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Matters concerning the form of access to computerized records have been adjudicated. It has been held that an agency may require a person to inspect and copy hard copy printouts, and need not provide him with a computer diskette, and that copies of comput

Reference: 
Records §95
Citation Text: 

Matters concerning the form of access to computerized records have been adjudicated. It has been held that an agency may require a person to inspect and copy hard copy printouts, and need not provide him with a computer diskette, and that copies of computer tapes themselves need not be supplied, but only copies of the records contained thereon. However, it has also been held that an agency must make computer tapes available for copying, and must provide information on computer tapes rather than in the form of hard copy, and must transfer information in a computer onto computer tapes.

Citation Source: 
CJS