Police-Community Relations: Selected References (open access)

Police-Community Relations: Selected References

This report provides a bibliography of resources related to police and community relations.
Date: March 12, 1970
Creator: Loo, Shirley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Seniority System in Congress: A Selected Bibliography (open access)

The Seniority System in Congress: A Selected Bibliography

This report provides a bibliography of resources related to the seniority system in Congress.
Date: November 12, 1969
Creator: Kravitiz, Walter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Itemized Tax Deductions for Individuals: Data Analysis (open access)

Itemized Tax Deductions for Individuals: Data Analysis

This report analyzes data about reforming itemized tax deductions for individuals.
Date: February 12, 2014
Creator: Lowry, Sean
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations

This report discusses the current state of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its relationship with the United States, and future initiatives to further develop U.S.-Saudi relations.
Date: February 12, 2014
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visa Waiver Program (open access)

Visa Waiver Program

This report discusses the visa waiver program (VWP), which allows for a bypass of the first step by which foreign visitors are screened for admissibility to enter the United States. Some policymakers are concerned that this waiver allows terrorists to more easily enter the country. The report provides waiver-related statistics and related legislation.
Date: February 12, 2014
Creator: Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits (open access)

Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits

This report describes three kinds of unemployment benefit programs: regular Unemployment Compensation (UC), Extended Benefits (EB), and Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08). The report explains their basic eligibility requirements, benefits, and financing structure.
Date: February 12, 2014
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M. & Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues (open access)

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues

This report examines debates regarding what constitutes an "unfunded federal mandate" and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995's (UMRA) implementation. It focuses on UMRA's requirement that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issue written cost estimate statements for federal mandates in legislation, its procedures for raising points of order in the House and Senate concerning unfunded federal mandates in legislation, and its requirement that federal agencies prepare written cost estimate statements for federal mandates in rules. It also assesses UMRA's impact on federal mandates and arguments concerning UMRA's future, focusing on UMRA's definitions, exclusions, and exceptions which currently exempt many federal actions with potentially significant financial impacts on nonfederal entities.
Date: December 12, 2013
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay & Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track? (open access)

EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track?

This report provides background information on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory activity during the Obama Administration to help address these issues. It examines major or controversial regulatory actions taken by or under development at EPA since January 2009, providing details on the regulatory action itself, presenting an estimated timeline for completion of the rule (including identification of related court or statutory deadlines), and, in general, providing EPA's estimates of costs and benefits, where available. The report includes tables that show which rules remain under development, and an appendix that describes major or controversial rules that are now final.
Date: December 12, 2013
Creator: McCarthy, James E. & Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2014 (open access)

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2014

This report provides government-wide, multi-agency, and individual agency analyses of the President's FY2014 request as it relates to R&D and related activities. The President's budget seeks $142.773 billion for R&D in FY2014, a 1.3% increase (0.7% CAGR) over the actual FY2012 R&D funding level of $140.912 billion. Adjusted for inflation, the President's FY2014 R&D request represents a decrease of 2.6% from the FY2012 level (1.3% CAGR).
Date: September 12, 2013
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Annual Fee on Health Insurers (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Annual Fee on Health Insurers

This report discusses the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148) and the Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152) that impose a fee on certain for-profit health insurers, starting in 2014.
Date: December 12, 2013
Creator: Kirchhoff, Suzanne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Contribution Limits: Selected Questions About McCutcheon and Policy Issues for Congress (open access)

Campaign Contribution Limits: Selected Questions About McCutcheon and Policy Issues for Congress

This report offers a preliminary analysis of major policy issues and potential implications that appear to be most relevant as the House and Senate prepare for the ruling and decide whether or how to respond.
Date: December 12, 2013
Creator: Garrett, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA-Home Loan Guaranty Program: An Overview (open access)

VA-Home Loan Guaranty Program: An Overview

Report containing a summary of the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: Foote, Bruce E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority for Trade Agreements: Major Votes (open access)

Trade Promotion Authority and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority for Trade Agreements: Major Votes

Report that profiles significant legislation, including floor votes, that authorized the use of presidential Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) --previously known as fast-track trade negotiating authority --since its inception in 1974. The report also includes a list of floor votes since 1979 on implementing legislation for trade agreements that were passed under TPA fast-track procedures.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: Smith, Carolyn C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Dr. Robert Johnson to Chairman Principi dtd 28 Sep 2005 (open access)

Letter from Dr. Robert Johnson to Chairman Principi dtd 28 Sep 2005

Letter from Dr. Robert Johnson to Chairman Principi dtd 28 Sep 2005 regarding the AFIP.
Date: October 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
BASE OFF SETS FY04 (open access)

BASE OFF SETS FY04

FY04 BASEOPS OFFSETS, and FY03 BASEOPS OFFSETS BASED ON A 40 HR WORK WEEK
Date: October 12, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence - Letter from Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour to Secretary Rumsfield dtd 30 Sep 2005 (open access)

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour to Secretary Rumsfield dtd 30 Sep 2005

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour to Secretary Rumsfield dtd 30 Sep 2005, which Chairman Principi was cc'd on, regarding the Mississippi 155th Brigade Combat Team.
Date: October 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Infrastructure Steering Group (ISG)Meeting Minutes of April 15,2005 (open access)

BRAC 2005 Infrastructure Steering Group (ISG)Meeting Minutes of April 15,2005

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Date: October 12, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
ISG61 Minutes 08 April 2005 redacted (open access)

ISG61 Minutes 08 April 2005 redacted

Disgregard Restriction Header and Footer - ISG 61 Minutes 08 April 2005 redacted
Date: October 12, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
ISG 60 Minutes 01 April 2005 (open access)

ISG 60 Minutes 01 April 2005

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Date: October 12, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
ISG 52 Minutes 04 February 2005 - Part 2 (open access)

ISG 52 Minutes 04 February 2005 - Part 2

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - ISG 52 Minutes 04 February 2005 - Part 2
Date: October 12, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background and Policy Issues (open access)

Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background and Policy Issues

This report provides background information on the organization, practice, and funding of U.S. diplomatic security efforts. It also provides summary information on the September 11, 2012, attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, as well as on the subsequent Accountability Review Board.
Date: September 12, 2013
Creator: Tiersky, Alex & Epstein, Susan B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Recovery: Sustaining U.S. Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis Economy (open access)

Economic Recovery: Sustaining U.S. Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis Economy

Report examining how Congress has been proactive in helping the economy recover after the 2008-2009 recession, as well as how it can help to keep recessions at bay in the future.
Date: October 12, 2012
Creator: Elwell, Craig K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changing the Federal Reserve's Mandate: An Economic Analysis (open access)

Changing the Federal Reserve's Mandate: An Economic Analysis

This report discusses a number of implementation issues surrounding an inflation target. These include what rate of inflation to target, what inflation measure to use, whether to set a point target or range, and what penalties to impose if a target is missed.
Date: August 12, 2013
Creator: Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Justice: Courts-Martial, an Overview (open access)

Military Justice: Courts-Martial, an Overview

This report gives a detailed overview of the military court-martial system, including a discussion of the three types of court-martials: summary, special, and general. It includes a chart showing procedural safeguards in federal and military courts.
Date: August 12, 2013
Creator: Mason, R. Chuck
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library