32 CFR § 93.6 - Fees.

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title: "32 CFR § 93.6 - Fees."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "93.6"
section_name: "Fees."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN"
part_number: "93"
part_name: "ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS; RELEASE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION IN LITIGATION; AND TESTIMONY BY NSA PERSONNEL AS WITNESSES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "E.O. 12333, 3 CFR, 1981 Comp., p. 200; 50 U.S.C. apps. 401, 402."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 51328, Oct. 11, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 93.6 Fees.

Consistent with the guidelines in § 93.1(e), NSA may charge reasonable fees to parties seeking, by request or demand, official information not otherwise available under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. Such fees are calculated to reimburse the Government for the expense of providing such information, and may include:

(a) The costs of time expended by NSA employees to process and respond to the request or demand;

(b) Attorney time for reviewing the request or demand and any information located in response thereto, and for related legal work in connection with the request or demand; and

(c) Expenses generated by materials and equipment used to search for, produce, and copy the responsive information.