Recent reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Shadow Banking: Background and Policy Issues, December 31, 2013
Energy-Water Nexus: The Water Sector’s Energy Use, January 3, 2014
Energy-Water Nexus: The Energy Sector’s Water Use, August 30, 2013
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The potential implication of these evidence gaps becomes more consequential when you look at how institutions actually make decisions day to day.
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This is not the first time Google has agreed to censor imagery at the behest of governments, but be warned: obfuscation at this broad level poses a direct threat to the public’s ability to monitor and scrutinize government operations.