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 reports on Russia, Georgia, energy 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:

• Russia-Georgia Conflict in South Ossetia: Context and Implications for U.S. Interests
• Stability in Russia’s Chechnya and Other Regions of the North Caucasus: Recent Developments
• Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests
• Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court
• Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses
• U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy
• National Security Strategy: Legislative Mandates, Execution to Date, and Considerations for Congress
• Nanotechnology and Environmental, Health, and Safety: Issues for Consideration
• Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer

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.