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Medal of Honor: History and Issues (open access)

Medal of Honor: History and Issues

This report describes the history of the Medal of Honor and the laws and regulations pertaining to the award. The report discusses the privileges/benefits available to the recipients are discussed. Finally, this report analyzes efforts to have the Medal of Honor awarded to certain individuals outside of the normal procedures.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Burrelli, David F. & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highway Bridge Conditions: Issues for Congress (open access)

Highway Bridge Conditions: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the nation's transportation infrastructure in general, and in particular the federal role in funding, building, maintaining, and ensuring the safety of roads and especially bridges in the United States.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Kirk, Robert S. & Mallett, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Africa: Politics, Economy, and U.S. Relations (open access)

South Africa: Politics, Economy, and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview to South African economy and politics and it discusses the United States relations with the Republic of South Africa.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Cook, Nicolas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines: Process and Timing of FERC Permit Application Review (open access)

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines: Process and Timing of FERC Permit Application Review

This report provides an overview of the federal certification process for interstate natural gas pipelines. It discusses the length of the review for recent interstate gas pipeline applications--a topic of specific interest to Congress and industry. In this context, the report discusses the key provisions in H.R. 1900 and their implications for gas pipeline certificate approval.
Date: November 19, 2013
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 113th Congress (open access)

Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 113th Congress

This report discusses the energy tax policy that may also be considered as part of comprehensive tax reform legislation in the 113th Congress. Also the report discusses a number of other energy tax incentives scheduled to expire at the end of 2013, including provisions to support building energy efficiency and renewable fuels.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Medical Care: Questions and Answers (open access)

Military Medical Care: Questions and Answers

Report that answers several frequently asked questions about military health care, including: how the system is structured, a TRICARE summary, TRICARE eligibility and plan options, cost of military health care to beneficiaries, relationship of TRICARE to MEDICARE, how the Affordable Care Act affects TRICARE, long-term trends of defense health care costs, and a summary of the fund which funds TRICARE.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Jansen, Don J. & Blakeley, Katherine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy (open access)

China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy

This report examines the importance to the U.S. economy of China's investment in U.S. securities, as well as the policy implications of its holdings for both the United States and China.
Date: August 19, 2013
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Corps Supplemental Appropriations: Recent History, Trends, and Policy Issues (open access)

Army Corps Supplemental Appropriations: Recent History, Trends, and Policy Issues

This report provides analysis of Corps supplemental funding. Its focus is recent decades of supplemental funding provided directly to the Corps, and it does not include extensive analysis of regular Corps appropriations.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Stern, Charles V. & Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Financing (open access)

Medicare Financing

This report provides an overview of how the Medicare program is financed, including a description of the Medicare trust funds and a summary of key findings and estimates from the 2013 Report of the Medicare Board of Trustees regarding 2012 program operations and future financial soundness.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Davis, Patricia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations (open access)

Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations

This report examines the possibility of the federal government reaching its statutory debt limit and not raising it, with a particular focus on government operations. First, the report explains the nature of the federal government's debt, the processes associated with federal borrowing, and historical events that may influence prospective actions. It also includes an analysis of what could happen if the federal government may no longer issue debt, has exhausted alternative sources of cash, and, therefore, depends on incoming receipts or other sources of funds to provide any cash needed to liquidate federal obligations.2 Finally, this report lays out considerations for increasing the debt limit under current policy and what impact fiscal policy could have on the debt limit going forward.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Levit, Mindy R.; Brass, Clinton T.; Nicola, Thomas J. & Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 113th Congress

Report that examines human rights issues in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including ongoing rights abuses, legal reforms, and the development of civil society.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Next Steps in Nuclear Arms Control with Russia: Issues for Congress (open access)

Next Steps in Nuclear Arms Control with Russia: Issues for Congress

Report that contains a review of the role of nuclear arms control in the U.S.-Soviet relationship, bilateral treaties and unilateral steps the United States took to alter its nuclear posture, and the role of arms control in the U.S.- Russian relationship.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Cambodia Relations: Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

U.S.-Cambodia Relations: Issues for the 113th Congress

Report that starts out by describing the relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Cambodia. This includes U.S. concerns about Cambodia's human rights record and how that affects the bilateral relationship.
Date: July 19, 2013
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt in Crisis: Issues for Congress (open access)

Egypt in Crisis: Issues for Congress

This report provides a brief overview of the key issues for the 113th Congress related to Egypt.
Date: August 19, 2013
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues (open access)

FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues

Report regarding the annual defense authorization process and the interest Congress members have in the military.
Date: August 19, 2013
Creator: Jansen, Don J.; Blakeley, Katherine; Burrelli, David F.; Kapp, Lawrence; Martinez, Lucy P. & Theohary, Catherine A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions

The report provides basic consumer sources, including broad overviews of the ACA law. The next sections focus on health coverage: the individual mandate, private health insurance, and exchanges, as well as public health care programs, such as Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicare, Indian health care, and veterans' and military health care. The report then lists sources on employer-sponsored coverage, including sources on employer penalties, small businesses, federal workers' health plans, and union health plans. The report also provides sources on ACA's provisions on mental health, public health, workforce, quality, and taxes. Finally, the report lists sources on ACA costs and appropriations, and sources for obtaining the law's full-text.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Napili, Angela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Health Plans Under the ACA: In Brief (open access)

Private Health Plans Under the ACA: In Brief

This report provides short descriptions of health plans that may be offered inside and outside of exchanges, and includes information about interaction with other selected ACA provisions. The descriptions are displayed in a side-by-side format to facilitate comparison of exchange and nonexchange plans.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette & Mach, Annie L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve and the National Oilheat Research Alliance (open access)

The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve and the National Oilheat Research Alliance

This report discusses the price of home heating oil in the Northeast. The Northeast demand for home heating oil has declined by 47% since 2000, from nearly 7 billion gallons to 3.6 billion gallons in 2011. The report provides detailed information regarding northeast home heating oil reserve and national Oilheat Research Alliance.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical Asset Survey for Collin County Texas

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss a historical asset survey for Collin County, Texas.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Seward, Loydell & Quick, Janice
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Microdata for Dallas County Historical and Genealogical Cemetery Data

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author explains microdata, how it is used, its significance, and uses for the Dallas County Historical and Genealogical Cemetery data.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Hanson, Tony
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Appropriations Overview (open access)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Appropriations Overview

Report that examines the funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: An Overview (open access)

Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: An Overview

Report that provides a brief overview of The Hollings Manufacturing Partnership (MEP), a program of regional centers set up to assist small and medium-sized manufacturing companies using knowledge and technologies developed under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2013: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2013: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

Report that discusses the diplomatic relation between United States and Vietnam that was established in 1995. Topics include issues U.S. and Vietnamese interest, economic ties, and human rights.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Significance of the Frontier in Digital Scholarship

Keynote speaker presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author discusses the frontier as a process and an opportunity in digital scholarship.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Muñoz, Trevor
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library