Proposed Changes to National Archives Fees Rumors have circulated for several weeks about an increase in fees charged by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. This week the agency made it official by publishing a proposed rate schedule beginning on page 24164 in the 25 April 2000 Federal Register. The register lists a proposed new fee schedule for reproduction of records in the agency's custody. The proposed rule includes changes to fees for self-service copying and the "fixed-fee" orders for certain genealogical records, including military service, pension, census, and passenger arrival records. The fee for self-service paper-to-paper copies will be 15 cents per copy. The fee for self-service microfilm-to-paper copies will be 30 cents per copy. Please read the proposed rule for further details. Nobody likes higher fees for anything. However, this is the National Archives' first fee increase in ten years for making copies of paper documents. The National Archives also reports that the proposed pricing for electrostatic copies signifies no change in fees for 90 percent of the copies sold nationwide. A copy of the proposed rule is also available on the NARA Web site at: http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html. Comments must be submitted to the NARA Regulation Comment Desk by 26 June 2000. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.