NDLI: Features of an information system for Congress

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Janda, Kenneth
Abstract	Students of government generally agree that the legislative branches of modern governments have gradually lost power relative to the power of executive authorities. This phenomenon has been referred to variously as the “parliamentary crisis,”1 the “atrophy of the legislature,”2 and the “decline of the legislature.”3 Although some students hold that Congress constitutes an exception to this generalization, 4 most detect the same trend in the United States. Indeed this very symposium of recommendations for revitalizing Congress is an acknowledgment of it. Congress' loss of power is manifested in three important governmental functions traditionally reserved to the legislature: initiating legislation, evaluating legislative proposals, and overseeing the execution of legislation. In recent decades, Congress has abdicated to the President its initiative in preparing a legislative program, has faltered in thoroughly evaluating proposals submitted by the President, and has been unable to exercise effective direction and control over the administration of legislation in which Congress has aquiesced.
Starting Page	361
Ending Page	372
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
DOI	10.1145/800256.810715
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1966-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Features of an information system for Congress