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Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2014 (open access)

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2014

This report provides government-wide, multi-agency, and individual agency analyses of the President's FY2014 request as it relates to R&D and related activities. The President's budget seeks $142.773 billion for R&D in FY2014, a 1.3% increase (0.7% CAGR) over the actual FY2012 R&D funding level of $140.912 billion. Adjusted for inflation, the President's FY2014 R&D request represents a decrease of 2.6% from the FY2012 level (1.3% CAGR).
Date: September 5, 2013
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation (open access)

The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation

This report provides background information regarding the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis, and discusses the Hostage Relief Act.
Date: September 5, 2013
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Analysis of Religious Exemptions for Photo Identification Requirements (open access)

Legal Analysis of Religious Exemptions for Photo Identification Requirements

Report that analyzes the legal issues associated with religious exemptions to photo identification laws, lawsuits that have challenged state photo requirements, and factors that may be relevant in future decisions that may arise related to federal photo identification requirements and state voter identification requirements.
Date: September 5, 2012
Creator: Brougher, Cynthia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Moldova: Background and U.S. Policy (open access)

Moldova: Background and U.S. Policy

Report that provides information and analysis on Moldova, including its political and economic situation, foreign policy, and on U.S. policy toward Moldova.
Date: June 5, 2013
Creator: Woehrel, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) (open access)

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

Report that contains information on how to ascertain if an individual is eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits.
Date: September 5, 2012
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Provisions Expiring in 2013 ("Tax Extenders") (open access)

Tax Provisions Expiring in 2013 ("Tax Extenders")

This report discusses dozens of temporary tax provisions that are scheduled to expire at the end of 2013 under current law. Most of the provisions set to expire in 2013 have been part of past temporary tax extension legislation.
Date: November 5, 2013
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and International Trade: Legal Issues (open access)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and International Trade: Legal Issues

This report examines the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) role in regulating U.S. imported and exported consumer products. It also examines some of the international obligations that the United States has undertaken with respect to the promulgation of standards-related measures, such as mandatory consumer product safety regulations.
Date: November 5, 2013
Creator: Murrill, Brandon J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Legislation in the 113th Congress (open access)

Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Legislation in the 113th Congress

This report discusses the federal crimes that are usually punishable by a statutory maximum term of imprisonment, for example, "imprisoned for not more than 5 years."
Date: November 5, 2013
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital - 2013-03-05 - Christian A. González, multiple woodwinds

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Master's Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: March 5, 2013
Creator: González, Christian A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 2013-04-05 - Miniature Masterpieces of Chamber Music

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Faculty recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: April 5, 2013
Creator: Wilson, Carol (Soprano); Bester, Christian; Cole, Kimberly; Ryon, James; Olschofka, Felix; Gerling, Daphne et al.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2012-03-05 - Derek Klinge, tenor and bass trombones

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: March 5, 2012
Creator: Klinge, Derek & Sukhina, Nataliya
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Guest Artist: 2012-03-05 - Denton High School Fine Arts

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A fine arts concert at the UNT College of Music Winspear.
Date: March 5, 2012
Creator: Denton High School Choir
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highway and Public Transportation Infrastructure Provision Using Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) (open access)

Highway and Public Transportation Infrastructure Provision Using Public-Private Partnerships (P3s)

This report discusses two broad policy options for Congress as it considers reauthorizing federal surface transportation programs.
Date: March 5, 2014
Creator: Mallett, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telecommunications: GSA Needs to Share and Prioritize Lessons Learned to Avoid Future Transition Delays (open access)

Telecommunications: GSA Needs to Share and Prioritize Lessons Learned to Avoid Future Transition Delays

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Complex acquisition processes and weaknesses in project planning contributed to the delays experienced on the Networx transition, resulting in cost increases and missed savings. In particular, the complexity of the acquisition process was related to duplicative contract vehicles, the large number of service options, and changes related to the process for ensuring fair competition among service providers, among others. These issues were reported by the General Services Administration (GSA) to have been compounded by a decline in contracting and technical expertise within the agencies. GAO has identified skills gaps in the federal workforce as a government-wide high-risk area and highlighted the need for agencies to work with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to close them. Weaknesses in agencies' project planning also contributed to the delays. For example, agencies tended to transition easier items first, to demonstrate progress, before they transitioned items that needed a long lead time such as data networks and international services. As a result of the delays, GSA's estimated cost to complete the transition increased by $66.4 million, 44 percent over the baseline estimate. In addition to the extra transition costs, agencies …
Date: December 5, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Food Aid: Prepositioning Speeds Delivery of Emergency Aid, but Additional Monitoring of Time Frames and Costs Is Needed (open access)

International Food Aid: Prepositioning Speeds Delivery of Emergency Aid, but Additional Monitoring of Time Frames and Costs Is Needed

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reduces the average delivery time frame for emergency food aid by prepositioning food domestically—that is, in warehouses in the United States—and overseas. GAO estimates that compared with USAID's standard shipping process, which can take several months, prepositioning food aid shortened delivery time frames by an average of almost a month for shipments to the World Food Program (WFP). GAO also estimates that prepositioning shortened delivery time frames by an average of more than 2 months for other organizations—“cooperating sponsors”—that receive USAID grants. In addition, USAID reduces delivery time frames when it diverts shipments en route to overseas prepositioning warehouses to areas with immediate needs. For all cooperating sponsors, GAO estimates that diversions saved, on average, about 2 months."
Date: March 5, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Efforts to Assess Chemical Security Risk and Gather Feedback on Facility Outreach Can Be Strengthened (open access)

Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Efforts to Assess Chemical Security Risk and Gather Feedback on Facility Outreach Can Be Strengthened

