Federal Presidential Libraries (open access)

Federal Presidential Libraries

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Date: March 14, 1995
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations (open access)

Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations

This report discusses issues surrounding the transition of Presidential power, including the variety of events, decisions, and activities contribute to it.
Date: March 13, 2017
Creator: Halchin, L. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security Classified and Controlled Information: History, Status, and Emerging Management Issues (open access)

Security Classified and Controlled Information: History, Status, and Emerging Management Issues

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Date: March 8, 2007
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress

This report discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of major contacts and crises since 1993.
Date: March 19, 2013
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress

This CRS report, updated as warranted, discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of major contacts and crises since 1993.
Date: March 1, 2012
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Secret Service: History and Missions (open access)

The U.S. Secret Service: History and Missions

This report discusses potential policy questions concerning the U.S. Secret Service through an examination of the Service's history and its statutory authorities, mission, and present activities within Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Date: March 25, 2014
Creator: Reese, Shawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): Issues for Congress (open access)

The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): Issues for Congress

This report discusses the role of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), including an overview of the history of science and technology advice to the President, issues and options for Congress regarding (OSTP) Director, OSTP management and operations, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). The report also discusses actions taken by the Obama Administration regarding OSTP.
Date: March 20, 2009
Creator: Stine, Deborah D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions (open access)

The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions

This report frames potential policy questions concerning the Service's mission and organization through an examination of the USSS history and its statutory authorities, missions, and present activities within DHS.
Date: March 24, 2009
Creator: Reese, Shawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions (open access)

The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions

This report frames potential policy questions concerning the U.S. Secret Service's (USSS's) mission and organization through an examination of the USSS history and its statutory authorities, mission, and present activities within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Date: March 8, 2010
Creator: Reese, Shawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress

This report discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of major contacts and crises since 1993. The United States suspended military contacts with China and imposed sanctions on arms sales in response to the Tiananmen Crackdown in 1989.
Date: March 19, 2009
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview (open access)

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview

This report provides an overview of the history of science and technology (S&T) advice to the President and discusses selected recurrent issues for Congress regarding OSTP's Director, OSTP management and operations, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: Shea, Dana A. & Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview (open access)

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview

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Date: March 11, 2015
Creator: Shea, Dana A. & Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Research for Congressional Staff: How to Find Documents and Other Resources (open access)

Legislative Research for Congressional Staff: How to Find Documents and Other Resources

This report is one of a series of reports on legislative process and research; it is intended to serve as a finding aid to sources of information, such as documents, news articles, analysis, contacts and services, used in legislative research.
Date: March 25, 2014
Creator: Cornell, Ada S.; Hanson, Laura A. & Greene, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Background and Policy Options for the 113th Congress (open access)

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Background and Policy Options for the 113th Congress

This report provides background on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), discusses the categories of records FOIA exempts from public release, and analyzes statistics on FOIA administration. The report also provides background on several legal and policy issues related to FOIA, including the release of controversial records, the growth in use of certain FOIA exemptions, and the adoption of new technologies to improve FOIA administration. The report concludes with an examination of potential FOIA-related policy options for Congress.
Date: March 8, 2013
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Issues for the 111th Congress (open access)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Issues for the 111th Congress

This report is categorized into six categories: (I) Introduction, (II) FOIA History, (III) The George W. Bush Administration, (IV) 110TH Congress Legislative Reform Efforts, (V) The Obama Administration, and (VI) FOIA and the 111th Congress.
Date: March 11, 2010
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use (open access)

Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use

This report intends to assist Congress in its oversight of executive branch agencies' public communications. Here, "public communications" refers to agency communications that are directed to the public.
Date: March 14, 2012
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Awards: Sources of Information (open access)

Military Awards: Sources of Information

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Date: March 15, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Government Information in the United States: A Primer (open access)

Access to Government Information in the United States: A Primer

This report offers an introduction to the four access laws and provides citations to additional resources related to these statutes. It includes statistics on the use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and on litigation related to FOIA. In addition, this report provides some examples of the methods Congress, the President, and the courts have employed to provide or require the provision of information to one another, as well as a list of resources related to transparency, secrecy, access, and nondisclosure.
Date: March 18, 2016
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy & Greene, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recreation on Federal Lands (open access)

Recreation on Federal Lands

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Date: March 8, 2006
Creator: Calvert, Kori & Vincent, Carol Hardy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress (open access)

The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress

Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two ways to amend the nation's fundamental charter. Congress, by a two-thirds vote of both houses, may propose amendments to the states for ratification, a procedure that has been used for all 27 current amendments. This report identifies a range of policy questions Congress might face if an Article V Convention seemed imminent.
Date: March 29, 2016
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security Classification Policy and Procedure: E.O. 12958, as Amended (open access)

Security Classification Policy and Procedure: E.O. 12958, as Amended

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Date: March 17, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Continuity of Government: Current Federal Arrangements and the Future (open access)

Continuity of Government: Current Federal Arrangements and the Future

This report reviews the public record concerning federal continuity of government arrangements.
Date: March 9, 2005
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies (open access)

Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies

This report provides information about the Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies. This list of about 150 congressional Liaison is intended to help congressional offices in placing telephone calls and addressing correspondence to government agencies.
Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: Watkins, Zina L. & Berry, Carla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress (open access)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress

This report provides information about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments of 110th Congress where that statute specified nine categories of information that may be permissibly exempted from the rule of disclosure.
Date: March 13, 2008
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library