Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview (open access)

Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview

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Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: Burke, Vee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Early Childhood Education: Federal Policy Issues (open access)

Early Childhood Education: Federal Policy Issues

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Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: McCallion, Gail
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (open access)

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

This report provides background on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP), originally established in 1981 by Title XXVI of P.L. 97-35 and reauthorized several times. It is a block grant program under which the federal government gives states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (referred to as grantees) annual grants to operate multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Stoltzfus, Emilie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Firms That Incorporate Abroad for Tax Purposes: Corporate “Inversions” and “Expatriation” (open access)

Firms That Incorporate Abroad for Tax Purposes: Corporate “Inversions” and “Expatriation”

This report provides information about the Corporate "Inversions" and "Expatriation" on Firms That Incorporate Abroad for Tax Purposes where increasing number of U.S firms have altered their structure by substituting a foreign parent corporation for a domestic one.
Date: October 27, 2003
Creator: Brumbaugh, David L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. - European Union Disputes in the World Trade Organization (open access)

U.S. - European Union Disputes in the World Trade Organization

This report discusses disputes in the World Trade Organization (WTO) between the United States and the European Union (EU). The report begins with an overview of the issues to be addressed, and continues with a brief description of the WTO dispute settlement process, a summary of U.S.-EU dispute settlement history, and a review of issues arising from cases of longstanding non-compliance. The report concludes with a discussion of continuing concerns and policy considerations.
Date: May 27, 2003
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J. & Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of State Laws on the Issuance of Driver’s Licenses (open access)

Summary of State Laws on the Issuance of Driver’s Licenses

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Date: October 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monkeypox: Technical Background and Outbreak Implications for Bioterrorism Preparedness (open access)

Monkeypox: Technical Background and Outbreak Implications for Bioterrorism Preparedness

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Date: June 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations (open access)

Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations

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Date: October 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retirement Plans With Individual Accounts: Federal Rules and Limits (open access)

Retirement Plans With Individual Accounts: Federal Rules and Limits

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Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Semiconductor Industry and South Korea’s Hynix Corporation (open access)

The Semiconductor Industry and South Korea’s Hynix Corporation

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Date: May 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Background and Current Issues (open access)

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Background and Current Issues

This report covers the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria which is a new organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, that is intended to attract and rapidly disburse new resources in the struggle against infectious disease. The Fund is a financing vehicle, not a development agency, and its grants are intended to complement existing efforts rather than replace them. Approximately $2.2 billion has been pledged to the Fund, while about $646 million had been received as of November 5, 2002.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Copson, Raymond W. & Salaam, Tiaji
System: The UNT Digital Library
China: Possible Missile Technology Transfers Under U.S. Satellite Export Policy — Actions and Chronology (open access)

China: Possible Missile Technology Transfers Under U.S. Satellite Export Policy — Actions and Chronology

This report provides information about the Possible Missile Technology Transfers from U.S. Satellite Export Policy of China. this report discusses security concern,policy changes, and a chronology of major developments since 1988.
Date: March 27, 2003
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Privacy Laws Affecting Sharing of Customer Information Among Affiliated Institutions (open access)

Financial Privacy Laws Affecting Sharing of Customer Information Among Affiliated Institutions

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Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: Murphy, M. Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Designating Lake Saint Clair a “Great Lake”: Legal Analysis (open access)

Designating Lake Saint Clair a “Great Lake”: Legal Analysis

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Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Viña, Stephen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fruits and Vegetables: Issues for Congress (open access)

Fruits and Vegetables: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the issues for Congress related to fruits & vegetables. The contents include federal activities, programs, farm bill issues, & trade issues.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Branaman, Brenda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Local Telephone Competition: A Brief Overview (open access)

Local Telephone Competition: A Brief Overview

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Date: May 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment (open access)

Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment

This report provides information about A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Flag Protection.This report is divided into two reports.The first report gives a brief history of the flag protection issue and the other summarizes the two decisions of the United States supreme court.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Luckey, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Employment Growth in the Current Economic Expansion (open access)

Employment Growth in the Current Economic Expansion

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Date: August 27, 2003
Creator: Cashell, Brian W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Individual Income Tax Thresholds for 2003 (open access)

Federal Individual Income Tax Thresholds for 2003

This report presents the tax thresholds for various families for tax year 2003.
Date: August 27, 2003
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance

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Date: June 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment (open access)

Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment

This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment.
Date: August 27, 2003
Creator: Cohen, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2003: Energy and Water Development (open access)

Appropriations for FY2003: Energy and Water Development

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Energy and Water.
Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Humphries, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Human Resources Management (open access)

Homeland Security: Human Resources Management

This report provides information about the Human Resources Management of Homeland Security. It discusses the provisions of P.L. 107-296 as they relate to human resources management. It does not discuss provisions of the law that relate to labor-management relations and collective bargaining.
Date: August 27, 2003
Creator: Schwemle, Barbara L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retirement Plans with Individual Accounts: Federal Rules and Limits (open access)

Retirement Plans with Individual Accounts: Federal Rules and Limits

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Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: Storey, James R. & Graney, Paul J.
System: The UNT Digital Library