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It’s Time to Publish CRS Reports
We have long advocated for public access to reports from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Congress’ think tank. But CRS reports are little known and difficult to find because they are not distributed to FDLP libraries or made public — I harvest them up from sites around the ‘net that post them when they can, […]
In act of cognitive dissonance, House Renews Ban on public access to CRS Reports
In a remarkable example of ironic short-sightedness, the House Appropriations Committee again banned public access and dissemination of publications from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) according to Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood, “House Renews Ban on CRS Publication of Its Reports.” I find this particularly frustrating in light of the House recently holding its fourth annual […]
Latest FOIA News
via LIS-GISIG/gov-info.tumblr.com CRS: CRS: Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side Analysis CRS: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Background, Legislation, and Policy Issues CBO Gov Doc: H.R. 653, FOIA Act “H.R. 653 would amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). FOIA generally allows any person to obtain records […]
How Congress’s dysfunction has degraded the CRS
Here is a fascinating story about “How Congress’s dysfunction has degraded its own in-house think tank,” told by Kevin Kosar, an analyst who quit his job last October as a researcher at the Congressional Research Service. Kosar, Kevin R. 2015. Why I Quit the Congressional Research Service. Washington Monthly (January/February 2015). Self-inflating, score-settling tell-alls are […]
The “Evolving” Congress
Here is a new CRS report on “The Evolving Congress.” It is a compendium of 22 reports that examine how and why Congress evolved over the previous decades to where it is today. Congressional Research Service. 2014. The Evolving Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate Committee Print 113–30 (“89–394”) (Y 4.R 86/2) Washington: Government Printing […]
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