Legislative History of Tax Return Confidentiality: Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Its Predecessors (open access)

Legislative History of Tax Return Confidentiality: Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Its Predecessors

This report acts as an aid in the subject area of tax confidentiality, and also provides a legislative history of tax confidentiality.
Date: December 4, 1974
Creator: Zaritsky, Howard M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion of House of Representatives Action on Amendments Offered to H.R 11060, Campaign Financing Reform Bill 92nd Congress, 1st Session, 1971 (open access)

Discussion of House of Representatives Action on Amendments Offered to H.R 11060, Campaign Financing Reform Bill 92nd Congress, 1st Session, 1971

This report is about the discussion on the floor of the house of representatives of amendments offered to H.R. 11060 to reform the Federal Law regulating campaign financing.
Date: January 14, 1972
Creator: Yadlosky, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeless in America (open access)

Homeless in America

This report discusses questions dealing with the number of homeless Americans as well as trends in society's attitudes toward such people. The incidence of mental illness and the appropriateness, or lack thereof, of deinstitutionalization for such patients is another aspect of the problem which is covered in this packet. A CRS report gives an overview of the situation and of the Federal response.
Date: November 1, 1984
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The days of Martin Luther King Jr. (open access)

The days of Martin Luther King Jr.

This report is a series of ten articles by Jim Bishop appearing in the Washington Post, January 14th through 24th 1972 editions.
Date: February 14, 1972
Creator: Library of Congress
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cape Kennedy or Cape Canaveral? A brief History, A Background, and An Analysis of S. J. Res. 193 (open access)

Cape Kennedy or Cape Canaveral? A brief History, A Background, and An Analysis of S. J. Res. 193

Report discussing the name of Cape Canaveral consisting of a brief history of the name, discussion of the change from Cape Kennedy to Cape Canaveral, and an analysis of S.J. Res. 193.
Date: September 15, 1972
Creator: Devoe, Barbara M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equal Rights Amendment: Selected Floor Debate and Votes (open access)

Equal Rights Amendment: Selected Floor Debate and Votes

This report provides a summary of the final floor debate on the Equal Rights Amendment and on suggested amendments to the ERA. The proposed amendments outline some of the objections to the ERA, and the summary of the debate can provide some information on legislative intent.
Date: December 21, 1974
Creator: Holcomb, Morrigene
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Equal Rights Amendment: Its Implications and Intent; Selected Material Pro and Con (open access)

The Equal Rights Amendment: Its Implications and Intent; Selected Material Pro and Con

This report discusses the amendments to the Equal Rights Amendment, and its implication and intent. It also includes the summary debate of Pro and Con on the Equal rights Amendment.
Date: February 1, 1973
Creator: Dixon, Barbara
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japanese-American Internment in World War II The Issue of Redress (open access)

Japanese-American Internment in World War II The Issue of Redress

This report gives information on the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, including a chronology of events leading up to internment, the Commission on the affects of the internment, and articles on atonement.
Date: July 31, 1980
Creator: Congressional Reference Division
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union: Developments During 1970-1971 (open access)

The Treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union: Developments During 1970-1971

This report outlines the treatment of Jewish people in the Soviet Union, and how the Soviet Union has attempted to rectify the situation.
Date: November 10, 1971
Creator: Mihalchenko, Barbara
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civil Defense and the Effects of Nuclear War (open access)

Civil Defense and the Effects of Nuclear War

This Info Pack contains material on nuclear weapons and on the anticipated physical, economic, and social consequences of nuclear attacks on the United States, basic information on the civil defense program, and material discussing some of the arguments, pro and con, surrounding the civil defense issues.
Date: March 12, 1982
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speechwriting in Perspective: A Brief Guide to Effective and Persuasive Communication (open access)

Speechwriting in Perspective: A Brief Guide to Effective and Persuasive Communication

“Rhetoric,” wrote Aristotle, “is the power of determining in a particular case what are the available means of persuasion.” This report reviews some effective means for the rhetoric of persuasive communication in speeches written by congressional staff for Senators and Representatives.
Date: February 25, 1998
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speechwriting in Perspective: A Brief Guide to Effective and Persuasive Communication (open access)

Speechwriting in Perspective: A Brief Guide to Effective and Persuasive Communication

“Rhetoric,” wrote Aristotle, “is the power of determining in a particular case what are the available means of persuasion.” This report reviews some effective means for the rhetoric of persuasive communication in speeches written by congressional staff for Senators and Representatives.
Date: February 25, 1998
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative History of the Central Intelligence Agency as Documented in Published Congressional Sources (open access)

