Treasury Demands Pre-Payment for FOIA Request by Non-Profit
The department previously waived the fee for 7,300 e-mails they originally said didn't exit, but is now requiring the Competitive Enterprise Institute to pay first
Treasury Department officials told a federal court today that the Competitive Enterprise Institute is not entitled to receive copies of more than 7,300 internal emails concerning carbon taxes that the government had previously conceded exist and granted the think tank's request for a waiver of reproduction costs.
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