CRS reports

News Highlights - July 8, 2011

U S Patriot Act Dampens Microsoft Cloud Services
Govt Asks to Keep Risen Grand Jury Material Sealed
The Incredible Shrinking Congress: Budget Bill Diminishes Legislative Capacity
Agencies Will Revise Their FOIA Regulations (...Or Not)

07/08/2011

Policy and News Update for April 19, 2011

In This Issue: [click on the link to go to the corresponding section]

News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Groups Continue to Press for Free Online Public Access to CRS Reports
II. OMB Partially Responds to Community Concerns on Post-WikiLeaks Info Assessments, Meeting Set
III. Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act Reintroduced in the Senate

04/18/2011

News Highlights - April 7, 2011

Librarian of Congress Claims Public has "Unfettered Access" to CRS Reports
New Chair of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Asks for More Transparency
Senators Re-Introduce Bill to Protect Whistleblowers and Save Taxpayer Dollars
Senators: E-surveillance Law Needs to Be Updated
Noveck Pushes System for Busineess Unique Identifiers to Increase Transparency
Mapping Open Gov Projects

04/07/2011

Update on Efforts to Get Free, Online, Public Access to CRS Reports

There were several notable occurences in the last few days in our continuing campaign to win free public access to Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports:

04/05/2011

Groups Urge Librarian of Congress to Appoint Director Who Supports Free Online Public Access to CRS Reports

On February 25, almost 40 organizations concerned with government openness and accountability sent a letter to the Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, urging him to appoint a Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) who will work with Congress to provide online free public access to the unclassified, non-confidential, taxpayer-funded reports produced by CRS.

02/25/2011

Open Government Advocates Urge the Senate to Improve Public Access to CRS Reports

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2009 - Over 40 organizations and advocates concerned with government transparency signed on to a letter asking the Senate Rules Committee to hold public hearings on open government issues and to mark-up and pass a resolution by Senator Lieberman (I-CT), S.R. 118, that would improve public access to reports by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The breadth of organizations supporting the letter, which was organized by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and OpenTheGovernment.org, reflects the importance of public access to CRS reports.

05/14/2009

OpenTheGovernment.org, Coalition Partners, Urge Senate to Open CRS Reports

OpenTheGovernment.org and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) were joined by over 40 open government advocates in asking the Senate Rules Committee to hold public hearings on open government issues and to mark-up and pass S.R. 118, a resolution that would improve public access to reports by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

05/13/2009