Forwarded to BCLA’s IPC listserv, a new website called Open CRS: Congressional Research Service Reports easily available online.
CRS produces detailed, nonpartisan research reports on issues ranging from climate change to next-generation wireless technology. Lawmakers rely on the reports to provide the factual basis on which they build their cases for new legislation.
Before Open CRS, the only way to get your hands on these public domain documents was to pay for them (!) or ask a member of Congress for them. The people behind Open CRS asked organizations and activists already archiving these reports to submit them to Open CRS.
Initial response has been astounding. In its first three days alone, after receiving only a handful of mentions in the press, Open CRS has had over 70,000 visitors download over 30,000 reports and has received over 300 reports that were not otherwise available online. These statistics show the pent up demand for this important resource.
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UPDATE: Oh yeah… and there are 2 RSS feeds!