Tim, charges for compiling the information are not uncommon, for
example, in compiling e-mail records to meet a public records request.
However, I agree with Dean - they are subject to abuse and, in my
opinion, are many times used as a barrier to access.

This is one of those areas where government "as a business" and
government "as a civic institution" clash. If government is a business,
then it makes perfectly good sense to externalize costs as much as
possible, and erect barriers to scrutiny of internal operations that do
not add value to the bottom line. 

Dwight Wallis, CRM
Records Administrator
Multnomah County Fleet, Records, Electronics, Distribution and Stores
(FREDS)
1620 S.E. 190th Avenue
Portland, OR 97233
Phone: (503)988-3741
Fax: (503)988-3754
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