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Resolutions to Censure the President: Procedure and History (open access)

Resolutions to Censure the President: Procedure and History

This report summarizes the procedures that may be used to consider resolutions of censure and the history of attempts to censure the President (1st-114th Congresses). It also provides citations to additional reading material on the subject.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Hudiburg, Jane A. & Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Qatar: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Qatar: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses Qatar's political and governmental structure, economy, regional relations, and security and defense agreements with the United States.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CRS Products and Experts on North Korea (open access)

CRS Products and Experts on North Korea

This report provides a listing of CRS reports covering various aspects of North Korean policy and U.S. policy toward North Korea.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children (open access)

Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children

This report provides an overview of the federal government's financial support of fatherhood initiatives, including through the Responsible Fatherhood (RF) grant program. It begins by providing a legislative history of this financial support and a summary of allowable activities under the RF grant program. This is followed by an explanation of some of the research and evaluations that have occurred via demonstration programs. The report concludes by briefly examining the role of governmental child support enforcement (CSE) agencies in fatherhood programs, initiatives to promote and support father-child interaction outside the parents' relationship, and recent developments with regard to work-oriented programs for noncustodial parents.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child and Dependent Care Tax Benefits: How They Work and Who Receives Them (open access)

Child and Dependent Care Tax Benefits: How They Work and Who Receives Them

This report discusses the workings of the child and dependent care tax benefits and who is eligible.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data on Multiemployer Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Plans (open access)

Data on Multiemployer Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Plans

This report provides data on multiemployer defined benefit (DB) plans categorized in several ways. First, the report categorizes the data based on plans' zone status in 2015. Next, it provides a year-by-year breakdown of the number of plans that are expected to become insolvent and the number of participants in those plans. Finally, the report provides information on the 25 largest multiemployer DB plans in 2015 (each plan has at least 75,000 participants).
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Topoleski, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Section 179 and Section 168 (k) Expensing Allowances: Current Law and Economic Effects (open access)

The Section 179 and Section 168 (k) Expensing Allowances: Current Law and Economic Effects

This report examines the current status, legislative history, and main economic effects (including their efficacy as a tool for economic stimulus) of the Section 179 and bonus depreciation allowances.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Guenther, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evolving Assessments of Human and Natural Contributions to Climate Change (open access)

Evolving Assessments of Human and Natural Contributions to Climate Change

This report provides context for the Administration's Climate Science Special Report (October 2017) by tracing the evolution of scientific understanding and confidence regarding the drivers of recent global climate change.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sex Offenders and Supervised Release Revocation: Constitutional? (open access)

Sex Offenders and Supervised Release Revocation: Constitutional?

This report discusses a recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the federal supervised release program for sex offenders.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Smith, Alison M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
So, Now Can Menachem Zivotofsky Get His Passport Reissued to Say "Israel"? (open access)

So, Now Can Menachem Zivotofsky Get His Passport Reissued to Say "Israel"?

This report discusses possible effects of President Trump's announcement of moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem for U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem whose passport listed place of birth is simply Jerusalem not Israel.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of FY2018 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (open access)

Overview of FY2018 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

This report describes actions taken by the Administration and Congress to provide FY2018 appropriations for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. It also provides an overview of FY2017 appropriations for agencies and bureaus funded as part of annual CJS appropriations.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Security Assistance and Security Cooperation Programs: Overview of Funding Trends (open access)

U.S. Security Assistance and Security Cooperation Programs: Overview of Funding Trends

This report discusses funding for U.S. security assistance and cooperation programs across the world and recent legislative actions.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Epstein, Susan B. & Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2018-03-01 – One O'Clock Lab Band

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Big band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: One O'Clock Lab Band
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 22, Pages 3529-3666, June 1, 2018 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 22, Pages 3529-3666, June 1, 2018

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: June 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Barney Webber, May 5, 1986 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Barney Webber, May 5, 1986

Transcript of an interview with Barney Webber, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1920. Webber answers general questions and describes life in early Baytown including crime, schooling, transportation and social life.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Webber, Barney
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Determining Event Durations: Models and Error Analysis (open access)

Determining Event Durations: Models and Error Analysis

This paper presents models to predict event durations.
Date: June 1, 2018
Creator: Vempala, Alakananda; Blanco, Eduardo & Palmer, Alexis
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) (open access)

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

This report describes the creation, responsibilities, and authorities of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: DeVine, Michael E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Trends in Active-Duty Military Deaths (open access)

Recent Trends in Active-Duty Military Deaths

This report analyzes the circumstances of death for the 15,851 active-duty personnel and mobilized reservists who have died while serving in the U.S. armed forces since 2006.
Date: June 1, 2018
Creator: Mann, Christopher T. & Fischer, Hannah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
First Principles Study of the Optical Emission of Cadmium Yellow: Role of Cadmium Vacancies (open access)

First Principles Study of the Optical Emission of Cadmium Yellow: Role of Cadmium Vacancies

This article studies the role of structural defects in the CdS-based cadmium yellow paint to explain the origin of its deep trap states optical emission.
Date: June 1, 2018
Creator: Giacopetti, Laura; Nevin, Austin; Comelli, Daniela; Valentini, Gianluca; Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco & Satta, Alessandra
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Allaying Terror: Domesticating Vietnamese Refugee Artisans as Subjects of American Diplomacy (open access)

Allaying Terror: Domesticating Vietnamese Refugee Artisans as Subjects of American Diplomacy

This article explores how the photographs of a basketmaker, as well as photographs of other refugee artisans published in the August 1956 issue of Interior magazine, served the American State Department agenda by characterizing its subject in terms of pathos and need.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Way, Jennifer
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico's Immigration Control Efforts (open access)

Mexico's Immigration Control Efforts

This report discusses the surge in unauthorized migration from Central America into Mexico and the U.S that began in 2014. Topics covered include Mexico's southern border plan, human rights concerns, and U.S. policy and developments under the Trump Administration.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education (open access)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education

This report discusses artificial intelligence in education, including current applications, benefits and drawbacks, and policy considerations.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Joyce, J. Lu. & Harris, Laurie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict (open access)

Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict

This book chapter provides an overview of teams, complex adaptive systems, conflict stages, and conflict models, while also presenting adaptive leadership as a style that offers organizations with the capabilities of reacting to changing environments quickly.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Turner, John; Baker, Rose M. & Morris, Mark
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy LPD-17 Flight II (LX[R]) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy LPD-17 Flight II (LX[R]) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the LPD-17 Flight II amphibious ship program, previously known as the LX(R) program. The Navy had planned to procure the first LPD-17 Flight II ship in FY2020. Congress, as part of its action on the Navy's proposed FY2018 budget, accelerated the procurement of the first LPD17 Flight II ship to FY2018. The Navy's FY2019 budget submission programs the procurement of the second LPD17 Flight II ship for FY2020. Decisions Congress makes on the LPD-17 FLIGHT II program will affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library