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Role of Exponential Type Random Invexities for Asymptotically Sufficient Efficiency Conditions in Semi-Infinite Multi-Objective Fractional Programming (open access)

Role of Exponential Type Random Invexities for Asymptotically Sufficient Efficiency Conditions in Semi-Infinite Multi-Objective Fractional Programming

This article introduces several notions of random exponential type asymptotic invexities to establish results to the context of a class of asymptotically sufficient efficiency conditions in semi-infinite multi-objective fractional programing.
Date: September 2, 2016
Creator: Verma, Ram U. & Seol, Youngsoo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Public Utility Commission Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Public Utility Commission Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Public Utility Commission of Texas documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: November 2, 2016
Creator: Texas. Public Utility Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 2016 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 2016
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Goldwater-Nichols at 30: Defense Reform and Issues for Congress (open access)

Goldwater-Nichols at 30: Defense Reform and Issues for Congress

This report is designed to assist Congress as it evaluates the many different defense reform proposals suggested by the variety of stakeholders and institutions within the U.S. national security community. It includes an outline of the strategic context for defense reform, both in the Goldwater-Nichols era and today. It then builds a framework to understand the DOD management challenge, and situates some of the most-discussed reform proposals within that framework. It concludes with some questions Congress may ponder as it exercises oversight over the Pentagon.
Date: June 2, 2016
Creator: McInnis, Kathleen J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Inspectors General: History, Characteristics, and Recent Congressional Actions (open access)

Federal Inspectors General: History, Characteristics, and Recent Congressional Actions

This report provides background on the statutory creation of federal offices of inspector general (OIGs) and provides historical context for contemporary debates about the strengths and limitations of the offices. Federal inspectors general (IGs) are authorized to combat waste, fraud, and abuse within their affiliated federal entities; to execute their missions, OIGs conduct and publish audits and investigations--among other duties.
Date: June 2, 2016
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy & Greene, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Lifeline Program: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Federal Lifeline Program: Frequently Asked Questions

This report discusses the Federal Lifeline Program established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1985. The program was originally designed to assist eligible low-income households to subsidize the monthly service charges incurred for voice telephone usage and was limited to one fixed line per household.
Date: May 2, 2016
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green Infrastructure and Issues in Managing Urban Stormwater (open access)

Green Infrastructure and Issues in Managing Urban Stormwater

This report discusses the issue of stormwater, or runoff, which is considered largely a problem of excess rainwater or snowmelt impacting communities. Prevailing engineering practices were to move stormwater away from cities as rapidly as possible to avoid potential damages from flooding. More recently, these practices have evolved and come to recognize stormwater as a resource that, managed properly within communities, has multiple benefits.
Date: May 2, 2016
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch: FY2017 Appropriations (open access)

Legislative Branch: FY2017 Appropriations

The first section of this report provides an overview of the consideration of FY2017 legislative branch appropriations, with subsections covering each action. It is followed by a section on prior year actions and funding, which contains historical tables. The report then addresses the FY2017 budget requests, requested administrative language, and selected funding issues for individual legislative branch agencies and entities.
Date: June 2, 2016
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zika Response Funding: Request and Congressional Action (open access)

Zika Response Funding: Request and Congressional Action

This report presents the Administration's request for supplemental appropriations for the Zika response. It includes sections outlining Congressional actions, the emergency supplemental appropriations request for Zika response efforts -- by both U.S. health and human services agencies and international assistance programs -- and information about unobligated Ebola response funds.
Date: June 2, 2016
Creator: Epstein, Susan B. & Lister, Sarah A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Budget v. DHS Appropriations: Fact Sheet (open access)

DHS Budget v. DHS Appropriations: Fact Sheet

This report provides a breakdown of the Obama Administration's 2017 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and compares it to appropriations in previous years.
Date: May 2, 2016
Creator: Painter, William L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Natural Gas: Uncertainty for Markets (open access)

China's Natural Gas: Uncertainty for Markets

This report discusses China's natural gas plans. Despite China's pollution problems and international environmental commitments, the role of natural gas in China's energy mix remains relatively low, particularly compared to the United States; however, China has announced big plans for its natural gas development and use. These changes will require significant investment in exploration, production, infrastructure, and consumption.
Date: May 2, 2016
Creator: Ratner, Michael; Nelson, Gabriel M. & Lawrence, Susan V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinions Authored by Judge Merrick Garland (open access)

Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinions Authored by Judge Merrick Garland

This report identifies and briefly summarizes each of the more than 350 cases in which Judge Garland has authored a majority, concurring, or dissenting opinion. Arguably, these written opinions provide the greatest insight into Judge Garland's judicial approach, as a judge's vote in a case or decision to join an opinion authored by a colleague may be based upon a number of considerations and may not necessarily represent full agreement with a joined opinion.
Date: May 2, 2016
Creator: Mason, R. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA Policies Concerning Integrated Planning and Affordability of Water Infrastructure (open access)

EPA Policies Concerning Integrated Planning and Affordability of Water Infrastructure

This report examines two recent initiatives by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in which the agency works with states to develop and implement new approaches for water quality goals that will be more cost-effective and address the most pressing water infrastructure problems first. The examples include an integrated planning policy and a framework policy for assessing a community's financial capability to meet objectives and requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Date: May 2, 2016
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lead in Flint, Michigan's Drinking Water: Federal Regulatory Role (open access)

Lead in Flint, Michigan's Drinking Water: Federal Regulatory Role

This report discusses the federal regulatory role in regards to drinking water, more specifically in the context of the Flint water crisis. EPA's current Flint responses include providing technical assistance for water testing and treatment, conducting water monitoring, and identifying lead service line locations.
Date: March 2, 2016
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EU State Aid and Apple's Taxes (open access)

EU State Aid and Apple's Taxes

This report discusses the recent investigations by the European Union (EU) regarding claims that certain countries had provided illegal state aid via favorable tax rulings.
Date: September 2, 2016
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congress's Early Organization Meetings (open access)

Congress's Early Organization Meetings

This report discusses Congress's early organization meetings. The purposes of these meetings are both educational and organizational. Educational sessions range from legislative procedures and staff hiring to current issues.
Date: November 2, 2016
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Big Should the Army Be? Considerations for Congress (open access)

How Big Should the Army Be? Considerations for Congress

This report provides an overview of active duty Army personnel strength changes in recent years, outlines the different end strength authorizations in the House and Senate versions of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), highlights the perspectives which have contributed to these diverging approaches in the respective NDAAs, and outlines some factors which Congress may consider as it determines the appropriate size for the Army.
Date: September 2, 2016
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence; Feickert, Andrew; McInnis, Kathleen J. & Williams, Lynn M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Turkey (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Turkey

This report briefly discusses the debate about the security of U.S. nuclear weapons in Turkey in light of the failed coup in mid-July 2016.
Date: August 2, 2016
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent State Election Law Challenges: In Brief (open access)

Recent State Election Law Challenges: In Brief

This report begins by setting forth key constitutional provisions relevant to recent state election law challenges. Next, it discusses federal statutory provisions contained in the Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration Act and briefly examines pertinent Supreme Court precedent. Then, based on that legal framework, it provides an overview of several recent challenges to state election laws in Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas that resulted in major decisions by the various federal courts of appeals as illustrative examples of the types of challenges that have been playing out in the courts. Finally, the report discusses some potential implications of these challenges.
Date: November 2, 2016
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Aid and the Education Sector: Programs and Priorities (open access)

Foreign Aid and the Education Sector: Programs and Priorities

This report is a descriptive profile of recent U.S. foreign aid education sector activities; it outlines actors, policy, funding levels, and programs.
Date: November 2, 2016
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Pressure Wave and Acoustic Properties Generated by the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: Pressure Wave and Acoustic Properties Generated by the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf of Mexico]

Summary describing the work completed at CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc. for 'Pressure Wave and Acoustic Properties Generated by the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf of Mexico'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: August 2, 2016
Creator: CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 2016 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 2, 2016
Creator: Parker, Vic
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stereoscope viewer with picture of forest in holder]

Photograph of a stereoscope viewer from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The face piece is a metal material and there is a wooden piece attached to it that is holding a picture with two images of the same forest in different tones. There is also a wooden barrier between the eye holes so that one eye focuses on each image creating a 3D effect.
Date: August 2, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Observer III (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, May 2, 2016 (open access)

The Observer III (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, May 2, 2016

Monthly newspaper from Lexington, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 2016
Creator: Murphy, Lou Ann
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History