Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This report provides the results of recent elections in Latin America and the Caribbean. Below are three tables organized by region, including the date of each country's independence, the name of the newly elected president or prime minister, and the projected date of the next election. Information in this report was gathered from numerous sources, including the U.S. State Department, the CIA's Open Source, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and other news sources.
Date: December 3, 2013
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative R&D: Federal Efforts to Promote Industrial Competitiveness (open access)

Cooperative R&D: Federal Efforts to Promote Industrial Competitiveness

Report regarding the ways the United States Congress has explored to stimulate technological advancement in the private sector.
Date: December 3, 2012
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development (open access)

Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development

Report that looks at the workings, and pros and cons, of a system established by Congress to facilitate the transfer of technology research and development (R&D) funding to the private sector and state and local governments.
Date: December 3, 2012
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy

Report that covers legislative activity in the past and present regarding private-sector technological development. It also looks at the future of Congressional action towards mandated specific technology development.
Date: December 3, 2012
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Government Fiscal Stress and Federal Assistance (open access)

State Government Fiscal Stress and Federal Assistance

Report that examines the current status of state fiscal conditions and the role of federal assistance in state budgets. It begins with a brief overview of state budgeting procedures and then provides budgetary data comparing state fiscal conditions in FY2008 to FY2010.
Date: December 3, 2012
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to the Federal Budget Process (open access)

Introduction to the Federal Budget Process

This report provides a detailed introduction to the federal budget process, including both the presidential and congressional budget process, sequestration, and numerous forms of budgetary legislation.
Date: December 3, 2012
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.; Lynch, Megan Suzanne & Tollestrup, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library
Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statues Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping (open access)

Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statues Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping

This report provides an overview of federal law governing wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping. It also appends citations to state law in the area and contains a bibliography of legal commentary as well as the text of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This report also includes a brief summary of the recently expired Protect America Act, P.L. 110-55 and of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008, P.L. 110-261 (H.R. 6304).
Date: December 3, 2009
Creator: Stevens, Gina & Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses Special Operations Forces (SOFs), which are elite military units with special training and equipment that can infiltrate hostile territory through land, sea, or air to conduct a variety of operations, many of them classified.
Date: December 3, 2010
Creator: Feickert, Andrew & Livingston, Thomas K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adopting A Long-Term Budget Focus: Challenges and Proposals (open access)

Adopting A Long-Term Budget Focus: Challenges and Proposals

This report focuses on the current federal budget process, including criticisms of that process. This report will provide information on (1) the current horizons used in the budget process, including already existing long-term components; (2) the rationale for increased focus on longterm budgeting; (3) general challenges to long-term budgeting; and (4) an analysis of general proposals that have been made to increase the focus of long-term budgeting in the budget process.
Date: December 3, 2010
Creator: Lynch, Megan Suzanne; Labonte, Marc & Levit, Mindy R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology (open access)

The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology

Report that discusses the rationale behind the passage of P.L. 96-517, its provisions, and implementation of the law.
Date: December 3, 2012
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Warheads: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and the Life Extension Program (open access)

Nuclear Warheads: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and the Life Extension Program

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Date: December 3, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Issues Related to an Expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) (open access)

Selected Issues Related to an Expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)

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Date: December 3, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Tort Claims Act: Current Legislative and Judicial Issues (open access)

Federal Tort Claims Act: Current Legislative and Judicial Issues

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Date: December 3, 2001
Creator: Cohen, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1998: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (open access)

Appropriations for FY1998: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education

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Date: December 3, 1997
Creator: Irwin, Paul M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarantine and Isolation: Selected Legal Issues Relating to Employment (open access)

Quarantine and Isolation: Selected Legal Issues Relating to Employment

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Date: December 3, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to the Federal Budget Process (open access)

Introduction to the Federal Budget Process

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Date: December 3, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Warfare: EA-6B Aircraft Modernization and Related Issues for Congress (open access)

Electronic Warfare: EA-6B Aircraft Modernization and Related Issues for Congress

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Date: December 3, 2001
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teacher Quality and Quantity: Proposals in the 105th Congress (open access)

Teacher Quality and Quantity: Proposals in the 105th Congress

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Date: December 3, 1998
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Staff Depositions in Congressional Investigations (open access)

Staff Depositions in Congressional Investigations

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Date: December 3, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-South Korea Relations: Converging Interests and Implications for the United States (open access)

Japan-South Korea Relations: Converging Interests and Implications for the United States

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Date: December 3, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program (open access)

Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program

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Date: December 3, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mental Health Parity (open access)

Mental Health Parity

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Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Peru Economic Relations and the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (open access)

U.S.-Peru Economic Relations and the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

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Date: December 3, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Fast Track Trade Legislation (open access)

Agriculture and Fast Track Trade Legislation

This report considers the issue of new "fast track" in Congress. The report discusses that the new legislation could be used to negotiate new trade deals with countries in Latin America and Asia. Moreover, the report summarizes the agricultural debates on the issue.
Date: December 3, 1997
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S. & Hanrahan, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library