Congressional Research Service Reports

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 the Latvia, wireless technology, the Navy, 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: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations
• Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes
• Director of National Intelligence Statutory Authorities: Status and Proposals
• Congress’s Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
• Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• U.S.-French Commercial Ties
• Strategic Airlift Modernization: Analysis of C-5 Modernization and C-17 Acquisition Issues
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Progress Report and Issues for Congress
• Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Third Generation (3G) and Beyond
• Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act
• Rising Food Prices and Global Food Needs: The U.S. Response
• Latvia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
• Islam in Africa

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.