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Unaccompanied Children from Central America: Foreign Policy Considerations (open access)

Unaccompanied Children from Central America: Foreign Policy Considerations

This report examines policy considerations for Congress in response to the recent influx of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) from Central American countries being apprehended at the U.S. border. The report also discusses current policy framework and the Obama Administration's diplomatic response.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.; Seelke, Claire Ribando; Taft-Morales, Maureen & Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Palestinians: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

The Palestinians: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of current issues in U.S.-Palestinian relations. It also contains an overview of Palestinian society and politics and descriptions of key Palestinian individuals and groups--chiefly the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian Authority (PA), Fatah, Hamas, and the Palestinian refugee population.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Zanotti, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Corporation for National and Community Service: Overview of Programs and Funding (open access)

The Corporation for National and Community Service: Overview of Programs and Funding

This report discusses the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), which is an independent federal agency that administers the programs authorized by two statutes.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Overbay, Abigail R. & Collins, Benjamin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2015 (open access)

Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2015

This report is a research aid which lists the Department of Defense authorization bills and appropriations bills for FY1970-FY2015. This report includes all the pertinent information on the passage of these bills through the legislative process: bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and vote tallies, dates of passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes, vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications (open access)

U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications

This report provides an overview of U.S.-Mexico economic relations, trade trends, the Mexican economy, NAFTA, and trade issues between the United States and Mexico.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Section 179 and Bonus Depreciation Expensing Allowances: Current Law and Issues for the 114th Congress (open access)

The Section 179 and Bonus Depreciation Expensing Allowances: Current Law and Issues for the 114th Congress

This report examines the current status, legislative history, and main economic effects (including their efficacy as an economic stimulus tool) of the Section 179 and bonus depreciation allowances. It concludes with a discussion of the key policy issues facing the 114th Congress as it considers what to do with the allowances that expired at the end of 2014.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Guenther, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Member Organizations: Their Purpose and Activities, History, and Formation (open access)

Congressional Member Organizations: Their Purpose and Activities, History, and Formation

This report examines the historical development and contemporary role of congressional Member organizations (CMOs) in the House and informal Member groups in both the House and the Senate. It discusses the differences between CMOs and informal Member groups, and the reasons Members form these groups with a step-by-step guide for House Members and staff who might be interested in forming a CMO. The report also presents the rise and fall of legislative service organizations (LSOs), the House's decision in 1995 to issue regulations for establishing CMOs and governing their behavior, and the subsequent regulation of CMOs in the House by the Committee on House Oversight/Committee on House Administration.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E. & Dilger, Robert Jay
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Background and Overview (open access)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Background and Overview

This report provides background information on the historical circumstances that led to the adoption of the VRA, a summary of its major provisions, and a brief discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court decision and related legislation in the 113th and 114th Congresses. Two identical bills--H.R. 3899 and S. 1945--were introduced in the 113th Congress that would have amended the VRA to add a new coverage formula, among other provisions.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Attack Against the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea (open access)

The Attack Against the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea

This report briefly discusses the March 5 knife attack on U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Manyin, Mark E. & Tiersky, Alex
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF): State Insolvency and Federal Loans to States (open access)

The Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF): State Insolvency and Federal Loans to States

This report summarizes how insolvent states may borrow funds from the federal account within the Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) to meet their unemployment compensation (UC) benefit obligations.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perspectives on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) "Torture Report" and Enhanced Interrogation Techniques: In Brief (open access)

Perspectives on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) "Torture Report" and Enhanced Interrogation Techniques: In Brief

This report provides a summary of views expressed by public officials, academics, and commentators voiced in a variety of sources regarding perspectives on Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs) and torture, on EITs and values, and on EITs and effectiveness. It also provides background information about EITs and the release of the report "Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA's) Detention and Interrogation (D&I) Program (SSCI Study)" as well as supplementary reports and responses.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: Daugherty Miles, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees' Retirement System: The Role of the Thrift Savings Plan (open access)

Federal Employees' Retirement System: The Role of the Thrift Savings Plan

This report discusses the two retirement systems available to federal employees. The Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) was established in 1920 and covers only employees hired before 1984. The Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) was created to involve Social Security, a basic retirement annuity, and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The TSP is discussed and illustrated.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-02-10 – Symphonic Band

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Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: February 10, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas. Symphonic Band.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2015-04-10 – Amy Thiemann, flute

A recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment for the Doctoral of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 10, 2015
Creator: Thiemann, Amy
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2015-03-10 - Po-hsuan Chen, soprano and alto saxophones

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Chen, Po-hsuan
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding (open access)

Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding

This report discusses the firefighting activities that are traditionally the responsibility of states and local communities. It also talks about funding for firefighters, which is provided mostly by state and local governments. However, during the 106th Congress, many in the fire community asserted that local fire departments require and deserve greater support from the federal government.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program (open access)

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program

This report discusses the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Act, which authorizes grants to career, volunteer, and combination local fire departments for the purpose of increasing the number of firefighters to help communities meet industry-minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities (open access)

The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities

This report discusses the federal government's role in the country's information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) activities. The government's support of IT R&D began because it had an important interest in creating computers and software that would be capable of addressing the problems and issues the government needed to solve and study.
Date: April 10, 2015
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Peace Corps: Current Issues (open access)

The Peace Corps: Current Issues

The report discusses the President's annual funding request for the Peace Corps, efforts to reauthorize the Peace Corps, and related issues. Current issues include the extent to which there is available funding for Peace Corps expansion, whether volunteers are able to function in a safe and secure environment, volunteer access to abortion, and other issues.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 15, Pages 2033-2132, April 10, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 15, Pages 2033-2132, April 10, 2015

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: April 10, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of Letter from Concordia College to William Hagen, December 17, 1926] (open access)

[Translation of Letter from Concordia College to William Hagen, December 17, 1926]

Translation of letter from Concordia College to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Sheldon, Gwendolyn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, September 17, 1929] (open access)

[Translation of Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, September 17, 1929]

Translation of letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Sheldon, Gwendolyn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of Letter from Concordia College to William Hagen, March 24, 1927] (open access)

[Translation of Letter from Concordia College to William Hagen, March 24, 1927]

Translation of letter from Concordia College to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Huenlich, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of Letter from H. Fehr, September 19, 1928] (open access)

[Translation of Letter from H. Fehr, September 19, 1928]

Translation of a letter from H. Fehr written in German on stationery from the Travelers Hotel in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Huenlich, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History