Following up on John's comments about the slow progress of getting
CRS products up online and the follow up, I actually have a small
bit of good news to report from OpenCRS.com and something that you
can do to help.
We have been having some good conversations with individual offices
on the issue and one member (anonymously) gave us the list of the new
reports from the past 6 weeks. From this list, we know that we've
gotten 76 of 100 new reports from that time frame.
Because Congress still has no time frame to release the reports, we
are going to start putting out the missing reports as a checklist
when we get these lists and asking Internet users to help us get
them all.
Librarians call missing documents "fugitives," that might help the
picture in your mind as you call. We are posting here first and we
will be posting whatever is left on the CDT blog tomorrow.
All you need to do is:
1) Pick a report that sounds interesting from the list below
2) Call up one of your representatives offices in DC
3) Ask them to email you a pdf of the report
4) Post it at http://www.opencrs.com/addreport.php
1. 1. RS22702 An Abridged Sketch of Extradition To and
From the United States
2. RL34121 Child Welfare: Recent and Proposed Federal Funding
3. RL34118 The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA):
Implementation and New Challenges
4. RL34117 Railroad Access and Competition Issues
5. RL34116 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS):
Background and Debate Over a National Requirement
6. RL34115 Reform of U.S. International Taxation: Alternatives
7. RL34113 The House-Passed 2007 Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) at a
Glance
8. RL34111 Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of
2007, Title VII of H.R. 3221: Summary and Discussion of Oil and Gas
Provisions
9. RS22700 Resale Price Maintenance No Longer a Per Se
Antitrust Offense: Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS, Inc.
10. RL34107 S. 1893: The Children's Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act of 2007
11. RL34102 FDA Legislation in the 110th Congress: A Side-by-
Side Comparison of S. 1082 and H.R. 2900
12. RS22698 Flood Map Modernization Funding
13. RL34098 Public Health Service (PHS) Agencies: Background
and Funding
14. RL34099 California's Waiver Request to Control Greenhouse
Gases Under the Clean Air Act
15. RL34095 Higher Education Act Reauthorization: A Comparison
of Current Law and S. 1642
16. RL34096 Reauthorization in the 110th Congress of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973
17. RL34094 Requiring Disclosure of Gifts and Payments to
Physicians: State Efforts and a Legal Analysis of Potential Federal
Action
18. RS22697 Federal Law on Parking Privileges for Persons with
Disabilities
19. RL34092 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies:
FY2008 Appropriations
20. RL34089 FDA Legislation in the 110th Congress: A Guide to
S. 1082 and H.R. 2900
21. RS22696 'Clear Incompatibility' Between Antitrust and
Securities Laws Implies Antitrust Immunity: Credit Suisse Securities
v. Billing
22. RL34088 Leave Benefits in the United States
23. WD06001 Exposure of U.S. Farm Policy to Challenge under
WTO Rules: A Powerpoint Summary
24. RL34055 Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Realignment Under
BRAC 2005 and Options for Congress