Archaeological Survey at Trophy Club, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey at Trophy Club, Texas

Archaeological survey results for current and proposed pad sites in Denton County, Texas.
Date: 2005
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Archaeological Survey Within the Proposed Thompson Springs Park, Fairview, Texas (open access)

An Archaeological Survey Within the Proposed Thompson Springs Park, Fairview, Texas

Archaeological survey results regarding proposed Thompson Springs Park in Collin County in terms of finding archaeological sites or cultural materials.
Date: 2005
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Reliability: Options for Electric Transmission Infrastructure Improvements (open access)

Electric Reliability: Options for Electric Transmission Infrastructure Improvements

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Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Utility Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 6, 109th Congress (open access)

Electric Utility Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 6, 109th Congress

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Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Utility Regulatory Reform: Issues for the 109th Congress (open access)

Electric Utility Regulatory Reform: Issues for the 109th Congress

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Date: August 18, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Utility Regulatory Reform: Issues for the 109th Congress (open access)

Electric Utility Regulatory Reform: Issues for the 109th Congress

This report discusses regulation issues affecting electricity today. Comprehensive electricity legislation may involve several components: Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) reform, PURPA's requirement that utilities purchase power from qualifying facilities (QFs), and reliability.
Date: April 21, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Activities to Protect the Electric Grid (open access)

Government Activities to Protect the Electric Grid

This report provides a description of initiatives within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, and Defense to protect the physical electrical utility infrastructure from outages caused by a range of activities including system operator errors, weather-related damage, and terrorist attacks. While the electric utility industry has primary responsibility, federal and state government agencies also have been addressing physical security concerns.
Date: February 4, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Utility Restructuring: Maintaining Bulk Power System Reliability (open access)

Electric Utility Restructuring: Maintaining Bulk Power System Reliability

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Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy; Parker, Larry B. & Stitt, Steven C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Mercedes Agogerio to the BRAC - June 20, 2005] (open access)

[Letters from Mercedes Agogerio to the BRAC - June 20, 2005]

Letters from Mercedes Agogerio to members of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) pleading on behalf of Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico.
Date: June 20, 2005
Creator: Agogerio, Mercedes
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Trade Retaliation: The FSC-ETI Case (open access)

European Trade Retaliation: The FSC-ETI Case

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Date: February 11, 2005
Creator: Aheam, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges (open access)

U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges

This report examines the economic partnership between the United States and the European Union. Not only is the U.S.-EU trade and investment relationship the largest in the world, but it is also arguably the most important. Agreement between the two partners in the past has been critical to making the world trading system more open and efficient.
Date: May 20, 2005
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Keystone, Fall 2005 (open access)

The Keystone, Fall 2005

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A User's Guide to the Congressional Record (open access)

A User's Guide to the Congressional Record

This report discusses use of the Congressional Record, which is a substantially verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of the House and Senate, subject only to technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections. It consists of four main sections: the proceedings of the House and Senate, the Extensions of Remarks, and the Daily Digest.
Date: October 27, 2005
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor (open access)

The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor

The House of Representatives follows a well established routine on the opening day of a new Congress. The proceedings include election of the Speaker, swearing in its members, election of administrative officers, and adoption of rules of procedure. Also, resolutions assigning its members to committees may be adopted. The House must take these actions at the beginning of each new Congress because it is not a continuing body. Article 1, Section 2 of Constitution sets terms for Members of the House at two years. Thus, the House ends at the conclusion of each two-year Congress and must reconstitute itself at the beginning of a new Congress. This report focuses on the floor activities of the House during its first formal session in a new Congress, and serves as a guide for participating in or watching those proceedings.
Date: August 17, 2005
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of the House and Senate (open access)

Secret Sessions of the House and Senate

This report is on Secret Sessions of the House and Senate.
Date: November 3, 2005
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2005 (open access)

Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2005

This report identifies the names, committee assignments, dates of service, and (for Representatives) districts of the 229 women Members of Congress.
Date: September 22, 2005
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from the American Legion  to the BRAC Commission - August 30, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from the American Legion to the BRAC Commission - August 30, 2005]

