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S.Res.401: A resolution to provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications.

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April 03, 2008 CRS Access Update, Speech or Debate Clause

GovExec.com recently published an update (worth reading in full) on Senator Lieberman’s Congressional Research Service bill, S.Res. 401. The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee for consideration, where a compromise is ...

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April 03, 2008 CRS Reports: update on legislation

Here is an update on Senator Lieberman's Congressional Research Service bill, S.Res. 401. and a comment on it:. Senator pushes alternative to full CRS report access, By Dan Friedman, Government Executive, March 28, 2008. The story says: ...

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March 03, 2008 Reminder That Transparency Advocacy Trumps Parties

The first item notes Senator Lieberman's call for action on S Res 401, which would post all unclassified Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports in a public database. Although this would simply do for CRS what is already done for ...

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March 01, 2008 Lieberman renews call for OA for CRS reports

However, CRS reports are currently confidential: research is done at the request of a Congressperson, who has sole discretion to release the research. Lieberman is seeking action by the Rules Committee on S. Res. 401, which would post ...

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February 29, 2008 Lieberman Calls for Wider, Easier, Timely Access to CRS Reports

Lieberman, however, said the House standard was still inadequate and asked for her help in implementing S. Res. 401, which he introduced last fall with Senators McCain, Collins and others, to provide the public with greater access to ...

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February 28, 2008 LIEBERMAN CALLS FOR WIDER, EASIER, TIMELY ACCESS TO CRS REPORTS

Lieberman, however, said the House standard was still inadequate and asked for her help in implementing S. Res. 401, which he introduced last fall with Senators McCain, Collins and others, to provide the public with greater access to ...

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December 16, 2007 Bill to mandate OA for CRS Reports

The resolution, S. Res. 401, was jointly introduced by Senators Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Susan Collins, Patrick Leahy, John Cornyn and Tom Harkin.... Comment. This is very good news. I've been one (among many others) arguing for OA ...

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December 12, 2007 A Resolution on Internet Access to CRS Reports

The resolution, S. Res. 401, was jointly introduced by Senators Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Susan Collins, Patrick Leahy, John Cornyn and Tom Harkin. The Legislative Branch must "increase its transparency and expand its interactive ...

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December 12, 2007 Secrecy News for 12/12/07

The resolution, S. Res. 401, was jointly introduced by Senators Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Susan Collins, Patrick Leahy, John Cornyn and Tom Harkin. http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2007/sres401.html ...

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December 12, 2007 Bill would make CRS reports available

S. Res. 401--110th Congress (2007): A resolution to provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications. Bill at GovTrack. Bill at Thomas. Story at Secrecy News. Summary:. Directs the Sergeant at Arms of the ...

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December 10, 2007 Bill Action: Introduced: S.Res. 401: A resolution to provide ...

Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT] introduced S.Res. 401: A resolution to provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]

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December 10, 2007 Bill Introduced: S.Res.401 A resolution to provide Internet access ...

A resolution to provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications.

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