If time is money, then the information clearly isn't free, since you may have to wait a few months (or years) for it. Some requests from the year 2000 still haven't been fulfilled.
Word came out yesterday that, of all the Federal agencies, FDA is the worst when it comes to supplying information to the media and the public via the "Freedom of Information" Act. Bloomberg had a brief report on that yesterday.
Watch the Clip.
Surprise: the Agency has had to cut back staffing in this department, probably one of the lowest on its priority list.
Anyone seeking unredacted information from the Agency should take note of Ed Silverman's
"best practices," which he posted on Pharmalot yesterday.
-AMS