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 2007, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) has assigned about 3,500 high-risk chemical facilities to risk-based tiers under its Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, but it has not fully assessed its approach for doing so. The approach ISCD used to assess risk and make decisions to place facilities in final tiers does not consider all of the elements of consequence, threat, and vulnerability associated with a terrorist attack involving certain chemicals. For example, the risk assessment approach is based primarily on consequences arising from human casualties, but does not consider economic consequences, as called for by the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and the CFATS regulation, nor does it consider vulnerability, consistent with the NIPP. ISCD has begun to take some actions to examine how its risk assessment approach can be enhanced, including commissioning a panel of experts to assess the current approach, identify strengths and weaknesses, and recommend improvements. ISCD will need to incorporate the various results of these efforts to help them ensure that the revised risk assessment approach includes all elements of risk. After ISCD has …
Date: April 5, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appraised Values on Tax Returns: Burdens on Taxpayers Could Be Reduced and Selected Practices Improved (open access)

Appraised Values on Tax Returns: Burdens on Taxpayers Could Be Reduced and Selected Practices Improved

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Appraisers’ most prominent role relative to the three types of tax returns GAO studied is in the valuation of estates. In the most recent years for which GAO had data, appraisers were likely involved in the valuation of property worth from $75 billion to $167 billion reported on estate tax returns in 2009. In contrast, less than $17 billion worth of gifts in 2009 and less than $10 billion in noncash contributions in 2008 likely involved an appraiser. Gift tax returns that likely used appraisers had higher audit rates than gift returns that were unlikely to have appraisers. The use of appraisers was not associated with higher audit rates for estate tax returns and individual returns with noncash contributions."
Date: June 5, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Care: Multiple Factors Could Have Contributed to the Recent Decline in the Number of Children Whose Families Receive Subsidies (open access)

Child Care: Multiple Factors Could Have Contributed to the Recent Decline in the Number of Children Whose Families Receive Subsidies

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As Congress considers reauthorization of the laws which provide funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), there is interest in understanding what accounts for recent trends in child care subsidy receipt among eligible families and what research says about subsidies' effects on parents' ability to obtain and maintain employment. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) administers CCDF, but states have flexibility in its implementation. As requested, GAO examined: (1) trends in federal estimates of the number and proportion of eligible children and families who receive child care subsidies, (2) factors that may affect trends in estimates of the number of children served, and (3) what is known about the extent to which access to subsidies supports low-income parents' employment. To address these issues, GAO reviewed recent federal estimates of the number and proportion of eligible children and families served; conducted a survey of state child care administrators in 50 states and the District of Columbia; interviewed HHS officials, state officials in four selected states, and researchers and experts in child care subsidies; and reviewed research on the relationship between subsidy receipt …
Date: May 5, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obstruction of Justice: An Abridged Overview of Related Federal Criminal Laws (open access)

Obstruction of Justice: An Abridged Overview of Related Federal Criminal Laws

This report briefly discusses obstruction of justice, which is defined as the frustration of governmental purposes by violence, corruption, destruction of evidence, or deceit. This is an abridged version of CRS Report RL34304, Obstruction of Justice: An Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes That Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities, by Charles Doyle, without the footnotes, quotations, or citations to authority found in the longer report.
Date: November 5, 2010
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obstruction of Congress: An Abridged Overview of Federal Criminal Laws Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities (open access)

Obstruction of Congress: An Abridged Overview of Federal Criminal Laws Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities

This report briefly discusses obstruction of justice, specifically regarding Congressional activities. Obstruction of justice is defined as the frustration of governmental purposes by violence, corruption, destruction of evidence, or deceit. This is an abridged version of CRS Report RL34304, Obstruction of Congress: A Brief Overview of Federal Law Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities, by Charles Doyle, without the footnotes, quotations, or citations to authority found in the longer report.
Date: November 5, 2010
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructure Protection: Update to National Infrastructure Protection Plan Includes Increased Emphasis on Risk Management and Resilience (open access)

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Update to National Infrastructure Protection Plan Includes Increased Emphasis on Risk Management and Resilience

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), there are thousands of facilities in the United States that if destroyed by a disaster could cause casualties, economic losses, or disruptions to national security. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 gave DHS responsibility for leading and coordinating the nation's effort to protect critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR). Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) defined responsibilities for DHS and certain federal agencies--known as sector-specific agencies (SSAs)--that represent 18 industry sectors, such as energy. In accordance with the Homeland Security Act and HSPD-7, DHS issued the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) in June 2006 to provide the approach for integrating the nation's CIKR. GAO was asked to study DHS's January 2009 revisions to the NIPP in light of a debate over whether DHS has emphasized protection--to deter threats, mitigate vulnerabilities, or minimize the consequences of disasters---rather than resilience---to resist, absorb, or successfully adapt, respond to, or recover from disasters. This report discusses (1) how the 2009 NIPP changed compared to the 2006 NIPP and (2) how DHS and SSAs addressed resiliency as part of their planning efforts. GAO …
Date: March 5, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obstruction of Justice: An Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes That Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities (open access)

Obstruction of Justice: An Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes That Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities

Obstruction of justice is the frustration of governmental purposes by violence, corruption, destruction of evidence, or deceit. It is a federal crime. In fact, federal obstruction of justice laws are legion; too many for even passing reference to all of them in a single report. This is a brief description of the some of the more prominent.
Date: November 5, 2010
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obstruction of Congress: A Brief Overview of Federal Law Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities (open access)

Obstruction of Congress: A Brief Overview of Federal Law Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities

Obstruction of justice is the frustration of governmental purposes by violence, corruption, destruction of evidence, or deceit. It is a federal crime. In fact, federal obstruction of justice laws are legion; too many for even passing reference to all of them in a single report. This is a brief description of those that outlaw interference with congressional activities.
Date: November 5, 2010
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library