The Presidential Election Campaign Fund and Tax Checkoff: Background and Current Issues (open access)

The Presidential Election Campaign Fund and Tax Checkoff: Background and Current Issues

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Date: December 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vacancies and Special Elections: 108th Congress (open access)

Vacancies and Special Elections: 108th Congress

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Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union (open access)

Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union

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Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy (open access)

Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy

This report begins with an inventory of basic information: definitions and guides to histories of the growth of open access publishing and citation archives and descriptions of selected major open access activities. It moves on to summarize major points of difference between proponents and opponents of nongovernmental open access publishing and databases, and then highlights federal, including National Institutes of Health (NIH), open access activities and contentious issues surrounding these developments. The report also briefly describes open access developments in the United Kingdom (where a number of governmental and nongovernmental initiatives have occurred) and in the international arena. Finally, controversial issues which could receive attention in the 109th Congress are summarized.
Date: September 12, 2005
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity (open access)

Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity

To provide an idea of the nature and scope of changes in trade competitiveness between the CBERA countries and Mexico that have resulted from the implementation of the NAFTA, this report describes the relevant preferential or special tariff treatments, as applicable. The aspects of trade policy that apply generally to all (or most) U.S. trading partners (e.g., most-favored-nation/normal-trade-relations status, or production-sharing provisions) are not included in any detail.
Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: Pregelj, Vladimir N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Information Quality Act: OMB’s Guidance and Initial Implementation (open access)

The Information Quality Act: OMB’s Guidance and Initial Implementation

This report describes the IQA and OMB's and the agencies information quality guidelines, noting how several key terms are defined, how risk-related information is to be treated, and how agencies correction process should be established.
Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: Copeland, Curtis W. & Simpson, Micheal
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charitable Choice: Expansion by Executive Action (open access)

Charitable Choice: Expansion by Executive Action

This report provides a brief overview of the charitable choice laws, which seek to promote use of religious organizations as providers of social services without impairing the religious liberty of beneficiaries or the independence of religious providers.
Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: Richardson, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Contracting of Commercial Activities: Competitive Sourcing Targets (open access)

Federal Contracting of Commercial Activities: Competitive Sourcing Targets

This report examines OMB's competitive sourcing targets and the executive branch management scorecard, and shows how they have changed over time.
Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: Halchin, L. Elaine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterway’s Ecosystem (open access)

Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterway’s Ecosystem

This report explains what is meant by restoration, the Corps' restoration plan, and some of the issues in the debate over federal investment in this restoration.
Date: May 12, 2005
Creator: Powers, Kyna & Carter, Nicole T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security, Saving, and the Economy (open access)

Social Security, Saving, and the Economy

This report examines the determinants of household saving, how household saving may be affected by Social Security, and the potential effects of possible changes in Social Security.
Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: Cashell, Brian W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade in Services: The Doha Development Agenda Negotiations and U.S. Goals (open access)

Trade in Services: The Doha Development Agenda Negotiations and U.S. Goals

This report is designed to assist Congress to understand and monitor progress of the negotiations and the major issues that the negotiators are addressing. The report provides a brief background section on the significance of services to the U.S. economy. It then explains briefly the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the structure and agenda of the services negotiations in the DDA round, including U.S. objectives in the negotiations. The report concludes with a status report on the negotiations and an examination of potential results.
Date: September 12, 2005
Creator: Cooper, William H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations

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Date: July 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2005 (open access)

The Budget for Fiscal Year 2005

This report consists of the budget for fiscal year 2005.
Date: December 12, 2005
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Provisions and Implications (open access)

The U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Provisions and Implications

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Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Television: An Overview (open access)

Digital Television: An Overview

This report provides an overview about Digital Television.Digital Television is a new telivision service representing the most significant development in telivision technology since the advent of color telivision.
Date: August 12, 2005
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Canadian Hog Trade Dispute (open access)

The Canadian Hog Trade Dispute

This report is an overview of the hog trade dispute from Canada. U.S. officials initiated antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations, and have issued preliminary determinations for each.
Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs (open access)

Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs

This report discusses projected agricultural imports and exports for FY2002, as well as legislation that deals with federal programs in support of agricultural exports and federal aid dedicated to farms and agricultural reform.
Date: July 12, 2005
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives (open access)

Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives

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Date: April 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: Fishing and Aquaculture Industries — Damage and Recovery (open access)

Hurricane Katrina: Fishing and Aquaculture Industries — Damage and Recovery

This report summarizes damage assessments and recovery efforts, with initial reports primarily anecdotal until more accurate assessments become available.
Date: September 12, 2005
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trafficking in Persons: The U.S. and International Response (open access)

Trafficking in Persons: The U.S. and International Response

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Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of State Breastfeeding Laws and Related Issues (open access)

Summary of State Breastfeeding Laws and Related Issues

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Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Chief Justice of the United States: Responsibilities of the Office and Process for Appointment (open access)

The Chief Justice of the United States: Responsibilities of the Office and Process for Appointment

This report addresses the responsibilities of the office and process for appointment of The Chief Justice of the United States.
Date: September 12, 2005
Creator: Rutkus, Denis Steven & Tong, Lorraine H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safeguards on Textile and Apparel Imports from China (open access)

Safeguards on Textile and Apparel Imports from China

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Date: May 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library