From the Congressional Research Service

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 AIDS, Ethanol and presidential signing statements. 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:

• Brazil's WTO Case Against U.S. Agricultural Support: A Brief Overview
• International Monetary Fund (IMF): Financial Reform and the Possible Sale of IMF Gold
• Consumer Spending by Older Americans, 1985 to 2005
• Pandemic Influenza: An Analysis of State Preparedness and Response Plans
• Public Transit Program Funding Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization
• Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation
• PEPFAR: From Emergency to Sustainability
• Journalists' Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses
• Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations
• Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments
• Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process
• Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
• Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law
  
• Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• The FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76: Implications for the Future
• Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations
  
• Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007
• The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Previous DOD Rules and the Uniform Code of Military Justice
• Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1999-2006
• Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
• Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues
• Iraq: Regional Perspectives and U.S. Policy
• Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications

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.