Legislative History of the Central Intelligence Agency as Documented in Published Congressional Sources

This report details the origin and background of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), current statutes of the CIA, information on the National Security Act of 1974, and more.
Date: January 8, 1975
Creator: Williams, Grover S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
White House-Congress Relationships: Information Exchange and Lobbying (open access)

White House-Congress Relationships: Information Exchange and Lobbying

This paper examines the purpose and evolution of White House lobbying from 1921 to 1978, and major controversies affiliated with lobbying.
Date: July 7, 1978
Creator: Fisher, Louis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speechwriting in Perspective: A Brief Guide to Effective and Persuasive Communication (open access)

Speechwriting in Perspective: A Brief Guide to Effective and Persuasive Communication

This report seeks to provide some guidance for congressional staff on the principles and practice of speechwriting. The suggestions offered herein, when combined with practice, attention to audience and occasion, and, most importantly, the Member’s attitudes, convictions, and style, can help create a speech that can be a “seamless garment” when delivered by the Member.
Date: April 12, 2007
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Freshman Legislator: Selected Articles (open access)

The Freshman Legislator: Selected Articles

This report provides a selection of articles that provide guidance to freshman legislators on how to conduct business in Congress.
Date: December 4, 1974
Creator: Oleszek, Walter J. & Yacker, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Student Disorders: A Study of Cultural Aims (open access)

Student Disorders: A Study of Cultural Aims

This report is a study of Cultural Aims of Student Disorders.
Date: June 17, 1969
Creator: Downing, Paul M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capital Punishment in the Supreme Court: Recent Developments (open access)

Capital Punishment in the Supreme Court: Recent Developments

This report is a review of the Supreme Court's developments concerning capital punishment at the time of the document's creation.
Date: February 19, 1976
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America: Major policy issues of the 70's (open access)

Latin America: Major policy issues of the 70's

This report presents the Major policy issues of the Latin America in the 70's .Latin America cohesiveness and solidarity which has been evident in the committee for Latin America coordination.
Date: January 25, 1972
Creator: Sklar, Barry
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat (open access)

American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat

This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots and attacks that have occurred since 9/11. For this report, "homegrown" describes terrorist activity or plots perpetrated within the United States or abroad by American citizens, legal permanent residents, or visitors radicalized largely within the United States. The term "jihadist" describes radicalized individuals using Islam as an ideological and/or religious justification for their belief in the establishment of a global caliphate, or jurisdiction governed by a Muslim civil and religious leader known as a caliph. The term "violent jihadist" characterizes jihadists who have made the jump to illegally supporting, plotting, or directly engaging in violent terrorist activity.
Date: January 23, 2013
Creator: Bjelopera, Jerome P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat (open access)

American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat

This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots and attacks that have occurred since 9/11. For this report, "homegrown" and "domestic" are terms that describe terrorist activity or plots perpetrated within the United States or abroad by American citizens, legal permanent residents, or visitors radicalized largely within the United States. The report also discusses the radicalization process and the forces driving violent extremist activity. It analyzes post-9/11 domestic jihadist terrorism and describes law enforcement and intelligence efforts to combat terrorism and the challenges associated with those efforts. It also outlines actions underway to build trust and partnership between community groups and government agencies and the tensions that may occur between law enforcement and engagement activities.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Bjelopera, Jerome P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Police-Community Relations: Selected References (open access)

Police-Community Relations: Selected References

This report provides a bibliography of resources related to police and community relations.
Date: March 12, 1970
Creator: Loo, Shirley
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat (open access)

American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat

This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots and attacks that have occurred since 9/11. For this report, "homegrown" and "domestic" are terms that describe terrorist activity or plots perpetrated within the United States or abroad by American citizens, legal permanent residents, or visitors radicalized largely within the United States. The report also discusses the radicalization process and the forces driving violent extremist activity. It analyzes post-9/11 domestic jihadist terrorism and describes law enforcement and intelligence efforts to combat terrorism and the challenges associated with those efforts. It also outlines actions underway to build trust and partnership between community groups and government agencies and the tensions that may occur between law enforcement and engagement activities.
Date: November 15, 2011
Creator: Bjelopera, Jerome P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat (open access)

American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat

This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots and attacks that have occurred since 9/11. It also outlines actions underway to build trust and partnership between community groups and government agencies and the tensions that may occur between law enforcement and engagement activities.
Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: Bjelopera, Jerome P.
System: The UNT Digital Library