Parameters for Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislation (open access)

Parameters for Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislation

A document that summarizes the various comprehensive paid family and medical leave provisions in states that have these programs or are proposing them.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Albelda, Randy & Clayton-Matthews, Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program (open access)

Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program

This technical report discusses the analysis of data on deaths that occurred in the process of arrest.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Banks, Duren; Couzens, Lance & Planty, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Family Leave, Fathers' Leave-Taking, and Leave-Sharing in Dual-Earner Households' (open access)

Paid Family Leave, Fathers' Leave-Taking, and Leave-Sharing in Dual-Earner Households'

A report which provides quasi-experimental evidence on the impact of paid leave legislation on fathers' leave taking, as well as on the division of leave between mothers and fathers in dual-earner households.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher; Stearns, Jenna & Waldfogel, Jane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System (open access)

Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System

This report offers information on climate change as it relates to food security.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brown, M. E.; Antle, J. M.; Backlund, P.; Carr, E. R.; Easterling, W. E.; Walsh, M. K. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies (open access)

Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies

This report is about the composition of biofouling communities for three different offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Research methods included a video survey, high resolution photography, scrape samples, and settling plates.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Carney, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Framework for the U.S. - India Defense Relationship (open access)

Framework for the U.S. - India Defense Relationship

This document outlines the framework between the United States and India in relation to security and defense. Shared interests are discussed in the documents which include: maintaining peach and security; defeating terrorism and violent extremism; preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; supporting a rule-based order, protecting the free flow of commerce.
Date: June 3, 2015
Creator: Carter, Ashton & Parrikar, Manohar
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of CHP Technologies (open access)

Catalog of CHP Technologies

This report is a survey of technologies related to combined heat and power (CHP) which is an efficient and clean approach to generating electric power and useful thermal energy from a single fuel source.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Darrow, Ken; Tidball, Rick; Wang, James & Hampson, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CASTNET Annual Report: 2013 (open access)

CASTNET Annual Report: 2013

This report offers findings from site measurements related to air quality. The Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) measures hourly averages of surface ozone concentrations and selected meteorological variables .
Date: February 2015
Creator: Environmental Engineering & Measurement Services, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Primer: A Handbook of Energy Market Basics (open access)

Energy Primer: A Handbook of Energy Market Basics

This primer explores the workings of the wholesale markets for natural gas, electricity and oil, which are forms of energy that are of particular interest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to its authority under the Natural Gas Act, the Federal Power Act, and the Interstate Commerce Act.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Montana's Labor Shortage and Paid Family Leave: Recruiting Workers by Supporting Families (open access)

Montana's Labor Shortage and Paid Family Leave: Recruiting Workers by Supporting Families

A report pertaining to Montana's labor force and how their may not exist enough workers in the economy within the next few years. The paper discusses ways to increase the labor force participation so businesses have enough employees.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Glover, Annie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommended Binational Phosphorus Targets to Combat Lake Erie Algal Blooms (open access)

Recommended Binational Phosphorus Targets to Combat Lake Erie Algal Blooms

A report about algal blooms in Lake Erie.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Nutrients Annex Subcommittee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Adaptation in United States Federal Natural Resource Science and Management Agencies: A Synthesis (open access)

Climate Change Adaptation in United States Federal Natural Resource Science and Management Agencies: A Synthesis

This document helps federal agencies recognize the importance of addressing climate change.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L. & Marcinkowski, Kailey W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards Scenarios of U.S. Demographic Change: Workshop Report (open access)

Towards Scenarios of U.S. Demographic Change: Workshop Report

A report on a two-day workshop in July, 2014, that was organized by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Expert participants with backgrounds in climate change, demographics, and human health used data to predict potential demographic scenarios, projected outcomes, and resulting population needs/solutions caused by key factors such as climate change.
Date: July 2015
Creator: ICF International
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Impact Research Plan for Family and Medical Leave in DC (open access)

Economic Impact Research Plan for Family and Medical Leave in DC

This research plan examines the economic impact of family and medical leave in the District of Columbia.
Date: March 2, 2015
Creator: Institute for Women's Policy Research
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Best Practices & Key Considerations for Enhancing Federal Facility Security and Resilience to Climate-Related Hazards (open access)

Best Practices & Key Considerations for Enhancing Federal Facility Security and Resilience to Climate-Related Hazards

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and security planning and climate impact considerations for agencies housed in nonmilitary Federal facilities.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Interagency Security Committee (U.S).
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report (open access)

Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report

This report distills and integrates the findings of the three Working Group contributions to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most comprehensive assessment of climate change undertaken thus far by the IPCC.
Date: 2015
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change (open access)

Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change

This report is the third part of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - climate Change 2013/2014 - and was prepared by its Working Group III. The volume provides a comprehensive and transparent assessment of relevant options for mitigating climate change through limiting or preventing greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, as well as activities that reduce their concentration in the atmosphere.
Date: 2015
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2011-2012, Volume 1: Technical Report (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2011-2012, Volume 1: Technical Report

This is a study on the 25 years of continuous monitoring of coral reefs in the East and West Flower Garden Banks in the Gulf of Mexico. The study was based on concerns of the impact of offshore oil and gas impact on these sensitive reefs.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Johnston, Michelle A.; Nuttall, Marissa F.; Eckert, Ryan J.; Embesi, John A.; Slowey, Niall C.; Hickerson, Emma L. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2015 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2015 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

A report updating the progress made by The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the implementation of established health-related climate sustainability goals and strategies. Each objective and strategy is thoroughly discussed and the report also includes appendices that highlight successful examples of sustainability by individual HHS employees..
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Kozak, Ted
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan Implementation Update (open access)

Clean Power Plan Implementation Update

A presentation about updates to the implementation of the power plan from the EPA.
Date: January 24, 2015
Creator: McCabe, Janet & Santiago, Juan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memorandum: Administration of Clean Water Programs in Light of the Stay of the Clean Water Rule; Improving Transparency and Strengthening Coordingation (open access)

Memorandum: Administration of Clean Water Programs in Light of the Stay of the Clean Water Rule; Improving Transparency and Strengthening Coordingation

This memorandum outlines the administration of the Clean Water Programs of the Clean Water Rule.
Date: November 16, 2015
Creator: McCarthy, Gina & Darcy, Jo-Ellen
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Helping People Balance Work and Family: It's Within Montana's Reach (open access)

Helping People Balance Work and Family: It's Within Montana's Reach

A report about family and medical leave pertaining to Montana.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Montana Budget & Policy Center
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Family Medical Leave: Supporting Families, Businesses, and the Economy (open access)

Paid Family Medical Leave: Supporting Families, Businesses, and the Economy

A report about paid leave in Montana. It uses evidence from state-initiated paid leave programs and national studies to examine how paid leave benefits families, businesses, and the economy.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Montana Budget & Policy Center
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Leave in Four States: Lessons for Montana Policymakers and Advocates (open access)

Paid Leave in Four States: Lessons for Montana Policymakers and Advocates

A report about paid leave in the United States. This report focuses on the four states which have enacted paid family leave programs and includes the various components of their policies in four sections.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Montana Budget & Policy Center
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library