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What Share of Taxpayers Would See a Tax Increase or a Tax Decrease Under a Senate Version of the Tax Reform Bill (open access)

What Share of Taxpayers Would See a Tax Increase or a Tax Decrease Under a Senate Version of the Tax Reform Bill

This report provides a brief overview and charts illustrating statistics about who would receive tax cuts, tax increases, or stay the same under the Senate version of the Tax Reform Bill.
Date: December 15, 2017
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Declining Dynamism in the U.S. Labor Market (open access)

Declining Dynamism in the U.S. Labor Market

This report discusses certain measures of the U.S. labor market "dynamism" or "fluidity"--including job reallocation, worker churn, and geographic labor mobility-- which some observers note have been declining for the past 20 years or more.
Date: June 15, 2016
Creator: Perkins, David W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contested Presidential Nominating Conventions: Brief Background and Questions (open access)

Contested Presidential Nominating Conventions: Brief Background and Questions

This report briefly addresses selected questions about possible contested Democratic and Republican conventions that might be relevant as Members of Congress prepare for the 2016 election.
Date: April 15, 2016
Creator: Garrett, R. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How a National Infrastructure Bank Might Work (open access)

How a National Infrastructure Bank Might Work

This report discusses the national infrastructure and ways to provide low-cost, long-term loans for the propose of increasing federal infrastructure investment.
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Mallett, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem? (open access)

Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem?

This report discusses the operation on a limited basis of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) despite a renewal of its general statutory charter through FY2019 (P.L. 114-94,
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discretionary Spending Levels Under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (open access)

Discretionary Spending Levels Under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

This report discusses how the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 effected discretionary spending levels and provides statistics related to discretionary levels over the past few years.
Date: February 15, 2018
Creator: Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Has the Economy Reached Full Employment? If So, Will It Stay There? (open access)

Has the Economy Reached Full Employment? If So, Will It Stay There?

This report considers the question of whether the U.S. has reached full employment (defined as the lowest level of unemployment that is sustainable for the economy without over-inflating wages) and provides statistical charts of the unemployment rate and labor force participation rates along with analysis of the data.
Date: February 15, 2018
Creator: Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inspector General Community Launches Oversight.gov to Increase Accessibility to Reports (open access)

Inspector General Community Launches Oversight.gov to Increase Accessibility to Reports

This report discusses the launch of oversight.gov by the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) and which agencies are currently participating in the beta test. The site allows Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reports related to participating agencies to be accessed in one place with keyword searchability.
Date: August 15, 2017
Creator: Francis, Kathryn A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implementation Date Nears for HHS Emergency Preparedness (EP) Rule (open access)

Implementation Date Nears for HHS Emergency Preparedness (EP) Rule

This report discusses the new emergency preparedness rules for organizations which participate in the Medicaid and Medicare programs that will be required to be in place by November 16, 2017.
Date: September 15, 2017
Creator: Lister, Sarah A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trespassing: The Leading Cause of Rail-Related Fatalities (open access)

Trespassing: The Leading Cause of Rail-Related Fatalities

This report discusses rail-related fatalities and the problem of trespassing by pedestrians on the railroad tracks which is the leading cause of fatalities in rail incidents. Statistics on fatalities, known causes of trespassing, and initiatives to reduce trespassing incidents such as Operation Lifesaver are discussed.
Date: August 15, 2017
Creator: Frittelli, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
2017 Hurricanes and Army Corps of Engineers: Background for Flood Response and Recovery (open access)

2017 Hurricanes and Army Corps of Engineers: Background for Flood Response and Recovery

This report outlines the role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in hurricane disaster relief and recovery. This role encompasses emergency response to floods and general disaster recovery, maintaining or repairing flood control structures such as dams that they operate as well as assisting in the repair of non-federally owned flood control structures. Recent activities of the Corps during and after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are discussed.
Date: September 15, 2017
Creator: Carter, Nicole T. & Stern, Charles V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agency Final Rules Submitted on or After June 13, 2016, May Be Subject to Disapproval by the 115th Congress (open access)

Agency Final Rules Submitted on or After June 13, 2016, May Be Subject to Disapproval by the 115th Congress

This report discusses the possibility of the new Congress and the new President to overturn agency final rules of the Obama Administration issued after early June 2016.
Date: December 15, 2016
Creator: Davis, Christopher M. & Beth, Richard S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Next Steps for Auction of TV Broadcast Airwaves to Commercial Carriers (open access)

Next Steps for Auction of TV Broadcast Airwaves to Commercial Carriers

This report discusses the incentive auction process to license airwaves currently used for television broadcasting. The proceeds of the auction are expected to pay billions of dollars to broadcasters that relinquish their spectrum holdings and may alter the competitive environment for wireless broadband if new entrants acquire spectrum licenses in the auction.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dakota Access Pipeline: Siting Controversy (open access)

Dakota Access Pipeline: Siting Controversy

This report discusses the Dakota Access Pipeline including background on the project and information about siting approval, as well as opposition and litigation against the pipeline.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanctuary Jurisdictions: Congressional Action and President Trump's Interior Enforcement Executive Order (open access)

Sanctuary Jurisdictions: Congressional Action and President Trump's Interior Enforcement Executive Order

This report discusses President Trump's executive order (EO) "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States" issued on January 25, 2017, which seeks, among other things, to penalize "sanctuary jurisdictions." The term refers to states and localities that limit their cooperation with federal agencies on immigration law enforcement.
Date: February 15, 2017
Creator: Kandel, William A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Violence Against Members of Congress and Their Staff: A Brief Overview (open access)

Violence Against Members of Congress and Their Staff: A Brief Overview

This report discusses questions about the personal security and safety of Members of Congress and their staffs.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russia's Parliamentary Elections (open access)

Russia's Parliamentary Elections

This report discusses Russia's last parliamentary elections. On September 18, 2016, Russians will go to the polls to elect the State Duma.
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Welt, Cory
System: The UNT Digital Library