Louisiana Parish government payroll request (finance)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Louisiana Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

2011 and 2012 payroll records for all employees paid in this parish Parish.

For each employee, we'd like to receive the following information:

Name
Unique ID
Position
Department
Regular Wages
Overtime Pay
Other Pay
Benefits
Total Compensation

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at louisianasunshine.org, processed by a representative of the Pelican Institute and is not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. If these records exist in electronic format, I request that those electronic records be provided (not, for instance, that those electronic records be printed then digitized to create images of the printouts).

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Michael Walker
Visible Government Online

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 8, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Mr. Downs:

What do estimate to be the cost of filling this FOI request?

Mr. Wells:

What do estimate to be the cost of filling this FOI request?

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 8, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

The required prepayment is $169.22.

Thomas O. Wells
1254 Dorchester Drive
P.O. Box 13438
Alexandria, LA 71315

Mr. Wells:

That's a considerably more than the other parishes are charging to fill this FOI request. Can you detail for me why the cost is so high?

Michael Walker

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 8, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

I replied previously. This is the actual charge that was incurred to obtain the information that you seek.

Thomas O. Wells
1254 Dorchester Drive
P.O. Box 13438
Alexandria, LA 71315