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Harold C Relyea - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • across the hill the Congressional Research Service and providing Research for congress considering the future
    Government Information Quarterly, 2012
    Co-Authors: Harold C Relyea
    Abstract:

    Abstract Chartered in 1970, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has served the Members, committees, and staff of Congress for four decades. The transition from the predecessor Legislative Reference Service (LRS) did not occur without some difficulties, and management of the organization and its personnel are still evolving and, in some regards, unsettled. Considered here are some matters, other than basic organization and mundane administration, which may pose challenges for CRS in the near future.

  • across the hill the Congressional Research Service and providing Research for congress a retrospective on personal experience
    Government Information Quarterly, 2012
    Co-Authors: Harold C Relyea
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Congressional Research Service (CRS), a reconstituted version of the Legislative Reference Service which Congress had launched in 1914 and statutorily gave institutional status in 1946, was established in a 1970 reform law This retrospective is the personal account of one analyst's experience working for CRS from its initial years until January 2009. The account, it should be kept in mind, is highly particularistic, based upon the author's unique experience in one section of a division of CRS with responsibilities for his assigned subject areas concerning government operations and procedures.

  • across the hill the Congressional Research Service and providing Research for congress a retrospective on origins
    Government Information Quarterly, 2010
    Co-Authors: Harold C Relyea
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Congressional Research Service (CRS) of today is a 1970 extension of the Legislative Reference Service, which was initially established through the appropriations process in 1914 and statutorily given permanent, institutional status in 1946. Throughout their existence, these entities have been, in varying degrees, part of the Library of Congress, which, itself, dates to the arrival of the federal government in the new capital in 1800. Provided here is a retrospective on these organizations—their origins, structural development, changing missions, and, in the case of the CRS, its current operational status.

Eric Warner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • china s foreign aid and government sponsored investment activities scale content destinations and implications
    2013
    Co-Authors: Charles Wolf, Xiao Wang, Eric Warner
    Abstract:

    Abstract : With the world's second largest economy, China has the capacity to engage in substantial programs of development-assistance and government investment in any and all of the emerging market countries. In the first decade of the 21st century, it has expanded and directed this capacity in 93 countries for both the benefit of the recipients and its own interests. Yet, until recently, little was known about the size and direction of such programs. Thomas Lum of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) offered an initial estimate of the scope and purpose of China's aid and government-sponsored investment activities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In this report, we expand upon those findings, assessing the scale, trends, and composition of China's foreign aid and government-sponsored investment activities (FAGIA) in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia. We find that such programs have burgeoned in recent years, with an emphasis on the development of foreign supplies of energy resources and ferrous and nonferrous minerals. Loans finance many of these programs and feature substantial subsidization, but loans also are accompanied by rigorous debt-servicing conditions that distinguish China's foreign aid from the grant financing that characterizes development aid provided by the United States and other nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

  • china s foreign aid and government sponsored investment activities scale content destinations and implications
    2013
    Co-Authors: Charles Wolf, Xiao Wang, Eric Warner
    Abstract:

    Abstract : With the world's second largest economy, China has the capacity to engage in substantial programs of development-assistance and government investment in any and all of the emerging market countries. In the first decade of the 21st century, it has expanded and directed this capacity in 93 countries for both the benefit of the recipients and its own interests. Yet, until recently, little was known about the size and direction of such programs. Thomas Lum of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) offered an initial estimate of the scope and purpose of China's aid and government-sponsored investment activities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In this report, we expand upon those findings, assessing the scale, trends, and composition of China's foreign aid and government-sponsored investment activities (FAGIA) in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia. We find that such programs have burgeoned in recent years, with an emphasis on the development of foreign supplies of energy resources and ferrous and nonferrous minerals. Loans finance many of these programs and feature substantial subsidization, but loans also are accompanied by rigorous debt-servicing conditions that distinguish China's foreign aid from the grant financing that characterizes development aid provided by the United States and other nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Jeffrey C Griffith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the development of information technology in the Congressional Research Service of the library of congress
    Government Information Quarterly, 1991
    Co-Authors: Jeffrey C Griffith
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress provides a wide range of information support activities to Congress. CRS' products must be timely, objective, and useful to the Congressional audience. Increasingly CRS makes use of a variety of information technologies for quickly accessing information, performing analyses, producing copies, preparing reports, and distributing its products and Services. These information systems are critical to the performance of CRS' mission in today's environment. CRS continues to explore the potential of new technological developments for improving its information Services to Congress.

Julie Arrighetti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Charles Wolf - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • china s foreign aid and government sponsored investment activities scale content destinations and implications
    2013
    Co-Authors: Charles Wolf, Xiao Wang, Eric Warner
    Abstract:

    Abstract : With the world's second largest economy, China has the capacity to engage in substantial programs of development-assistance and government investment in any and all of the emerging market countries. In the first decade of the 21st century, it has expanded and directed this capacity in 93 countries for both the benefit of the recipients and its own interests. Yet, until recently, little was known about the size and direction of such programs. Thomas Lum of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) offered an initial estimate of the scope and purpose of China's aid and government-sponsored investment activities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In this report, we expand upon those findings, assessing the scale, trends, and composition of China's foreign aid and government-sponsored investment activities (FAGIA) in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia. We find that such programs have burgeoned in recent years, with an emphasis on the development of foreign supplies of energy resources and ferrous and nonferrous minerals. Loans finance many of these programs and feature substantial subsidization, but loans also are accompanied by rigorous debt-servicing conditions that distinguish China's foreign aid from the grant financing that characterizes development aid provided by the United States and other nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

  • china s foreign aid and government sponsored investment activities scale content destinations and implications
    2013
    Co-Authors: Charles Wolf, Xiao Wang, Eric Warner
    Abstract:

    Abstract : With the world's second largest economy, China has the capacity to engage in substantial programs of development-assistance and government investment in any and all of the emerging market countries. In the first decade of the 21st century, it has expanded and directed this capacity in 93 countries for both the benefit of the recipients and its own interests. Yet, until recently, little was known about the size and direction of such programs. Thomas Lum of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) offered an initial estimate of the scope and purpose of China's aid and government-sponsored investment activities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In this report, we expand upon those findings, assessing the scale, trends, and composition of China's foreign aid and government-sponsored investment activities (FAGIA) in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia. We find that such programs have burgeoned in recent years, with an emphasis on the development of foreign supplies of energy resources and ferrous and nonferrous minerals. Loans finance many of these programs and feature substantial subsidization, but loans also are accompanied by rigorous debt-servicing conditions that distinguish China's foreign aid from the grant financing that characterizes development aid provided by the United States and other nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.