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Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 40, Pages 8823-9002, October 1, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 40, Pages 8823-9002, October 1, 2010

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: October 1, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Location-Based Preferences in Federal and Federally Funded Contracting: An Overview of the Law (open access)

Location-Based Preferences in Federal and Federally Funded Contracting: An Overview of the Law

This report discusses constitutional and other legal issues related to the creation and implementation of location-based preferences in federal contracting, as well as summarizes key authorities requiring or allowing federal agencies to "favor" contractors located in specific places. The report does not address federal preferences for domestic products or provisions of federal law that could, depending upon their implementation, effectively prefer local contractors, such as project labor agreements.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Luckey, John R. & Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporary Extension of Unemployment Benefits: Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) (open access)

Temporary Extension of Unemployment Benefits: Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08)

In July 2008, a new temporary unemployment benefit, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program, began. The most recent legislation, P.L. 111-205, extended the authorization of the EUC08 program, but did not change the structure of the program or augment benefits. This temporary unemployment insurance program provides up to 20 additional weeks of unemployment benefits to certain workers who have exhausted their rights to regular unemployment compensation (UC) benefits. This report discusses the various tiers of the EUC08 program, as well as related legislation. This report will be updated to reflect current congressional action or programmatic changes.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.; Whittaker, Julie M. & Shelton, Alison M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Proposed U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (open access)

The Proposed U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

The proposed U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, also called the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), is a bilateral free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia which, if ratified, would eliminate tariffs and other barriers in goods and services between the two countries. The CFTA negotiations grew out of a regional effort in 2004 to produce a U.S.-Andean free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the Andean countries of Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. In his January 2010 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for a new National Export Initiative (NEI) to boost U.S. exports and create jobs. One component of the NEI calls for opening new markets for U.S. exports by resolving outstanding issues with Colombia, Korea, and Panama with the objective of moving forward with the pending FTAs at the appropriate time. There is currently no indication that the 111th Congress will consider implementing legislation for the proposed U.S.-Colombia FTA.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contract Types: An Overview of the Legal Requirements and Issues (open access)

Contract Types: An Overview of the Legal Requirements and Issues

This report provides an overview of the various contract types (e.g., fixed-price, cost-reimbursement) used in federal procurement and the legal requirements and issues pertaining to each. Current congressional and public interest in contract types is, in part, an outgrowth of the reported increase in the use of cost-reimbursement contracts during the George W. Bush Administration1 and the Obama Administration's proposal to reduce by at least 10% the funds obligated in FY2010 by "high risk-contracting authorities," such as cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, and labor-hour contracts.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Continuing Resolutions: Latest Action and Brief Overview of Recent Practices (open access)

Continuing Resolutions: Latest Action and Brief Overview of Recent Practices

This report is divided into two segments. The first section provides the most recent information on the FY2011 continuing resolution. The second segment focuses on the (1) history and recent trends, including the nature, scope, and duration of CRs during the past 35 years; (2) CR types by duration; (3) major substantive legislative provisions included in some CRs; and (4) funding gaps.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2011 Appropriations (open access)

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2011 Appropriations

This report discusses the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget request for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Else, Daniel H.; Scott, Christine & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inherently Governmental Functions and Other Work Reserved for Performance by Federal Government Employees: The Obama Administration's Proposed Policy Letter (open access)

Inherently Governmental Functions and Other Work Reserved for Performance by Federal Government Employees: The Obama Administration's Proposed Policy Letter

On March 31, 2010, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a proposed policy letter on inherently governmental functions and other "work reserved for performance by federal government employees." While not final, the policy letter represents the Obama Administration's proposed guidance for agencies determining (1) whether particular functions are inherently governmental and (2) when functions closely associated with the performance of inherently governmental functions and critical functions should be performed by government personnel. The proposed policy letter raises several legal and policy issues of potential interest to Congress, given recently enacted and proposed legislation regarding inherently governmental functions and other limitations upon contracting out.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Halchin, L. Elaine; Manuel, Kate M.; Reese, Shawn & Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues (open access)

