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Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables (open access)

Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables

This report discusses recent fiscal year Congressional pay raise freezes and provides: historical tables on the rate of pay for Members of Congress since 1789; details on enacted legislation with language prohibiting the automatic annual pay adjustment since the most recent adjustment; the adjustments projected by the Ethics Reform Act as compared with actual adjustments in Member pay; and Member pay in constant and current dollars since 1992.
Date: January 9, 2018
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget Enforcement Procedures: The Senate Pay-As-You-Go (PayGO) Rule (open access)

Budget Enforcement Procedures: The Senate Pay-As-You-Go (PayGO) Rule

This report discusses the Senate pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rule, which generally requires that any legislation projected to increase direct spending or reduce revenues must also include equivalent amounts of direct spending cuts, revenue increases, or a combination, so that the legislation does not increase the on-budget deficit in the current fiscal year, the budget year, a six-year period, or an 11-year period (the latter two periods beginning with the current fiscal year). This update includes the most recent changes to the rule, and adds information on points of order raised under the rule since 2015.
Date: January 9, 2018
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions (open access)

Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions

This report discusses U.S. monetary policy and the Federal Reserve. It provides an overview of monetary policy and recent developments, a summary of the Fed's actions following the financial crisis, and ends with a brief overview of the Fed's regulatory responsibilities.
Date: January 9, 2018
Creator: Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supreme Court to Hear Voter Roll Case: What are the Implications? (open access)

Supreme Court to Hear Voter Roll Case: What are the Implications?

This report discusses the Supreme Court case of "Husted v. Phillip Randolph Institute," which charges the state of Ohio with violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) through their secondary voter registration maintenance program which removes people from the voter rolls due to inactivity. It discusses a brief history of the case before its coming to the Supreme Court and possible implications of the decision.
Date: January 9, 2018
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): An Overview (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): An Overview

This report discusses the oil and gas program recently approved by President Trump for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the context of the ANWR's history, its energy and biological resources, Native interests and subsistence uses, energy market conditions, and debates over protection and development.
Date: January 9, 2018
Creator: Comay, Laura B.; Ratner, Michael & Crafton, R. Eliot
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Activities Within the National Wildlife Refuge System (open access)

Oil and Gas Activities Within the National Wildlife Refuge System

This report contains sections on recent developments related to oil and gas wells in the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and related issues for Congress. The report presents information on the number and location of oil and gas wells, compatibility of oil and gas activities with NWRS purposes, and regulatory mechanisms for the administration of oil and gas activities.
Date: May 9, 2018
Creator: Crafton, R. Eliot; Comay, Laura B. & Humphries, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal (open access)

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

This report discusses disposal of nuclear waste, primarily highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants. Presidential and Congressional actions regarding nuclear waste disposal sites and the Yucca Mountain Project, other alternatives previously proposed by the Obama Administration, and temporary solutions are discussed.
Date: May 9, 2018
Creator: Holt, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Decision to Cease Implementing the Iran Nuclear Agreement (open access)

U.S. Decision to Cease Implementing the Iran Nuclear Agreement

This report analyzes the Trump Administration's decision to pullout from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and its potential implications. The other powers that negotiated the accord with Iran--Russia, China, France, Britain, and Germany--have consistently asserted that the JCPOA is succeeding in its core objectives and that its implementation should not be jeopardized.
Date: May 9, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth; Kerr, Paul K. & Heitshusen, Valerie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Special Operations Command Acquisition Authorities (open access)

United States Special Operations Command Acquisition Authorities

This report describes United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) acquisition authorities for unclassified acquisition programs and compares these authorities to those granted to the military departments. It also compares the military departments' and SOCOM's chains of command, describes the scope of acquisition activity and program oversight, and explores whether SOCOM has unique characteristics that influence how it conducts acquisition.
Date: July 9, 2018
Creator: Schwartz, Moshe & Purdy, Jason A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (open access)

Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)

This report looks at the background and current status of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), which was formed to increase international cooperation in interdicting shipments of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Date: August 9, 2018
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposed U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations: Hitting Pause on a Trade War? (open access)

Proposed U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations: Hitting Pause on a Trade War?

