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Congress.gov unveiled today

September 19, 2012

http://www.Congress.gov Unveiled Today

Public Beta Site Provides Free, Fact-Based Legislative Information
The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and the Government Printing Office (GPO), today unveiled Congress.gov, a new public beta site for accessing free, fact-based legislative information. Congress.gov features platform mobility, comprehensive information retrieval and user-friendly presentation.

Congress.gov,
atbeta.congress.gov, eventually will replace the public THOMAS system and the congressional Legislative Information System (LIS).
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-171.html

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