Working Papers on House Committee Organization and Operation : The Legislator as Information User.

Report by Robert L. Chartrand of CRS, as part of a continuing series of studies on methods of improving congressional committee operations. Reviews increasing information needs of Members of Congress and committee staffs related to duties in drawing up and debating legislation, in deliberating on bu...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1973.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Report by Robert L. Chartrand of CRS, as part of a continuing series of studies on methods of improving congressional committee operations. Reviews increasing information needs of Members of Congress and committee staffs related to duties in drawing up and debating legislation, in deliberating on budgets, evaluating programs and committee recommendations, and in representing constituent needs.
Discusses current information services available to congressmen from executive sources and within legislative branch, and proposes new automatic data processing system with information selected on basis of its value to the Congress and safeguarded from unintentional disclosure.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.
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