The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is the non-partisan public policy research arm of the United States Congress.

The purpose of a report is to clearly define the issue in the legislative context.  CRS reports are considered in-depth, accurate, objective, and timely.  They are great starting points for research on a wide variety of topics, past and present. Reports often provide pro and con positions, overviews, statistics and analysis.

The types of CRS reports include Issue Briefs (IB), Research Memos (RM), and Reports (R) which appear in both Short (RS) and Long (RL) formats.

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• Laurie A. Harris, Artificial Intelligence: Overview, Recent Advances, and Considerations for the 118th Congress (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R46543, August 4, 2023).

• Patricia Moloney Figliola, TikTok: Technology Overview and Issues (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R46543, June 30, 2023).

• Kristen E. Busch, Generative Artificial Intelligence and Data Privacy: A Primer (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R47569, May 23, 2023).

• Peter G. Berris, Cybercrime and the Law: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and the 116th Congress (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R47557, May 16, 2023).

• Andrew P. Scott & Paul Tierno, Banking, Data Privacy, and Cybersecurity Regulation (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R47434, Feb. 24, 2023).

• Bill Canis, Issues in Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Deployment (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R45985, April 23, 2021).

• Dana A. Sherer, Identifying TV Political and Issue Ad Sponsors in the Digital Age (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R46516, Sept. 09, 2020).

• Rachel F. Fefer, Data Flows, Online Privacy, and Trade Policy (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R45584, Mar. 26, 2020).

• Patricia Moloney Figliola, Cloud Computing: Background, Status of Adoption by Federal Agencies, and Congressional Action (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R46119, Mar. 25, 2020).

• Kristin Finklea, Justice Department's Role in Cyber Incident Response, (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R44926, December 18, 2020).

• Chris Jaikaran, Federal Telework During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cybersecurity Issues in Brief (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R46310, Apr. 10, 2020).

• Suzy E. Park, Technological Convergence: Regulatory, Digital Privacy, and Data Security Issues (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R45746, May 30, 2019).

• Darryl E. Getter, Consumer and Credit Reporting, Scoring, and Related Policy Issues (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R44125, July 26, 2019).

• Richard J. Campbell, Electric Grid Cybersecurity (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R45312, Sept. 04, 2018).

• Rita Tehan, Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R43317, May. 24, 2018).

• Rita Tehan, Cybersecurity: Critical Infrastructure Authoritative Reports and Resources (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R44410, Nov. 21, 2017).

Rita Tehan, Cybersecurity: Federal Government Authoritative Reports and Resources (Cong. Research Serv., CRS Report for Congress Order Code R44427, Nov. 13, 2017).

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