Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 113th Congress (open access)

Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 113th Congress

This report discusses the energy tax policy that may also be considered as part of comprehensive tax reform legislation in the 113th Congress. Also the report discusses a number of other energy tax incentives scheduled to expire at the end of 2013, including provisions to support building energy efficiency and renewable fuels.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain (open access)

Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain

This report provides a discussion of the major issues and concerns of the global supply chain for rare earth elements (REEs), their major end uses, and legislative and other policy proposals that Congress may consider to improve the U.S. rare earth position.
Date: December 16, 2013
Creator: Humphries, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unanswered Questions from U.S. EPA State and Local Climate & Energy Webcast: The Role of Communication in Ensuring Sustained Behavior Change (open access)

Unanswered Questions from U.S. EPA State and Local Climate & Energy Webcast: The Role of Communication in Ensuring Sustained Behavior Change

A report of questions and their answers posed to Liz Schlegal, Cara Pike, and Kate Lilja. The individuals work at the Institute for Sustainable Communities and the Resource Innovation Group. Lilja is from Salt Lake City. These questions pertain to the environment.
Date: December 11, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA's Budget Estimates Do Not Fully Align with Plans (open access)

Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA's Budget Estimates Do Not Fully Align with Plans

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) total budget estimates for modernizing the nuclear security enterprise for fiscal years 2014 through 2031 have increased by about $19 billion overall when compared with the estimates in the agency's fiscal year 2012 budget materials, with most of the increase occurring in fiscal year 2019 and beyond. Factors such as sequestration, the achievability of planned cost savings, and pension liabilities could affect the accuracy of future budget estimates as presented."
Date: December 11, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Doctoral and Master's Fall 2013 commencement ceremony] captions transcript

[Doctoral and Master's Fall 2013 commencement ceremony]

Video recording of the Doctoral and Master's Fall 2013 commencement ceremony held at the Coliseum on Friday, December 13. The ceremony includes remarks by UNT President Dr. V. Lane Rawlins, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Warren Berggren, System Chancellor Lee F. Jackson, System Regent and Vice Chairman Don C. Potts, President of the Graduate Student Council Anna Pechenina, and Dean of the Toulouse Graduate School Dr. Mark Wardell.
Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues (open access)

Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues

This report describes the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the process required for federal approval. It summarizes key arguments for and against the pipeline put forth by the pipeline's developers, federal agencies, environmental groups, and other stakeholders. The report discusses potential consistency challenges faced by the State Department in reviewing the pipeline application given its recent prior approvals of similar pipeline projects. Finally, the report reviews the constitutional basis for the State Department's authority to issue a Presidential Permit, and opponents' possible challenges to this authority.
Date: December 2, 2013
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.; Pirog, Robert; Luther, Linda & Vann, Adam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal (open access)

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.
Date: December 2, 2013
Creator: Holt, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
IT Dashboard: Agencies Are Managing Investment Risk, but Related Ratings Need to Be More Accurate and Available (open access)

IT Dashboard: Agencies Are Managing Investment Risk, but Related Ratings Need to Be More Accurate and Available

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As of August 2013, the Chief Information Officers (CIO) at the eight selected agencies rated 198 of their 244 major information technology (IT) investments listed on the Federal IT Dashboard (Dashboard) as low risk or moderately low risk, 41 as medium risk, and 5 as high risk or moderately high risk. However, the total number of investments reported by these agencies has varied over time, which impacts the number of investments receiving CIO ratings. For example, Energy reclassified several of its supercomputer investments from IT to facilities and Commerce decided to reclassify its satellite ground system investments. Both decisions resulted in the removal of the investments from the Dashboard, even though the investments were clearly IT. In addition, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) does not update the public version of the Dashboard as the President's budget request is being created. As a result, the public version of the Dashboard was not updated for 15 of the past 24 months, and so was not available as a tool for investment oversight and decision making."
Date: December 12, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rare Earth Elements in National Defense: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Rare Earth Elements in National Defense: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

This report covers concerns that Congress has expressed over U.S. acquisition of rare earth elements, particularly those used in various components of defense weapon systems. Specific concerns are the acquisition of these elements, especially from foreign sources such as China; how dependence of foreign sources affects national security; and methods for decreasing the relationship between reliance on foreign sources and national security.
Date: December 23, 2013
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 104, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 28, 2013 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 104, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 28, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 28, 2013
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women in the United States Congress, 1917-2013: Biographical and Committee Assignment Information, and Listings by State and Congress (open access)

Women in the United States Congress, 1917-2013: Biographical and Committee Assignment Information, and Listings by State and Congress

This report includes biographical information, including the names, committee assignments, dates of service, listings by Congress and state, and (for Representatives) congressional districts of the 297 women who have served in Congress.
Date: December 16, 2013
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E. & Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 160, No. 94, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 28, 2013 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 160, No. 94, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 28, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 28, 2013
Creator: Wright, Cyndi
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holiday 2013 (open access)

Holiday 2013

Holiday 2013 supplement to the North Texas Daily, a daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Hill, Nadia
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 2013 (open access)

The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Mabank, Texas that includes local Cedar Creek Lake area, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 26, 2013
Creator: Cantrell, Pearl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 25, 2013 (open access)

Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 25, 2013
Creator: Hardin, Amber
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 2013 (open access)

Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2013
Creator: Wilkerson, James C., III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 2013 (open access)

Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Garber, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2013
Creator: Deeds, Lacey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 71, Number 10, December 2013 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 71, Number 10, December 2013

Monthly magazine discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 18, 2013 (open access)

The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Cuero, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 18, 2013
Creator: Rea, Glenn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues (open access)

The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues

This report provides an overview of nanotechnology, the National Nanotechnology Initiative, possible reauthorization of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-153), and appropriations issues.
Date: December 17, 2013
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 3, 2013 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 3, 2013
Creator: Gibbs, Angenene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 2013 (open access)

The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Olney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2013
Creator: Kimbro, Mindi
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 184, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 184, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 66, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 17, 2013 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 66, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 17, 2013
Creator: Gibbs, Angenene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History