5 CFR §297.206
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- (a)No fees will be charged for search and review time expended by the Office to produce a record, or for making a photostatic copy of the record, or for having it personally reviewed by the data subject, when a record is retrieved from a system of records pertaining to that data subject. Additional copies provided may be charged under the Office's established fee schedule.
- (b)When the fees chargeable under this section will amount to more than $25, the requester will be notified and payment of fees may be required before the records are provided.
- (c)Remittance should be made by either a personal check, bank draft, or a money order that is made payable to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and addressed to the appropriate system manager.