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FEMA Puts $209,990 Price Tag on Records Request

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· Story link The Federal Emergency Management Agency has advised the Baton Rouge Advocate it will have to come up…

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has advised the Baton Rouge Advocate it will have to come up with $209,990 to get records it requested on contracts FEMA let after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The agency said that’s what it would cost to copy two million pages of paper documents it says are responsive to the request. It said none of the records were electronic. (3/19/08)

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