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Department of Health and Human Services: Solicitations of Support for Enroll America (open access)

Department of Health and Human Services: Solicitations of Support for Enroll America

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO’s review of written responses and documentation from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that, since enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Secretary of HHS (the Secretary) contacted the Chief Executive Officers of five organizations to solicit support for one outside entity, Enroll America, involved in activities related to PPACA. Specifically, the Secretary requested financial support for Enroll America from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and H&R Block; and nonfinancial support, such as technical assistance, from Ascension Health, Johnson & Johnson, and Kaiser (which consists of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals). GAO’s review of the documentation also found that the Secretary received oral guidance from HHS’s Office of General Counsel in early February 2013 and written guidance on soliciting support for outside entities later in the month, after the contact with RWJF but prior to the four remaining contacts. Among other things, this guidance stated that HHS officials may encourage members of the public to support certain organizations assisting Americans to enroll in coverage under PPACA, pursuant to authority provided under sections 1703 and 1704 …
Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2014-04-21 – Spectrum

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Composition concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: April 21, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act (open access)

Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act

This report provides information regarding the treatment of noncitizens under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) including definitions of "lawfully present," the health insurance mandate, exchanges, and ACA changes to Medicaid. It also discusses the verification of alien status under the ACA and related legislation in the 113th Congress.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Siskin, Alison & Lunder, Erika K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws (open access)

Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws

This report provides an overview of the legal precedent for mandatory vaccination laws, and of state laws that require certain individuals or populations, including school-aged children and health care workers, to be vaccinated against various communicable diseases. Also discussed are state laws providing for mandatory vaccinations during a public health emergency or outbreak of a communicable disease.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Cole, Jared P. & Swendiman, Kathleen S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA): Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Trade Promotion Authority (TPA): Frequently Asked Questions

This report provides background information Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), and discusses U.S. trade negotiating objectives, procedures for congressional-executive notification and consultation, and expedited legislative procedures.
Date: April 21, 2014
Creator: Cooper, William H.; Fergusson, Ian F. & Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Malaysia: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Malaysia: Background and U.S. Relations

This report analyzes U.S.-Malaysia relations and the economy, domestic politics, and diplomacy of Malaysia. It also provides background on current events and policy debates, as Congress has expressed interest in a variety of issues in U.S.-Malaysia relations, especially regarding trade, security cooperation, and human rights.
Date: April 21, 2014
Creator: Rinehart, Ian E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the LX(R) amphibious ship program, a Navy program to build a new class of 11 amphibious ships.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps' Proposed Rule to Define "Waters of the United States" (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps' Proposed Rule to Define "Waters of the United States"

This report describes the March 25 proposed rule to define "waters of the United States," particularly focused on clarifying the regulatory status of waters located in isolated places in a landscape, the types of waters with ambiguous jurisdictional status following the Supreme Court's ruling. It includes a table comparing the proposal to existing regulatory language.
Date: April 21, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Rules Restricting the Content of Conference Reports (open access)

Senate Rules Restricting the Content of Conference Reports

This report discusses two Senate rules that affect the authority of conferees to include in their report matter that was not passed by the House or Senate before the conference committee was appointed.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The LIHEAP Formula (open access)

The LIHEAP Formula

This report discusses two types of formulas used to allocate funding to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) through regular and contingency funding.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: Perl, Libby
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Monuments and the Antiquities Act (open access)

National Monuments and the Antiquities Act

This report discusses the Antiquities Act of 1906, monument issues and controversies, as well as administration and legislative activities.
Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: Hardy-Vincent, Carol & Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy TAO(X) Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy TAO(X) Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the TAO(X) oiler shipbuilding program, a program to build a new class of fleet oilers for the Navy.
Date: May 21, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2014-02-21 – Opera and Concert Orchestra

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Opera concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.
Date: February 21, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Division of Vocal Studies. Opera.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ensemble: 2014-01-21 – Director's Opera Scenes Program captions transcript

Ensemble: 2014-01-21 – Director's Opera Scenes Program

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Opera scenes concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: January 21, 2014
Creator: Homer, Paula; Cloutier, David, 1948- & Lee, Minsok
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 2014 (open access)

NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Semiweekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 2014
Creator: Darnell, William A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Computational optimization problems in social interaction and empathic social emotion (open access)

Computational optimization problems in social interaction and empathic social emotion

Article accompanying a poster presentation for the 2014 Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting. This article discusses computational optimization problems in social interaction and empathic social emotion.
Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: Tam, Nicoladie D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optical imaging of prefrontal cortex hemodynamic response in executive function induced by increased cardiovascular activity (open access)

Optical imaging of prefrontal cortex hemodynamic response in executive function induced by increased cardiovascular activity

Article accompanying a poster presentation for the 2014 Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting. This article discusses optical imaging of prefrontal cortex hemodynamic response in executive function induced by increased cardiovascular activity.
Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: Tam, Nicoladie D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of the WTO Brazil-U.S. Cotton Case (open access)

Status of the WTO Brazil-U.S. Cotton Case

This report provides a description and status report on Brazil's challenge to certain aspects of the U.S. cotton program under the rules of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) dispute settlement process in case DS267.
Date: February 21, 2014
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State CO2 Emission Rate Goals in EPA's Proposed Rule for Existing Power Plants (open access)

State CO2 Emission Rate Goals in EPA's Proposed Rule for Existing Power Plants

This report discusses the methodology EPA used to establish state-specific CO2 emission rate goals that apply to states' overall electricity generation portfolio.
Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Rights in Military Commission Trials and Trials in Federal Criminal Court (open access)

Comparison of Rights in Military Commission Trials and Trials in Federal Criminal Court

This report provides a brief summary of legal issues raised by the choice of forum for trying accused terrorists and a chart comparing selected military commissions rules under the Military Commissions Act, as amended, to the corresponding rules that apply in federal court.
Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unlawfully Present Aliens, Higher Education, In-State Tuition, and Financial Aid: Legal Analysis (open access)

Unlawfully Present Aliens, Higher Education, In-State Tuition, and Financial Aid: Legal Analysis

This report surveys key legal issues pertaining to unlawfully present alien students' access to higher education, in-state tuition, and financial aid.
Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Characteristics of Private and Public Sector Workers (open access)

Selected Characteristics of Private and Public Sector Workers

This report begins with an analysis of the trends in employment in the private and public sectors. The public sector is separated into employees of the federal government, state governments, and local governments. Next, the report analyzes selected characteristics of private and public sector workers.
Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: Mayer, Gerald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq Crisis and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iraq Crisis and U.S. Policy

This report provides an overview of the situation in Iraq and discusses the U.S. response, Syria and Iran dimension, and addresses selected additional issues raised by this crisis.
Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth; Humud, Carla E.; Blanchard, Christopher M.; Margesson, Rhoda & Tiersky, Alex
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements (open access)

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

This report provides an overview of many of the key arms control and nonproliferation agreements and endeavors of the past 40 years. It is divided into three sections: (1) arms control efforts between the United States and the states of the former Soviet Union, (2) multilateral nuclear nonproliferation efforts, and (3) treaties and agreements that address chemical, biological, and conventional weapons.
Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.; Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library