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Project Summary: Short Radius Mash TL-3 Guardrail Treatment (open access)

Project Summary: Short Radius Mash TL-3 Guardrail Treatment

Summary sheet describing research performed by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute regarding short radius Mash TL-3 guardrail treatment.
Date: November 30, 2014
Creator: Texas A & M Transportation Institute
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Amazon Laws" and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis (open access)

"Amazon Laws" and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis

As more purchases are made over the Internet, states are looking for new ways to collect taxes on online sales. There is a common misperception that the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from taxing Internet sales. This report discusses "Amazon laws", which try to capture uncollected taxes on Internet sales and yet still comply with the Constitution's requirements.
Date: November 28, 2014
Creator: Lunder, Erika K. & Pettit, Carol A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives (open access)

The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives

This report focuses on the markup stage of the legislative process in committee. It discusses the selection of the text to be marked up, the procedures for proposing and debating amendments to that text, the voting and quorum procedures that govern markups, and the final stages of ordering the marked-up text reported to the House for its consideration.
Date: November 28, 2014
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Employment Growth and Progress Toward Full Employment (open access)

Employment Growth and Progress Toward Full Employment

This report provides figures on job growth since October 2010 to the second half of 2012.
Date: November 28, 2014
Creator: Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy-Water Nexus: The Energy Sector’s Water Use (open access)

Energy-Water Nexus: The Energy Sector’s Water Use

This report addresses how the U.S. energy sector uses and relies on water; it provides summary descriptions divided into four topics: (1) Water for Energy Primer, (2) Fuel Production, (3) Electric Grid and Generation, (4) Policy Response Options and Considerations.
Date: November 28, 2014
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: 2014 Open Season (open access)

The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: 2014 Open Season

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Date: November 28, 2014
Creator: Cornell, Ada S. & Blom, Kirstin B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 48, Pages 9293-9430, November 28, 2014 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 48, Pages 9293-9430, November 28, 2014

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: November 28, 2014
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 48, Pages 9293-9430, November 28, 2014 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 48, Pages 9293-9430, November 28, 2014

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: November 28, 2014
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speaking on the House Floor: Gaining Time and Parliamentary Phraseology (open access)

Speaking on the House Floor: Gaining Time and Parliamentary Phraseology

This report discusses the House rules and precedents that structure Members' opportunities to speak on the floor about pending legislation. Under some circumstances, Members arrange to speak on legislation by communicating with the leaders of the committee that reported the bill. Sometimes the arrangements can be made on the floor during the debate, and at other times they are made prior to floor consideration. The committee leaders from both sides of the aisle manage the consideration of a bill on the floor, under what is known as controlled time, by allocating the debate time among several Members.
Date: November 27, 2014
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The “8(a) Program” for Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Legal Requirements and Issues (open access)

The “8(a) Program” for Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Legal Requirements and Issues

This report discusses the "8(a) Program", the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program, which is a federal contracting for small businesses providing small businesses with training, technical assistance, and contracting opportunities.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Manuel, K. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending (open access)

The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending

This report discusses the budget control act of 2011 that reintroduced statutory limits on spending by imposing a series of caps on discretionary BA from FY2012 through FY 2021.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Counting Regulations: An Overview of Rulemaking, Types of Federal Regulations, and Pages in the Federal Register (open access)

Counting Regulations: An Overview of Rulemaking, Types of Federal Regulations, and Pages in the Federal Register

This report serves to inform the congressional debate over rulemaking by analyzing different ways to measure federal rulemaking activity. The report provides data on and analysis of the total number of rules issued each year, as well as information on other types of rules, such as "major" rules, "significant" rules, and "economically significant" rules.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Carey, Maeve P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses frequently asked questions about Ex-Im Bank, grouped in the following categories: congressional interest and the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization debate; market context; international context; organizational structure and management; programs; statutory requirements and policies; risk management; budget and appropriations; implications of a sunset in authority; and historical and current approaches to reauthorization.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias; Carpenter, David H.; Levit, Mindy R. & Taylor, Julia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Regulations and the Rulemaking Process (open access)

Federal Regulations and the Rulemaking Process

This report provides an overview of the federal regulations and the rulemaking process and the role of the President in rulemaking.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Carey, Maeve P. & Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments (open access)

Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments

This report discusses the strategic significance of Guam for defense buildup and the force relocation and deployments from the U.S. mainland. It also discusses the concerns and issues for Congress, such as allies and partners, relations with China, and legislation.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues (open access)

Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

This report discusses the Domain Name System (DNS), which is the distributed set of databases that contain address numbers mapped to corresponding domain names, making it possible to send and receive messages and to access information on the Internet. The report includes background on the DNS and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that manages the services, as well as related issues for the 113th Congress.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress (open access)

Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress

This report provides a definition regarding Internet governance and how the Internet is currently governed. The report discusses the role of United States government and future model of Internet governance.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: Interim Nuclear Agreement and Talks on a Comprehensive Accord (open access)

Iran: Interim Nuclear Agreement and Talks on a Comprehensive Accord

This report discusses the nuclear agreement talks between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany--collectively known as the "P5+1, which finalized an interim agreement ("Joint Plan of Action," JPA) requiring Iran to freeze many aspects of its nuclear program in exchange for relief from some international sanctions.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth; Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Taiwan Relationship: Overview of Policy Issues (open access)

U.S.-Taiwan Relationship: Overview of Policy Issues

This report is a succinct overview of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship including an analysis of issues. For decades, Taiwan has been of significant security, economic, and political interest to the United States. While the United States does not diplomatically recognize Taiwan, it is a significant autonomous actor in the world.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Kan, Shirley A. & Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues (open access)

China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues

This report, updated through the 113th Congress, discusses the security problem of China's role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the U.S. policy response since the mid-1990s.
Date: November 25, 2014
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congress Faces Calls to Address Expiring ACA Appropriations (open access)

Congress Faces Calls to Address Expiring ACA Appropriations

This report discusses the Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in March 2010, which appropriated billions of dollars of mandatory funds to support grant programs and other activities authorized by the law.
Date: November 25, 2014
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Secret Service Protection Mission Funding and Staffing: Fact Sheet (open access)

U.S. Secret Service Protection Mission Funding and Staffing: Fact Sheet

The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) has two broad missions, criminal investigations and protection. The protection mission, which is the focus of this fact sheet, covers the President, Vice President, their families, and candidates for those offices, along with the White House and Vice President's residence, through the Service's Uniformed Division. Protective duties also extend to foreign missions in the District of Columbia and to designated individuals, such as the DHS Secretary and visiting foreign dignitaries. This fact sheet provides information on USSS funding and staffing because congressional attention has turned to the USSS and its operations due to several recent incidents.
Date: November 25, 2014
Creator: Reese, Shawn; Painter, William L. & Nagel, Jared C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Casework in a Congressional Office: Background, Rules, Laws, and Resources (open access)

Casework in a Congressional Office: Background, Rules, Laws, and Resources

This report discusses House and Senate rules and guidelines, laws, and regulations affecting congressional casework, as well as the role of caseworkers. It also provides sample outlines and document templates for implementing and managing congressional casework.
Date: November 24, 2014
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: FISMA Reform (open access)

Cybersecurity: FISMA Reform

This report briefly discusses current requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and two bills currently being considered by Congress that would revise the conditions and authority granted by FISMA.
Date: November 24, 2014
Creator: Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library