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 the insurance, nuclear weapons, contracting, 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 OpenCRS and Secrecy News:

• United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: Background and Policy Issues
• Detection of Nuclear Weapons and Materials: Science, Technologies, Observations
• The Global Economic Crisis: Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Policy Responses
• Filling U.S. Senate Vacancies: Perspectives and Contemporary Developments
• ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:’ The Law and Military Policy on Same-Sex Behavior
• Competition in Federal Contracting: An Overview of the Legal Requirements
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Health Programs: FY2001-FY2010
• The Unified Agenda: Implications for Rulemaking Transparency and Participation
• Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
• Insurance Regulation: Issues, Background, and Legislation in the 111th Congress
• Treatment of Noncitizens in H.R. 3200

Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports dating 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.