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Electricity Restructuring Background: The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (open access)

Electricity Restructuring Background: The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992

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Date: May 4, 1998
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education Vouchers: The Constitutional Standards (open access)

Education Vouchers: The Constitutional Standards

This report sketches the constitutional standards that apply to public aid to sectarian schools and especially to programs of indirect assistance such as education vouchers.
Date: June 11, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol (open access)

Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol

This report discusses the Kyoto Protocol and whether the United States is now legally bound by the Protocol, the legal implications of signing it, whether it could be implemented as an executive agreement without submission to the Senate, and whether the Protocol could be used as the legal basis for regulation of emissions even prior to ratification.
Date: April 10, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Law of Church and State: The Proposed Religious Freedom Amendment, H.J. Res. 78 (open access)

The Law of Church and State: The Proposed Religious Freedom Amendment, H.J. Res. 78

This report summarizes legislative developments on the proposal and briefly analyzes its likely legal effect if added to the Constitution.
Date: April 20, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mercosur: Formation, Status, Trade Effects, Policy Challenges, and U.S. Interests (open access)

Mercosur: Formation, Status, Trade Effects, Policy Challenges, and U.S. Interests

This report examines Mercosur, the third largest preferential trading group in the world. Since its inception in 1991, Mercosur has made considerable progress in integrating the economies of its members. The integration --- an almost complete free trade area and a partial customs union --- has been accompanied by a significant increase in U.S. exports and investment to the region. In the future, Mercosur face challenges affecting the size of its membership, the depth of its integration, and the strength of its institutions.
Date: May 6, 1998
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from State Auditor to Legislative Audit Committee, February 2, 1998] (open access)

[Letter from State Auditor to Legislative Audit Committee, February 2, 1998]

Letter detailing the audit of General Revenue fund distribution to three universities.
Date: February 2, 1998
Creator: Alwin, Lawrence F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Auditor's Office: Report 98-043 (open access)

Texas State Auditor's Office: Report 98-043

Letter to Dr. E. James Hindman, President of Angelo State University from Lawrence F. Alwin, Texas State Auditor regarding managemetn of systems for financial aid, contracting, human resources, and fixed assets. Angelo State Management's Response also included.
Date: June 10, 1998
Creator: Alwin, Lawrence F.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statutory Modifications of the Application of NEPA (open access)

Statutory Modifications of the Application of NEPA

From time to time, Congress has considered the operation of the National Environmental Policy Act. While Congress has amended the statute itself only twice since its enactment, Congress has often enacted provisions that modify the application of the Act or specify the extent of the documents that need be prepared in particular instances or contexts. This report collects and lists examples of such provisions.
Date: May 1, 1998
Creator: Baldwin, Pamela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA and Disaster Relief (open access)

FEMA and Disaster Relief

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Date: March 6, 1998
Creator: Bea, Keith
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality and Transportation Enhancement Provisions in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (open access)

Air Quality and Transportation Enhancement Provisions in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

This report describes how the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) and enhancement programs function, examines the policy issues surrounding them, and summarizes relevant provisions in major legislation to reauthorize ISTEA in the 105th Congress.
Date: June 10, 1998
Creator: Bearden, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Code Termination Act: A Fact Sheet (open access)

Tax Code Termination Act: A Fact Sheet

This report discusses the Tax Code Termination Act, which would “sunset” (repeal) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on December 31, 2002 and would require that any new federal tax system that is adopted be approved not later than July 4, 2002.
Date: August 12, 1998
Creator: Bickley, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments (open access)

Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments

"This handbook is intended to help [early childhood interventionists (ECI)] personnel understand the importance of early identification, and how visual impairments may impede development if appropriate intervention is not provided. The cooperative efforts of both ECI staff and VI [visual impairment] teachers is essential if infants and toddlers with visual impairments are to have the opportunities to develop, learn, and realize their potential" (p. 3).
Date: 1998
Creator: Bishop, Virginia E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 8, November 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 8, November 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Bicycle Patrols" including a survey over departments effectiveness when implementing bicycle patrols, the personnel used, and the training needed.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Bohmfalk, David L.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program Clinical Update, September 1998 (open access)

Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program Clinical Update, September 1998

Quarterly bulletin of the Texas Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program providing in-depth analysis of relevant clinical issues. This bulletin discusses the human Papilloma Virus and information regarding cervical cancer.
Date: September 1998
Creator: Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Long-Term Risk From Actinides in the Environment: Modes of Mobility. 1998 Annual Progress Report (open access)

Long-Term Risk From Actinides in the Environment: Modes of Mobility. 1998 Annual Progress Report

'The mobility of actinides in surface soils is a key issue of concern at several DOE facilities in arid and semiarid environments, including Rocky Flats, Hanford, Nevada Test Site, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Key sources of uncertainty in assessing Pu mobility are the magnitudes of mobility resulting from three modes of transport: (1) wind erosion, (2) water erosion, and (3) vertical migration. Each of these three processes depend on numerous environmental factors and they compete with one another, particularly for actinides in very shallow soils ({approximately} 1 \265m). The overall goal of the study is to quantify the mobility of soil actinides from all three modes. The authors study is using field measurements, laboratory experiments, and ecological modeling to address these three processes at three DOE facilities where actinide kinetics are of concern: WIPP, Rocky Flats, and Hanford. Wind erosion is being measured with suite of monitoring equipment, water erosion is being studied with rainfall simulation experiments, vertical migration is being studied in controlled laboratory experiments, and the three processes are being integrated using ecological modeling. Estimates for clean up of soil actinides for the extensive tracts of …
Date: June 1, 1998
Creator: Breshears, D. D.; Whicker, J. J.; Ibrahim, S. A.; Whicker, F. W.; Hakonson, T. E. & Kirchner, T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Endangered Species Act Issue for Southeastern Florida: Johnson’s Seagrass (open access)

An Endangered Species Act Issue for Southeastern Florida: Johnson’s Seagrass

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Date: December 9, 1998
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Financing (open access)

Campaign Financing

Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system. This report discusses the debate regarding campaign finance regulation.
Date: October 16, 1998
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 1, April 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 1, April 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Merging Community-Oriented and Crime-Specific Policing Part Two of Seven" including topics such as neighborhood-centered approaches and several different programs descriptions and their effects,
Date: April 1998
Creator: Carter, David
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 2, May 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 2, May 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Merging Community-Oriented and Crime-Specific Policing Part Three of Seven" including topics such as targeted enforcement and different programs' descriptions and their effects.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Carter, David
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 3, June 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 3, June 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Merging Community-Oriented and Crime-Specific Policing Part Four of Seven" including information about youth and gang programs, what they are, and their effects
Date: June 1998
Creator: Carter, David
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 4, July 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 4, July 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Merging Community-Oriented and Crime-Specific Policing Part Five of Seven" including information about youth and gang programs, what they are, and what their effects are.
Date: July 1998
Creator: Carter, David
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 5, August 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 5, August 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Merging Community-Oriented and Crime Specific Policing Part Six of Seven" including information about problem-oriented approaches and how they effect where they are implemented
Date: August 1998
Creator: Carter, David
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 6, September 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 6, September 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Merging Community-Oriented and Crime-Specific Policing Part Seven of Seven" including information on problem-oriented approaches and their effects.
Date: September 1998
Creator: Carter, David
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Critical Review of Four Types of Air Quality Models Pertinent to MMS Regulatory and Environmental Assessment Missions (open access)

A Critical Review of Four Types of Air Quality Models Pertinent to MMS Regulatory and Environmental Assessment Missions

This is a report covering the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is responsibility on leasing offshore lands for oil and gas exploration and development. The reports looks to expand air quality models.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Chang, Joseph C.; Fernau, Mark E.; Scire, Joseph S. & Strimaitis, David G.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library