This report discusses the announcement by the United States and European Union (EU) that they are at a "new phase" in their relationship for "freer, fairer, and more reciprocal trade." The announcement came on July 25, 2018 at a challenging time for transatlantic trade relations.
Date: August 9, 2018
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazing in the Armed Forces (open access)

Hazing in the Armed Forces

This report discusses the issue of hazing as an initiation custom in the Armed Forces. Congress has oversight of this issue under Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution; this report outlines the context of this issue and recent actions taken to counteract it to help Congress decide whether or not to address hazing in the military through oversight and legislation.
Date: August 9, 2018
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N. & Kehn, Carolyn M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
It's in the Bag--Creating Sustainability in the Faculty Book Delivery Service: Final Report (open access)

It's in the Bag--Creating Sustainability in the Faculty Book Delivery Service: Final Report

This report documents the It's in the Bag--Creating Sustainability in the Faculty Book Delivery Service project funded through the 2017 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report describes the It's in the Bag--Creating Sustainability in the Faculty Book Delivery Service project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: October 9, 2018
Creator: Cunningham, Chris
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies (open access)

Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies

This report discusses Iran's foreign and defense policy and the reasoning behind it, as well as U.S. concerns regarding their power and nuclear weapon capability.
Date: October 9, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Media Adoption by Members of Congress: Trends and Congressional Considerations (open access)

Social Media Adoption by Members of Congress: Trends and Congressional Considerations

This report examines Member adoption of social media platforms outside of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, such as Instagram, Flickr, and Google+, which have each been adopted by at least 2.5% of Representatives and Senators. It discusses the possible implications of the adoption of social media, including managing multiple platforms, the type of content and posting location, the allocation of office resources to social media communications, and archiving social media content.
Date: October 9, 2018
Creator: Straus, Jacob R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Political and Economic Crisis and U.S. Policy (open access)

Venezuela: Political and Economic Crisis and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the ongoing political, economic, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro and U.S. responses.
Date: October 9, 2018
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Analytics Edge: Use of Analytics in University Libraries (open access)

The Analytics Edge: Use of Analytics in University Libraries

This paper explores how libraries use data analytics for decision-making on various aspects of day-to-day library operations
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Roy Aalia, Prodip Kumer; Mercieca, Paul & Sarkar, Pradip K.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Rosetta Stone for Provenance Models (open access)

A Rosetta Stone for Provenance Models

This poster compares and contrasts four different provenance models.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Gryk, Michael R.; Shrivastava, Pratik & Ludäscher, Bertram
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Does Your Knowledge Flow? Exercises in Spatial Syntax (open access)

How Does Your Knowledge Flow? Exercises in Spatial Syntax

This paper describes a workshop that introduces participants to the practice of spatial syntax and provides a hands-on opportunity for participants to map assess the knowledge flows of their working environments.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Bedford, Denise A. D.; Garcia-Perez, Alexeis & Sappington, Jayne
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scientific Knowledge Management Practices in the Big Data Era—A Case Study of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (open access)

Scientific Knowledge Management Practices in the Big Data Era—A Case Study of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

This paper describes the development of the SciThink App, a mobile knowledge management tool to help scientists and researchers query, download, and read scientific and technological literature.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Chen, Qimei; Li, Hanyu & Wang, Lili
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bridging, Bonding, and Maintained Social Capital as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in a WhatsApp Group (open access)

Bridging, Bonding, and Maintained Social Capital as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in a WhatsApp Group

This paper reports findings from a study to understand how participants build and maintain social capital through group communication on WhatsApp.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Samuel, Noah Oluwafemi
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fostering Scholarly Creativity: Modeling Functional Browsing through the Lens of Complexity (open access)

Fostering Scholarly Creativity: Modeling Functional Browsing through the Lens of Complexity

This paper models scholarly browsing.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Behpour, Sahar; O'Connor, Brian Clark; Goudarzi, Abbas & Hawamdeh, Suliman M.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building Agency within the Agency and in the Community: Improving Web Access to Public Health Data in New York City (open access)

Building Agency within the Agency and in the Community: Improving Web Access to Public Health Data in New York City

This paper catalogues the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's redevelopment efforts to understand users and reimagine uses for its public use data.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Marcial, Laura; Quattrone, Wes; Affrunti, Megan; Hinterland, Kinjia; Laufenberg, Jeff; Duparc, Martin et al.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Domain Knowledge Organization and Utilization—A Case in the Field of Nanoscience and Technology (open access)

Domain Knowledge Organization and Utilization—A Case in the Field of Nanoscience and Technology

This paper shows a model used in domain knowledge organization and utilization.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Chen, Qimei; Zhang, Bo & Lv, Lucheng
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library