Costs for records: What you have to pay to find out what your government is up to

On this week's episode, we'll talk about the problems people face having to pay to get access to public information, including copying charges, labor and research time, overhead costs, programming costs and other such fees. Many in government wish they could charge more, but open government advocates (myself included) point out that the information is ours, not the government. We already paid for it -- why should we pay for it again?