CRS reports

Despite the holidays a few Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) managed to make it out. 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 brings us CRS reports on Tanzania, intellectual property, space programs, 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:

• China's Space Program: Options for U.S.-China Cooperation
  
• U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
• Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
• Iraq and Al Qaeda
• Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy
• Entering the Executive Branch of Government: Potential Conflicts of Interest With Previous Employments and Affiliations
• U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1999-2006
• Overview of Education Issues and Programs in Latin America
• Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program
• Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?
• North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Latest Developments
• Franking Privilege: Historical Development and Options for Change
• Tanzania: Background and Current Conditions
• Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview
• Polygraph Use by the Department of Energy: Issues for Congress
• Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations
• China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues
• Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
• China/Taiwan: Evolution of the "One China" Policy -- Key Statements from Washington, Beijing, and Taipei
• Aviation Congestion and Delay: System-Wide and New York-Area Issues
• Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism
• Military Airlift: The Joint Cargo Aircraft Program
• Smart Grid Provisions in H.R. 6, 110th Congress
• Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade
• The Retirement Savings Tax Credit: A Fact Sheet

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.