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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) works with Congress to provide information, estimates and analysis that support the federal budget process.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) prepares reports related to government operations and expenditures.

The New York Times (and other major dailies) reported today that all 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers will be released on Monday, June 13, 2011– 40 years after Daniel Ellsberg’s original leak which led to groundbreaking First Amendment jurisprudence.  Interesting to note from the news coverage on the release:

This is the first time a [...]

Faster FOIA Act of 2011 Passed by Senate; Now to House

First in our 3 part series on records created by independent Congressional support agencies. This week: the Congressional Research Service (CRS)