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TheFederal Research Division (FRD) is the research and analysis unit of theUnited StatesLibrary of Congress.
The Federal Research Division provides directed research and analysis on domestic and international subjects to agencies of theUnited States government, theDistrict of Columbia, and authorized federal contractors. As expert users of the vast English and foreign-language collections of the Library of Congress, the Division's area and subject specialists employ the resources of the world's largest library and other information sources worldwide to produce impartial and comprehensive studies on a cost-recovery basis.
The Federal Research Program is run by the Federal Research Division (FRD), the fee-for-service research and analysis unit within the Library of Congress. The Federal Research Program of the Library of Congress was authorized by theUnited States Congress in accordance with the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182c). FRD has provided custom products and services on a cost-recovery basis to entities of theFederal government of the United States since 1948. It also is authorized to provide the same services to governmental entities ofWashington, D.C. Through theFederal Acquisition Regulations (FAR 51.1), FRD provides services to authorized Federal contractors and through a comprehensive services agreement with the U.S. National Technical Information Service External Link, FRD can provide custom research services to theprivate sector,state andlocal government,international organizations, and others.
The Federal Research Division (FRD) is located on the fifth floor of theJohn Adams Building in Washington, D.C.
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