> > Greetings to all: > Having read some conflicting information on a variety of list, I made > queries to the Federation > of Genealogical Societies, and officers in some genealogical > organizations where I hold > membership. The following from the FGS website answers my queries: > > --------------------- > > > Proposed Fee Increase for Copies of Military Service and Pension Records > > By Jack Brissee, Chair > Records Preservation and Access Committee (RP&AC) > Released: 6 March 2000 > > There have been postings on a number of mail lists recently about an > increase in the fees the > National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) charges for copies > of compiled military > service records and pension records. While NARA is considering a change > to the fee structure > for these documents, the information that has been posted is both > premature and somewhat > inaccurate. The Records Preservation and Access Committee, a joint > endeavor of the Federation > of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society, has > contacted NARA officials > for clarification. The following is the "official NARA statement" issued > in response to our > inquiry: > > NARA Statement > > The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will be issuing > a proposed rule > within the next few weeks that will revise fees for reproduction, > including the "fixed-fee" orders > in the NATF 80 series. The proposed rule will have a 60-day public > comment period, during > which time we will actively seek the comments of the user community. > > The proposed rule is presently undergoing internal government review. > When it is released for > publication in the Federal Register, NARA will notify the national > genealogical organizations > and post a copy of the proposed rule on its web site. The message will > include the exact URL > and the address for sending comments. > > > The Records Preservation and Access Committee will continue to monitor > this proposal, and > will post relevant information on the Records Preservation and Access > pages of the Federation > of Genealogical Societies' Web site <http://www.fgs.org> and on the > National Genealogical > Society Web site <http://www.ngsgenealogy.org> when it is available. > > Please feel free to forward this posting to other mail lists on which > the original posting may > have appeared. > > Sincerly, > Jonelle Ellis Russell > > ______________________________