SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2017, Issue No. 42
June 7, 2017

Secrecy News Blog: https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/

CRS TITLES LISTED IN NEW ANNUAL REPORT

The Congressional Research Service prepared 1,197 new reports and publications last year, as well as 2,471 updates of previous reports. The new reports were identified by title and number in an internal version of the CRS annual report for fiscal year 2016 that has not been previously made public.

Among the notable 2016 reports listed in the new annual report but not previously cited here were these:

Closing Space: Restrictions on Civil Society Around the World and U.S. Responses, April 8, 2016:

U.S. Electronic Attack Aircraft, July 26, 2016:

The public version of the CRS annual report that is posted on the Library of Congress website is abridged and does not include the listing of new CRS products or other appendices from the full report.

Newly updated Congressional Research Service reports from the past week include these:

Stafford Act Assistance and Acts of Terrorism, June 2, 2017:

Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs and Funding, June 5, 2017:

The Debt Limit Since 2011, June 5, 2017:

Iran: Politics, Human Rights, and U.S. Policy, June 2, 2017:

STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS BRIEFINGS RESUME

The Department of State held its first general press briefing on June 6 following a five-week hiatus.

Spokesperson Heather Nauert presided over the briefing, which included a typically broad range of press questions and official responses.

Ms. Nauert said the briefings would resume on a regular schedule from now on.

"The plan is right now we're going to do twice a week on camera and I look forward to talking with you all otherwise, okay? We'll see you again real soon," she said.

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