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How Our CRS Collection Began

Penny Hill Press has assembled CRS reports from 1971 onward, centralizing dispersed publications into one searchable collection, updated daily as new analyses are released.

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Editorial Team

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Aarav Sharma

CEO

Senior editor overseeing CRS acquisitions, accuracy checks, and historical continuity across the archive.

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Mateo García

CTO

Lead researcher specializing in legislative history, indexing new CRS reports, and refining subject taxonomies.

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Zuri Ndlovu

Engineer

Metadata architect who designs search structures, citation standards, and update workflows for institutional users.

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Leila Haddad

Designer

Digital preservation specialist managing secure storage, format migration, and quality control for legacy CRS files.

Contact Team

Email rights@pennyhill.com for partnerships, permissions, bulk access, or media questions about CRS content.

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