WHAT: Highlights include:

• Announcement of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Mouse Awards for 2007;

• A percentage breakdown of House and Senate Web sites by grade (A through F);

• Analysis of the grades by party, chamber, and office type (Member, committee and leadership offices);

• Reviews, screen captures, and identified best practices of the top-ranked sites;

• Guidance for congressional offices seeking to improve their virtual offices.

WHO: The report is the result of a joint research project conducted by the Congressional Management Foundation, Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, University of California-Riverside, and Ohio State University and was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

WHEN: Monday, January 14 at 9 a.m.

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The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting a more effective Congress.   For over 30 years, CMF has worked internally with Member offices, committees, leadership, and institutional offices in the House and Senate to foster improved management practices through staff training, office consultations, publications on best practices, and technology research.  Simply put, CMF advocates good government through good management.  For more information, contact CMF at (202) 546-0100 or www.cmfweb.org.