Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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 foreign relations, veterans affairs, immigration, 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 Open CRS and Secrecy News:
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.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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 military, foreign affairs, budget, 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 Open CRS:
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.

Monday, July 12, 2010

GAO Reports and Releases

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) which is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week GAO investigated the transit, stimulus funds, various governmental agencies, and other issues. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports
Correspondences

Thursday, July 08, 2010

UFOs and the European Union

Mario Borghezio a member of the European Parliament from Italy has proposed the consideration of declassification of all materials dealing with UFOs be declassified in European Union member states. If you would like to see the declaration (0057/2010) that is gathering signatures (30 as of this posting) you can view it from the European Union Parliament. If you want to see all the written declarations that are under consideration or adopted in this section check out the European Parliament site. It is here you can learn more about written declarations, which are used to start (or restart) a debate on an issue. If the declaration passes, the parliament will then have a debate, but in order for this action to take place it needs to be taken up European Commission or Council of the European Union.

Want to learn more? We have two have two guides to consider, the European Union and UFOs.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

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 only a few reports, 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:
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.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

GAO Reports and Releases

Sorry, I was on vacation, so today will be an update on all the various reports that I didn't get reported in the last two weeks. First, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week GAO investigated the transit, stimulus funds, various governmental agencies, and other issues. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.
Reports
Correspondence
Testimonies
Presentation by Acting Comptroller General
  • "Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment," by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the annual conference of the National State Auditors Association, in Phoenix, Arizona. GAO-10-866CG, June 16, 2010.
    http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-866CG