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Israel: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief (open access)

Israel: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief

This report focuses on recent dynamics in U.S.-Israel relations; U.S.-Israel next steps following the July 2015 Iranian nuclear deal; regional threats Israel perceives from Hezbollah, Syria, and elsewhere; recently intensified Israeli-Palestinian tensions and violence in connection with Jerusalem's holy sites; and domestic political developments in Israel.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Zanotti, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Web Archive Profiling Via Sampling Final Report (open access)

Web Archive Profiling Via Sampling Final Report

This report covers the results, deliverables, and ongoing status of the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) funded project "Web Archive Profiling Via Sampling" with links to code, datasets, presentations, and papers as appropriate.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Alam, Sawood; Nelson, Michael L.; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Balakireva, Lyudmila; Shankar, Harihar; Bornand, Nicolas J. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abortion: Judicial History and Legislative Response (open access)

Abortion: Judicial History and Legislative Response

This report discusses the judicial history of abortion and how legislatures respond to those decisions made by the court. The report tackles landmark cases such as Roe v. Wade as well as companion decisions such as Doe v. Bolton. The report highlights specifically how Congress has attempted to enact legislation that limits abortion practices.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Shimabukuro, Jon O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Amending Process in the House of Representatives (open access)

The Amending Process in the House of Representatives

This report consists of the amending process in the house of representatives.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Amending Process in the Senate (open access)

The Amending Process in the Senate

This report consists of the amending process in the senate.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commonly Used Motions and Requests in the House of Representatives (open access)

Commonly Used Motions and Requests in the House of Representatives

This report provides information about the Commonly Used Motions and Requests in the House of Representatives. This report divides motions and requests into seven broad categories.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expedited Procedures in the House: Variations Enacted into Law (open access)

Expedited Procedures in the House: Variations Enacted into Law

This report provides information about the variations Enacted into Law on Expedited Procedures in the House. Congress enacts expedited, procedures into law when it wants to increase the likelihood that one or both the house will vote in a timely way in a certain measure.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA): Workers' Compensation for Federal Employees (open access)

The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA): Workers' Compensation for Federal Employees

This report focuses on several key policy issues facing the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) program, including the disproportionate share of claims and program costs attributed to postal workers, the payment of FECA benefits after retirement age, the overall level of FECA disability benefits as compared with those offered by the states, and the administration of the FECA program.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Szymendera, Scott D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence (open access)

Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence

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Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flow of Business: A Typical Day on the Senate Floorr (open access)

Flow of Business: A Typical Day on the Senate Floorr

This report discusses procedures that usually occur every session day and notes certain business items that occur less frequently.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insurance Regulation: Background, Overview, and Legislation in the 114th Congress (open access)

Insurance Regulation: Background, Overview, and Legislation in the 114th Congress

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Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History and Authority of the Office (open access)

The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History and Authority of the Office

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Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vulnerable Youth: Employment and Job Training Programs (open access)

Vulnerable Youth: Employment and Job Training Programs

This report provides an overview of federal employment programs for vulnerable young people. It begins with a discussion of the current challenges in preparing all youth today for the workforce. The report then provides a chronology of job training and employment programs for at-risk youth that began in the 1930s and were expanded or modified from the 1960s through the 1990s. It goes on to discusses the four youth programs authorized under WIOA, and draws comparisons between these programs.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress (open access)

Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress

This report provides a brief overview of the existing statutory authority and implementing regulation. It describes several policy issues raised in previous debates regarding chemical facility security and identifies policy options for congressional consideration.
Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Welfare: An Overview of Federal Programs and Their Current Funding (open access)

Child Welfare: An Overview of Federal Programs and Their Current Funding

This report begins with a review of federal appropriations activity in FY2014 as it relates to child welfare programs, including the effect of the automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration. The bulk of the report provides a short description of each federal child welfare program, including its purpose and recent (FY2012-FY2014) funding levels.
Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: Stoltzfus, Emilie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highway Bridge Conditions: Issues for Congress (open access)

Highway Bridge Conditions: Issues for Congress

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Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: Kirk, Robert S. & Mallett, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class aircraft carrier program. Congress's decisions on the CVN-78 program could substantially affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements and the shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Train and Equip Authorities for Syria: In Brief (open access)

Proposed Train and Equip Authorities for Syria: In Brief

This report presents the President's requests for authority and funding for the Department of Defense to provide overt assistance, including possible military training and weapons, to vetted members of the Syrian opposition and other vetted Syrians for select purposes are the subject of close congressional consideration.
Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M. & Belasco, Amy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroad Retirement Board: Retirement, Survivor, Disability, Unemployment, and Sickness Benefits (open access)

Railroad Retirement Board: Retirement, Survivor, Disability, Unemployment, and Sickness Benefits

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Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Cooperation on Ukraine and Russia (open access)

U.S.-EU Cooperation on Ukraine and Russia

This report discusses the United States, and European Union policies with Russia in response to the crisis in Ukraine.
Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: Archick, Kristin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implementation (open access)

The U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implementation

This report examines the provisions of the South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) and issues related to its implementation in the context of the overall U.S.-South Korean economic relationship, U.S. objectives, and South Korean objectives. It also examines recent trade patterns.
Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: Williams, Brock R.; Manyin, Mark E.; Jurenas, Remy & Platzer, Michaela D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accurate Numerical Simulations Of Chemical Phenomena Involved in Energy Production and Storage with MADNESS and MPQC: ALCF-2 Early Science Program Technical Report (open access)

Accurate Numerical Simulations Of Chemical Phenomena Involved in Energy Production and Storage with MADNESS and MPQC: ALCF-2 Early Science Program Technical Report

This report describes the interfacing of Eigen3 as C++ Substitute of LACKPACK and introduces elemental for the diagonalization of large matrices.
Date: September 16, 2013
Creator: Harrison, R.J.; Vzquez-Mayagoitia, A.; Hammond, J.R. (LCF) & University), (Stony Brook
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administrative Appeals in the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service (open access)

Administrative Appeals in the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service

This report describes Congressional interest in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) appeal process due to rumors that it affects the BLM's capacity to handle various resources. Moreover, the report defines what an administrative appeal is, and describes the process required to undertake one. The report also lists the various types of administrative appeals.
Date: September 16, 2013
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Land Surface Model Performance in WRF for Simulating Wind at Heights Relevant to the Wind Energy Community (open access)

Assessment of Land Surface Model Performance in WRF for Simulating Wind at Heights Relevant to the Wind Energy Community

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Date: September 16, 2013
Creator: Wharton, S; Simpson, M; Osuna, J; Newman, J & Biraud, S
System: The UNT Digital Library