High tech info--and high tech costs.

Deals with the use of technology by government agencies to inflate costs of access to public information in the United States. Reasons cited by journalists for inflated costs of public records; Information on South Carolina's public record law; Suggestions for negotiating lower data costs.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Quill Vol. 89; no. 7; pp. 14 - 18
Main Author:	Whalen, Elizabeth
Format:	Article
Published:	Society of Professional Journalists Foundation Inc Sep2001
Subjects:	Public records Cost Journalists United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

Description
Summary:	Deals with the use of technology by government agencies to inflate costs of access to public information in the United States. Reasons cited by journalists for inflated costs of public records; Information on South Carolina's public record law; Suggestions for negotiating lower data costs.