China's Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues

This report provides an overview of the economic issues surrounding the current debate over China's currency policy. It identifies the economic costs and benefits of China's currency policy for both China and the United States, and possible implications if China were to allow its currency to significantly appreciate or to float freely. It also examines proposed legislation in the 111th Congress that seek to address China's currency policy.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq (open access)

The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq

The Kurdish-inhabited region of northern Iraq is relatively peaceful and prospering economically, but the Iraqi Kurds' political autonomy and political strength in post- Saddam Iraq is causing friction with Arab leaders in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. However, an overall reduction in violence in Iraq, coupled with continued U.S. political influence over the Kurds, is likely to prevent a destabilizing escalation of the Iraqi Kurd-Arab disputes. Also see CRS Report RL31339, Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, by Kenneth Katzman.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress

Concern has grown in Congress and elsewhere about China's military modernization. The topic is an increasing factor in discussions over future required U.S. Navy capabilities. The issue for Congress addressed in this report is: How should China's military modernization be factored into decisions about U.S. Navy programs?
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Responsibility Determinations Under the Federal Acquisition Regulation: Legal Standards and Procedures (open access)

Responsibility Determinations Under the Federal Acquisition Regulation: Legal Standards and Procedures

This report discusses the standards and procedures that federal agencies use in making responsibility determinations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). It discusses (1) how responsibility determinations relate to other mechanisms that the government relies upon to ensure that contractors are responsible and otherwise eligible for federal contracts; (2) the performance-related and collateral standards used in making responsibility determinations; (3) the procedures for making responsibility determinations; and (4) recently enacted or proposed amendments to the standards or procedures for responsibility determinations.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interagency Contracting: An Overview of Federal Procurement and Appropriations Law (open access)

Interagency Contracting: An Overview of Federal Procurement and Appropriations Law

"Interagency contracting" is the term used to describe several procurement relationships between government agencies. This report provides an overview of the federal procurement and appropriations laws governing interagency contracting. It defines key terms used in discussing interagency contracting; surveys the various interagency contracting vehicles; and describes recently enacted and proposed amendments to the laws governing interagency contracting.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Manuel, Kate M. & Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Federal Laws Containing Goals, Set-Asides, Priorities, or Other Preferences Based on Race, Gender, or Ethnicity (open access)

Survey of Federal Laws Containing Goals, Set-Asides, Priorities, or Other Preferences Based on Race, Gender, or Ethnicity

This report provides a broad, but by no means exhaustive, survey of federal statutes that specifically refer to race, gender, or ethnicity as factors to be considered in the administration of any federal program.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Feder, Jody; Manuel, Kate M. & Taylor, Julia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 2010 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 2010

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 190, October 1, 2010, Pages 60567-61034 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 190, October 1, 2010, Pages 60567-61034

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Introduction to the UNT Digital Collections

Presentation on the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library and The Portal to Texas History. The topics include featured collections in The Portal to Texas History and in the UNT Digital Library, and the special collections of maps and their features and usage.
Date: October 1, 2011
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Funeral Program for James Dudley Gant, Sr., October 1, 2010] (open access)

[Funeral Program for James Dudley Gant, Sr., October 1, 2010]

Funeral program for James "Jake" Dudley Gant, Sr., born December 14, 1934 and died September 21, 2000. The funeral was held October 1, 2010 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, officiated by Father Mario. The funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Organization of Long-Term Interstellar Distributed Digital Preservation Networks

This presentation discusses the organization of long-term interstellar distributed digital preservation networks. Long term (centuries) management of large growing public bodies of information is both more and less understood. This presentation discusses what we can learn from current efforts to develop long term strategies for digital preservation.
Date: October 1, 2011
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 271, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 2010 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 271, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 2010

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Faculty Recital: 2010-10-01 - Woodwind Faculty & Friends

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
A faculty and guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Woodwind Faculty & Friends
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2010-10-01 - Soomin Lee, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Lee, Soomin
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 2010 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Statutes of Limitation in Federal Criminal Cases: An Overview (open access)

Statutes of Limitation in Federal Criminal Cases: An Overview

This report discusses federal statutes of limitations on crimes with a list of circumstances that can suspend those limits. A list of federal statutes of limitation in criminal cases and a rough chart of comparable state provisions are provided in this report.
Date: October 1, 2012
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library