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 judicial activity, automotive industry, and much more. 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. These reports were discovered by Secrecy News:

• North Korea’s 2009 Nuclear Test: Containment, Monitoring, Implications
• Judicial Activity Concerning Enemy Combatant Detainees: Major Court Rulings
• Federal Building and Facility Security
• The U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry: Confronting a New Dynamic in the Global Economy
• U.S. Initiatives to Promote Global Internet Freedom: Issues, Policy, and Technology

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.