS]
[Part 701 - AVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY RECORDS AND PUBLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY DOCUMENTS AFFECTING THE PUBLIC]
[Subpart C - FOIA Fees]
[Sec. 701.53 - FOIA fee schedule.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]

32NATIONAL DEFENSE52002-07-012002-07-01falseFOIA fee schedule.701.53Sec. 701.53NATIONAL DEFENSEDepartment of Defense (Continued)DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYUNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDSAVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY RECORDS AND PUBLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY DOCUMENTS AFFECTING THE PUBLICFOIA Fees
Sec. 701.53 FOIA fee schedule.

The following fee schedule shall be used to compute the search,
review (in the case of commercial requesters) and duplication costs
associated with processing a given FOIA request. The appropriate fee
category of the requester shall be applied before computing fees.
(a) Manual search.

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Hourly
Type Grade rate
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Clerical......................... E9/GS8 and below............ $12.00
Professional..................... O1-O6/GS9-GS15.............. 25.00
Executive........................ O7/GS16/ES1 and above....... 45.00
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(b) Computer search. Fee assessments for computer search consist of
two parts; individual time (hereafter referred to as human time) and
machine time.
(1) Human time. Human time is all the time spent by humans
performing the necessary tasks to prepare the job for a machine to
execute the run command. If execution of a run requires monitoring by a
human, that human time may be also assessed as computer search. The
terms ``programmer/operator'' shall not be limited to the traditional
programmers or operators. Rather, the terms shall be interpreted in
their broadest sense to incorporate any human involved in performing the

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computer job (e.g. technician, administrative support, operator,
programmer, database administrator, or action officer).
(2) Machine time. Machine time involves only direct costs of the
central processing unit (CPU), input/output devices, and memory capacity
used in the actual computer configuration. Only this CPU rate shall be
charged. No other machine-related costs shall be charged. In situations
where the capability does not exist to calculate CPU time, no machine
costs can be passed on to the requester. When CPU calculations are not
available, only human time costs shall be assessed to requesters. Should
DON activities lease computers, the services charged by the lessor shall
not be passed to the requester under the FOIA.
(c) Duplication.

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Type Cost per page
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Pre-Printed material...................... $.02
Office copy............................... .15
Microfiche................................ .25
Computer copies (tapes, discs or Actual cost of duplicating
printouts). the tape, disc or printout
(includes operator's time
and cost of the medium).
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(d) Review time (in the case of commercial requesters, only).

(e) Audiovisual documentary materials. Search costs are computed as
for any other record. Duplication cost is the actual direct cost of
reproducing the material, including the wage of the person doing the
work. Audiovisual materials provided to a requester need not be in
reproducible format or quality.
(f) Other records. Direct search and duplication cost for any record
not described in this section shall be computed in the manner described
for audiovisual documentary material.
(g) Costs for special services. Complying with requests for special
services is at the discretion of the DON activity. Neither the FOIA nor
its fee structure cover these kinds of services. Therefore, DON
activities may recover the costs of special services requested by the
requester after agreement has been obtained in writing from the
requester to pay for such fees as certifying that records are true
copies, sending records by special methods such as express mail, etc.