Letter of Resolution number 167 from the American Legion to the BRAC Commission to retain Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Date: August 24, 2005
Creator: American Legion.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education and Training Issues Related to Major Disasters (open access)

Education and Training Issues Related to Major Disasters

This report includes a short description of the federal Stafford Act and its applicability to education and training facilities to provide context for the specific education and workforce development programs and requirements and their intersection with federal emergency management.
Date: November 4, 2005
Creator: Apling, Richard N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Interactions with Selected Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) (open access)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Interactions with Selected Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)1 and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA)2 are two of the most significant federal statutes relating to education. Although both have the goal of improving education — IDEA for children with disabilities and NCLBA for all children — the two statutes take different approaches. IDEA focuses on the individual child, with an emphasis on developing an individualized education program (IEP) and specific services for children with disabilities, while NCLBA takes a more global view, with an emphasis on closing gaps in achievement test scores and raising the aggregate scores of all demographic groups of pupils to specific levels. The relationship of IDEA and NCLBA has become of increasing significance because of the recent reauthorization of IDEA and guidance and regulations from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on NCLBA issues related to the education of children with disabilities. This report will provide a brief overview of IDEA and NCLBA, a discussion of the intersection of selected provisions of IDEA and NCLBA, and a discussion of ED regulations and guidance regarding IDEA and NCLBA. The report concludes with a discussion of possible issues related to the interaction of IDEA and NCLBA.
Date: December 22, 2005
Creator: Apling, Richard N. & Jones, Nancy L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Analysis of Changes Made by P.L. 108-446 (open access)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Analysis of Changes Made by P.L. 108-446

This report discusses the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA — 20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq.), which is both a grants statute and a civil rights statute. It provides federal funding for the education of children with disabilities and requires, as a condition for the receipt of such funds, the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The statute also contains detailed due process provisions to ensure the provision of FAPE. Originally enacted in 1975, the act responded to increased awareness of the need to educate children with disabilities, and to judicial decisions requiring that states provide an education for children with disabilities if they provided an education for children without disabilities.
Date: January 5, 2005
Creator: Apling, Richard N. & Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Interactions with Selected Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) (open access)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Interactions with Selected Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) are two of the most significant federal statutes relating to education. Although both have the goal of improving education — IDEA for children with disabilities and NCLBA for all children — the two statutes take different approaches. IDEA focuses on the individual child, with an emphasis on developing an individualized education program (IEP) and specific services for children with disabilities, while NCLBA takes a more global view, with an emphasis on closing gaps in achievement test scores and raising the aggregate scores of all demographic groups of pupils to specific levels. The relationship of IDEA and NCLBA has become of increasing significance because of this recent reauthorization of IDEA and guidance and regulations from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on NCLBA issues related to the education of children with disabilities. This report will provide a brief overview of IDEA and NCLBA, a discussion of the intersection of selected provisions of IDEA and NCLBA, and a discussion of ED regulations and guidance regarding IDEA and NCLBA. The report concludes with a discussion of possible issues related to the interaction of IDEA and NCLBA.
Date: December 22, 2005
Creator: Apling, Richard N. & Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybercrime: The Council of Europe Convention (open access)

Cybercrime: The Council of Europe Convention

This report discusses the Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime of November 2001, which includes forty-two countries and the United States.
Date: December 1, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Union Enlargement (open access)

European Union Enlargement

On May 1, 2004, 10 states joined the European Union (EU), enlarging the Union to 25 members. The EU views the enlargement process as an historic opportunity to promote stability in Europe and further the integration of the continent by peaceful means. In addition to the 10 new members (Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia), three other states — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — hope to accede to the EU by 2007. Turkey is also a candidate and is expected to begin accession negotiations in 2005. Macedonia has also applied for EU membership.
Date: May 2, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Union Enlargement (open access)

European Union Enlargement

On May 1, 2004, 10 states joined the European Union (EU), enlarging the Union to 25 members. The EU views the enlargement process as an historic opportunity to promote stability in Europe and further the integration of the continent by peaceful means. In addition to the 10 new members (Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia), three other states — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — hope to accede to the EU by 2007. Turkey is also a candidate and is expected to begin accession negotiations in 2005. Macedonia has also applied for EU membership.
Date: June 10, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library