The Defense Base Act (DBA): The Federally Mandated Workers' Compensation System for Overseas Government Contractors (open access)

The Defense Base Act (DBA): The Federally Mandated Workers' Compensation System for Overseas Government Contractors

This report provides an overview of the Defense Base Act (DBA) and the systems used to provide DBA insurance at the Department of State (DOS), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Also included are criticisms of the current DOD DBA policy raised by GAO and Army auditors as well as responses to those criticisms by DOD and USACE. The report concludes with a discussion of several DBA reform options suggested by the House of Representatives in recent legislation and analyzed by DOD.
Date: April 9, 2010
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey; Webel, Baird & Szymendera, Scott
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 2010 (open access)

The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Dublin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 9, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 073, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 073, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 9, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 2010 (open access)

The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Wynnewood, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 9, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 2010 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 2010

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 9, 2010
Creator: Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rice Thresher, Vol. 97, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 9, 2010 (open access)

The Rice Thresher, Vol. 97, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 9, 2010

A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising.
Date: April 9, 2010
Creator: Wilde, Anna
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 9, 2010
Creator: Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History