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Illegal Logging: Background and Issues (open access)

Illegal Logging: Background and Issues

This report discusses the problem of illegal logging worldwide. It gives an overview of the scope and scale, ecological impacts, and socioeconomic impacts of illegal logging as well as international initiatives and institutions, U.S. laws (such as the 2008 farm bill; P.L. 110-246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act), and foreign policies which address the problem.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulation of Energy Derivatives (open access)

Regulation of Energy Derivatives

This report analyzes the development of energy derivatives regulation and proposed legislation.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Jickling, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Illegal Logging: Background and Issues (open access)

Illegal Logging: Background and Issues

This report discusses illegal logging, which is addressed by Congress in the 2008 farm bill (P.L. 110-234). A provision in the law amends the Lacey Act to include plants traded in violation of foreign laws. This was primarily intended to deter imports of illegally-obtained timber from foreign countries.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress (open access)

The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress

This report describes the evolving mission, organization, and assets of the S&T Directorate and the activities it conducts. It outlines key policy issues, including the balance of the directorate's programs, its priorities and how they are set, its relationships with other R&D organizations, its mission, its budgeting and financial management, and other concerns.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Shea, Dana A. & Morgan, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 160, Ed. 1 Monday, June 9, 2008 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 160, Ed. 1 Monday, June 9, 2008

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer (open access)

The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer

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Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Porter, Donna V. & Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The Last Word] (open access)

[The Last Word]

Article titled, "The Last Word" from Newsweek. The article is addressing a California Supreme Court ruling that legalizes gay marriage.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Quindlan, Anna
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Texas LGBT Delegates/Alternates] (open access)

[Texas LGBT Delegates/Alternates]

Email concerning the names of national delegates that are LGBT and from Texas.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 319, Ed. 1 Monday, June 9, 2008 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 319, Ed. 1 Monday, June 9, 2008

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

This report looks at the relationship between the United States and South Africa. Topics include: foreign policy issues; health (in particular HIV/AIDS) reform; economics and electricity shortages; and corruption in South African politics.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 93, No. 178, Ed. 1 Monday, June 9, 2008 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 93, No. 178, Ed. 1 Monday, June 9, 2008

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Shance, Brenda
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pay for Performance: Linking Employee Pay to Performance Appraisal (open access)

Pay for Performance: Linking Employee Pay to Performance Appraisal

This report discusses issues related to measuring performance across the federal government, and analyzes a variety of methods utilized by the government to measure employee performance and its linkage to pay.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Historic Marker Application: U.S. Army Signal Corps Building] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: U.S. Army Signal Corps Building]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the U.S. Army Signal Corps Building, in Brackettville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, June 9, 2008 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, June 9, 2008

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History