From the CRS this week

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 brings us Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on tax reform, street gangs, Iraq, and much more. 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:

• Corporate Tax Reform: Issues for Congress
• Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and Regulations Proposed for Its Implementation
• The MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs: Emerging Transnational Gang Threats?
• Understanding Mortgage Foreclosure: Recent Events, the Process, and Costs
• Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture
• Director of National Intelligence Statutory Authorities: Status and Proposals
• Burma and Transnational Crime
• The Army's Future Combat System (FCS): Background and Issues for Congress
• Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power
• F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background, Status, and Issues
• Navy DDG-1000 Destroyer Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• Operation Iraqi Freedom and Detainee Issues: Major Votes from the 110th Congress
• Journalists' Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses
• Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
• National Emergency Powers
  

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.