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Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use

Categories: Advertising/Marketing,Congress,Govt Finance,Laws/Regulations,Telecommunications/Internet

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42406.pdf

Reviews the recent history of Congressional oversight of executive agency public relations activities and expenditures, legal limits that have been placed on such activities, and the effect of new media formats on the efforts to exercise oversight.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists