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GAO-03-265R 1 (2002-10-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapew0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S=GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 October 31, 2002 The Honorable Carl Levin Chairman The Honorable John Warner Ranking Minority Member Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Bob Stump Chairman The Honorable Ike Skelton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Subject: DOD User Fees: Implementation Status of Section 1085 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Section 1085 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 authorized the military department secretaries to (1) charge fees to persons requesting information from the primary military archives and (2) retain collected fees to help defray costs associated with providing the information. The military archives also have authority under the User Charge Statute (31 U.S.C. § 9701) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. § 552) to charge for general information provided to the public. A major distinction, however, is that the fees collected under these two provisions are to be deposited with the Department of the Treasury. The Conference Report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 directs the Comptroller General to provide a report 1 year after implementation of Section 1085 of the act on the fees collected and the associated costs of providing historical information. In preliminary work aimed at that reporting requirement, we issued a report in October 2001' that identified Section 1085 implementation issues and other issues related to Department of Defense (DOD) fees under the User Charge Statute and FOIA. That report (1) provided the status of Section 1085 implementation by the primary military archives at that time, (2) identified the fees charged by the archives under existing authorities, and (3) discussed other issues relating to DOD fees for providing information to the public. 'U.S. General Accounting Office, User Fees: DOD Fees for Providing Information Not Current and Consistent, GAO-02-34 (Washington, D.C.: Oct. 12, 2001). GAO-03-265R DOD User Fees

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