- Legislation Requiring CRS Reports to Be Made Publicly Available
- Examples of other countries who make CRS-like reports publicly available
- For-Profit Websites to access CRS Reports
- Government Websites to access CRS Reports
- Nonprofit Websites to access CRS Reports
- CRS Memo: “Distribution of CRS Products to Non-Congressionals”
Congressional Research Service
- CRS’s discussion of the legal issues surrounding public release of its reports
Project on Government Oversight
- Former House of Representatives General Counsel Stanley Brand Letter arguing that making CRS reports publicly available raises no legal issues
Project on Government Oversight
Written in response to CRS’ internal memo dated 1/2/1998.
- “CRS Reports Should Be Available to the Public”
Paul Weyrich, Accuracy in Media
- “Group Seeks Public Access to Congressional Research”
Stephanie Strom, The New York Times
- Congressional Accountability Project letter advocating that CRS reports should be placed online
Congressional Accountability Project
- Sen. Lieberman Urges Better Public Access to CRS Reports In Letter to Sen. Schumer, Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Center for Democracy and Technology
Note that OpenCRS is a project of CDT
- Report: “Congressional Research Service Products: Taxpayers Should Have Easy Access”
Project on Government Oversight
- The Open House Project Recommendations Report: Congressional Research Service
The Open House Project
- S. Res. 118 – Free CRS Reports
Ellen Miller, The Sunlight Foundation