The Role of Federal Gasoline Excise Taxes in Public Policy (open access)

The Role of Federal Gasoline Excise Taxes in Public Policy

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Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data (open access)

Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data

This report addresses the issue of jobs outsourcing by analyzing the extent of direct investment into and out of the economy, the role such investment plays in U.S. trade, jobs, and production, and the relationship between direct investment and the broader economic changes that are occurring in the U.S. economy.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: An Overview of Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data (open access)

Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: An Overview of Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data

This report provides an overview of evidence based on roreign investment data that analyzes the extent of direct investment into and out of the economy, as well as the relationship between direct investment and the broader economic changes that are occurring in the U.S. economy.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): Budget and Operations for FY2008, FY2009, and FY2010 (open access)

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): Budget and Operations for FY2008, FY2009, and FY2010

This report provides an overview of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) budget and operations for FY2008, FY2009, and FY2010. It chronicles congressional action on the annual Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS), and Related Agencies Appropriations bills for those fiscal years, as well as action on supplemental and stimulus appropriations bills.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Krouse, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Department: FY2011 President's Request for Appropriations (open access)

Homeland Security Department: FY2011 President's Request for Appropriations

This report describes the FY2011 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $45.0 billion in budget authority for FY2011. This amounts to a $1.1 billion, or a 2.4% increase from the $43.9 billion enacted for FY2010. Total budget authority requested by the Administration for DHS for FY2011 amounts to $52.6 billion as compared to $51.7 billion enacted for FY2010.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Haddal, Chad C. & Lake, Jennifer E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran-Iraq Relations (open access)

Iran-Iraq Relations

This report provides background information on Iran's support to armed groups and Iranian political influence and specifically discusses the relationship between Iran and Iraq.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Second Nuclear Test: Implications of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874 (open access)

North Korea's Second Nuclear Test: Implications of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874

This report discusses North Korea's second nuclear test and the implications of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874. The resolution puts in place a series of sanctions on North Korea's arms sales, luxury goods, and financial transactions related to its weapons programs, and calls upon states to inspect North Korean vessels suspected of carrying such shipments.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth; Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Nanto, Dick K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Belarus: Background and U.S. Policy Concerns (open access)

Belarus: Background and U.S. Policy Concerns

This report provides an overview of the history of U.S.-Belarus relations. Current issues include U.S. and international attempts to influence Aleksandr Lukashenko -- the Belarusian President -- toward making the Belarusian government more democratic and open.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Woehrel, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy (open access)

East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy

The purpose of this report is to examine the developing regional architecture--the growing trade, financial, and political arrangements among countries of East Asia--and what that implies for U.S. interests and policy. The focus is on China, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia with some mention of links with Australia and New Zealand. The types of arrangements include bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), regional trade pacts, currency and monetary arrangements, and political and security arrangements.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Nanto, Dick K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interest Payments on the Federal Debt: A Primer (open access)

Interest Payments on the Federal Debt: A Primer

This report provides a brief overview of the federal debt and net interest payments. Of the three broad categories of federal spending, the only category that cannot be reduced by legislative action is net interest payments. The report provides information about federal debt, interest payments on the federal dept, and determinants of net interest payments.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Hungerford, Thomas L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconciliation Directives: Components and Enforcement (open access)

Reconciliation Directives: Components and Enforcement

This report discusses the purpose of the reconciliation process, which is to enhance Congress's ability to bring existing spending, revenue, and debt-limit laws into compliance with current fiscal priorities established in the annual budget resolution.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Lynch, Megan Suzanne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Aid: International Donor Coordination of Development Assistance (open access)

Foreign Aid: International Donor Coordination of Development Assistance

This report provides a summary of official development assistance (ODA), discusses coordination goals established by donors at high-level development policy forums, and provides an overview of U.S. efforts to meet these goals. The report concludes by identifying key issues in donor coordination of development assistance, with an emphasis on the U.S. perspective.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Lawson, Marian L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Health Insurance Provisions in PPACA (P.L. 111-148) (open access)

Private Health Insurance Provisions in PPACA (P.L. 111-148)

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Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants: Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy (open access)

Capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants: Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy

This report provides challenges for a comprehensive strategy related to capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Parker, Larry & Folger, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety: Foodborne Illness and Selected Recalls of FDA-Regulated Foods (open access)

Food Safety: Foodborne Illness and Selected Recalls of FDA-Regulated Foods

This report describes several systems to monitor foodborne illness, discussing their strengths and the gaps that remain in understanding the burden of foodborne illness in the United States.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Lister, Sarah A. & Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice Insurance and Health Reform (open access)

Medical Malpractice Insurance and Health Reform

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Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library