Canada-U.S. Relations (open access)

Canada-U.S. Relations

This report presents an overview of Canada's political situation, foreign and security policy, and economic and trade policy, focusing particularly on issues that may be relevant to U.S. policymakers.
Date: June 14, 2018
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F. & Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers and the TAA Reauthorization Act of 2015 (open access)

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers and the TAA Reauthorization Act of 2015

After a brief discussion of the program's purpose and most recent reauthorization, this report describes TAA as reauthorized by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA, Title IV of P.L. 114-27).
Date: August 14, 2018
Creator: Collins, Benjamin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
IRS Will No Longer Require Disclosure of Certain Nonprofit Donor Information (open access)

IRS Will No Longer Require Disclosure of Certain Nonprofit Donor Information

This report will first provide background on the statute and regulations regarding tax-exempt organizations' (EOs') disclosure of contributor information. Next, the report will discuss the justifications of and reactions to the new policy, including the views of proponents and opponents of the new policy. The report will then discuss the litigation Montana has filed against the policy. Finally, the report will provide considerations for Congress.
Date: August 14, 2018
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strange Occurrences Highlight Insider Threat to Aviation Security (open access)

Strange Occurrences Highlight Insider Threat to Aviation Security

This report discusses insider threats to aviation security and how those concerns can be mitigated.
Date: August 14, 2018
Creator: Elias, Bart
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee (open access)

Supreme Court Appointment Process: Consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee

This report discusses the role played by the Senate Judiciary Committee in the process for appointing Supreme Court Justices. Each appointment to the nine-member Court is of consequence because of the enormous judicial power that the Court exercises, separate from, and independent of, the executive and legislative branches.
Date: August 14, 2018
Creator: McMillion, Barry J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics (open access)

American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics

This report provides U.S. war casualty statistics compiled from various Department of Defense (DOD) sources (listed at end). The first data table lists the number of casualties among American military personnel who served in principal wars and combat operations from 1775 to the present. Subsequent tables provide more specific information by conflict about the demographics of soldiers killed or wounded in action and information such as race and ethnicity, gender, branch of service, home state, and cause of death.
Date: September 14, 2018
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Primer: Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (open access)

Defense Primer: Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

This report discusses the role of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and how the position fits into the organizational structure of the Defense Department.
Date: November 14, 2018
Creator: Gallo, Marcy E. & Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supersonic Passenger Flights (open access)

Supersonic Passenger Flights

This report provides an overview of the development of supersonic air travel, renewed interest in supersonic passenger flights, and issues and challenges related to supersonic flights.
Date: November 14, 2018
Creator: Tang, Rachel Y.; Elias, Bart; Luther, Linda & Morgan, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 50, Pages 7969-8186, December 14, 2018 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 50, Pages 7969-8186, December 14, 2018

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 14, 2018
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0198 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0198

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a licensed psychologist may submit a bill to a third-party payer under the licensed psychologist's name without indicating that the psychological services rendered were pn~Jided by a supervisee (RQ-0193-KP).
Date: May 14, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 37, Pages 5875-6028, September 14, 2018 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 37, Pages 5875-6028, September 14, 2018

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: September 14, 2018
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hunting and Fishing on Federal Lands and Waters: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

Hunting and Fishing on Federal Lands and Waters: Overview and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of issues related to hunting and fishing on federal lands.
Date: February 14, 2018
Creator: Crafton, R. Eliot
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
HPSCI Memorandum Sparks Debate Over FISA Application Requirements (open access)

HPSCI Memorandum Sparks Debate Over FISA Application Requirements

This report discusses the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and its authority to allow the government to undertake electronic surveillance programs of people suspected of engaging in foreign intelligence activity along with recent debate regarding the issue.
Date: February 14, 2018
Creator: Liu, Edward C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Options for Electric Power Resiliency in the U.S. Virgin Islands (open access)

Potential Options for Electric Power Resiliency in the U.S. Virgin Islands

This report explores several alternative electric power system structures for meeting the electricity services and needs of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).
Date: February 14, 2018
Creator: Clark, Corrie E.; Campbell, Richard J. & Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Related Agencies: Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations (open access)

Agriculture and Related Agencies: Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations

This report discusses the FY2018 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and recent funding trends.
Date: March 14, 2018
Creator: Monke, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

This report provides background and analysis of U.S.-China commercial ties, including history, trends, issues, and outlook. It will be updated as events warrant.
Date: March 14, 2018
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administration's Infrastructure Program Emphasizes Nonfederal Revenue (open access)

Administration's Infrastructure Program Emphasizes Nonfederal Revenue

This report discusses the Trump Administration's infrastructure plan and specifically the newly proposed Infrastructure Incentives Program. The report focuses on the potential of the program for projects submitted to the Department of Transportation (DOT), one of the agencies that would be charged with administering the program in addition to the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposal does not break out the funds that would be directed to specific agencies or types of infrastructure.
Date: February 14, 2018
Creator: Mallett, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organization of American States: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Organization of American States: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Organization of American States (OAS) which is a regional multilateral organization of all the independent countries in the western hemisphere (except Cuba) that was founded in 1948. Background on the organization, its structure, and current issues in Congress related to it are discussed.
Date: March 14, 2018
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Mandatory Spending: In Brief (open access)

Trends in Mandatory Spending: In Brief

This report describes mandatory spending, its composition and growth over time, and possible mandatory spending in coming decades, as well as relevant policy options.
Date: September 14, 2018
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Water Authority Pension Plan Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Coastal Water Authority Pension Plan Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Coastal Water Authority Pension Plan documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: March 14, 2018
Creator: Texas. Coastal Water Authority.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History