This week from the CRS

This week brings us Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on Burma, terrorism, federal aid, laws, and much more. 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. 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:

• China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
• North Korean Refugees in China and Human Rights Issues: International Response and U.S. Policy Options
• Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues
• Terrorism in Southeast Asia
• Bangladesh: Background and U.S. Relations
• Cuba: Issues for the 110th Congress
• Presidential Directives: Background and Overview
• Safe Drinking Water Act: Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues
• German Foreign and Security Policy: Trends and Transatlantic Implications
• Burning Crosses, Hangman's Nooses, and the Like: State Statutes That Proscribe the Use of Symbols of Fear and Violence with the Intent to Threaten
• Child Support Enforcement Program Incentive Payments: Background and Policy Issues
• Federal Indian Education Programs: Background and Issues
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Issues for the 110th Congress
• Spending by Employers on Health Insurance: A Data Brief
• Burma Sanctions: Background and Options
• Crop Insurance and Disaster Assistance: 2007 Farm Bill Issues
• Comparative Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Research: Background, History, and Overview
• Electronic Rulemaking in the Federal Government

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.