Goto Section: 0.463 | 0.466 | Table of Contents
FCC 0.465
Revised as of December 4, 2012
Goto Year:2011 |
2013
§ 0.465 Request for copies of materials which are available, or made
available, for public inspection.
(a) The Commission awards a contract to a commercial duplication firm
to make copies of Commission records and offer them for sale to the
public. In addition to the charge for copying, the contractor may
charge a search fee for locating and retrieving the requested documents
from the Commission's files.
Note to paragraph ( a ): The name, address, telephone number, and
schedule of fees for the current copy contractor are published at the
time of contract award of renewal in a public notice and periodically
thereafter. Current information is available at http://www.fcc.gov/foia
and http://www.fcc.gov/cgb . Questions regarding this information
should be directed to the Reference Information Center of the Consumer
and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0270.
(b)(1) Records routinely available for public inspection under § § 0.453
and 0.455 are available to the public through the Commission's current
copy contractor. Section 0.461 does not apply to such records.
(2) Audio or video recordings or transcripts of Commission proceedings
are available to the public through the Commission's current copy
contractor. In some cases, only some of these formats may be available.
(c)(1) Contractual arrangements which have been entered into with
commercial firms, as described in this section, do not in any way limit
the right of the public to inspect Commission records or to retrieve
whatever information may be desired. Coin-operated and debit card copy
machines are available for use by the public.
(2) The Commission has reserved the right to make copies of its records
for its own use or for the use of other agencies of the U.S.
Government. When it serves the regulatory or financial interests of the
U.S. Government, the Commission will make and furnish copies of its
records free of charge. In other circumstances, however, if it should
be necessary for the Commission to make and furnish copies of its
records for the use of others, the fee for this service shall be ten
cents ($0.10) per page or $5 per computer disk in addition to charges
for staff time as provided in § 0.467. For copies prepared with other
media, such as computer tapes, microfiche, videotape, the charge will
be the actual direct cost including operator time. Requests for copying
should be accompanied by a statement specifying the maximum copying fee
the person making the request is prepared to pay. If the Commission
estimates that copying charges are likely to exceed the greater of $25
or the amount which the requester has indicated that he/she is prepared
to pay, then it shall notify the requester of the estimated amount of
fees. Such a notice shall offer the requester the opportunity to confer
with Commission personnel with the object of revising or clarifying the
request.
Note to paragraph ( c )(2): The criterion considered in acting on a
waiver request is whether “waiver or reduction of the fee is in the
public interest because furnishing the information can be considered as
primarily benefiting the general public.” 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A). A
request for a waiver or reduction of fees will be decided by the
General Counsel as set forth in § 0.470(e).
(3) Certified Documents. Copies of documents which are available or
made available, for inspection under § § 0.451 through 0.465, will be
prepared and certified, under seal, by the Secretary or his or her
designee. Requests shall be in writing, specifying the exact documents,
the number of copies desired, and the date on which they will be
required. The request shall allow a reasonable time for the preparation
and certification of copies. The fee for preparing copies shall be the
same as that charged by the Commission as described in § 0.465(c)(2).
The fee for certification shall be $10 for each document.
(d)(1) Computer maintained databases produced by the Commission and
available to the public may be obtained from the FCC's Web site at
http://www.fcc.gov or if unavailable on the Commission's Web site, from
the copy contractor.
Note to paragraph ( d )(1): The Commission awards a contract to provide
the public with access to FCC databases from the copy contractor. See
note to paragraph (a) of this section.
(2) Copies of computer generated data stored as paper printouts or
electronic media and available to the public may also be obtained from
the Commission's copy contractor (see paragraph (a) of this section).
(3) Copies of computer source programs and associated documentation
produced by the Commission and available to the public may be obtained
from the Office of the Managing Director.
(e) This section does not apply to records available on the
Commission's Web site, http://www.fcc.gov , or printed publications
which may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents or private
firms (see § § 0.411 through 0.420), nor does it apply to application
forms or information bulletins, which are prepared for the use and
information of the public and are available upon request (see § § 0.421
and 0.423) or on the Commission's Web site,
http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html .
(f) Anyone requesting copies of documents pursuant to this section may
either come in person to the Commission ( see § 0.460(a)) or request
that the copy contractor fulfill the request. If a request goes
directly to the contractor, the requester will be charged by the
contractor pursuant to the price list set forth in the latest contract.
[ 74 FR 14078 , Mar. 30, 2009, as amended at 76 FR 24389 , May 2, 2011]
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Goto Section: 0.463 | 0.466
Goto Year: 2011 |
2013
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