H.R.2545 - Congressional Research Accessibility Act

To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Congressional Research Accessibility Act as introduced.
  • Official: To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site. as introduced.

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03/03/09
Information Wants to be Free

WikiLeaks: every current Congressional Research Service report in a Torrent (2.2 GB). h/t Jessamyn's twitter. Americans spend $100 million a year on the Congressional Research Service, a private think tank for members of Congress and ...

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11/04/08
CRS Reports to the People!

Co-sponsored H.R. 3630 and H.R. 2545 And you can find and contact your local Senator and your Representatives too. James A. Jacobs did a Google search this past June for "Received through the CRS Web" OR "CRS Report for Congress" ...

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10/26/08
CRS Reports to the People!

Co-sponsor for HR 3131, HR 654, HR 3630, and HR 2545 Congressman Christopher Shays Introduced HR 3131, HR 654, HR 3630, and HR 2545 Congressman John Campbell Co-sponsored HR 654 Congressman Tom Tancredo Co-sponsored HR 4582 ...

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10/24/08
CRS Reports to the People! | Free Government Information (FGI)

Co-sponsored H.R. 3630 and H.R. 2545. And you can find and contact your local Senator and your Representatives too. James A. Jacobs did a Google search this past June for "Received through the CRS Web" OR "CRS Report for Congress" ...

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06/03/08
On Locked Up and "Owned" Government Information

Reasearch Librarian extraordinare Raizel Liebler of the John Marshall Law School compiled a terrific post that provides background, commentray and links with egregious examples of a private companies locking up public domain materials ...

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04/14/08
An update on locked-up / “owned” government information: In Honor ...

The House bill introduced to open these reports to the public, HR 2545, has had no action since the date of introduction. Think about how this bizarre situation has turned public domain on its head – a government employee has created ...

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02/11/08
New Bill Would Mandate Public Access to CRS Reports | Secrecy News

The “Congressional Research Accessibility Act” (HR 2545) was introduced on May 24 by Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT), along with Reps. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and David Price (D-NC). (The bill was flagged by the Coalition of Journalists for ...

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01/21/08
Selected Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress and ...

Various legislative proposals have been made in Congress to place CRS reports on the Internet, including H.R. 2545 (110th Congress) H.R. 3630 (108th Congress - press release), S. Res. 54 (108th Congress - press release), S. Res. ...

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01/18/08
Secrecy News 06/11/07

The "Congressional Research Accessibility Act" (HR 2545) was introduced on May 24 by Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT), along with Reps. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and David Price (D-NC). See:. http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2007/hr2545.html ...

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06/25/07
ohio republicans

according to the washington post, pryce did not vote on vote 550: hr 2545 or vote 549: h res 189. pryce has now missed 54 votes (9.8%) since the beginning of january 2007. i wish there was someone in the columbus media market that had ...

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06/24/07
Congressional Research Service -- A Well Informed Electorate Makes ...

These concerns, however, should not prevent the other parts of the reports from being publicly distributed. Better yet, tell your Congress Member to support HR2545, The Congressional Research Accessibility Act introduced May 24, 2007, ...

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06/14/07
The Congressional Research Accessibility Act

The Coaltion of Journalists for an Open Government is reporting the introduction of The Congressional Research Accessibility Act (HR 2545) in Congress. You can monitor the bill, view commentary from the blogosphere, ...

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06/12/07
outrage: annotated constitution updates kept away from the public

update: perhaps the congressional research accessibility act (seen on bespacific.com) hr 2545 sponsored by rep. christopher shays can be amended to include the constitution annotated. i'll send this off to his office.

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06/11/07
crs reports from this week

this week, secrecy news reported that the "congressional research accessibility act" (hr 2545) was introduced on may 24 by rep. christopher shays (r-ct), along with reps. jay inslee (d-wa) and david price (d-nc). ...

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06/11/07
beSpacific - June 11, 2007

HR 2545: To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site. Sponsor: Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] (introduced ...

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06/11/07
(I'm Too Busy to Think of an Appropriate Title)

Anyone got bets on whether HR 2545, The "Congressional Research Accessibility Act" is going to pass and make CRS Reports available to the public? I bet the Director of CRS isn't happy about this bill. Val, I know you'll have a bet to ...

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06/11/07
New Bill Would Give Taxpayers Access to Congressional Research ...

Christopher Shays (R-IA), Jay Inslee (D-WA), and David Price (D-NC) recently introduced HR 2545, the Congressional Research Accountability Act, which would make certain Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports available online ...

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06/10/07
New Bill Would Mandate Public Access to CRS Reports

The "Congressional Research Accessibility Act" (HR 2545) was introduced on May 24 by Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT), along with Reps. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and David Price (D-NC). (The bill was flagged by the Coalition of Journalists for ...

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06/10/07
secrecy news for 06/11/07

the "congressional research accessibility act" (hr 2545) was introduced on may 24 by rep. christopher shays (r-ct), along with reps. jay inslee (d-wa) and david price (d-nc). see:. http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2007/hr2545.html ...

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06/10/07
Congressional Research Accessibility Act

HR 2545: To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available...

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06/07/07
open crs bill in house

two weeks ago he introduced hr 2545, the latest in a long line of bills he has introduced to make crs reports directly available to the public. the bill would make available to the public a “centralized, searchable, electronic database” ...

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05/22/07
HR 2545, To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access ...

HR 2545 would make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site....

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05/22/07
Bill Action: Introduced: HR 2545: To make available on the ...

Christopher Shays [R-CT] introduced HR 2545: To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site. ...

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05/21/07
HR 2545 Introduced

Honoring George Thomas, general manager of KTSU-FM in Houston, for his professional achievements.

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