thestealingofemily.co.ukClinton Museum built-in disincentive
I received a response from the Clinton Museum yesterday — $1,080 for PDFs is daylight robbery, especially when most of that cost is just a built-in disincentive to keep people from requesting bulk records.
We’ve got:
1,350 pages × $0.25/page
- 1,000 × 0.25 = $250.00
- 300 × 0.25 = $75.00
- 50 × 0.25 = $12.50
Total = $250 + $75 + $12.50 = $337.50
So if you went to Little Rock and copied them yourself in the research room, it’d be $337.50.
If you had them copy & send electronically at $0.80/page, it would be:
- 1,000 × 0.80 = $800.00
- 300 × 0.80 = $240.00
- 50 × 0.80 = $40.00
Total = $1,080.00
That’s why narrowing the scope or getting a fee waiver is key here — you’re looking at over a thousand dollars otherwise.
The $0.80/page rate isn’t about actual staff costs — it’s set high because NARA wants you in the research room instead, where you’re already paying to get there and still hit with $0.25/page if you want hard copies.
I therefore wrote to them again as it was clear I was asking for the itinerary and agenda, not a rain forest which is already disappearing.
Subject: FOIA 2025-1058-F – Fee Waiver, Scope Clarification & Request for Document List
Dear FOIA Officer,
I acknowledge receipt of your letter regarding FOIA request 2025-1058-F.
I am concerned by your statement that you have identified approximately 1,350 pages of “potentially responsive” records to a narrowly defined request for information on Tony Blair’s visits to the United States between 1995 and May 1997 involving President Bill Clinton, particularly any itineraries, agendas, and related meetings. TO be frank this meeting covered dates of less tham one month 2010 Inauguration statements by Mr. Trump specifically dates:
It is difficult to see how a simple itinerary and meeting agenda could realistically produce 1,350 pages. This suggests either:
Accordingly, I request that you:
Fee Waiver Request:
Under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(iii), I formally request a full fee waiver. The subject matter is of significant public interest, directly relating to Presidential-level diplomatic activity between the U.S. and U.K., and will be used solely for non-commercial, public dissemination purposes through publication and media outreach. If a full waiver is not granted, I request a cost cap of $60 and that processing be paused before exceeding that limit.
Escalation Notice:
If you fail to process and provide the responsive records in accordance with FOIA and the PRA, I will write directly to the U.S. Department of Justice and request that the relevant subpoena for President Clinton be enforced to include these materials. These records are critical to an ongoing matter, and withholding them under inflated page counts or mis-categorisation will be treated as obstruction.
Please confirm:
- That the 1,350 pages are indeed unique to my FOIA request;
- That you will process this request on a rolling release basis with electronic delivery of PDFs;
- When I will receive the full document list for what has already been processed.
I look forward to your confirmation.
Kind regards,
Martin Newbold
[email protected]
On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM Racheal Carter-Ragan <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Newbold,
Attached to this email is the FOIA response letter for your request 2025-1058-F. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Racheal Carter-Ragan
FOIA Coordinator
William J. Clinton Presidential Library
1200 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
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