The 2016 G-20 Summit (open access)

The 2016 G-20 Summit

This report discusses the 2016 G-20 summit where the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G-20) countries met in Hangzhou, China.
Date: September 8, 2016
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paris Agreement: United States, China Move to Become Parties to Climate Change Treaty (open access)

Paris Agreement: United States, China Move to Become Parties to Climate Change Treaty

This report discusses the Paris agreement, which was negotiated under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and where President Obama and China's President Xi Jinping synchronously deposited their nations' signed instruments with U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon.
Date: September 12, 2016
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brazil in Crisis (open access)

Brazil in Crisis

This report briefly examines the political situation and discusses public opinion regarding the Rousseff Administration.
Date: September 14, 2016
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Statutorily Required Federal Advisory Committees that Began Operations in FY2015 (open access)

Statutorily Required Federal Advisory Committees that Began Operations in FY2015

This report discusses the establishment of the federal advisory committees--sometimes called task forces, panels, commissions, working groups, boards, councils, or conferences.
Date: September 30, 2016
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy & Burgat, Casey
System: The UNT Digital Library
How a National Infrastructure Bank Might Work (open access)

How a National Infrastructure Bank Might Work

This report discusses the national infrastructure and ways to provide low-cost, long-term loans for the propose of increasing federal infrastructure investment.
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Mallett, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
OPM Announces Premium Increase in the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program (open access)

OPM Announces Premium Increase in the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program

This report discusses the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announcement regarding premium rate increase for long-term care insurance policies purchased through the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP).
Date: September 1, 2016
Creator: Colello, Kirsten J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem? (open access)

Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem?

This report discusses the operation on a limited basis of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) despite a renewal of its general statutory charter through FY2019 (P.L. 114-94,
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zika Testing Poses Challenges for Blood Centers (open access)

Zika Testing Poses Challenges for Blood Centers

This report discusses the updated guidance recommending that all U.S. blood centers begin testing donations for Zika virus (ZIKV) using an investigational test cleared by FDA.
Date: September 2, 2016
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Lister, Sarah A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Warfare: Russian Activities (open access)

Information Warfare: Russian Activities

This report discusses Russia's engagement in activities that some may describe as Information Warfare (IW): the range of military and government operations to protect and exploit the information environment.
Date: September 2, 2016
Creator: Theohary, Catherine A. & McInnis, Kathleen J.
System: The UNT Digital Library