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Texas Tech University System Combined Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Tech University System Combined Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of Texas Tech University documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Texas Tech University System
System: The Portal to Texas History
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on China's naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S. Navy capabilities. Decisions that Congress reaches on this issue could affect U.S. Navy capabilities and funding requirements and the U.S. defense industrial base.
Date: March 31, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Primer (open access)

Medicare Primer

This report provides a general overview of the Medicare program including descriptions of the program's history, eligibility criteria, covered services, provider payment systems, and program administration and financing.
Date: March 31, 2016
Creator: Davis, Patricia A.; Talaga, Scott R.; Binder, Cliff; Hahn, Jim; Kirchhoff, Suzanne M. & Morgan, Paulette C.
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 maritime territorial and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) disputes in the East China (ECS) and South China Sea (SCS) involving China, with a focus on how these disputes may affect U.S. strategic and policy interests.
Date: May 31, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Nuclear Agreement (open access)

Iran Nuclear Agreement

This report provides background on the agreement negotiated by Iran and six other countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany--collectively known as the P5+1) regarding Iran's nuclear program, and discusses the implications for U.S.-Iran relations.
Date: May 31, 2016
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth & Kerr, Paul K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense--Issues for Congress (open access)

A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense--Issues for Congress

This report briefly describes the shift in the international security environment that some observers believe has occurred, and identifies some defense-related issues for Congress that could arise from it. Congress's decisions on these issues could have significant implications for U.S. defense capabilities and funding requirements.
Date: May 31, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
DOD's Rotation to the Philippines (open access)

DOD's Rotation to the Philippines

This report briefly discusses the Department of Defense's (DOD's) announcement of its intention to "rebalance" by focusing more of its attention and activity on Asia. One goal is to influence the development of regional norms and rules, particularly as China exerts greater influence.
Date: May 31, 2016
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations (open access)

Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations

This report provides a brief overview of Iran's nuclear program and describes the legal basis for the actions taken by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board and the Security Council.
Date: May 31, 2016
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress, and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific Arctic-related issues. The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities in the Arctic, and has heightened interest in, and concerns about, the region's future.
Date: May 31, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on China's naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S. Navy capabilities. The issue for Congress is how the U.S. Navy should respond to China's military modernization effort, particularly its naval modernization effort.
Date: May 31, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Offsets, Supplemental Appropriations, and the Disaster Relief Fund: FY1990-FY2013 (open access)

Offsets, Supplemental Appropriations, and the Disaster Relief Fund: FY1990-FY2013

This report discusses the history of the use of offsetting rescissions to pay for supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) from FY1990 through FY2013.
Date: May 31, 2016
Creator: Painter, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law (open access)

Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law

This report discusses the application of American criminal law outside the United States.
Date: October 31, 2016
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Display of the Confederate Flag at Federal Cemeteries in the United States (open access)

Display of the Confederate Flag at Federal Cemeteries in the United States

This report discusses policies regarding the display of the Confederate Flag at national cemeteries. If a state observes a Confederate Memorial Day, National Park Service (NPS) cemeteries in the state may permit a sponsoring group to decorate the graves of Confederate veterans with small Confederate flags. Additionally, such flags may also be displayed on the nationally observed Memorial Day, to accompany the U.S. flag on the graves of Confederate veterans.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Comay, Laura B.; Szymendera, Scott D. & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internal Audit at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as of August 31, 2016 (open access)

Internal Audit at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as of August 31, 2016

Internal audit at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission of business continuity, identification stamps/private card clubs, information technology/system development, and personnel processes.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Monday Rufus & Co., P.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Integrating Underground freight Transportation into existing intermodal systems (open access)

Integrating Underground freight Transportation into existing intermodal systems

Report detailing the possibility of underground transportation options to increase the capacity of the freight transportation system in Texas, which is predicted to have a large increase in freight tonnage.
Date: July 31, 2016
Creator: Najafi, Mohammad; Ardekani, Siamak & Shahandahti, Seyed Mohsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Aquifers Study: Groundwater Quantity, Quality, Flow and Contributions to Surface Water (open access)

Texas Aquifers Study: Groundwater Quantity, Quality, Flow and Contributions to Surface Water

Report documenting information on the geology and hydro-geology of the confined and unconfined aquifers of Texas, including the quantity and quality of the groundwater that they contain. Information about the volume of flows from the aquifers to the surface waters of the state and volume of the flows between the aquifers.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: Bruun, Bech; Jackson, Kathleen; Lake, Peter & Walker, Jeff
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelina & Neches River Authority Communication to the Board: 2016 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Communication to the Board: 2016

Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority containing independently-audited financial information for fiscal year 2016, including statements of assets, expenses, revenues, and cash flows, with supplementary notes and information.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coastal Water Authority (open access)

Coastal Water Authority

Report detailing an audit of the Coastal Water Authority and their finances. Includes financial statements.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas (open access)

Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas

Report recommending 42 new full range real-time stream gages across the state of Texas.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: Aqua Strategies
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data For Fiscal Year 2016 (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data For Fiscal Year 2016

Report containing non-financial data for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission during fiscal year 2016, including information on Exception letters, Vehicle Purchases, State Owned Vehicles.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelina & Neches River Authority Financial Statements: 2015 and 2016 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Financial Statements: 2015 and 2016

Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority containing independently-audited financial information for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, including statements of assets, expenses, revenues, and cash flows, with supplementary notes and information.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History