Idaho Public Records Act Cost/Fee Dispute With IDOC
E-mail to IDOC Attorney General Mark Kubinski: Mr. Kubinski: Once again I have been faced with the issue of the IDOC not providing me public records (documents) without cost despite qualifying for receiving these records without cost for copying/fees pursuant to Idaho Code §74-102 (10) (f) (i) which provides that the public agency shall not charge fees for copies or labor when the requester's examination and/or copying of public records is likely to contribute significantly to the public's understanding of operations or activities of the government. As you are aware, I have a website devoted exclusively to activities of the IDOC (idahoprisonblog.org / idahoprisonblog.blogspot.com). In that my public records requests are, as clearly indicated in those request(s), likely to contribute significantly to the public's understanding of operations or activities of the government as such records will be used for source and verfication data used in articles posted on that site, fees/...