CRS reports discovered this week

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern, this week gives us reports on Guatemala, bald eagles, and health care. While these reports are in the public domain there is no central database available to the public. To get a copy of a CRS report you can request it from your Senator or Representative. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:

• The FDA's Authority to Recall Products
• Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terror: Selected Legislation from the 110th Congress
• U.S. Health Care Spending: Comparison with Other OECD Countries
• Securitization and Federal Regulation of Mortgages for Safety and Soundness
• What Happens to the Bald Eagle Now That It Is Not Protected Under the Endangered Species Act?
• Statutory Inspectors General: Legislative Developments and Legal Issues
• Funding Levels for Conservation Programs in the 2007 Farm Bill
• A Summary of Fusion Centers: Core Issues and Options for Congress
• Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• Paraguay: Background and U.S. Relations
• Guatemala: 2007 Elections and Issues for Congress
• Financial Crisis? The Liquidity Crunch of August 2007
• Topics in Aging: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2004

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 a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.