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Global Climate Change (open access)

Global Climate Change

This report briefly reviews the status of climate science, international negotiations, and congressional activity focused specifically on climate change.
Date: January 30, 2002
Creator: Justus, John R. & Fletcher, Susan R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events (open access)

Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events

This report provides a concise historical account of the dispute, summarizes the subsidy and injury evidence, and discusses the current issues and events regarding lumber imports from Canada.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties (open access)

Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties

This report presents casualty data compiled by the Department of Defense (DOD), as tallied from the agency’s press releases.
Date: July 30, 2003
Creator: Richardson, Glenda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Support Enforcement: New Reforms and Potential Issues (open access)

Child Support Enforcement: New Reforms and Potential Issues

This report describes several aspects of the revised CSE program and discusses three issues that probably will be reexamined by the 107th Congress — CSE financing, parental access by noncustodial parents, and distribution of support payments.
Date: June 30, 2003
Creator: Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telemarketing: Dealing with Unwanted Telemarketing Calls (open access)

Telemarketing: Dealing with Unwanted Telemarketing Calls

This report provides summaries of the federal laws and regulations particular to telemarketing, the establishment of a national do-not-call registry, and the options that are available to consumers to limit the calls that they receive from telemarketers and to report questionable telemarketing practices to local or federal authorities. The report also lists sources of additional information with addresses, phone numbers, and Internet sites (if available).
Date: June 30, 2003
Creator: Riehl, James R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telemarketing: Dealing With Unwanted Telemarketing Calls (open access)

Telemarketing: Dealing With Unwanted Telemarketing Calls

This report provides summaries of the federal laws and regulations particular to telemarketing, the establishment of a national do-not-call registry, and the options that are available to consumers to limit the calls that they receive from telemarketers and to report questionable telemarketing practices to local or federal authorities. The report also lists sources of additional information with addresses, phone numbers, and Internet sites (if available).
Date: May 30, 2002
Creator: Riehl, James R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telemarketing: Dealing With Unwanted Telemarketing Calls (open access)

Telemarketing: Dealing With Unwanted Telemarketing Calls

This report provides summaries of the federal laws and regulations particular to telemarketing, the establishment of a national do-not-call registry, and the options that are available to consumers to limit the calls that they receive from telemarketers and to report questionable telemarketing practices to local or federal authorities. The report also lists sources of additional information with addresses, phone numbers, and Internet sites (if available).
Date: December 30, 2002
Creator: Riehl, James R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Procedural Safeguards in Federal, Military, and International Courts (open access)

Selected Procedural Safeguards in Federal, Military, and International Courts

This report compares selected procedural safeguards employed in criminal trials in federal criminal court with parallel protective measures in military general courts-martial, military commissions as authorized under the Military Order of November 13, and, as a possible benchmark of international standards, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Date: January 30, 2002
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Workforce Flexibilities: A Side-by-Side Comparison of S.129 (108th Congress) with Current Law (open access)

Federal Workforce Flexibilities: A Side-by-Side Comparison of S.129 (108th Congress) with Current Law

This report compares each of the provisions in S. 129, as passed by the Senate and as ordered to be reported to the House, with current law. The S. 129 is a bill considered by the 108th Congress related to the management of the federal workforce, the Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Schwemle, Barbara L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sam Houston statue, Huntsville

Sam Houston statue, Huntsville. Stands 67 foot tall (plus 10 foot tall base) and is named "A Tribute to Courage".
Date: October 30, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sam Houston statue, Huntsville

Sam Houston statue, Huntsville. Stands 67 foot tall (plus 10 foot tall base) and is named "A Tribute to Courage".
Date: October 30, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Leon County Courthouse

Photograph of the Leon County Courthouse. It was constructed in 1886 by architect William Johnson. Two men sit on a bench in front of the courthouse, and a trash can has been left on the sidewalk leading up to the front entrance.
Date: October 30, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Leon County Heritage Society

