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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): A Primer for the 114th Congress (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): A Primer for the 114th Congress

This report discusses the history of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the basic issues in the debate over wilderness versus development, the Native interests, and the energy and biological resources at stake.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne; Ratner, Michael & Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increased Campaign Contribution Limits in the FY2015 Omnibus Appropriations Law: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Increased Campaign Contribution Limits in the FY2015 Omnibus Appropriations Law: Frequently Asked Questions

This report provides brief answers to frequently asked questions about increased campaign contribution limits in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83; P.L. 113-235), enacted and signed into law in December 2014.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Manufacturing in International Perspective (open access)

U.S. Manufacturing in International Perspective

This report is designed to inform the debate over the health of U.S. manufacturing through a series of charts and tables that depict the position of the United States relative to other countries according to various metrics.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Levinson, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bee Health: The Role of Pesticides (open access)

Bee Health: The Role of Pesticides

This report briefly describes recent scientific research and analysis regarding the potential role of pesticides among the factors affecting the health and well-being of bees.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Renée & Corn, M. Lynne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan: Conversion to Mass-Based Emission Targets (open access)

EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan: Conversion to Mass-Based Emission Targets

This report discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's mass-based conversion methodology and the resulting state-specific mass-based targets.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-04-17 – Jazz Singers

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas. Jazz Singers.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan: Conversion to Mass-Based Emission Targets (open access)

EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan: Conversion to Mass-Based Emission Targets

This report discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) mass-based conversion methodology and the resulting state-specific mass-based targets.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

Economic and trade reforms begun in 1979 have helped transform China into one of the world's fastest-growing economies. This report provides an overview of U.S.-China commercial relations, including major trade disputes.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attribution in Cyberspace: Challenges for U.S. Law Enforcement (open access)

Attribution in Cyberspace: Challenges for U.S. Law Enforcement

This report discusses criminal attribution in the cyber security realm.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Finklea, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Organ Keyboard from Right]

Photograph of the pipe organ keyboard console at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church including three manual keyboards, several series of horizontal drawknob stops, and pedals, viewed from the right.
Date: May 17, 2015
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pipe Organ and Stained-Glass Window]

Photograph of organ pipes in a loft at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church including several sets of upright pipes in organ cases as well as a series set near-horizontally across the edge of the loft. A round stained-glass window is set in the wall above and behind the pipes.
Date: May 17, 2015
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pipe Organ in Church Loft]

Photograph of the pipe organ at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Dallas, visible in a loft area through a wall arch. A round stained-glass window is visible in the wall behind and above the organ; below the organ, there is a hanging banner celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, and several light fixtures.
Date: May 17, 2015
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Organ Keyboard from Left]

Photograph of the pipe organ keyboard console at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church including three manual keyboards, several series of horizontal drawknob stops, and pedals, viewed from the left. A mirror is propped on top of the console, to the left of the music stand.
Date: May 17, 2015
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 16, Pages 2133-2218, April 17, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 16, Pages 2133-2218, April 17, 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 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of Letter from H. Studtmann to "Vorsitzer", August 18, 1932] (open access)

[Translation of Letter from H. Studtmann to "Vorsitzer", August 18, 1932]

Translation of letter from H. Studtmann, president of Lutheran Concordia College, to "Vorsitzer", speaking of his recent hiring of a Spanish teacher and the need to raise money for his salary.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Huenlich, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of Letter from William Hagen to R. Osthoff, August 30, 1926] (open access)

[Translation of Letter from William Hagen to R. Osthoff, August 30, 1926]

Translation of letter from William Hagen to R. Osthoff saying that Osthoff's costs are too high.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Sheldon, Gwendolyn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tax Code (open access)

Tax Code

This code supersedes any provision of a municipal charter or ordinance relating to property taxation and provides general provisions for the definition of property and taxation.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 29, Pages 4489-4752, July 17, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 29, Pages 4489-4752, July 17, 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: July 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit (open access)

Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit

This report provides an overview of the U.S. balance of payments, an explanation of the broader role of capital flows in the U.S. economy, an explanation of how the country finances its trade deficit or a trade surplus, and the implications for Congress and the country of the large inflows of capital from abroad.
Date: July 17, 2015
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cyber Intrusion into U.S. Office of Personnel Management: In Brief (open access)

Cyber Intrusion into U.S. Office of Personnel Management: In Brief

This report provides an overview of the current understanding of the recent U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breaches, which may have compromised personal information of former and current federal employees. It also discusses issues and questions raised about the source of the breaches, possible uses of the information exfiltrated, potential national security ramifications, and implications for the cybersecurity of federal information systems.
Date: July 17, 2015
Creator: Finklea, Kristin; Christensen, Michelle D.; Fischer, Eric A.; Lawrence, Susan V. & Theohary, Catherine A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Powering Africa: Challenges of and U.S. Aid for Electrification in Africa (open access)

Powering Africa: Challenges of and U.S. Aid for Electrification in Africa

This report discusses the Power Africa initiative; policy problems and challenges related to power sector development in Africa; long-term perspectives on energy poverty, need, and future development; and raises some possible oversight questions and issues for Congress.
Date: August 17, 2015
Creator: Cook, Nicolas; Campbell, Richard J.; Brown, Phillip & Ratner, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Can Military Servicemembers Carry Firearms for Personal Protection on Duty? (open access)

Can Military Servicemembers Carry Firearms for Personal Protection on Duty?

This report briefly discusses the applicable law and policy regarding government-issued firearms for personal protection of servicemembers on duty.
Date: July 17, 2015
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N. & Peters, Heidi M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate (open access)

Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate

This report presents recent developments and a brief history of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which provides non-reciprocal, duty-free tariff treatment to certain products imported from designated beneficiary developing countries (BDCs). It discusses the economic rationale and legal background leading to the establishment of the GSP and the U.S. implementation of the GSP. The report also presents an analysis of the U.S. program's effectiveness and the positions of various stakeholders, as well as the implications of the expiration of the U.S. program and possible options for Congress.
Date: August 17, 2015
Creator: Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 09, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 17, 2015 (open access)

NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 09, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Semi-weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Jones, Caitlyn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History