CRS reports, two weeks worth!

Due to a little vacationing last week I didn't bring you your standard dose of CRS reports, so this week I am making up with a double dose. 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 e-government, drugs, voting, 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:

• Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization: An Overview of Selected Provisions in Proposed Legislation
• Reauthorization of the E-Government Act: A Brief Overview
• Coal Excise Tax Refunds: United States v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co.
• Unanimous Consent Agreements Establishing a 60-Vote Threshold for Passage of Legislation in the Senate
• Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: Program Overview and Reauthorization Issues
• The Constitutionality of Requiring Photo Identification for Voting: An Analysis of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
• The FDA FY2009 Budget Request
• Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress
• Delegation of the Federal Power of Eminent Domain to Nonfederal Entities
• Statutory Individual Income Tax Rates and Other Elements of the Tax System: 1988 through 2008
• Youth Transitioning From Foster Care: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress
• Unauthorized Aliens' Access to Federal Benefits: Policy and Issues
• Alien Smuggling: Recent Legislative Developments

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.