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Funding Emergency Communications: Technology and Policy Considerations
This report covers U.S. efforts to find a solution that assures seamless communications among first responders and emergency personnel at the scene of a major disaster. Legislation in the 112th Congress includes the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, the Broadband for Public Safety Act of 2011, the Broadband for First Responders Act, and the Strengthening Public-safety and Enhancing Communications Through Reform, Utilization, and Modernization (SPECTRUM) Act.
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: Issues and Policy Options for Congress
This report provides background information and potential issues and options for Congress relating to the reauthorization of Ex-Im Bank. The scope of this report is limited to Ex-Im Bank reauthorization issues.
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
Ilias, Shayerah
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, Treaty Number: 102-38, 1992), the Copenhagen Accord (2009), and the UNFCCC Cancun Agreements (2010), wherein the higher-income countries pledged jointly up to $30 billion of "fast start" climate financing for lower-income countries for the period 2010-2012, and a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020. The Cancun Agreements also proposed that the pledged funds are to be new, additional to previous flows, adequate, predictable, and sustained, and are to come from a wide variety of sources, both public and private, bilateral and multilateral, including alternative sources of finance.
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
Lattanzio, Richard K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
None
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brief History of the Gold Standard in the United States
This report discusses the gold standard, Basically Silver:1792-1834, Basically Gold: 1834-1862, Fiat Paper Money: 1862-1879, A true gold standard: 1879-1933, and Cutting the Links to gold: 1967-1973.
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
Elwell, Craig K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy
None
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Imports from North Korea: Existing Rules, Implications of the KORUS FTA, and the Kaesong Industrial Complex
This report discusses the implications from the U.S.-South Korean Free Trade Agreement on aspects of U.S. business, particularly the auto industry.
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.; Grimmett, Jeanne J.; Jones, Vivian C.; Nanto, Dick K.; Platzer, Michaela D. & Rennack, Dianne E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Issues in the U.S. Ratification Debate
None
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
Blanchfield, Luisa
System:
The UNT Digital Library