Comment: I agree with Mr. Gerald Fernandes. Until Dr. Helekar cited the CRS, I was unaware of this nonpartisan, think tank research and analyses service provided to lawmakers, and paid by the American taxpayer to the tune of ~$120 mil annually. I surmise that before issue, such white papers on policy matters are circulated internally among the wonks for critical review and comment. http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/about/crs10_annrpt.pdf I do not view the CRS reports as either "lobbying efforts" or as a ''History' book that can be referred to as authentic and 'accurate' " [RE: Dr. F. Falcão].
best, I. Nunes From: Gerald Fernandes <cdoger...@yahoo.co.in> To: "goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org" <goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Sunday, 18 September 2011 12:56 PM Subject: RE:CRS Report(Santosh Helekar) Santosh Helekar needs to be commended for the link to the CRS report he included in his post. The CRS report makes very interesting reading. It is a useful understanding of the prevailing American thought & opinion given to American Congress.Like most Strategy Projections it tries to put up a coherent collage culled from varied facts in the public domain, but obviously like most Strategy Projections not all inferences are unassailable!!! Thank you Santosh.
