Angela Evans, acting associate director for research for the Congressional Research Service (CRS), was selected as deputy director of CRS effective March 3.
She is the first woman named to that position in the history of CRS.
As deputy director, she will assist the director, Daniel P. Mulhollan, in formulating the policies, goals and direction of CRS, ensuring effective working relationships with Congress, directing strategic planning and managing the work of the 747 employees in the nine divisions and three offices of CRS.
As acting associate director for research, a newly created position she had held since October 1995, Ms. Evans was charged with evaluating the research, analysis, and information programs of CRS, especially as they support the legislative activities of Congress.
CRS, an administrative unit of the Library of Congress, works exclusively for the members and committees of Congress in support of their legislative, oversight and representative functions. CRS provides research, analysis and a wide variety of information services with the goal of contributing to an informed national legislature.
Since January 1994, Ms. Evans has been detailed to three different high-level positions in the Library, directing and coordinating various facets of the Library's congressional activities. These were: director of the Congressional Relations Office, where she also served as an adviser to the Librarian of Congress; associate director for research, planning and coordination for CRS, where she oversaw CRS's responses to Library-wide issues as well as new initiatives aimed at better serving Congress; and her most recent position in CRS, acting associate director for research.
Ms. Evans joined the Library in 1971 as an analyst in the Education and Public Welfare Division of CRS. She developed expertise in federal education policies, budget and appropriations processes, health policies, international competitiveness issues, children's issues and income maintenance. She worked directly with members and committees of Congress on these issues. Over the years Ms. Evans took on ever more responsible positions in the division. She was named head of the Education Section in 1987, with primary supervisory responsibility for planning and executing all work performed by CRS for Congress in education and training policy.
Ms. Evans graduated summa cum laude from Canisius College and received a master's degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
