3. Investigate and recommend ways in which governmental compliance with Maine's freedom of access laws may be meaningfully improved and calculate what, if any, costs may be associated with making such improvements;

4. Undertake a comprehensive inventory and review of the various exceptions to public access to records and proceedings found within the freedom of access laws and identify possible changes to these exceptions in order to streamline Maine law and thereby make it more easily understood and complied with by governmental employees;

5. Reconsider whether the need for any of the statutory exceptions, as currently worded, is outweighed by the State's general interest in ensuring citizens' access to public records and proceedings; and

6. Study whether and to what extent the freedom of access laws may be used as a harassment tool against local governmental entities and what remedies may be available and appropriate to deter any such harassment; and be it further

7.__Recommend whether the personal home contact information of public employees should be confidential and not subject to disclosure;

8.__Review the fees charged by agencies and officials for copies of public records and determine whether a cap on fees is appropriate and, if so, recommend the level of such a cap on copying fees;

9.__Review the issues surrounding appropriate charges for remote electronic access to public records;

10.__Recommend whether the court should have discretion to award attorney's fees to a party denied access to records or proceedings and, if so, under what circumstances;

11.__Recommend whether the enforcement procedures of Maine's freedom of access laws, including the imposition of monetary penalties, should be modified;

12.__Explore options for providing staffing assistance for the legislative review of exceptions to the definition of "public records";