Toward better information and analysis support services for the congress

Abstract

The 91st Congress took several preliminary steps toward improving its information handling and analysis support capabilities. Since the Congressional enviroment is very complex and the needs are significant and varied, the support services are complex in their inter-relationships and will be difficult to coordinate. Four systems and service concepts presented for consideration are (1) a general information and analysis service support, (2) an evaluation system, (3) a legislative transaction information system, and (4) a legal information processing and retrieval system.