CRS reports found this week!

This week the online blog, Secrecy News, posted an item entitled "CRS Director Defends Access Restrictions." This blog posting discusses a defense on restricted access to CRS reports written by CRS director Daniel P. Mulhollan. But just because there is no central location for CRS reports online they can be requested directly from your Congressional representatives.

Why do you want access to these reports? Because they give a concise (usually 10-20 pages) look at topics of interest to Congress. They have wonderful bibliographies linking to the authoritative sources on the topic and are written by experts in the field.

Are you interested now? Here is a list of the reports OpenCRS and Secrecy News found online this week (for older reports look for the databases listed under the titles):

• Stem Cell Research: Federal Research Funding and Oversight
  
• Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy
  
• Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
  
• U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
  
• Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations
  
• Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program
  
• International Reaction to the Palestinian Unity Government
  
• Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
  
• Underlying Strains in Taiwan-U.S. Political Relations
  
• The Speech or Debate Clause: Recent Developments
• Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
• Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance
• U.S. Aid to the Palestinians

Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports back to 1916.

Not on campus, but still want access to additional reports? The library has created a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.