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Boing Boing on Carl Malamud, GAO

March 18th, 2008 by John Wonderlich · 1 Comment

From Boing Boing:

John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation alerted me to a situation about a month ago that we’ve been pursuing (with EFF’s help) at the Government Accountability Office, which is an arm of the U.S. Congress.

The law librarians at GAO have compiled complete federal legislative histories from 1915 on. These are the definitive dossiers that track a bill through the hearing process and into law. If you want to divine the intent of Congress, this is where you go.

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House Appropriations Testimony | The Open House Project // Mar 23, 2008 at 6:04 pm

[...] necessary) are started with a good sense of benefits of risks; see also NARA’s plan, and the GAO’s current headache.) Office of the General [...]

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