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Texas State Library and Archives Commission Annual Financial Report: 2015 (open access)

Texas State Library and Archives Commission Annual Financial Report: 2015

Annual financial report of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2015.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Common Questions About Federal Records and Related Agency Requirements (open access)

Common Questions About Federal Records and Related Agency Requirements

This report provides an introduction to federal records. It describes the scope and requirements of the Federal Records Act (FRA) and its associated regulations. This report focuses on federal recordkeeping laws, regulations, and policies including what is or is not a federal record, which agencies are required to comply with the FRA and how agencies can transfer or dispose of federal records. This report does not address the recordkeeping requirements of Congress, the Supreme Court, the President, or the Architect of the Capitol.
Date: February 2, 2015
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: Fiscal Year 2015 (open access)

Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: Fiscal Year 2015

Compilation of all reports that state agencies and institutions of higher education in the state of Texas are required to submit during fiscal year 2015. It includes references to the relevant legislation for each report with due dates, recipient(s), and other information related to the requirements.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commision
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR Arlington Chapter #7 Registrar, Historian, Web Administrator's reports, March 14, 2015] (open access)

[TXSSAR Arlington Chapter #7 Registrar, Historian, Web Administrator's reports, March 14, 2015]

TXSSAR Arlington Chapter #7 Registrar, Historian, and Web Administrator's reports from March 14, 2015
Date: March 14, 2015
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
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

This report details the legislative history of the Presidential Libraries Act and examines information on existing library facilities and their locations, organizational characteristics, and outreach efforts. It also analyzes legislative options for the act, including increasing endowment requirements for the library foundations and clearly delineating the relationship between the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the libraries' supporting organizations.
Date: February 6, 2015
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy R.; Lunder, Erika K. & Richardson, Daniel J.
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 guide 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: February 27, 2015
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics (open access)

American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics

This report provides U.S. war casualty statistics. It includes data tables containing the number of casualties among American military personnel who served in principal wars and combat actions from 1775 to the present. It also includes data on those wounded in action and information such as race and ethnicity, gender, branch of service, and cause of death. The tables are compiled from various Department of Defense (DOD) sources.
Date: January 2, 2015
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F. & Leland, Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guide to Texas Legislative Information (Revised) (open access)

Guide to Texas Legislative Information (Revised)

Document providing an overview of Texas legislative practices from the Texas Legislative Council.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR Officer Reports: March 26 - 29, 2015] (open access)

[TXSSAR Officer Reports: March 26 - 29, 2015]

Officer Reports for the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, compiled for the March 26 - 29, 2015 120th Annual Convention.
Date: 2015-03-26/2015-03-29
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis (open access)

Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis

This report provides an overview of two The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) bills in the 114th Congress, S. 337 and H.R. 653, and provides analysis of certain FOIA-related provisions within each.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J. & Ginsberg, Wendy
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: June 22, 2015
Creator: Cornell, Ada S.; Greene, Michael & Hanson, Laura A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Courthouse Cornerstones: 2015 (open access)

Courthouse Cornerstones: 2015

Biennial progress report for the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program outlining courthouses of importance and projects that are finished, ongoing, and planned.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 112th Congress (open access)

Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 112th Congress

This report identifies, for the 112th Congress, all nominations to full-time positions requiring Senate confirmation in 40 organizations in the executive branch (27 independent agencies, 6 agencies in the Executive Office of the President [EOP], and 7 multilateral organizations) and 4 agencies in the legislative branc
Date: January 13, 2015
Creator: Greene, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 113th Congress (open access)

Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 113th Congress

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Date: July 16, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oversight of the Inspector General Community: The IG Council’s Integrity Committee (open access)

Oversight of the Inspector General Community: The IG Council’s Integrity Committee

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Date: September 21, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medal of Honor: History and Issues (open access)

Medal of Honor: History and Issues

This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress contains background information, current policy and benefits, and statutory restrictions pertaining to the Medal of Honor.
Date: April 10, 2015
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obama Library Likely Headed to Chicago's South Side (open access)

Obama Library Likely Headed to Chicago's South Side

This report briefly discusses the proposed construction of President Barack Obama's presidential library in the South Side of Chicago.
Date: May 13, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J. & Ginsberg, Wendy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medal of Honor: History and Issues (open access)

Medal of Honor: History and Issues

This report briefly describes the history of the Medal of Honor (MoH) as well as the criteria and rules used in awarding the medal. It also lists the benefits that are made available to MoH recipients and describes the process involved in reconsidering an individual for receipt of the medal (including what assistance a Member may provide in this process).
Date: August 18, 2015
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
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
Temporarily Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions (open access)

Temporarily Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions

This report examines several authorities by which a vacant presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position can be filled temporarily without going through the Senate confirmation process..
Date: November 10, 2015
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions

This report answers some frequently asked questions about the Target and selected other data breaches, including what is known to have happened in the breach, and what costs may result. It also examines some of the broader issues common to data breaches, including how the payment system works, how cybersecurity costs are shared and allocated within the payment system, who bears the losses in such breaches more generally, what emerging cybersecurity technologies may help prevent them, and what role the government could play in encouraging their adoption. The report addresses policy issues that were discussed in the 113th Congress to deal with these issues.
Date: February 4, 2015
Creator: Weiss, N. E. & Miller, Rena S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prevalence of Mental Illness in the United States: Data Sources and Estimates (open access)

Prevalence of Mental Illness in the United States: Data Sources and Estimates

This report briefly describes the methodology and selected findings of three large federally funded surveys that provide national prevalence estimates of diagnosable mental illness: the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A), and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). This report presents prevalence estimates of any mental illness and serious mental illness based on each survey and ends with a brief discussion of how these prevalence estimates might inform policy discussions.
Date: March 9, 2015
Creator: Bagalman, Erin & Napili, Angela
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document (open access)

UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document

The UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document is designed to supplement and provide extended reference to the UNT Libraries’ TRAC Audit Checklist (Appendix A), which outlines the requirements of a Trusted Digital Repository. The self assessment of the UNT Libraries and its Digital Collections encompasses an evaluation of its associated policies, procedures, workflows, modelling, and technical infrastructure in the TRAC audit process.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Krahmer, Ana; Tarver, Hannah & Waugh, Laura
System: The UNT Digital Library