Congressional Research Service Reports

The 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 CRS reports on the China, Navy, social security, 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 and OpenCRS:

• Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer
• Information Security and Data Breach Notification Safeguards
• Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Current Structure and Alternatives
• Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview
• Security Implications of Taiwan’s Presidential Election of March 2008
• China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress
• Social Security Reform: Possible Effects on the Elderly Poor and Mitigation Options
• Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
• Navy Attack Submarine Force-Level Goal and Procurement Rate: Background and Issues for Congress
• Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Drought: Species and Ecosystem Management
• Summary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
• Tibet: Problems, Prospects, and U.S. Policy
• Food Price Inflation: Causes and Impacts
• East Asia's Foreign Exchange Rate Policies
• Navy DD(X) and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
• District of Columbia v. Heller: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment

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.