Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) Program (open access)

Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) Program

This report discusses the Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) aircraft, which may shift training from Field Training Units, where expensive fifth-generation aircraft are used, to less expensive trainer aircraft.
Date: October 1, 2018
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Background and U.S. Policy: In Brief (open access)

Afghanistan: Background and U.S. Policy: In Brief

This report provides an overview of current political and military dynamics, with a focus on the Trump Administration's new strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia, the U.S.-led coalition and Afghan military operations, and recent political developments, including prospects for peace talks and elections.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: Thomas, Clayton
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Corps of Engineers Annual and Supplemental Appropriations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Army Corps of Engineers Annual and Supplemental Appropriations: Issues for Congress

This report summarizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's (USACE's) annual discretionary appropriations for civil works activities and its supplemental appropriations, principally following major flood and hurricane disasters. The appropriations described are for those accounts and activities that typically are funded through Title I of annual Energy and Water Development appropriations acts.
Date: October 1, 2018
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
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
Biennial Report on the Use of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas: 2018 (open access)

Biennial Report on the Use of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas: 2018

Report providing an update on how the Texas Water Development Board is using SWIFT program funds to support development of new water supplies by implementing projects in the state water plan, including how the funding program is supporting rural and agricultural projects, water conservation, and reuse of wastewater.
Date: December 1, 2018
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cambodian Election (open access)

Cambodian Election

This report discusses the Cambodian National Assembly election, which was held on July 29, 2018 and U.S. policy responses. Critics viewed the election, in which the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) likely won all 125 parliamentary seats, as neither free nor fair and the victory as "hollow" given that the CPP banned the largest opposition party in 2017.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capitol Clearinghouse Updates, Volume 14, Number 18, September 2018 (open access)

Capitol Clearinghouse Updates, Volume 14, Number 18, September 2018

Bi-monthly publication from Texas Senate discussing legislative committees, Texas arts and culture, public health concerns, and public policy issues.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress such as: Arctic sovereignty claims; commercial shipping through the Arctic; Arctic oil, gas, and mineral exploration; endangered Arctic species; and increased military operations in the Arctic that could cause the region in coming years to become an arena of international cooperation or competition.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
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
The Child Tax Credit: Legislative History (open access)

The Child Tax Credit: Legislative History

This report discusses the legislative history of the child tax credit and the most recent changes to it.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
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

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on China's naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S. Navy capabilities. The question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, is a key issue in U.S. defense planning and budgeting. Many U.S. military programs for countering improving Chinese military forces (particularly its naval forces) fall within the U.S. Navy's budget.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Actions in South and East China Seas: Implications for U.S. Interests--Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

China's Actions in South and East China Seas: Implications for U.S. Interests--Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress regarding China's actions in the South China Sea (SCS) and East China Sea (ECS), with a focus on implications for U.S. strategic and policy interests. Other CRS reports focus on other aspects of maritime territorial disputes involving China.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
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
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress

This report examines U.S. policy toward Cuba in the 115th Congress in three sections: Cuba's political and economic environment; U.S. policy toward Cuba; and selected issues in U.S.-Cuban relations, including restrictions on travel and trade, funding for democracy and human rights projects in Cuba and for U.S. government-sponsored radio and television broadcasting, migration, anti-drug cooperation, U.S. property claims, and U.S. fugitives from justice in Cuba.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (open access)

Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents

This report provides links to cybersecurity legislation in the 112th, 113th, 114th, and 115th Congresses. Congress has held cybersecurity hearings every year since 2001. This report also provides links to cybersecurity-related committee hearings in the 113th, 114th, and 115th Congresses.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Tehan, Rita
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
Defense Primer: Military Pay Raise (open access)

Defense Primer: Military Pay Raise

This report discusses military pay raises and the annual statutory basic pay raise based on changes in the Employment Cost Index. It includes descriptions of information related to the topic along with a table of historical increases in basic pay.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs: FY2019 Budget and Appropriations (open access)

Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs: FY2019 Budget and Appropriations

This report provides describes funding for Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) during fiscal year 2019, in comparison to fiscal year 2018 funding. It provides an overview, description of congressional action, and discussion of key issues for Congress, including agency funding as well as foreign assistance. It also includes several appendices with supplementary information and account-by-account comparisons.
Date: October 1, 2018
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Gill, Cory R. & Lawson, Marian L.
Object Type: Report
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
The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 2018 (open access)

The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 2018

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: February 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 2018 (open access)

The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 2018

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: March 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 3, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 2018 (open access)

The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 3, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 2018

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: April 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (open access)

The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 2018 (open access)

The ECHO, Vol. 90, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 2018

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: June 1, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History