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Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

This report discusses the continued debate amongst congressional policymakers regarding telecommunications reform. A major point of the ongoing discussion is whether action is needed to ensure unfettered access to the Internet.
Date: July 2, 2014
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
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 and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific relevant topics.
Date: July 2, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights

This report discusses the state of Iraqi politics, governance, and human rights, including the worsening relations between local Sunni and Shiite populations.
Date: July 2, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Peace Corps: Current Issues (open access)

The Peace Corps: Current Issues

The report discusses the President's annual funding request for the Peace Corps, efforts to reauthorize the Peace Corps, and related issues. Current issues include the extent to which there is available funding for Peace Corps expansion, whether the Peace Corps has the institutional capacity to expand, and whether volunteers are able to function in a safe and secure environment.
Date: July 2, 2014
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Use in California (open access)

Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Use in California

This report provides a brief overview of hydraulic fracturing and water use in California.
Date: July 2, 2014
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.; Tiemann, Mary; Folger, Peter & Andrews, Anthony
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

This report discusses the current debate over "net neutrality". While there is no single accepted definition of "net neutrality," most agree that any such definition should include the general principles that owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet should not control how consumers lawfully use that network, and they should not be able to discriminate against content provider access to that network.
Date: July 2, 2014
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA) (open access)

Reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA)

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Date: July 2, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library