COMMENTARY: FOIA Costs Put Public Info out of Reach

City and College recently required hundreds of dollars to fill basic requests

Recent FOIA requests prove cost-prohibitive, limiting access to public information. (Graphic: George Arbogust, Williamsburg Independent)

Earlier this year in Richmond, a bill was introduced which would cap the amount of money that local governments in Virginia can charge for responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Unfortunately, the effo…