As I’ve share every few weeks, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) regularly prepares a series of insightful reports and primers on a range of defense-, pandemic-, and supply chain management-related topics. Several recent issuances of potential interest to the defense acquisition workforce community include:

• Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress, June 26, 2020
• Precision-Guided Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress, June 26, 2020
• Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition: Background and Issues for Congress, June 24, 2020
• Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress, June 24, 2020
• Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, June 18, 2020
• DOD Transfer and Reprogramming Authorities: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress, June 17, 2020
• National Stockpiles: Background and Issues for Congress, June 15, 2020

As I always like to remind readers when I share information on these reports, and particularly for those not familiar with the CRS, it “…serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of and under the direction of Congress. Information in a CRS Report should not be relied upon for purposes other than public understanding of information that has been provided by CRS to Members of Congress in connection with CRS’s institutional role. CRS Reports, as a work of the United States Government, are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Any CRS Report may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without permission from CRS. However, as a CRS Report may include copyrighted images or material from a third party, you may need to obtain the permission of the copyright holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted material.”