The Times accuses the government of violating FOIA by requiring an upfront agreement on fees and by not abiding by the time limits set under the Act.

Excellent.

I seem to recall something about the Obama administration saying they wanted to end the hassle of obtaining info through the FOIA, guess it was put aside like transparency, spending and other things Obama campaigned and promised.

They have to delay, it takes time to edit all those documents you know