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      • 3.1: FOIA Fees and Making a “Fee Waiver” Request
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3.4 Surveillance FOIA Template Letters

We have compiled template letters specific to government surveillance to help in drafting your own FOIA records request

  • Keyword search (emails and correspondence)
  • Documents for contracts/equipment 
  • Date/Event (Surveillance around that)

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