Freedom of Information Act Info

Ok, as we work to "help" government become more "transparent," some troubles may arise when requesting information. I am posting a link here to the Arkansas FOI act. Pay special attention to section (3)(A)(i) on page 7. Here are a couple of sections from it:

(3)(A)(i) Except as provided in 25-19-109 or by law, any fee for copies shall not exceed the actual costs of reproduction, including the costs of the medium of reproduction, supplies, equipment, and maintenance, but not including existing agency personnel time associated with searching for, retrieving, reviewing, or copying the records.

(e) If a public record is in active use or storage and therefore not available at the time a citizen asks to examine it, the custodian shall certify this fact in writing to the applicant and set a date and hour within three (3) working days at which time the record will be available for the exercise of the right given by this chapter.

The link is: http://www.arkansasag.gov/pdfs/foia-ocr.pdf