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Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): In Brief (open access)

Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): In Brief

Report that discusses the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), that is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) being negotiated between the United States and the European Union (EU).
Date: July 23, 2013
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias & Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Guest Workers: Legislative Activity in the 113th Congress (open access)

Agricultural Guest Workers: Legislative Activity in the 113th Congress

This report discusses the foreign temporary workers, also known as guest workers, that have long performed legal agricultural labor in the United States through different temporary worker programs.
Date: July 23, 2013
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Brief: CRS Resources on the FY2014 Funding Gap, Shutdown, and Status of Appropriations (open access)

In Brief: CRS Resources on the FY2014 Funding Gap, Shutdown, and Status of Appropriations

This report provides an annotated list of Congressional Research Service (CRS) resources and analyses relevant tothe funding gap that commenced on October 1, 2013, and terminated on October 17, 2013, with the enactment of P.L. 113-46, a continuing appropriations measure providing appropriations through January 15, 2014; historical funding gaps; and continuing appropriations measures.
Date: October 23, 2013
Creator: Murray, Justin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federalism, State Sovereignty, and the Constitution: Basis and Limits of Congressional Power (open access)

Federalism, State Sovereignty, and the Constitution: Basis and Limits of Congressional Power

This report discusses state and federal legislative power generally and focuses on a number of these "federalism" cases. The report discusses state and federal legislative power generally, and focuses on a number of these "federalism" cases.1 Issues addressed include congressional power under the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment; limits on congressional powers, such as the Tenth Amendment; state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment; and grant condition imposed under the Spending Clause.
Date: September 23, 2013
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress (open access)

The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress

This report discusses the background of the G-20 (an international forum for discussing and coordinating economic policies) and some of the issues that it has addressed. It includes historic background on the work of the G-20, information about how the group operates, overviews of G-20 summits, major issues that the group is likely to address and the likely effectiveness of the G-20 in the near future. The members of the G-20 include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
Date: October 23, 2013
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant: An Introduction (open access)

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant: An Introduction

This report discusses the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)- block grant that provides grants to states, Indian tribes, and territories for a wide range of benefits, services, and activities that address economic and social disadvantage for families with children.
Date: October 23, 2013
Creator: Falk, Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Rules Manual: Summary of Contents (open access)

House Rules Manual: Summary of Contents

This report provides a description of house rules and manuals. The first section of the House Manual identifies the more substantive rules changes made by the House resolution adopting the rules of the current Congress. Also identified are citations to volumes of precedents referenced in the parliamentarian's annotations.
Date: September 23, 2013
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendments on the House Floor: Summary of Major Restrictions (open access)

Amendments on the House Floor: Summary of Major Restrictions

This report discusses the opportunities for Representatives to offer floor amendments to a bill or resolution procedures by which the House considers the measure.
Date: September 23, 2013
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Funding Gaps: A Brief Overview (open access)

Federal Funding Gaps: A Brief Overview

This report provides background information regarding the Antideficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 1342, 1511-1519) that generally bars the obligation of funds in the absence of appropriations. The report discusses the interval during the fiscal year when appropriations for a particular project or activity are not enacted into law, either in the form of a regular appropriations act or a continuing resolution (CR), which are referred to as a funding gap.
Date: September 23, 2013
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectrum Policy: Provisions in the 2012 Spectrum Act (open access)

Spectrum Policy: Provisions in the 2012 Spectrum Act

This report discusses the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. The act established a process for television broadcasters to release spectrum licensed to them for auction as commercial licenses. The act also included provisions to apply future spectrum license auction revenues toward deficit reduction; to establish a planning and governance structure to deploy public safety broadband networks, using some auction proceeds for that purpose; and to assign additional spectrum resources for public safety communications.
Date: December 23, 2013
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brief History of NIH Funding: Fact Sheet (open access)

Brief History of NIH Funding: Fact Sheet

This report provides a brief history of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and figures on NIH appropriations for FY1994-FY2014.
Date: December 23, 2013
Creator: Johnson, Judith A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis (open access)

The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis

This report reviews the issues surrounding the medical devices tax within the framework of basic principles surrounding the choice of commodities to tax under excise taxes. The next section describes the tax and its legislative origins. After that, the report analyzes the arguments for retaining and repealing the tax.
Date: December 23, 2013
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Lowry, Sean
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, focusing particularly on the influence of the Taliban and other militant groups and on the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This report also discusses the U.S.-Afghanistan relationship, in both the short and long term, and U.S. efforts under the Obama Administration to provide military, reconstructive, and stabilization aid.
Date: October 23, 2013
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses (open access)

Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses

This report focuses on options for protecting structures and for protecting wildlands and natural resources from wildfires. It begins with a brief overview of the nature of wildfires, followed by a discussion of protecting structures. Then, it discusses wildfire damages to wildlands and natural resources, fuel treatment options and their benefits and limitations, and public involvement in federal decisions.
Date: May 23, 2013
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2013 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 23, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ensemble: 2013-11-23 – Jazz Singers

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Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: November 23, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Jazz Singers.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2013-04-23 – Global Rhythms

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Global Rhythms concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall and Music Commons.
Date: April 23, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. South Indian Cross-Cultural Ensemble.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2013-03-23 – Lisa Bost-Sandberg, flute and alto flute

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 23, 2013
Creator: Bost-Sandberg, Lisa
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Guest Artist Recital: 2013-03-23 – Uri Nahir, flute

A Graduate Artist Certificate recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: March 23, 2013
Creator: Nahir, Uri
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 617, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 617, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: January 23, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 295, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 295, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: January 23, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
An anthraquinone derivative, emodin sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to TRAIL indced apoptosis through the induction of death receptors and downregulation of cell survival proteins (open access)

An anthraquinone derivative, emodin sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to TRAIL indced apoptosis through the induction of death receptors and downregulation of cell survival proteins

Article on an anthraquinone derivative, emodin sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to TRAIL induced apoptosis through the induction of death receptors and downregulation of cell survival proteins.
Date: May 23, 2013
Creator: Subramaniam, Aruljothi; Loo, Ser Yue; Rajendran, Peramaiyan; Manu, Kanjoormana Aryan; Perumal, Ekambaram; Li, Feng et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Military Education: Actions Needed to Implement DOD Recommendations for Enhancing Leadership Development (open access)

Joint Military Education: Actions Needed to Implement DOD Recommendations for Enhancing Leadership Development

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: October 23, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Regulatory Reform: Regulators Have Faced Challenges Finalizing Key Reforms and Unaddressed Areas Pose Potential Risks (open access)

Financial Regulatory Reform: Regulators Have Faced Challenges Finalizing Key Reforms and Unaddressed Areas Pose Potential Risks

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Implementation of financial regulatory reform is ongoing. Although regulators have made progress in implementing some key reforms required by the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act), others remain incomplete. Moreover, the effectiveness of some implemented reforms, as illustrated below, remains to be seen."
Date: January 23, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library