Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy (open access)

Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy

This report begins with an inventory of basic information: definitions and guides to histories of the growth of open access publishing and citation archives and descriptions of selected major open access activities. It moves on to summarize major points of difference between proponents and opponents of nongovernmental open access publishing and databases, and then highlights federal, including National Institutes of Health (NIH), open access activities and contentious issues surrounding these developments. The report also briefly describes open access developments in the United Kingdom (where a number of governmental and nongovernmental initiatives have occurred) and in the international arena. Finally, controversial issues which could receive attention the 110th Congress are summarized.
Date: December 12, 2006
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Opening of the International Tracing Service’s Holocaust-Era Archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany (open access)

Opening of the International Tracing Service’s Holocaust-Era Archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany

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Date: December 11, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Aid to Libraries: The Library Services and Technology Act (open access)

Federal Aid to Libraries: The Library Services and Technology Act

This report contains an overview of the library services and technology act.
Date: December 17, 2003
Creator: McCallion, Gail
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2010 Census: Count Question Resolution Program (open access)

The 2010 Census: Count Question Resolution Program

This report describes the ways Congress members may challenge the 2010 census results. The report also outlines the amount of funding that is dispersed based on census data, and thus the motivation for members of Congress to do this. Moreover, the report lists the requirements for filing a challenge to the amount of funding assigned.
Date: December 7, 2012
Creator: Williams, Jennifer D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Presidential Libraries Act and the Establishment of Presidential Libraries (open access)

The Presidential Libraries Act and the Establishment of Presidential Libraries

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Date: December 1, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources (open access)

Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources

This report provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased military personnel. It includes contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications.
Date: December 16, 2009
Creator: Gomez-Granger, Julissa & Leland, Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classified Information Policy and Executive Order 13526 (open access)

Classified Information Policy and Executive Order 13526

This report provides information on classified information policy, which also is called security classification policy and national security classification information policy. It discusses the history, costs, and agencies assigned roles in classified information policy. The report focuses on Executive Order 13526, which establishes much of the current policy, and the report identifies possible oversight issues for Congress.
Date: December 10, 2010
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Presidential Records Act: Background and Recent Issues for Congress (open access)

The Presidential Records Act: Background and Recent Issues for Congress

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Date: December 31, 2014
Creator: unknown
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

This report describes security classification policy and procedure, largely prescribed in a series of successive presidential executive orders issued over the past 50 years. This policy provides the rationale and arrangements for designating information officially secret for reasons of national security, and for its declassification as well.
Date: December 31, 2009
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electoral Vote Counts in Congress: Survey of Certain Congressional Practices (open access)

Electoral Vote Counts in Congress: Survey of Certain Congressional Practices

This report surveys certain aspects of the historical congressional practice in counting the presidential electoral votes in Congress.
Date: December 13, 2000
Creator: Maskell, Jack; Halstead, T. J. & Welborn, Angie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive and Independent Agency Publications: Where to Get Official Documents (open access)

Executive and Independent Agency Publications: Where to Get Official Documents

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Date: December 10, 2003
Creator: Bearden, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secrecy Versus Openness: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs (open access)

Secrecy Versus Openness: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs

During the latter half of 2004, disputes arose over whether or not to declassify portions of the sensitive content of reports resulting from congressional investigations and national commission inquiries into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the war in Iraq, and related matters. As a result, some called for Congress to create a special mechanism for the impartial and expeditious resolution of such disputes (S. 2672/H.R. 4855; S. 2845 amendment). This report discusses the culmination of one such effort at balancing legitimate competing needs for secrecy and openness.
Date: December 22, 2004
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

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Date: December 12, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for Congress (open access)

The President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for Congress

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Date: December 24, 2008
Creator: Stine, Deborah D.
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 for the upcoming 114th Congress concerning the Service’s mission and organization through an examination of the USSS history and its statutory authorities, mission, and present activities within DHS. The policy questions presented in this report are only considerations, since the Service is widely perceived to be operating and performing its missions effectively for the past 11 years as part of DHS.
Date: December 18, 2014
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: December 16, 2009
Creator: Reese, Shawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2011 Appropriations (open access)

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2011 Appropriations

This report discusses the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2011 appropriations bill, which includes funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and 26 independent agencies, including the Small Business Administration and the United States Postal Service.
Date: December 28, 2010
Creator: Hatch, Garrett
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2011 Appropriations (open access)

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2011 Appropriations

This report discusses the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2011 appropriations bill, which includes funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and 26 independent agencies, including the Small Business Administration and the United States Postal Service.
Date: December 6, 2010
Creator: Hatch, Garrett
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress (open access)

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

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Date: December 12, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Obtain Copies of Videotapes of Proceedings of Congress and Network and Cable Television Broadcasts (open access)

How to Obtain Copies of Videotapes of Proceedings of Congress and Network and Cable Television Broadcasts

This report has been compiled in response to numerous requests made by congressional offices for videotape copies of congressional proceedings and programs from network or cable television
Date: December 18, 1996
Creator: Springer, Michelle M. & Turner, Treva
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: December 14, 2010
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention (open access)

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention

This report reviews the statutory basis for the triennial exemptions, explains the Copyright Office's rulemaking process pursuant to 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), summarizes the exemptions granted and rejected in 2006, and describes public reactions to the 2006 exemptions.
Date: December 22, 2008
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chronic Homelessness: Background, Research, and Outcomes (open access)

Chronic Homelessness: Background, Research, and Outcomes

This report is categorized into different categories such as what is chronic homelessness?, Evolution of the Permanent Supportive Housing Strategy, Policy Implication etc.
Date: December 8, 2015
Creator: Perl, Libby & Bagalman, Erin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework (open access)

The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework

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Date: December 21, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library