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The European Union: Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects (open access)

The European Union: Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects

This report provides a brief history of the European Union (EU) and the major challenges confronting the bloc. It also discusses the potential implications for the EU and for U.S.-EU relations.
Date: December 3, 2018
Creator: Archick, Kristin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Legislation in the 115th Congress (open access)

Afghanistan: Legislation in the 115th Congress

This report summarizes legislative proposals in the 115th Congress that relate to U.S. policy in Afghanistan. Proposals address a number of issues including: 1) aspects of the U.S. troop presence in the country, 2) information that the executive branch provides to Congress, 3) the role of women in Afghan society, government, and the military, 4) purposes for U.S. aid, and conditions under which it can be obligated, 5) overall U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, including prospects for a negotiated settlement, and 6) regional dynamics, including the role of Russia.
Date: October 3, 2018
Creator: Thomas, Clayton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor Market Patterns Since 2007 (open access)

Labor Market Patterns Since 2007

This report uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to outline how various factors have affected the U.S. labor market from 2007-2018. It includes background and sections related to impacts of cyclical and structural change, full employment, the changing composition of employment -- both industry and occupation as well as demographics, and what to expect going forward.
Date: October 3, 2018
Creator: Donovan, Sarah A. & Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Buprenorphine and the Opioid Crisis: A Primer for Congress (open access)

Buprenorphine and the Opioid Crisis: A Primer for Congress

This report addresses questions policymakers may have about the effectiveness of the opioid addiction treatment drug buprenorphine, the demand for buprenorphine, and access to buprenorphine.
Date: August 3, 2018
Creator: Duff, Johnathan H.
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: August 3, 2018
Creator: Thomas, Clayton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's program for acquiring new polar icebreakers. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2019 budget requests $750 million in acquisition funding for the program.
Date: August 3, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's programs for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs). The Coast Guard's proposed FY2019 budget requests a total of $705 million in acquisition funding for the NSC, OPC, and FRC programs.
Date: August 3, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: Fiscal Year 2019 (open access)

Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: Fiscal Year 2019

This report begins with a discussion of the overall level of President Trump's FY2019 R&D request, followed by analyses of the R&D funding request from a variety of perspectives and for selected multiagency R&D initiatives. The remainder of the report then provides discussion and analysis of the R&D budget requests of selected federal departments and agencies that, collectively, account for approximately 99% of total federal R&D funding.
Date: August 3, 2018
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense--Issues for Congress (open access)

A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense--Issues for Congress

This report focuses on defense-related issues and does not discuss potential implications of a shift in the international security environment for other policy areas, such as foreign policy and diplomacy, trade and finance, energy, and foreign assistance.
Date: August 3, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Participation in International Organizations: An Introductory Overview and Selected Basic Data (open access)

United States Participation in International Organizations: An Introductory Overview and Selected Basic Data

This report focuses on the organization and legislative framework for U.S. participation in international organizations.
Date: March 3, 1977
Creator: Collier, E. C.; Niehaus, Marjorie & Capps, Carol Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Abuse and Minority Groups in the United States: Selected References (open access)

Drug Abuse and Minority Groups in the United States: Selected References

This bibliography is a collection of published works concerning minority groups and drug abuse in the United States.
Date: November 3, 1972
Creator: Puls, Barbara
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Involvement in Day Care (open access)

Federal Involvement in Day Care

This report chronicles federal involvement in daycare for children. This includes resources for working mothers, a history of federal involvement in daycare programs, federal daycare standards, and daycare problems and proposals to amend them, as well as a summary of legislative proposals for daycare and related programs.
Date: March 3, 1969
Creator: Malone, Margaret
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Health Insurance (open access)

National Health Insurance

This report collects major proposals for health insurance as a response to an increased public interest.
Date: March 3, 1971
Creator: Cavalier, Kay & Newberger, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Departmental Reorganization, and General and Special Revenue Sharing: Some Issues That They Raise (open access)

Departmental Reorganization, and General and Special Revenue Sharing: Some Issues That They Raise

This report described the rationale and nature of the then-President's proposals for reorganization and revenue sharing, some issues common to each of the two proposed reforms and issues raised by the legislative proposals.
Date: June 3, 1971
Creator: Beckman, Norman
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Additives - a Brief Review of Federal Regulation and Control (open access)

Food Additives - a Brief Review of Federal Regulation and Control

The purpose of this report is to describe, in a very brief and general way, some of these provisions and the role they play in consumer protection where public health and safety are involved.
Date: December 3, 1969
Creator: Markus, Glenn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cambodia: A situation report (open access)

Cambodia: A situation report

This is a situation report from Combodia
Date: June 3, 1970
Creator: Patitucci, Jean B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study Of The Nominating Systems Of The United States (open access)

A Study Of The Nominating Systems Of The United States

This report consists of a study of the nominating systems of the United states.
Date: April 3, 1967
Creator: Richard N. Malow
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retirement Systems of State and Local Governments -- Dimensions of the Pension Problem (open access)

Retirement Systems of State and Local Governments -- Dimensions of the Pension Problem

This report is a Congressional study of state and local public plans to help legislation for private retirement plans.
Date: February 3, 1976
Creator: Schmitt, Raymond
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Military Commitments to Foreign Countries : Should They Be Maintained or Reduced? A Discussion Guide (open access)

U.S. Military Commitments to Foreign Countries : Should They Be Maintained or Reduced? A Discussion Guide

This report outlines United States defense commitments to other countries, and whether or not they should be reduced.
Date: October 3, 1969
Creator: Lent, Ernest S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Control of Drug Abuse : Summary of Principal Legislative Activity in the 93rd Congress (open access)

Control of Drug Abuse : Summary of Principal Legislative Activity in the 93rd Congress

This report collects Federal government efforts to control drug abuse in the United States.
Date: December 3, 1974
Creator: Hogan, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defining Death: A Medical And Legal Inquiry (open access)

Defining Death: A Medical And Legal Inquiry

This report consists of defining death a medical and legal inquiry
Date: January 3, 1978
Creator: Lemke, Janet E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsidy and Subsidy-Like Programs of the U.S Federal Government, Fiscal Years 1970-1975 (open access)

Subsidy and Subsidy-Like Programs of the U.S Federal Government, Fiscal Years 1970-1975

This report is about the subsidy and subsidy-like programs of the U.S Federal Government for the fiscal year 1970-1975.
Date: May 3, 1974
Creator: Allen, Julius W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Causes of Urban Violence: Selected Articles (open access)

The Causes of Urban Violence: Selected Articles

This report discusses The Causes of Urban Violence: Selected Articles.
Date: June 3, 1969
Creator: Downing, Paul M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Role in Coal Mine Safety (open access)

The Federal Role in Coal Mine Safety

This report is about the The Federal Role in Coal Mine Safety.
Date: February 3, 1969
Creator: Siehl, George H.
System: The UNT Digital Library