Discover some CRS reports

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 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:

• Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congress
• North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Latest Developments
• Russian Energy Policy toward Neighboring Countries
• Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options
• Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations
• Botnets, Cybercrime, and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress
• The Central African Republic
• U.S.-Peru Economic Relations and the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
• The Transition to Digital Television: Is America Ready?
• Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Overview and Assessment
• Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options
• Would a Housing Crash Cause a Recession?
• U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan
• Iran's Ballistic Missile Programs: An Overview
• China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
• Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
• Weak and Failing States: Evolving Security Threats and U.S. Policy
• Electronic Personal Health Records
• Executive Order 13,438: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq

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.