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[Howard Dean speaking in front of NALEO seal with hands outstretched]

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is speaking in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Howard Dean speaking with several men standing around him]

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is speaking in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials with other men standing around him.
Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Howard Dean and three other men in front of NALEO seal]

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is standing with three other men in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Distance image of Howard Dean in front of NALEO seal]

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is standng in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Howard Dean standing in front of NALEO seal with hands outstretched]

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is standing in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Howard Dean gesturing in front of NALEO seal]

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is standing in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits: Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare (open access)

Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits: Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare

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Date: May 22, 2006
Creator: Elwell, Craig K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Alternative Minimum Tax for Individuals (open access)

The Alternative Minimum Tax for Individuals

This report provides a brief overview of the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for individuals, discusses the issues associated with the current system, and describes current legislation to amend the AMT. The report will be updated as legislative action warrants.
Date: May 22, 2006
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Television: An Overview (open access)

Digital Television: An Overview

Digital television (DTV) is a new television service representing the most significant development in television technology since the advent of color television in the 1950s. DTV can provide sharper pictures, a wider screen, CD-quality sound, better color rendition, and other new services currently being developed. A successful deployment of DTV requires: the development by content providers of compelling digital programming; the delivery of digital signals to consumers by broadcast television stations, as well as cable and satellite television systems; and the widespread purchase and adoption by consumers of digital television equipment. A key issue in the Congressional debate over the digital transition has been addressing the millions of American over-the-air households whose existing analog televisions will require converter boxes in order to receive digital signals when the analog signal is turned off.
Date: August 22, 2006
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List (open access)

Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List

Cuba was first added to the State Department's list of states sponsoring international terrorism in 1982. At the time, numerous U.S. government reports and statements under the Reagan Administration alleged Cuba's ties to international terrorism and its support for terrorist groups in Latin America. Cuba remains on the state-sponsored terrorism list with four other countries: Iran, Syria, Sudan, and North Korea. Cuba's retention on the terrorism list has received more attention in recent years in light of increased support for legislative initiatives to lift some U.S. sanctions under the current economic embargo. Supporters of keeping Cuba on the terrorism list argue that there is ample evidence that Cuba supports terrorism. Critics of retaining Cuba on the terrorism list maintain that the policy is a holdover from the Cold War and that Cuba no longer supports terrorism abroad.
Date: August 22, 2006
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress

The Navy in February 2006 proposed to maintain in coming years a fleet of 313 ships, including, among other things, 11 aircraft carriers, 48 attack submarines (SSNs), 88 cruisers and destroyers, 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), 31 amphibious ships, and a Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future), or MPF(F), squadron with 12 new-construction amphibious and sealift-type ships. In conjunction with this proposed 313-ship fleet, the Navy submitted a 5-year (FY2007-FY2011) shipbuilding plan as part of the FY2007-FY2011 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), and a 30- year (FY2007-FY2036) shipbuilding plan that the Navy is required by law to submit each year.
Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11 (open access)

The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11

This report details the total cost of counterterrorism operations in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This report also includes descriptions of relevant budgetary legislation.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight (open access)

Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight

The Homeland Security Act consolidated some research and development (R&D) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), whose FY2007 R&D budget (excluding management/procurement) was requested at $1.1 billion, about 10% less than FY2006, and represents the first decline in DHS's R&D funding since the agency started funding R&D in 2002. DHS is mandated to coordinate all federal agency homeland security R&D, which was requested at about $5.1 billion. This report lists related legislation and policy issues relating to DHS's R&D programs.
Date: August 22, 2006
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Katrina Relief (open access)

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Katrina Relief

This CRS report summarizes federal disaster assistance funding legislation in the 109th Congress and presents some information on federal expenditures and obligations for disaster recovery activities.
Date: August 22, 2006
Creator: Bea, Keith
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

The bilateral relationship between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China (PRC) is vitally important, touching on a wide range of areas including, among others, economic policy, security, foreign relations, and human rights. This report addresses relevant policy questions in current U.S.-China relations, discusses trends and key legislation in the current Congress, and provides a chronology of developments and high-level exchanges.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Panama: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations (open access)

