A guerrilla group of open-records activists struck a major blow for sunshine in government Wednesday when it posted more than 8,200 reports from the Congressional Research Service, Capitol Hill’s nonpartisan think tank whose research is usually closely guarded.
Demand Progress posted the reports at EveryCRSReport.com, giving the public an unprecedented look at the kinds of information accessible to lawmakers on nearly every subject that comes before Congress.
http://ift.tt/2ejPvXx
The CRS charter is similar to states' Attorneys General, that they may respond only to legislators and not to the general public.
An internal search, G00gle Custom Search™, on "firearms" got sixteen hits. An external site search "firearms site: http://ift.tt/2dQMRVG; got zero hits.
Browse by topic was interesting and I have scratched the surface only.
Demand Progress posted the reports at EveryCRSReport.com, giving the public an unprecedented look at the kinds of information accessible to lawmakers on nearly every subject that comes before Congress.
http://ift.tt/2ejPvXx
The CRS charter is similar to states' Attorneys General, that they may respond only to legislators and not to the general public.
An internal search, G00gle Custom Search™, on "firearms" got sixteen hits. An external site search "firearms site: http://ift.tt/2dQMRVG; got zero hits.
Browse by topic was interesting and I have scratched the surface only.
FOI activists Demand Progress releases 8200 Cong. Research Svc. closed to public docs
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