CQ Roll Call Acquires Federal News Service

Earlier today, CQ Roll Call announced the acquisition of the Federal News Service (FNS) business from The Dolan Company. FNS is a DC-based company, founded in 1985 and purchased by The Dolan Company in 2010, that provides verbatim transcripts, in real time, on their website, www.fednews.com.

CQ Roll Call Executive Vice President and Managing Director Keith White stated, “there are primary sources of information that have not yet been digitized, not yet made available to those who are serious about understanding and influencing policy formation,” he continued, “This acquisition will allow us to expand that body of coverage, giving the world increased access to what policy makers say as they vote, amend, argue and more.