Panama: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations

With four successive elected civilian governments, the Central American nation of Panama has made notable political and economic progress since the 1989 U.S. military intervention that ousted the regime of General Manuel Noriega from power. The current President, Martín Torrijos of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), was elected in May 2004 and inaugurated to a four-year term on September 1, 2004.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security Reorganization: The 2SR Initiative (open access)

Department of Homeland Security Reorganization: The 2SR Initiative

This report focuses primarily on the conclusions and proposals resulting from 2SR pertaining to organization and managerial lines of authority matters. In one of his first actions as Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge’s successor, Michael Chertoff, on March 2, 2005, announced in testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security that he was “initiating a comprehensive review of the Department’s organization, operations, and policies.” This effort, he said, would begin “within days.” The results of that undertaking, which came to be known as the Second Stage Review or 2SR, were made public in mid-July.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Relyea, Harold C. & Hogue, Henry B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement: A Brief Description (open access)

The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement: A Brief Description

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Date: February 22, 2006
Creator: Maguire, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement: A Brief Description (open access)

The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement: A Brief Description

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Date: February 22, 2006
Creator: Maguire, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress (open access)

Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress

Climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are a continuing issue in the 109th Congress. Bills directly addressing climate change issues range from those focused primarily on climate change research to comprehensive emissions cap-and-trade programs. Additional bills focus on GHG reporting and registries, or on power plant emissions of carbon dioxide, as part of wider controls on pollutant emissions. The bills vary in their approaches to climate change issues. This report briefly discusses the basic concepts on which these bills are based and compares major provisions of the bills in each of the following categories: climate change research, technology deployment, GHG reporting and registries, and emissions reduction programs.
Date: February 22, 2006
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Alternative Minimum Tax for Individuals (open access)

The Alternative Minimum Tax for Individuals

This report provides a brief overview of the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for individuals, discusses the issues associated with the current system, and describes current legislation to amend the AMT. The report will be updated as legislative action warrants.
Date: May 22, 2006
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Panama: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations (open access)

Panama: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations

The Central American nation of Panama has made notable political and economic progress since the 1989 U.S. military intervention that ousted General Manuel Noriega from power. Under the current administration of President Martin Torrijos, the most significant challenges have included dealing with the funding deficits of the country's social security fund; developing plans for the expansion of the Panama Canal; and combating unemployment and poverty. The United States has close relations with Panama. The current bilateral relationship is characterized by extensive cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, assistance to help Panama assure the security of the Canal and its border with Colombia, and negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Television: An Overview (open access)

Digital Television: An Overview

Digital television (DTV) is a new television service representing the most significant development in television technology since the advent of color television in the 1950s. DTV can provide sharper pictures, a wider screen, CD-quality sound, better color rendition, and other new services currently being developed. A successful deployment of DTV requires: the development by content providers of compelling digital programming; the delivery of digital signals to consumers by broadcast television stations, as well as cable and satellite television systems; and the widespread purchase and adoption by consumers of digital television equipment. A key issue in the Congressional debate over the digital transition has been addressing the millions of American over-the-air households whose existing analog televisions will require converter boxes in order to receive digital signals when the analog signal is turned off.
Date: August 22, 2006
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security (open access)

Chemical Facility Security

The potential for United States hazardous chemical facilities to become the targets of terrorist attacks is a concern which Congress has begun to address in earnest. While the likelihood of such attacks is low at present, Congress enacted legislation that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to analyze such facilities and suggest enhancements in security and infrastructure. Such legislation--and future like legislation--could include requiring certain environmental and security standards in the future construction of new hazardous chemical facilities. Congress is focusing on educating the public and holding facility owners accountable to increase security, rather than simply restricting terrorists' access to information about the United States' chemical facility infrastructure.
Date: May 22, 2006
Creator: Schierow, Linda-Jo
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library