Victims of Crime Compensation and Assistance: Background and Funding (open access)

Victims of Crime Compensation and Assistance: Background and Funding

This report provides background and funding information on the CVF and VOCA.
Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: Franco, Celinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Credit: Farm Bill Issues (open access)

Agricultural Credit: Farm Bill Issues

This report discusses agricultural credit, which makes or guarantees loans to farmers who cannot qualify at other lenders, and the Farm Credit System (FCS), which is a network of borrower-owned lending institutions operating as a government-sponsored enterprise.
Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Under Medicaid (open access)

Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Under Medicaid

This report provides an overview of transitional medical assistance (TMA). While Section 1925 of the Social Security Act outlines the provisions requiring states to provide TMA for up to 12 months, states have considerable flexibility in designing and implementing their TMA programs.
Date: July 24, 2008
Creator: Grady, April
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a ”Cheap” Dollar (open access)

Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a ”Cheap” Dollar

This report provides information about the Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a “Cheap” Dollar where academic research and analysis have been relatively limited on the topic of the relationship between deprecated dollar and any impact on foreign purchases.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elections Reform: Overview and Issues (open access)

Elections Reform: Overview and Issues

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Date: October 24, 2008
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J. & Fischer, Eric A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wave, Tidal, and In-Stream Energy Projects: Which Federal Agency Has the Lead? (open access)

Wave, Tidal, and In-Stream Energy Projects: Which Federal Agency Has the Lead?

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Date: March 24, 2008
Creator: Lane, Nic
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya (open access)

The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya

This report provides a background on these traditions and their relationship to active terrorist groups; it also summarizes recent charges and responses, including the findings of the final report of the 9/11 Commission and relevant legislation in the 110th Congress.
Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation of Legislation (open access)

Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation of Legislation

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Date: March 24, 2008
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Head Start: Background and Issues (open access)

Head Start: Background and Issues

This report provides background and issues of Head Start, a federal program that has provided comprehensive early childhood development services to low-income children since 1965.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Melinda, Gish
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran’s Activities and Influence in Iraq (open access)

Iran’s Activities and Influence in Iraq

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Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: Legislative and Funding History (open access)

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: Legislative and Funding History

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Date: November 24, 2008
Creator: James, Nathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Millennium Challenge Account (open access)

Millennium Challenge Account

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Date: July 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan’s Scheduled 2008 Election: Background (open access)

Pakistan’s Scheduled 2008 Election: Background

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Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estate Taxes and Family Businesses: Economic Issues (open access)

Estate Taxes and Family Businesses: Economic Issues

The report discusses an uncapped exemption and an uncapped exemption targeted at liquidity issues.
Date: March 24, 2008
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Maguire, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
Former Presidents: Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits (open access)

Former Presidents: Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits

This report provides information about the Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits on Former Presidents. The GSA is authorized by the FPA to provide an office staff and suitable office space at a location in the United States.
Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: Smith, Stephanie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tibet: Problems, Prospects, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Tibet: Problems, Prospects, and U.S. Policy

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Date: July 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States (open access)

North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States

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Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy

This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.
Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Law and Selected Proposals Extending Unemployment Compensation (open access)

Current Law and Selected Proposals Extending Unemployment Compensation

This report examines recent proposals that would create a new temporary extension of unemployment compensation. The recent proposals to temporarily extend the duration of Unemployment Compensation (UC) include the proposal in the Senate Committee on Finance Finance Report of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
NATO Common Funds Burdensharing: Background and Current Issues (open access)

NATO Common Funds Burdensharing: Background and Current Issues

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Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Lead (open access)

Revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Lead

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Date: October 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United States (open access)

China and the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United States

This report presents the Implications for the United States related to China and the Global Financial Crisis.
Date: November 24, 2008
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Containing Financial Crisis (open access)

Containing Financial Crisis

This report focuses on the efforts of regulators to restore market stability and will be updated as developments warrant.
Date: November 24, 2008
Creator: Jickling, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library