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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
Phone Call Notes July 9, 2018 (open access)

Phone Call Notes July 9, 2018

Document recording notes from a conference phone call with James Williamson, Misty Maberry, John Slate, and Annie Black. The document is split into five sections including a summary, status on goals, options for promotion, and a timeline for release and completion.
Date: 2018-07-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Spies, or Grasshoppers & Men (open access)

Report of the Spies, or Grasshoppers & Men

A handwritten manuscript for a sermon using Numbers 13:33. This sermon takes a look at the spies Moses sent ahead into the promise land, and the problems that arose from their reports. Conclusion: we depend too much on what we see, it is easy to go backward, we exaggerate our difficulties, belittle ourselves, and leave God out of our planning.
Date: July 9, 2018
Creator: Baten, A. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 341, Ed. 1 Monday, July 9, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 341, Ed. 1 Monday, July 9, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 9, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Who Interprets Foreign Law in U.S. Federal Courts? (open access)

Who Interprets Foreign Law in U.S. Federal Courts?

This report discusses the interpretation of foreign law, from routine breach of contract and tort claims to complex cases implicating the judicial branch's role in international affairs. In Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., the Supreme Court announced the standard of deference for U.S. federal courts to apply when considering a foreign government's interpretation of its own law.
Date: July 9, 2018
Creator: Mulligan, Stephen P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's program for acquiring new polar icebreakers. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2019 budget requests $750 million in acquisition funding for the program.
Date: July 9, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[TXSSAR Color Guard at memorial service for Army Pvt. Kenneth Farris: July 9, 2018]

Photograph of the TXSSAR Color Guard at a memorial service for Kenneth Farris on July 9, 2018. They are standing side by side in uniform, facing the camera. They are all holding flags in their right hands. A caption placed digitally over the photograph reads: "North Texas Color Guard -- July 9, 2018 -- DFW National Cemetery -- Army Pvt. Kenneth Farris -- WWII."
Date: July 9, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Dallas Chapter 2
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library