Institution - Chamber of Deputies Research Service
Identification
| Name: | Chamber of Deputies Research Service |
| Institutional Description: | The Research Service of the Italian Chamber of Deputies provides information to Standing Committees and individual parliamentarians in order to support their legislative activity and other parliamentary functions: policy-setting, oversight and inquiry activities. In relation to the legislative function, the Research Service produces Research Papers -available on the Chamber of Deputies website - with impartial and balanced analyses regarding every bill examined by Standing Committees, with the aim of presenting their content and purposes, and evaluating their impact on legislation in force. It also implements the open data documentation platform called “Topics of Parliamentary Activity” (Temi dell’attività parlamentare), available online, providing timely, non-partisan, authoritative and concise information on issues debated in Parliament. Research Service’s Officials attend sittings of each Standing Committee in order to support the rapporteur appointed by the Committee for each bill. Occasionally, they also provide fact sheets and briefings, upon request, to Chairmen of all Standing and Special Committees and other Members of Parliament. |
| Country/Entity: | Italy |
| Name of Parliament: | Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament |
| Type of Parliament: |
- Parliament of a sovereign state |
| In case of a bicameral parliament the served Chamber/House: | The Lower Chamber/House (House of Deputies/Representatives |
| Number of the members of the served legislature(s): | 630 |
| Number of staff working in the served parliamentary administration(s): | 0 |
| Type of organization: | Research service |
| Types of users: |
- Parliamentarians - Staff |
| Year founded: | 1978 |
| Number of staff: | 52 |
| Website: | http://www.camera.it/leg17/292 |
| Date update: | 03/07/2018 |
Ifla
| IFLA member?: | Yes |
| Regional member?: | Yes |
| Which Regional Member?: | |
| Member of Other Association(s)?: | No |
Address
| Address (1): | Piazza del Parlamento, 24 -Rome- |
| Address (2): | |
| Postal code: | 00186 |
| Phone: | +390667601 |
Contact
| Email: | st_segreteria@camera.it |
| Contact person: | Mariadele Cucinotta |
| Email contact person: | cucinotta_m@camera.it |
| Phone contact person: | +390667601 |
| Name Library/RC Authorities: | Giovanni Rizzoni |
| Email Library/RC Authorities: | rizzoni_g@camera.it |
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Library information
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| Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings): | |
| Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): | |
| Does it have information on parliamentary documents and activities?: |
Research service information
| Does it offer reference services?: | Occasionally, Research Service offers reference services to Members of Parliament, to their staff or external users (via e-mail or by phone). There is not a specific Refernce Unit in the Research Service |
| Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings): | No |
| Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): | Yes |
| Does it have summaries/concise analyses of proposed legislation?: | Yes |
| Does it have assistance in drafting legislation?: | Yes |
| Does it have fact sheets or briefings? (e.g. an introduction to issues using brief fact): | Some offices (e.g. Internal Affairs Office) do prepare fact sheets and briefings for Standing Committees |
| Does it have statistical profiles?: | Yes. The Legislation Observatory Office regularly prepares statistical reports on legislative activity |
| Does it have background studies, analyses?: | Yes |
| Does it have impact assessment?: | No. But new forms of cooperation with the Senate Impact Assessment Office are being designed. Employees of the Chamber of Deputies Research Service are being specifically trained to carry out impact assessment activity. |
| Does it have other services?: | Research Service assists individual parliamentarians by providing information on all issues debated in Parliament. |
| Does it have online publications? (Indicate url address / internet link): | Yes. All Research Papers are available online. Rsearch Service also udates the documentation platform called "Topics of Parliamentary Activity" available on the Chamber of Deputies website. |
| Types of users: |
- Presidency of House - Committees - Support to committee work - Individual parliamentarians - Staff of parliamentarians (e.g. experts) - Staff of parliamentary administration |
| Date update: | 03/07/2018 |
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