Resource Type

Electricity Restructuring Background: The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (open access)
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.
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.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perkins, Job Training Partnership Acts: Adequacy, Effectiveness, Coordination (open access)

Perkins, Job Training Partnership Acts: Adequacy, Effectiveness, Coordination

This evaluation report draws on the results of Council surveys of Texas school district and post-secondary institutions conducted in 1989 and 1990, of regional round table discussions held across Texas in 1991 with public and private sector individuals, and of an analysis of state level data and information on the vocational education and JTPA system.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vocational Education in Prisons: An Investment for Yesterday's At-Risk Youth (open access)

Vocational Education in Prisons: An Investment for Yesterday's At-Risk Youth

Evaluation report documenting a study by the Texas Council on Vocational Education to assess vocational education within the Texas prison systems. The Council concluded that anyone in Texas prisons should have access to vocational education and the report includes recommendations about changes or improvements going forward.
Date: December 20, 1992
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hawaiian Monk Seal Epidemiology Plan: Health Assessment and Disease Status Studies (open access)

Hawaiian Monk Seal Epidemiology Plan: Health Assessment and Disease Status Studies

The following document provides a framework for incorporation of health and information to enhance recovery of the Hawaiian monk seal.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Aguirre, A. Alonso; Reif, John S. & Antonelis, George A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caribbean Basin Enhancement Legislation (open access)

Caribbean Basin Enhancement Legislation

Legislation provides Caribbean countries similar tariff benefits as Mexico under the Caribbean and Central American Relief and Economic Stabilization Act. A senate bill provides relief to the hurricane affected countries of Central America. The senate bill is more restrictive than the House bill in the scope of tariff benefits offered.
Date: March 26, 1999
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1986 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal on Laysan Island, 1986

This report is based on an observational study on the Hawaiian monk seal at Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, from May 4 to August 4 1986. Data includes population rates, reproductive rates, deaths, injuries, necropsies, and entanglements.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Alcorn, Doris J. & Westlake, Robin L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization Legislation: An Overview (open access)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization Legislation: An Overview

This report provides an overview of IDEA and its reauthorization and describes the IDEA Amendments of 1997.
Date: June 4, 1997
Creator: Aleman, Steven R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
English as the Official Language of the United States: An Overview (open access)

English as the Official Language of the United States: An Overview

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Date: April 1, 1997
Creator: Aleman, Steven R.; Bruno, Andorra & Dale, Charles V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Titles VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Americans with Disabilities Act; Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972; and Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (open access)

Comparison of Titles VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Americans with Disabilities Act; Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972; and Rehabilitation Act of 1973

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Date: August 6, 1997
Creator: Allman, Alane; Mander, Andre; Schmerling, Michael; Skolnik, Cary & Greely, Kevin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Geochronology of the U.S. Virgin Islands (open access)

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Geochronology of the U.S. Virgin Islands

A report about the geochemical and mineralogic study of the U.S. Virgin Islands indicates the presence of a previously undocumented Sn-Pb and precious metals.
Date: 1994
Creator: Alminas, Henry V.; Foord, Eugene E. & Tucker, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Issues Related to the Provision of Housing and Utilities to Employees (open access)

Issues Related to the Provision of Housing and Utilities to Employees

Summary report describing issues with providing housing and utilities to state employees. This includes situations in which employees receive free, state-subsidized housing and utilities; live in state-owned properties for a nominal monthly rate; or receive monthly cash payments in lieu of in-kind housing benefits; and in which employees receive some form of educational assistance from their employing agencies
Date: April 7, 1997
Creator: Alwin, Lawrence F.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beach and Borrow Site Sediment Investigation for a Beach Nourishment at Ocean City, Maryland (open access)

Beach and Borrow Site Sediment Investigation for a Beach Nourishment at Ocean City, Maryland

Report describing the methodology used to sample and analyze sediment at Ocean City, Maryland as part of a beach nourishment project. During the project, sediment was moved from borrow sites to construct parts of the beach area; both the borrow sites and native beach were tested.
Date: May 1990
Creator: Anders, Fred J. & Hansen, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: An Overview (open access)

Appropriations for FY1999: An Overview

This is a funding level summary of each of the 13 annual appropriation acts for FY1999 appears in the summaries of annual appropriations spending section of this report.
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: Anderson, J. Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Angelo State University Annual Financial Report: 1992 (open access)

Angelo State University Annual Financial Report: 1992

Annual financial report of the Angelo State University documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year August 31, 1992.
Date: 1992
Creator: Angelo State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelo State University Management, Instruction, and Research Center Progress Report: March 1991 (open access)

Angelo State University Management, Instruction, and Research Center Progress Report: March 1991

Biennial progress report of the Angelo State University Management, Instruction, and Research Center providing a summary of completed work and ongoing projects related to business in agriculture.
Date: March 1991
Creator: Angelo State University. Management, Instruction, and Research Center.
System: The Portal to Texas History
International neurotoxicology research: current activities and future directions: a report (open access)

International neurotoxicology research: current activities and future directions: a report

This report reviews international research activities in the field of neurotoxicology that will provide a broad overview of research dealing with neurotoxic chemicals that may represent a health hazard to human population.
Date: 1991
Creator: Annau, Zoltan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratigraphy of the Mississippian System, South-Central Colorado and North-Central New Mexico (open access)

Stratigraphy of the Mississippian System, South-Central Colorado and North-Central New Mexico

From abstract: In the Sawatch, Mosquito and Front Ranges of central Colorado and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of south-central Colorado, Tournaisian beds of the Mississippian Leadville Limestone overlie rocks of Early Mississippian and Late Devonian age. In the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in north-central New Mexico, the oldest beds are the Tournaisian (zone 9) Espiritu Santo Formation. In west-central New Mexico, in the Magdalena, Lemitar, and Ladron Mountains, the Kelly Limestone of Tournaisian and Visean age rests unconformably on Proterozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks. This report examines the stratigraphy of this area.
Date: 1992
Creator: Armstrong, Augustus K.; Mamet, Bernard L. & Repetski, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in El Paso County, Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in El Paso County, Texas

Report documenting evaluation of ground-water resources: "[t]his study in El Paso County was conducted to address problems of overdraft and quality deterioration with respect to the Hueco bolson, Mesilla bolson, and the Rio Grande alluvium aquifers" (p. v),
Date: March 1990
Creator: Ashworth, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Parts of Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward and Winkler Counties, Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Parts of Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward and Winkler Counties, Texas

From Purpose: "This study in the area of Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, and Winkler Counties was conducted to address the problems of overdraft and quality deterioration with respect to the Cenozoic Pecos Alluvium aquifer (previously referred to as the Cenozoic Alluvium aquifer), which is the primary aquifer in the area. A discussion of underlying aquifers is also included" (p. 1).
Date: January 1990
Creator: Ashworth, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History