Groups Support Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

Almost thirty organizations, including SLA, endorsed the Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, a bill soon to be introduced by Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) to make the thousands of reports that Congress requires agencies to prepare made accessible to the public.

The Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act requires that any report required by statute to be issued to Congress and releasable under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) be posted on a website managed by the US Government Printing Office (GPO). The reports would be available no later than 30 days after their transmission to Congress, and would be searchable by a number of categories.

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