Standardized Educational Test Scores (open access)

Standardized Educational Test Scores

Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about standardized educational test scores. Topics include, the American College Test (ACT), the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), controversies, etc..
Date: March 1, 1984
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sport Hunting in Alaska (open access)

Sport Hunting in Alaska

This report describes the legislated that's been suggested during the 98th Congress to move considerable Alaskan acreage from National park and Monument appointment to National Preserve status, through which hunting and trapping rules on these lands would be eased.
Date: May 1, 1984
Creator: Backiel, Adela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeless in America (open access)

Homeless in America

This report discusses questions dealing with the number of homeless Americans as well as trends in society's attitudes toward such people. The incidence of mental illness and the appropriateness, or lack thereof, of deinstitutionalization for such patients is another aspect of the problem which is covered in this packet. A CRS report gives an overview of the situation and of the Federal response.
Date: November 1, 1984
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poverty: Trends, Causes and Cures (open access)

Poverty: Trends, Causes and Cures

None
Date: February 1, 1984
Creator: Shipp, P. Royal
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement: Selected References (open access)

Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement: Selected References

This report is a compilation of selected articles, books, and executive agency and congressional publications on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, primarily to health facilities and physicians.
Date: August 1, 1984
Creator: Shirley-Reynolds, Saundra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summaries of Federal Environmental Laws Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (open access)

Summaries of Federal Environmental Laws Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency

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Date: March 1, 1984
Creator: Library of Congress. Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Glossary of Selected Telecommunications Terms (open access)

A Glossary of Selected Telecommunications Terms

The following glossary provides short definitions and descriptions of selected telecommunications terminology, agencies, and organizations, as well as a listing of key laws and Federal Communications Commission regulations and decisions.
Date: January 1, 1984
Creator: Bortnick, Jane; Gilroy, Angele A. & Siddall, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposals to Reform Our Presidential Electoral System: A Survey of the Historical Background and Development of the Electoral College, and a Compilation of Proposals to Reform It,  With Pro and Con Analyses (open access)

Proposals to Reform Our Presidential Electoral System: A Survey of the Historical Background and Development of the Electoral College, and a Compilation of Proposals to Reform It, With Pro and Con Analyses

"This report discusses the present method of electing the President by the Electoral College . . . [and] the various state laws relating to the nomination and election of Presidential electors" (p. iii).
Date: August 1, 1984
Creator: Durbin, Thomas M.
System: The UNT Digital Library