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Internal Audit of Business Continuity As of August 31, 2015 (open access)

Internal Audit of Business Continuity As of August 31, 2015

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Internal Audit of Business Continuity As of August 31, 2015.
Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers and the TAA Reauthorization Act of 2015 (open access)

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers and the TAA Reauthorization Act of 2015

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Date: August 18, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures (open access)

House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures

This report provides an overview of the markup procedures on the house rules governing committee. The rules of the house provides general guidance to committees for conducting meetings to markup legislation.
Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: Schneider, Judy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Softwood Lumber Imports From Canada: Current Issues (open access)

Softwood Lumber Imports From Canada: Current Issues

This report examines the status and current issues surrounding Canadian softwood lumber imports since 2006. After providing background information on what constitutes softwood lumber, the stakeholders in the dispute, and the history of the dispute, the report introduces the 2006 SLA and analyzes its impacts on the U.S. lumber industry as well as on the trade relationship between the United States and Canada. Finally, the report discusses the potential issues Congress may consider when the agreement expires in 2015.
Date: August 27, 2015
Creator: Hoover, Katie & Fergusson, Ian F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2016 Appropriations for the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (open access)

FY2016 Appropriations for the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Date: August 7, 2015
Creator: Williams, Jennifer D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lobbying Congress with Appropriated Funds: Restrictions on Federal Agencies and Officials (open access)

Lobbying Congress with Appropriated Funds: Restrictions on Federal Agencies and Officials

This report provides an overview of the restrictions on federal agencies and officials on lobbying Congress with appropriated funds.
Date: August 13, 2015
Creator: Maskell, Jack
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict? (open access)

Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict?

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Date: August 6, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Trust Funds (open access)

Social Security: The Trust Funds

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Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Investment in U.S. Securities (open access)

Foreign Investment in U.S. Securities

This report relies on a comprehensive set of data on capital flows represented by purchases and sales of U.S. government securities and the U.S and foreign corporate stocks and bonds into and out of the United States.
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: An Overview (open access)

Medicaid: An Overview

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Date: August 3, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget Enforcement Procedures: The Senate Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rule (open access)

Budget Enforcement Procedures: The Senate Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rule

This report explains the current features of the Senate Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rule,describes its legislative history, inlcuding key changes to the rule since it was established in 1993, and reviews Senate procedural actions under the rule.
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations (open access)

Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations

Regulatory Impact Analysis report discussing benefits, costs and economic impacts of the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations where the EPA proposing a federal plan to implement the emissions guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired EGUs under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Date: October 23, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs (open access)

State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs

A chart which shows some of the compliance pathways available to states under the final Clean Power Plan.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forecasting Models to Investigate Future Uncertain Purchase Costs due to Technology Changes, and Estimate Down Time Costs and Operating and Maintenance Costs (open access)

Forecasting Models to Investigate Future Uncertain Purchase Costs due to Technology Changes, and Estimate Down Time Costs and Operating and Maintenance Costs

Report on forecast models for estimating future purchase costs.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Machemehl, Randy; Gemar, Mason & Fan, Wei
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Water Conservation Demonstration Initiative in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Final Report (open access)

Agricultural Water Conservation Demonstration Initiative in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Final Report

Report on agricultural irrigation water systems in the lower Rio Grande Valley that conserve water while still effectively watering the crops.
Date: August 2015
Creator: McLemore, Tom; Arendt, Johanna; Ford, Karen & Fernandez, Linda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Determining Cost Benefit and Demand Savings of Municipal Water Conservation Efforts (open access)

Determining Cost Benefit and Demand Savings of Municipal Water Conservation Efforts

Quantifies the water saved by individual conservation measures and identifies the most effective method. Estimates the cost benefit on the revenue and plans for future water supply and waste water capacity
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Watearth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forecasting the Impacts of Shale Gas Developments on Public Health and Transportation Systems on Both Sides of the Mexico-U.S. Border (open access)

Forecasting the Impacts of Shale Gas Developments on Public Health and Transportation Systems on Both Sides of the Mexico-U.S. Border

Report on an improvement of the Bayesian system for forecasting the impact of shale gas development on public health and transportation systems on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border near the Eagle Ford formation.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Medina-Cetina, Zenon & Varela, Patricia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automated Distress Surveys: Analysis of Network Level Data (Phase III) (open access)

Automated Distress Surveys: Analysis of Network Level Data (Phase III)

Report on network level data related to automated distress surveys performed by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Serigos, Pedro A.; Chen, Kuan-Yu; Smit, Andre; Prozzi, Jorge A. & Murphy, Mike R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Excise Tax on High-Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Estimated Economic and Market Effects (open access)

The Excise Tax on High-Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Estimated Economic and Market Effects

This report examines several issues: it evaluates the potential of the Cadillac tax to affect health insurance coverage (and, therefore, the health market), and examines the expected incidence (burden) of the tax--that is, which group will pay the price of the tax.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy (open access)

Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy

This report provides a background on Libya's descent into conflict and discusses current policy issues for the U.S. Since Muammar al Qadhafi's fall in 2011, Libyan interest groups have pursued diverse objectives based on local and regional identities, tribal affiliations, political and religious ideologies, and shared personal backgrounds. Fighting and political maneuvering during 2014 and 2015 among rival factions and armed groups has reflected a number of unresolved debates.
Date: August 3, 2015
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees' Retirement System: Budget and Trust Fund Issues (open access)

Federal Employees' Retirement System: Budget and Trust Fund Issues

This report discusses the two retirement systems for federal employees: (1) the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) for individuals hired before 1984, and (2) the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) for individuals hired in 1984 or later.
Date: August 24, 2015
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greek Debt Crisis: Overview and Implications for the United States (open access)

The Greek Debt Crisis: Overview and Implications for the United States

This report provides a brief overview of the Greek dept crisis, including developments through July 2015 when questions about Greece's future in the Eurozone resurfaced and emergency negotiations resulted in a third financial assistance program for Greece. It also discusses potential implications of the crisis for the U.S. economy and U.S.-European cooperation on broader strategic and economic cooperation.
Date: August 19, 2015
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.; Belkin, Paul & Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Intelligence Community and Its Use of Contractors: Congressional Oversight Issues (open access)

The Intelligence Community and Its Use of Contractors: Congressional Oversight Issues

The report examines, from an acquisition perspective, several reasons for interest in the intelligence community's (IC) use of contractors, notably, the types of functions contractors perform, whether the IC's acquisition workforce has the capacity to oversee contractors.
Date: August 18, 2015
Creator: Halchin, L. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Excise Tax on High-Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage: Background and Economic Analysis (open access)

The Excise Tax on High-Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage: Background and Economic Analysis

This report gives a brief description of the excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored coverage, commonly referred to as the Cadillac tax, including the legislative origins of the tax and an analysis of the revenue effects of the tax. It also analyzes the Cadillac tax using standard economic criteria of efficiency, equity, and administrative simplicity as well as an analysis of health insurance premium data to provide insights into what share of health insurance plans could exceed the Cadillac tax threshold and how the threshold could affect more health plans over time.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Lowry, Sean
System: The UNT Digital Library