Sunlight Foundation

Inexplicable anomaly

Publication: The Hill

Leslie Harris and Matt Stoller
May 15, 2007

One special talent of Congress is to sternly slam the barn door closed after the animals have already wandered off. We can see this in the debate over whether to “open up” Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports to the public when there are already fee-based services selling the reports, and free but incomplete collections at various websites.