CRS reports

Despite the holiday week a few Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports were discovered. 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 veterans, appropriations and weapons. 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:

• U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for Congress
• Department of Justice (DOJ) Appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009
• A Brief History of Veterans’ Education Benefits and Their Value
• Veterans Affairs: Historical Budget Authority, Fiscal Years 1940 through 2007
• Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress

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.