As I wrote yesterday, each day seems to bring a small step forward on improving public access to legislative information,... View Article
Continue readingAn almost live look at today’s H. Leg Branch Approps hearing
Video Blackout of Hearing on Budgets for Legislative Support Agencies
This Tuesday, there will be hearing on budgets for the Library of Congress, the Government Printing Office, the Government Accountability... View Article
Continue readingBenchmarks for Measuring Success for Legislative Data Transparency
The following are my notes for remarks I delivered at the House Legislative Data and Transparency Conference on February 2, 2012.... View Article
Continue readingMary Mazanec Chosen as New CRS Director
Roll Call is reporting that Dr. Mary Mazanec has been named as the new Director of the Congressional Research Service by... View Article
Continue readingHouse Holding Wonk-a-thon on Public Access to Congressional Info This Wednesday
This Wednesday, the House of Representatives will host an unprecedented public meeting from 3:30-7:30 to discuss how the public can... View Article
Continue readingA Year Later, Little Progress on Digitizing Legislative Documents
A year ago today, Congress’ Joint Committee on Printing directed that three sets of vital legislative and legal documents be... View Article
Continue readingBringing CRS to the Public
Roll Call’s Jonathan Easley has a well-crafted article recounting ongoing efforts to make CRS reports publicly available, especially as the... View Article
Continue readingChoosing CRS’s Next Director
Want to be the next Director of the Congressional Research Service? This past Monday, the Library of Congress posted a... View Article
Continue readingWhat to do about House Legislative Branch Appropriations
Later today the House of Representatives will consider the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for 2012, which if enacted would provide... View Article
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