Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources (open access)

Military Service Records, Awards, 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 also provides information on locating and replacing military awards and medals as well as contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications, including related CRS reports.
Date: August 7, 2018
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F. & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Comprehensive and Employment and Training Act of 1973, As Amended; A Brief Summary (open access)

The Comprehensive and Employment and Training Act of 1973, As Amended; A Brief Summary

This report contains the conditions of the Comprehensive and Employment and Training Act of 1973.
Date: August 5, 1977
Creator: Guttman, Bob & Praeger, Rick
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forecasting and Futures Research in Congress: Background and Prospects (open access)

Forecasting and Futures Research in Congress: Background and Prospects

This report explores different roles and use of foresight into Congressional process.
Date: August 24, 1997
Creator: Renfro, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence: A Guide to Obtaining Copies (open access)

The Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence: A Guide to Obtaining Copies

This report identifies ways to locate the texts of the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence in various formats, from sources such as the U.S. Government Printing Office, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Historical Documents Company, the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and the Law Library of Congress. It also lists Internet addresses where applicable.
Date: August 19, 2004
Creator: Bearden, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2010 (open access)

Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2010

This report provides information on the amount of time taken to act on all Supreme Court nominations occurring between 1900 and the present. It focuses on the actual amounts of time that Presidents and the Senate have taken to act (as opposed to the elapsed time between official points in the process). This report focuses on when the Senate became aware of the President's selection (e.g., via a public announcement by the President).
Date: August 6, 2010
Creator: Garrett, R. S. & Rutkus, Denis S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence: A Guide to Obtaining Copies (open access)

The Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence: A Guide to Obtaining Copies

This report contains a guide to obtaining copies of the constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence.
Date: August 1, 2003
Creator: Campos, Jesus H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence: A Guide to Obtaining Copies (open access)

The Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence: A Guide to Obtaining Copies

Copies of the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence are available from many sources, including the Internet. This report provides information on selected sources, both governmental and private, and is not intended to be all inclusive.
Date: August 1, 2003
Creator: Campos, Jesus
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

This is a directory of telephone numbers and addresses that congressional offices may use to obtain publications from the Executive Office of the President, the executive departments, and the independent agencies and commissions of the federal government. Electronic sources are included for locating copies of government publications on the Internet. The information for each agency was provided by the agency itself.
Date: August 1, 2003
Creator: Campos, Jesus
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

This is a directory of telephone numbers and addresses that congressional offices may use to obtain publications from the Executive Office of the President, the executive departments, and the independent agencies and commissions of the federal government. Electronic sources are included for locating copies of government publications on the Internet. The information for each agency was provided by the agency itself.
Date: August 26, 2002
Creator: Campos, Jesus
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

None
Date: August 26, 2004
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
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 is a guide to locating individual service records and military unit histories from the American Revolution to the present. This guide provides referral information for locating individual service records of discharged and deceased veterans. It includes information regarding locating and obtaining active service records. Also included are relevant addresses and websites of government agencies, historical associations, and a select bibliography. This report will be updated as needed.
Date: August 12, 2005
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar & Gomez-Granger, Julissa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Records, Papers, Decisions: Kavanaugh Records and the Presidential Records Act (open access)

Records, Papers, Decisions: Kavanaugh Records and the Presidential Records Act

This report discusses the release of records pertaining to Judge Brett Kavanaugh's tenure in the George W. Bush Administration and the Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr, which have been the subject of ongoing congressional interest since Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Date: August 27, 2018
Creator: Stuessy, Meghan M.
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: August 5, 2009
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

None
Date: August 20, 2007
Creator: unknown
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: August 6, 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 is about the history, role, and function of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) that exists to advise the President on matters related to science, engineering, and technology. It includes charts outlining both historical and current funding for the OSTP and past and present OSTP advisers organized by President.
Date: August 17, 2017
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr. & Shea, Dana A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework (open access)

The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework

None
Date: August 5, 2004
Creator: Brooks, Nathan
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 includes a brief history of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), discusses subsequent modifications of FOIA, addresses statutory changes to FOIA that have not yet been implemented, examines Obama Administration efforts to modify the act, and outlines possible legislative issues related to the act.
Date: August 12, 2009
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gifts to the President of the United States (open access)

Gifts to the President of the United States

Report that addresses provisions of federal law and regulation restricting the acceptance of personal gifts by the President of the United States.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Maskell, Jack
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Directives: Background and Overview (open access)

Presidential Directives: Background and Overview

None
Date: August 9, 2007
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

The U.S. Constitution makes no specific allowance for any one of the three branches of the federal government to have access to information held by the others. No provision in the U.S. Constitution expressly establishes a procedure for public access to government information. Congress has legislated various public access laws. Among these laws are two records access statutes, The Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, and two meetings access statutes, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and the Government in the Sunshine Act. This report offers an overview of the four information access laws noted above, and provides citations to additional resources related to these tools.
Date: August 31, 2009
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses issues related to peace in the Middle East, including post-Gulf War negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon; U.S. interest in these and continuing negotiations and peacetalks between Middle Eastern countries; and the role of the U.S., the U.N., the European Union, and Russia in Middle Eastern relations.
Date: August 12, 2009
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
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
Selected Privileges and Courtesies Extended to Departing and Former Members of the House of Representatives (open access)

Selected Privileges and Courtesies Extended to Departing and Former Members of the House of Representatives

None
Date: August 19, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library