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Enhancing Access to E-books (open access)

Enhancing Access to E-books

Article on a study of enhancing access to e-books.
Date: March 15, 2015
Creator: Harker, Karen & Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Havens: International Tax Avoidance and Evasion (open access)

Tax Havens: International Tax Avoidance and Evasion

The first section of this report reviews what countries might be considered tax havens, including a discussion of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) initiatives and lists. The next two sections discuss, in turn, the corporate profit-shifting mechanisms and evidence on the existence and magnitude of profit-shifting activity. The following two sections provide the same analysis for individual tax evasion. The report concludes with overviews of alternative policy options, a summary of legislation enacted in the 111th Congress, and a summary of specific legislative proposals.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Qualifications of Members of Congress (open access)

Qualifications of Members of Congress

This report discusses the qualifications required to hold the office of U.S. Senator or Representative to Congress that are established and set out within the U.S. Constitution.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

This report discusses the continued debate amongst congressional policymakers regarding telecommunications reform. A major point of the ongoing discussion is whether action is needed to ensure unfettered access to the Internet.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues (open access)

The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues

This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2015 (open access)

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2015

This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad, without reference to the magnitude of the given instance noted.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Minimum Wage: In Brief (open access)

The Federal Minimum Wage: In Brief

This report discusses the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is the federal legislation that establishes the minumem hourly wage that ust be paid to all covered workers.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Bradley, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Poultry Dispute on the Use of Pathogen Reduction Treatments (PRTs) (open access)

U.S.-EU Poultry Dispute on the Use of Pathogen Reduction Treatments (PRTs)

This report highlights the dispute between the U.S. and EU over the use of Pathogen Reduction Treatments (PRTs) during the processing of poultry products. PRT's are antimicrobial rinses--including chlorine dioxide, acidified sodium chlorite, trisodium phosphate, and peroxyacids, among others--that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for use in poultry processing to reduce the amount of microbes on meat.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Renée
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library

Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the results of a survey that was administered from October 27 through November 17, 2014. The survey assessed how Public Services employees rate the importance of Cataloging and Metadata Services activities, and how satisfied Public Services employees are with Cataloging and Metadata Services activities.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Loafman, Kathryn & Welch, Rebecca
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Assistance Programs in China (open access)

U.S. Assistance Programs in China

This report examines U.S. foreign assistance activities in the People's Republic of China (PRC), undertaken by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The report also discusses related foreign operations appropriations, policy history, and legislative background.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybercrime: Conceptual Issues for Congress and U.S. Law Enforcement (open access)

Cybercrime: Conceptual Issues for Congress and U.S. Law Enforcement

This report discusses the concept of cybercrime and related cyber threats such as cyber espionage and cyber warfare, and questions whether--and under what circumstances--clear distinctions between the various threats should be delineated. It also outlines how current federal strategies may address cybercrime, including issues surrounding the measurement and tracking of cybercrime.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Finklea, Kristin & Theohary, Catherine A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

ILLiad and Discovery Services

Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses ILLiad and discovery services.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Johnston, Pamela
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-02-15 – Three O'Clock Lab Band

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Big band concert performed in the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: February 15, 2015
Creator: Three O'Clock Lab Band
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism--Legislative Parameters: In Brief (open access)

State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism--Legislative Parameters: In Brief

This report provides information on legislation that authorizes the designation of any foreign government as a state sponsor of acts of international terrorism.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deduction of physiochemical properties from solubilities: 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone, biotin, and caprolactam as examples (open access)

Deduction of physiochemical properties from solubilities: 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone, biotin, and caprolactam as examples

Article discussing the deduction of physiochemical properties from solubilities and 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone, biotin, and caprolactam as examples.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.); Acree, William E. (William Eugene); Brumfield, Michela; Hart, Erin; Pipersburgh, Lila; Mateja, Katherine et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Investment Agreements (IIAs): Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

International Investment Agreements (IIAs): Frequently Asked Questions

This report answers frequently asked questions about international investment agreements (IIAs) made between the United States and other countries. Questions are categorized in three main areas: background and context; U.S. international investment agreements; and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Weiss, Martin A.; Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias; Murrill, Brandon J. & Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 20, Pages 2625-2712, May 15, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 20, Pages 2625-2712, May 15, 2015

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: May 15, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intelligence Authorization Legislation for FY2016: Selected Provisions (open access)

Intelligence Authorization Legislation for FY2016: Selected Provisions

This report briefly highlights key provisions of H.R. 2596, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (IAA for FY2016), which provides guidance to, and authorizes appropriations for, components of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC).
Date: June 15, 2015
Creator: Daugherty Miles, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Reform: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

United Nations Reform: Background and Issues for Congress

This report examines reform priorities from the perspective of several key actors, including Members of Congress, the Obama Administration, selected member states, the U.N. Secretary-General, and a cross-section of groups tasked with addressing U.N. reform. It also discusses congressional actions related to U.N. reform and mechanisms for implementing reform, as well as possible challenges facing U.S. policy makers as they consider existing and future U.N. reform efforts.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Role of Congress in Trade Policy (open access)

Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Role of Congress in Trade Policy

This report presents background and analysis on the development of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which expired on July 1, 2007. The report also includes a summary of the major provisions under the recently expired authority and a discussion of the issues that have arisen in the debate over TPA renewal, as well as policy options available to Congress.
Date: June 15, 2015
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solubility of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in Water + Methanol + 1-Propanol Mixtures at Various Temperatures (open access)

Solubility of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in Water + Methanol + 1-Propanol Mixtures at Various Temperatures

Article on the solubility of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in water + methanol + 1-propanol mixtures at various temperatures.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Jouyban-Gharamaleki, Vahid; Jouyban-Gharamaleki, Karim; Soleymani, Jafar; Acree, William E. (William Eugene); Kenndler, Ernst & Jouyban, Abolghasem
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (open access)

Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents

This report provides links to cybersecurity-related committee hearings in the 112th and 113th Congresses. It also provides a list of executive orders and presidential directives pertaining to information and computer security.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Omnibus Appropriations Acts: Overview of Recent Practices (open access)

Omnibus Appropriations Acts: Overview of Recent Practices

Omnibus appropriations acts have become a significant feature of the legislative process in recent years as Congress and the President have resorted more frequently to their use to bring action on the regular appropriations cycle to a close. Following a discussion of pertinent background information, this report reviews the recent use of such measures and briefly addresses several issues that their use raises.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What are the Department of Defense (DOD) Policies on Transgender Service? (open access)

What are the Department of Defense (DOD) Policies on Transgender Service?

This report briefly discusses Department of Defense Policies regarding transgender service.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library