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Homosexuals and U.S. Military Policy: Current Issues (open access)

Homosexuals and U.S. Military Policy: Current Issues

This report discusses policy towards homosexuals in the U.S. military service. In 1993, new laws and regulations pertaining to homosexuals and U.S. military service came into effect reflecting a compromise in policy. This compromise, colloquially referred to as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” holds that the presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion which are the essence of military capability. Service members are not to be asked about nor allowed to discuss their homosexuality. This compromise notwithstanding, the issue has remained politically contentious.
Date: February 10, 2005
Creator: Burrelli, David F. & Dale, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Basic Sources (open access)

Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Basic Sources

This report introduces selected basic sources that are useful in obtaining background information or specific facts on the status of federal legislative or regulatory initiatives. It includes telephone, online, and media sources are included, as well as pertinent directories, such as those of organizations that track areas of interest. Annotations describing each source's contents and organization are included so that researchers can select those that most closely fit their needs. Internet addresses usually provide information about the items, rather than access to them.
Date: January 13, 2005
Creator: Davis, Carol D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evolution of the Senate's Role in the Nomination and Confirmation Process: A Brief History (open access)

Evolution of the Senate's Role in the Nomination and Confirmation Process: A Brief History

Over time, the Senate has developed a series of procedures to deal with the concerns of its Members on nominations. First is the custom of senatorial courtesy, whereby Senators from the same party as the President might influence a nomination or kill it by objecting to it. This tradition has not always been absolute, but it has allowed Senators to play a fairly large role, particularly in the selection of nominees within a Senator’s home state, such as for district court judgeships.
Date: March 29, 2005
Creator: Palmer, Betsy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses (open access)

Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses

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Date: February 10, 2005
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Quasi Government: Hybrid Organizations with Both Government and Private Sector Legal Characteristics (open access)

The Quasi Government: Hybrid Organizations with Both Government and Private Sector Legal Characteristics

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Date: May 18, 2005
Creator: Moe, Ronald C. & Kosar, Kevin R.
Object Type: Report
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

Continuity of government refers to the continued functioning of constitutional government under all circumstances. Arrangements for the continued operation of the federal government in the event of a national emergency or catastrophe are specified in law, policy, and plans, some of which are not public information, given their sensitive, contingent status. This report reviews the public record concerning federal continuity of government arrangements.
Date: January 7, 2005
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implications of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations upon the Regulation of Consular Identification Cards (open access)

Implications of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations upon the Regulation of Consular Identification Cards

This report discusses controversy surrounding the usage of consular identification cards within the United States. It identifies any potential implications that issuing these cards would have with regards to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
Date: January 26, 2005
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K. & Garcia, Michael John
Object Type: Report
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: January 7, 2005
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation (open access)

Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation

The nation’s health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures (e.g. electricity, the power plants that generate it, and the electric grid upon which it is distributed). Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. This report aims to address the concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks raises the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructures to “cyber” attacks.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Moteff, John D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response (open access)

Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Oil-For-Food Program, Illicit Trade, and Investigations (open access)

Iraq: Oil-For-Food Program, Illicit Trade, and Investigations

This report discusses the "oil-for-food" program (OFFP) as the centerpiece of a long-standing U.N. Security Council effort to alleviate human suffering in Iraq while maintaining key elements of the 1991 Gulf war-related sanctions regime. The program, in operation from December 1996 until March 2003, is detailed.
Date: March 21, 2005
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth & Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Cloning (open access)

Human Cloning

This report provides information about the Human Cloning where a human embryo produced via cloning involves the process called somatic cell nuclear transfer. The nuclear of the egg is removed and replaced with a mature body cell.
Date: January 21, 2005
Creator: Johnson, Judith A. & Williams, Erin D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Entry door to the Lorenzo de Zavala Texas State Library and Archives building

Photograph of the detail of the entry doorway to the Lorenzo de Zavala Texas State Library and Archives Building. A sign above the doorway reads "Lorenzo de Zavala", and a panel of green glass is set into the wall above it.
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Human Cloning (open access)

Human Cloning

This report provides information about the Human Cloning where a human embryo produced via cloning involves the process called somatic cell nuclear transfer. The nuclear of the egg is removed and replaced with a mature body cell.
Date: May 20, 2005
Creator: Johnson, Judith A. & Williams, Erin D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation (open access)

Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation

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Date: January 27, 2005
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation (open access)

Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation

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Date: May 16, 2005
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: May 10, 2005
Creator: Frittelli, John F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq:  United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations (open access)

Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations

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Date: March 2, 2005
Creator: Coipuram, Thomas, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues (open access)

POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues

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Date: May 20, 2005
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation (open access)

Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation

The nation’s health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures (e.g. electricity, the power plants that generate it, and the electric grid upon which it is distributed). Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. This report aims to address the concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks raises the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructures to “cyber” attacks.
Date: July 12, 2005
Creator: Moteff, John D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq:  United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations (open access)

Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations

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Date: June 27, 2005
Creator: Coipuram, Thomas, Jr.
Object Type: Report
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: May 10, 2005
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues (open access)

POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues

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Date: July 13, 2005
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues (open access)

POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues

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Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library