In response to a request to obtain correspondence regarding an $89,000 expenditure for creation of a documentary film, the university said it would cost $1,000. The cost was broken down this way:
"Ingestion, search and processing - $50/gigabyte. In this step, we will locate, collect and electronically process all email accounts of records custodians. Though you did not specify custodians, we identified the three main custodians who handled this project. We will set up searches in those accounts for any potentially responsive records according to specified parameters. There are almost 20 gigabytes of data in the accounts of those three custodians during the specified time period, thus Step 1 costs are estimated to be $1,000."
The university said it would cost an additional $141 to review the records.