Frequently Asked Questions What kinds of FOIA releases are available online? How do I find the number of a contract that I would like to request? What fees are associated with a FOIA request? What is a PDF file and how do I read it? What kinds of FOIA releases are available online? Currently only awarded contracts are available. How do I find the number of a contract that I would like to request? Check the NASA LaRC Procurement Homepage What fees are associated with a FOIA request? There are no fees associated with downloading information from this FOIA website. See Fee Table below for other fees. Fees Service Cost Detail Duplication $0.10 page Standard Page $0.15 page Oversize Page Actual Costs Disks, Tapes, Photos, etc. Search & Review $9.00 hour Non-professional $18.00 hour Professional $25.00 hour Attorney *A fee total of less than $10.00 will not be charged to the requester. Fee categories: News media, educational, or non-commercial scientific institutions whose purpose is scholarly or scientific research. There is no charge for search and review. Only duplication fees are assessed, and the first 100 pages are provided at no cost. Commercial use requests generally includes information involving profit-making activities. Commercial use requesters pay for all search, review, and duplication fees incurred in processing their requests. All other requesters includes everyone not covered in the first two groups. These requesters receive two hours of search, all review, and the first 100 pages at no cost. What is a PDF file and how do I read it? PDF stands for Portable Document Format. Adobe developed PDF to provide an easy method to distribute an electronic document across platforms while maintaining the original quality of the document (e.g. fonts, images, etc.). You can read/search/print a PDF file by downloading a free Adobe Acrobat reader which is available for numerous platforms (e.g. Windows 3.1/95/NT, Macintosh, DOS, IRIX, LINUX, Solaris, etc.).

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