Photograph of the Leon County Heritage Society, which is housed in the old county jail. It is a two-story red brick building with towers at each corner.
Date: October 30, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Legislative Branch: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Legislative Branch: FY2006 Appropriations

This report is a guide to the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date: August 30, 2005
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-United States Dialogue on Migration and Border Issues, 2001-2005 (open access)

Mexico-United States Dialogue on Migration and Border Issues, 2001-2005

This report focuses on the interactions between Mexico and the United States on migration and border issues during the administrations of President George W. Bush and President Vicente Fox of Mexico. The discussions and agreements fall into four areas: (1) the bilateral migration talks, (2) the Partnership for Prosperity, (3) the Border Partnership Agreement, and (4) the trilateral “Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America
Date: November 30, 2005
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federalism: Selected Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito (open access)

Federalism: Selected Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito

This report discusses several opinions Judge Samuel Alito has written regarding federalism.
Date: December 30, 2005
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth R. & Tatelman, Todd B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution (open access)

Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution

This report discusses Iraqi government in the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Elections in 2005 for a transitional National Assembly and government (January 30, 2005), a permanent constitution (October 15), and a permanent (four year) Council of Representatives and government (December 15) were concluded despite insurgent violence and attracted progressively increasing Sunni participation. However, escalating sectarian violence and factional infighting have delayed formation of a new government.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Generalized System of Preferences (open access)

Generalized System of Preferences

This report discusses the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which provides preferential tariff treatment to certain products that are imported from designated developing countries. The primary purpose of the program, which the United States and other industrial countries initiated in the 1970s, is to promote economic growth in developing countries and countries in transition by stimulating their exports. The program was last reauthorized through December 31, 2006, by the 107th Congress in section 4101 of the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210).
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medal of Honor: History and Issues (open access)

Medal of Honor: History and Issues

This report discusses the responsibility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for inspecting most meat, poultry, and processed egg products for safety, wholesomeness, and proper labeling.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Burrelli, David F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Developments in International Civil Aviation (open access)

Legal Developments in International Civil Aviation

This report provides background on U.S. civil aviation agreements, updates the current status of U.S. “Open Skies” negotiations with the EU, and addresses the status of the legal debate concerning both the foreign ownership and control rules and the cabotage laws.
Date: January 30, 2006
Creator: Tatelman, Todd B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Iraqcoalition.org: Homepage of The New Iraq

The Coalition Provisional Authority, called CPA, is the name for the temporary government of Iraq. It is composed of a coalition of more than 40 nations from around the world which represent every continent and race on earth. All of these countries are united in the purpose of achieving a free and stable Iraq which respects the rights of its citizens and is at peace with its neighbors. Once a constitution is in place and democratic elections are held, the CPA will have accomplished its mission and will go home, leaving behind it, God willing, an Iraq that is a decent place for peace-loving citizens to live and exercise the freedoms given to all men by their creator.
Date: June 30, 2003
Creator: Coalition Provisional Authority
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos (open access)

Letter from State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos

Letter from State Senator of District 14 Gonzalo Barrientos, supporting First Baptist Church on its project to record their history as the oldest Baptist church for African- Americans.
Date: March 30, 2001
Creator: Barrientos, Gonzalo
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side-by-Side Comparison of Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (open access)

Side-by-Side Comparison of Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

From the summary: "This report provides a comparison of Medicare, Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Program provisions contained in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (S. 1932) as amended and passed by the Senate. The report compares the bill's provisions with current law."
Date: January 30, 2006
Creator: Tritz, Karen; Tilson, Sybil; Stone, Julie; Peterson, Chris L.; O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Morgan, Paulette C. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress (open access)

Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress

This report summarizes current research and development (R&D) priority setting issues — in terms of expenditures; agency, topical, or field-specific priorities; and organizational arrangements to determine priorities.
Date: June 30, 2006
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library