If that quality is to be maximized, the public must be apprized of their representatives' legislative records.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: 2008 National Security Scorecard

And, while senior officials are entitled to make decisions about which of the countless number of memos generated every day they deem worthy of passing up the line and when, Secretaries of State generally rely as much on direct contacts with their counterparts as staff memoranda to keep them apprized of allied views about pending issues .

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Bolton vote