CRS Reports this week

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 tuberculosis, treaties, Russia, 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:

• Tsunami Detection and Warnings for the United States
  
• Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer
• Nanotechnology and U.S. Competitiveness: Issues and Options
• The Army’s M-4 Carbine: Background and Issues for Congress
• Tuberculosis: International Efforts and Issues for Congress
• Russia’s Economic Performance and Policies and Their Implications for the United States
• Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments
• Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues

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.