In a study conducted August-October 2001, Congressional web sites were assessed, assigned letter grades of A to F, and evaluated by a committee of experts who considered which sites were worthy of designation as Congress Online Gold or Silver Mouse Award winners. Did Congress pass the test? "Congress Online: Assessing and Improving Capitol Hill Web Sites," released on January 28, 2002, by the Congress Online Project, a two-year effort run by the Congressional Management Foundation to help address issues regarding the information and communications flow among Congress, citizens, public interest groups, and lobbyists. The study, conducted over a year, is an attempt to provide Congress with advice as to how to make individual member, committee, and leadership websites more effective, useful, and responsive to the varied needs of the public. It lays out five "building blocks" of effective sites, based on an extensive survey of all 605 non-institutional websites (the main chamber sites and those of support organizations were not included), electronic surveys of media and advocacy groups, and in-person focus groups of public users. Sites were then assessed between August-October 2001, assigned letter grades of A to F, and evaluated by a committee of experts who considered which sites were worthy of designation as Congress Online Gold or Silver Mouse Award winners. Did Congress pass the test? NPTalk takes a look at what Congress is projecting online.