U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues (open access)

U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues

This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure.
Date: February 10, 2017
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Change in Direction for Seoul? The Impeachment of South Korea's President (open access)

A Change in Direction for Seoul? The Impeachment of South Korea's President

This report discusses the Constitutional Court decision for impeachment of the former President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye. The decision was the latest development in a corruption scandal that has engulfed South Korean politics and the business world since October 2016, and comes against the backdrop of North Korean missile tests.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Corrado, Jonathan R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity (open access)

Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity

This report discusses the various industrial uses for hemp, a variety of Cannabis sativa that is of the same plant species as marijuana. It compares hemp with marijuana and discusses global production, legal status, and recent legislative activity.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grants Work in a Congressional Office (open access)

Grants Work in a Congressional Office

This report discusses the federal grants funding that goes to state and local governments. Members of Congress receive numerous requests from grant seekers, including state and local governments, nonprofit social service and community action organizations, private research groups, small businesses, and individuals, for information and help in obtaining funds for projects.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Jennings, Julie & Kreiser, Maria A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taxpayers with Zero Income Tax Liability: Trends Over Time and Across Income Levels (open access)

Taxpayers with Zero Income Tax Liability: Trends Over Time and Across Income Levels

This report discusses situations when individuals or households have not paid federal income taxes because their income was below the filing threshold.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Colombia's Changing Approach to Drug Policy (open access)

Colombia's Changing Approach to Drug Policy

This report describes how Colombia's drug policies have evolved in light of Colombia's peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and its changing counter-narcotics policy. The final peace agreement addresses important issues, such as illicit crop cultivation--a major source of FARC income--and rural development.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Beittel, June S. & Rosen, Liana W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Irrigation Water Use Estimates with Remote Sensing Technologies: A Feasibility Study for Texas (open access)

Improving Irrigation Water Use Estimates with Remote Sensing Technologies: A Feasibility Study for Texas

Identifies the remote sensing and modelling technologies capable of estimating ET and PPT with the end goal of improving NIWR across Texas.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Caldwell, Todd; Huntington, Justin; Scanlon, Bridget; Joros, Andrew & Howard, Teresa
System: The Portal to Texas History