Congressional Research Service Reports
on Secrecy and Information Policy
- Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals, updated May 27, 2008
- Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments, updated April 16, 2008
- Information Security and Data Breach Notification Safeguards, updated April 3, 2008
- Security Classified and Controlled Information: History, Status, and Emerging Management Issues, updated February 11, 2008
- The Export Administration Act: Evolution, Provisions, and Debate, updated January 9, 2008
- Freedom of Information Act Amendments: 110th Congress, updated January 7, 2008
- Access to Government Information in the United States, updated December 5, 2007
- Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses, updated October 18, 2007
- Congress and the Internet: Highlights, August 29, 2007
- Does Price Transparency Improve Market Efficiency? Implications of Empirical Evidence in Other Markets for the Health Sector, July 24, 2007
- State E-Government Strategies: Identifying Best Practices and Applications, July 23, 2007
- Journalists’ Privilege to Withhold Information in Judicial and Other Proceedings: State Shield Statutes, updated June 27, 2007
- Restructuring EPA's Libraries: Background and Issues for Congress, updated June 15, 2007
- Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview, updated May 30, 2007
- Secret Sessions of the House and Senate, updated May 25, 2007
- Security Classification Policy and Procedure: E.O. 12958, as Amended, updated April 23, 2007
- Paperwork Reduction Act Reauthorization and Government Information Management Issues, updated January 4, 2007
- "Sensitive But Unclassified" Information and Other Controls: Policy and Options for Scientific and Technical Information, updated December 29, 2006
- Protection of National Security Information, updated December 26, 2006
- The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework, updated December 21, 2006
- Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy, updated December 12, 2006
- Televising Supreme Court and Other Federal Court Proceedings: Legislation and Issues, updated November 8, 2006
- The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act: Background, Overview, and Implementation Issues, October 6, 2006
- Journalists' Privilege: Overview of the Law and 109th Congress Legislation, updated October 3, 2006
- Protection of Security-Related Information, September 27, 2006
- Disclosure of Security Classified Information, memorandum for Rep. Waxman, March 10, 2006
- Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress, updated February 2, 2006
- Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources, updated August 12, 2005
- Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Basic Sources, updated January 13, 2005
- Interstate Travel: Constitutional Challenges to the Identification Requirement and Other Transportation Security Regulations, updated December 21, 2004
- Secrecy Versus Openness: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs, updated October 12, 2004
- The Information Quality Act: OMB’s Guidance and Initial Implementation, August 19, 2004
- Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options, June 9, 2004
- Privacy Protection: Mandating New Arrangements to Implement and Assess Federal Privacy Policy and Practice, May 27, 2004
- Legal Consequences of Efforts to Induce White House Staff to Waive "Newsman's Source" Protection in Connection with an Investigation of the Disclosure of an Individual's CIA Affiliation, CRS memo to the House Government Reform Committee, April 30, 2004, transmitted to the White House August 30, 2004
- On Whether an Agency May Prohibit a Federal Officer from Providing Accurate Cost Information to the U.S. Congress, memorandum for Rep. Charles Rangel, April 26, 2004
- “Sensitive But Unclassified” and Other Federal Security Controls on Scientific and Technical Information: History and Current Controversy, udpated February 20, 2004
- Sensitive Security Information, February 5, 2004
- House Resolutions of Inquiry, May 12, 2003
- High Performance Computers and Export Control Policy: Issues for Congress, updated February 10, 2003
- The Export Administration Act: Evolution, Provisions, and Debate, April 1, 2003
- A Primer on E-Government: Sectors, Stages, Opportunities, and Challenges of Online Governance, updated January 28, 2003
- Congressional Access to Executive Branch Information: Legislative Tools, May 17, 2001
Continuity of Government
- National Continuity Policy: A Brief Overview, June 8, 2007
- Emergency Preparedness and Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning in the Federal Judiciary, updated September 8, 2005
- Legislative Initiatives to Temporarily Relocate Federal Courts Interrupted by Natural or Man-Made Disasters, 109th Congress, September 8, 2005
- Continuity of Government: Current Federal Arrangements and the Future, updated August 5, 2005
- Continuity of Operations (COOP) in the Executive Branch: Issues in the 109th Congress, January 31, 2005
- Martial Law and National Emergency, updated January 7, 2005
- Continuity of Operations (COOP) in the Executive Branch: Background and Issues for Congress, updated November 8, 2004
- Congressional Continuity of Operations (COOP): An Overview of Concepts and Challenges, updated February 3, 2004
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