CRS
- Center for Democracy & Technology The Center for Democracy & Technology is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization dedicated to developing and implementing public policies to protect and advance civil liberties and democratic values on the Internet. Among the issues found
- Federation of American Scientists The Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy works to promote public access to government information. The FAS CRS collection focuses on national security, intelligence, foreign policy and homeland security.
- National Council for Science and the Environment The National Library for the Environment currently posts over 1000 CRS Reports on environmental and related topics. NCSE is committed to expanding, maintaining and updating its database of reports, making them available and searchable for the public.
- Thurgood Marshall Law Library/University of Maryland School of Law The CRS Reports collection of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library of the University of Maryland School of Law has been developed with an emphasis on the areas of Health Law and Policy and Terrorism and Homeland Security.
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"American taxpayers spend over $100 million a year to fund the Congressional Research Service, a "think tank" that provides reports to members of Congress on a variety of topics relevant to current political events. Yet, these reports are not made available to the public in a way that they can be easily obtained. A project of the Center for Democracy & Technology through the cooperation of several organizations and collectors of CRS Reports, Open CRS provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain and encourages Congress to provide public access to all CRS Reports... [MORE]"
What is the CRS?
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) serves as shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. CRS experts assist at every stage of the legislative process — from the early considerations that precede bill drafting, through committee hearings and floor debate, to the oversight of enacted laws and various agency activities... In a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, CRS provides Congress with the vital, analytical support it needs to address the most complex public policy issues facing the nation. Its work incorporates program and legislative expertise, quantitative methodologies, and legal and economic analysis.
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Brian Williams, JD MSLS |
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University of California, Irvine
brianrw@uci.edu
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Research Librarian for Criminology, Law & Society
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