Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports

Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress' request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. This week brings us reports on arms sales to Pakistan, medical marijuana, GIS, and other topics. Although 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:

• Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Updated ‘Safeguards’ and Net Assessments
• Congressional Oversight and Related Issues Concerning International Security Agreements Concluded by the United States
  
• Defense: FY2010 Authorization and Appropriations
• Geospatial Information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Current Issues and Future Challenges
  
• Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission
  
• Major U.S. Arms Sales and Grants to Pakistan Since 2001
• Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies
  
• Political Turmoil in Thailand and U.S. Interests
• The President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for Congress
  
• The Role of the Department of Defense During a Flu Pandemic
  
• The State Secrets Privilege and Other Limits on Litigation Involving Classified Information

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.