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The 2016 G-20 Summit
This report discusses the 2016 G-20 summit where the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G-20) countries met in Hangzhou, China.
Date:
September 8, 2016
Creator:
Nelson, Rebecca M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Paris Agreement: United States, China Move to Become Parties to Climate Change Treaty
This report discusses the Paris agreement, which was negotiated under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and where President Obama and China's President Xi Jinping synchronously deposited their nations' signed instruments with U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon.
Date:
September 12, 2016
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Apparent First in U.S. Law Enforcement Use of Unmanned Ground Vehicles
This report discusses the use of a robot to kill an active shooter in Dallas, Texas on July 7, 2016, which has raised questions about what this might mean for how police use force in the future.
Date:
July 26, 2016
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brazil in Crisis
This report briefly examines the political situation and discusses public opinion regarding the Rousseff Administration.
Date:
September 14, 2016
Creator:
Meyer, Peter J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Zika Poses New Challenges for Blood Centers
This report examines recent steps being taken to prevent the spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the blood supply.
Date:
August 4, 2016
Creator:
Redhead, C. S. & Lister, Sarah A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A New Aid Package for Israel
This report discusses potential legislation that could impact the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. assistance to Israel as the countries continue to negotiate terms for the period FY2019-FY2028.
Date:
August 4, 2016
Creator:
Sharp, Jeremy M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2016 Rio Games: Anti-Doping Testing
This report discusses the the anti-doping testing program during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Responsibility for the rests with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The testing period began July 24, 2016, when the Olympic village opened, and continues through August 21, 2016, the date of the closing ceremony.
Date:
August 3, 2016
Creator:
Halchin, L. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Statutorily Required Federal Advisory Committees that Began Operations in FY2015
This report discusses the establishment of the federal advisory committees--sometimes called task forces, panels, commissions, working groups, boards, councils, or conferences.
Date:
September 30, 2016
Creator:
Ginsberg, Wendy & Burgat, Casey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Security Cooperation and the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
This report discusses provisions in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that have elevated ongoing debates over U.S. security sector assistance to foreign countries--and raised questions over whether the policy architecture is suited to meet current and emerging requirements.
Date:
July 27, 2016
Creator:
Rosen, Liana W.; Serafino, Nina M.; McInnis, Kathleen J. & Skorupski, Bolko J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Police Shootings and Federal Support for Law Enforcement Safety
This report discusses federal support for law enforcement safety in light of the recent shooting deaths of police officers in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Date:
July 19, 2016
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How a National Infrastructure Bank Might Work
This report discusses the national infrastructure and ways to provide low-cost, long-term loans for the propose of increasing federal infrastructure investment.
Date:
September 15, 2016
Creator:
Mallett, William J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Much Slack Remains in the Labor Market?
The amount of "slack" in the labor market--jobless or underemployed workers--has consequences for the appropriate stance of monetary policy, the future path of the budget deficit, and counter-cyclical spending on programs such as unemployment insurance. This report briefly examines this concept in the context of the current economy.
Date:
August 5, 2016
Creator:
Labonte, Marc & Stupak, Jeffrey M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Treasury's Recent Report on Foreign Exchange Rate Policies
This report responds to the new reporting requirements on exchange rates mandated in the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125), passed by Congress and signed by the President in February 2016.
Date:
November 3, 2016
Creator:
Nelson, Rebecca M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fatal Balloon Accident Highlights Disagreement Between Safety Agencies
This report briefly discusses the the safety of hot-air balloons and examines the current regulatory climate. On July 30, 2016, a hot-air balloon tour flight crashed about 30 miles south of Austin, Texas, killing the pilot and all 15 passengers on board.
Date:
August 4, 2016
Creator:
Elias, Bart
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Turkey
This report briefly discusses the debate about the security of U.S. nuclear weapons in Turkey in light of the failed coup in mid-July 2016.
Date:
August 2, 2016
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North American Leaders' Summit
This report discusses the 10th annual North American Leaders' Summit (NALS), in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Date:
July 5, 2016
Creator:
Villarreal, M. A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Human Trafficking and Forced Labor: Trends in Import Restrictions
This report discusses issues regarding a provision against forced labor in the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibited from import into the United States "all goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions" (Section 307 of the Act).
Date:
July 29, 2016
Creator:
Rosen, Liana W.; Villarreal, M. A. & Feng, Ashley
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pipeline Security: Domestic Threats
This report discusses recent acts of sabotage against U.S. oil pipelines by environmental activists have raised concern about the security of the nation's energy pipelines and the federal program to protect them.
Date:
November 3, 2016
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Orlando Shooting Revives Debate over Restricting Blood Donations by Gay Men
This report discusses new FDA guidance regarding blood donations from sexually-active gay men. Since the 1980s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that men who have sex with men (MSM) be indefinitely deferred (i.e., permanently banned) from donating blood. This action was taken to help control the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through the blood supply.
Date:
August 1, 2016
Creator:
Redhead, C. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
OPM Announces Premium Increase in the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program
This report discusses the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announcement regarding premium rate increase for long-term care insurance policies purchased through the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP).
Date:
September 1, 2016
Creator:
Colello, Kirsten J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem?
This report discusses the operation on a limited basis of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) despite a renewal of its general statutory charter through FY2019 (P.L. 114-94,
Date:
September 15, 2016
Creator:
Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Did a Thermostat Break the Internet?
This report discusses cyber security and the challenges the new form of hacking poses -- specifically, the attacks by a common malicious botnet named Mirai.
Date:
October 26, 2016
Creator:
Jaikaran, Chris
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Private Flood Insurance in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
This report briefly discusses federal law regarding flood insurance. By law or regulation, federal agencies, federally-regulated lending institutions, and government-sponsored enterprises must require certain property owners to purchase flood insurance as a condition of any mortgage that these entities make, guarantee, or purchase.
Date:
October 12, 2016
Creator:
Webel, Baird & Horn, Diane P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automakers Seek to Align Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Regulations
This report briefly discusses proposed regulatory changes to revise federal fuel economy and environmental standards and reduce potentially large penalties. The technical proposals would be the first major structural change in these standards since 2012, and they come at a time when federal agencies are undertaking a regulatory review that may result in far greater changes.
Date:
August 8, 2016
Creator:
Canis, Bill
System:
The UNT Digital Library