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2013 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5): Designating Nonattainment Areas (open access)

2013 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5): Designating Nonattainment Areas

This report focuses primarily on the NAAQS implementation process for designating geographical nonattainment areas with respect to the tightening of the PM2.5 annual standard under the 2013 particulates NAAQS.
Date: December 23, 2015
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Air Force Aviation Investment Challenge (open access)

The Air Force Aviation Investment Challenge

This report discusses the U.S. Air force's ambition to update their aviation fleet. Specifically, the report examines four major programs that are currently achieving this process. The report also details a list of solutions that may help the Air force meet its modernization requirements.
Date: December 17, 2015
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality: EPA's 2013 Changes to the Particulate Matter (PM) Standard (open access)

Air Quality: EPA's 2013 Changes to the Particulate Matter (PM) Standard

This report summarizes the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed changes to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and includes comparisons with previous (1997 and 2006) promulgated and proposed standards.
Date: December 23, 2015
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income (open access)

Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income

This report begins with an overview and analysis of the historical tax treatment of canceled debt income. Next, the changes enacted by recent legislation are reviewed. A discussion of policy options concludes.
Date: December 30, 2015
Creator: Keightley, Mark P. & Lunder, Erika
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current state of reform and foreign policy in Bahrain. The Bahrain government's use of repression against the unrest has presented a policy dilemma for the Obama Administration because Bahrain is a longtime ally that is pivotal to maintaining Persian Gulf security.
Date: December 30, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Best Practices & Key Considerations for Enhancing Federal Facility Security and Resilience to Climate-Related Hazards (open access)

Best Practices & Key Considerations for Enhancing Federal Facility Security and Resilience to Climate-Related Hazards

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and security planning and climate impact considerations for agencies housed in nonmilitary Federal facilities.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Interagency Security Committee (U.S).
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blue Sucker Movement and Habitat Use in the Lower Sabine River, Texas (open access)

Blue Sucker Movement and Habitat Use in the Lower Sabine River, Texas

Report on Blue Sucker fish movements and habitat use in the Lower Sabine River.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Mayes, Kevin B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Budget Control Act of 2011 as Amended: Budgetary Effects (open access)

The Budget Control Act of 2011 as Amended: Budgetary Effects

This report discusses the effects of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. 112-25) on spending and the deficit, assuming that the automatic spending reductions proceed as scheduled from FY2016 to FY2021 and the discretionary spending caps remain in place.
Date: December 29, 2015
Creator: Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2015 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2015

A report on wildlife research projects being done by the staff and students of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A & M University-Kingsvillle for the fiscal year 2015.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chronic Homelessness: Background, Research, and Outcomes (open access)

Chronic Homelessness: Background, Research, and Outcomes

This report is categorized into different categories such as what is chronic homelessness?, Evolution of the Permanent Supportive Housing Strategy, Policy Implication etc.
Date: December 8, 2015
Creator: Perl, Libby & Bagalman, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: Fourth Quarter 2015 (open access)

City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: Fourth Quarter 2015

Quarterly report outlining tax revenues and remittances for alcoholic beverages, listed by city, for October-December 2015. It also compares the statistics to the same period for the previous year.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System (open access)

Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System

This report offers information on climate change as it relates to food security.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brown, M. E.; Antle, J. M.; Backlund, P.; Carr, E. R.; Easterling, W. E.; Walsh, M. K. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System (open access)

Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System

Assessment of experts in four countries that identifies climate change effects on global food security through 2100 and analyzes the United States' likely connections with that world.
Date: December 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Water Authority Financial Statements: 2015 (open access)

Coastal Water Authority Financial Statements: 2015

Financial statements for the Coastal Water Authority in Texas including an independent auditor's report, basic statements with explanations, and supplemental notes.
Date: December 31, 2015
Creator: Coastal Water Authority
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
College and University Endowments: Overview and Tax Policy Options (open access)

College and University Endowments: Overview and Tax Policy Options

This report provides background information on college and university endowments, and discuss various options for changing their tax treatment.
Date: December 2, 2015
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.; Gravelle, Jane G.; Crandall-Hollick, Margot L. & Stupak, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2007-2014 (open access)

Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2007-2014

This report provides Congress with official, unclassified, quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the United States and foreign countries for the preceding eight calendar years for use in its policy oversight functions.
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Theohary, Catherine A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014 (open access)

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014

"This report summarizes data from the several Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) correctional data collections to provide statistics on the total population supervised by adult correctional systems in the United States."
Date: December 2015
Creator: Kaeble, Danielle; Glaze, Lauren; Tsoutis, Anastasios & Minton, Todd
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 12-15, December 2015 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 12-15, December 2015

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions. Information provided covers CDFI guarantee bond program, FFIEC announces cyber security assessments, and policies and procedures
Date: December 16, 2015
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crime Victims’ Rights Act: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. §3771 (open access)

Crime Victims’ Rights Act: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. §3771

This report is an abridged form of a longer report, without quotation marks, footnotes, appendixes, and most of the citations to authority found in the longer version, which is available as CRS Report RL33679, Crime Victim's Rights Act: A summary and Legal Analysis of 18 U.S.C. 3771, by Charles Doyle.
Date: December 9, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data Security and Breach Notification Legislation: Selected Legal Issues (open access)

Data Security and Breach Notification Legislation: Selected Legal Issues

This report describes the common elements of several data security and breach notification bills that have been introduced in the 114th Congress, which broadly would impose security and notification requirements on businesses regardless of industry sector. It also discusses state laws that may apply in the event of a data breach and addresses two legal issues that may arise in consideration of new legislation about data security and breach notification.
Date: December 28, 2015
Creator: Dolan, Alissa M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deeming Resolutions: Budget Enforcement in the Absence of a Budget Resolution (open access)

Deeming Resolutions: Budget Enforcement in the Absence of a Budget Resolution

This report discusses the budget resolution that reflects an agreement between the House and Senate on a budgetary plan for the upcoming fiscal year.
Date: December 3, 2015
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2015 (open access)

Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2015

This report provides background information for Congress on the levels of Department of Defense (DOD) troop and contractor personnel deployed in support of prior and ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Peters, Heidi M.; Schwartz, Moshe & Kapp, Lawrence
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing a Methodology for Projecting Intercity Commuting (open access)

Developing a Methodology for Projecting Intercity Commuting

Research report on intercity commute and the usefulness of passenger rail options between major Texas cities.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Lewic, Carol Abel; Hassell, Vincent & Green, Veronica
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity in the Armed Services: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity in the Armed Services: Background and Issues for Congress

This report starts by giving an overview of recent research on diversity and organizational management. The next sections outline DOD's military personnel policies, processes and organizational structure for managing diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity. Finally, the report examines how the concept of diversity and inclusion has evolved over the history of the Armed Forces and addresses some of the current legislative and policy issues related to diversity in the Armed Forces.
Date: December 23, 2015
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library