Biennial Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management (open access)

Biennial Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management

Biennial report to the Texas Legislature describing the activities of the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) during fiscal year 2010, including information on state agency financing, claims, losses, and expenditures.
Date: December 31, 2010
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending Savings Institutions Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending Savings Institutions Annual Report: 2010

Annual report of the Texas Department of Savings & Mortgage Lending, containing relevant financial summaries and statistical tables for associations in Texas.
Date: December 31, 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 53, Pages 11767-11986, December 31, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 53, Pages 11767-11986, December 31, 2010

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 31, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

The Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of the advanced spectroscopic portals (ASPs) program's history and outlines issues for Congress as the program moves forward.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Shea, Dana A.; Moteff, John D. & Morgan, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China’s Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues (open access)

China’s Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues

This report provides an overview of the economic issues surrounding the current debate over China’s currency policy. It identifies the economic costs and benefits of China’s currency policy for both China and the United States, and possible implications if China were to allow its currency to significantly appreciate or to float freely. It also examines proposed legislation in the 111th Congress that seek to address China’s currency policy.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit for Military Service Under Civilian Federal Employee Retirement Systems (open access)

Credit for Military Service Under Civilian Federal Employee Retirement Systems

Federal employees with permanent appointments earn pension benefits under one of two retirement plans. Employees hired after 1983 participate in the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). Employees hired before 1984 participate in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) unless they elected to transfer to the FERS during open seasons held in 1987 and 1998. This report discusses the changes in legislation that allowed veterans who subsequently became civilian federal employees to count their years of active-duty military service toward retirement eligibility and pension benefits under CSRS.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Improve DOD's Oversight of Power Source Investments (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Improve DOD's Oversight of Power Source Investments

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Virtually all Department of Defense (DOD) weapon systems and equipment rely on power sources, such as batteries. In response to a mandate in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, GAO determined (1) DOD's approximate investment in power sources, (2) the extent to which DOD coordinates its power source investments, and (3) the extent to which DOD's policies facilitate the use of standard power sources. To address these objectives, GAO obtained and analyzed DOD investment data, met with DOD officials and industry representatives, and attended DOD conferences aimed at facilitating power source coordination."
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Programs Available to Unemployed Workers (open access)

Federal Programs Available to Unemployed Workers

There are four groups of federal programs that target unemployed workers: unemployment insurance programs, health care assistance, job search assistance, and training. This report describes these programs, how they interact with each other, and their funding.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.; Bradley, David H.; Mulvey, Janemarie & Topoleski, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 250, December 30, 2010, Pages 82215-82590 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 250, December 30, 2010, Pages 82215-82590

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Habeas Corpus Legislation in the 111th Congress (open access)

Habeas Corpus Legislation in the 111th Congress

This report is a brief overview of the recommendations from the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary and legislative proposals on habeas review.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress (open access)

International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress

This report highlights major international trade and finance issues Congress may address this year and next.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Location-Based Preferences in Federal and Federally Funded Contracting: An Overview of the Law (open access)

Location-Based Preferences in Federal and Federally Funded Contracting: An Overview of the Law

This report discusses constitutional and other legal issues related to the creation and implementation of location-based preferences in federal contracting, as well as summarizes key authorities requiring or allowing federal agencies to "favor" contractors located in specific places. The report does not address federal preferences for domestic products or provisions of federal law that could, depending upon their implementation, effectively prefer local contractors, such as project labor agreements.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Luckey, John R. & Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Congress and the European Parliament: Evolving Transatlantic Legislative Cooperation (open access)

The U.S. Congress and the European Parliament: Evolving Transatlantic Legislative Cooperation

This report provides background on the Congress-EP relationship and the role of the TLD. It also explores potential future options should an effort to strengthen ties between the two bodies gain momentum.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Morelli, Vincent
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Compensation (Insurance) and Military Service (open access)

Unemployment Compensation (Insurance) and Military Service

This report discusses Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), which provides income support while former active duty military personnel or reservists released from active duty search for work. The report addresses funding for this service, who is entitled to UCX benefits, and Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) and the Extended Benefits (EB) payments, which a servicemember receives when regular unemployment benefits are exhausted.
Date: December 30, 2010
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Emergency Preparedness and Response (open access)

The Americans with Disabilities Act and Emergency Preparedness and Response

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 54.4 million individuals with disabilities in the United States. The challenges faced by these individuals, and their civil rights to inclusion in disaster preparedness and response, have received increased attention after September 11, Hurricane Katrina, and other disasters. This report briefly discusses this issue, including the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.
Date: December 29, 2010
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 249, December 29, 2010, Pages 81817-82214 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 249, December 29, 2010, Pages 81817-82214

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: December 29, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Approaches to Defining "Waters of the United States" (open access)

Legislative Approaches to Defining "Waters of the United States"

This report seeks to clarify the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA) in the wake of Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006 that interpreted the law's jurisdiction more narrowly than prior case law.
Date: December 29, 2010
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2011 Budget and Appropriations (open access)

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2011 Budget and Appropriations

This report analyzes the FY2011 request, recent-year funding trends, and congressional action related to FY2011 State-Foreign Operations legislation.
Date: December 29, 2010
Creator: Lawson, Marian Leonardo
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts (open access)

U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts

This report discusses the U.S. trade deficit in light of the 2008 global financial crisis, with emphasis on international trade and U.S. trade policy, most recent developments in trade of goods and service, trade forecasts for the future, and how issues such as the U.S. trade deficit and international trade, particularly with China, are commonly perceived.
Date: December 29, 2010
Creator: Nanto, Dick K. & Donnelly, J. Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Army Corps of Engineers' Nationwide Permits Program: Issues and Regulatory Developments (open access)

The Army Corps of Engineers' Nationwide Permits Program: Issues and Regulatory Developments

Congressional interest in wetlands permit regulatory programs has been evident in the past in oversight hearings and in connection with bills to fund the Corps' regulatory programs. For some time, there has been a stalemate over legislation that would revise wetlands regulatory law and that could, if enacted, modify the nationwide permit program. During this time, no consensus has emerged on whether or how to reform overall wetlands policy legislatively. Recently, Obama Administration initiatives and actions intended to restrict harmful effects of surface coal mining activities in Appalachia have drawn congressional attention and criticism that is likely to continue in the 112th Congress and that could include oversight of the Corps' regulatory program generally.
Date: December 28, 2010
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 248, December 28, 2010, Pages 81371-81816 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 248, December 28, 2010, Pages 81371-81816

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: December 28, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2011 Appropriations (open access)

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2011 Appropriations

This report discusses the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2011 appropriations bill, which includes funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and 26 independent agencies, including the Small Business Administration and the United States Postal Service.
Date: December 28, 2010
Creator: Hatch, Garrett
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missile Defense and NATO's Lisbon Summit (open access)

Missile Defense and NATO's Lisbon Summit

This is a report regarding the November 2010 Lisbon Summit, wherein alliance heads of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization approved a plan to integrate existing NATO members ballistic missile defense capabilities into their overall defense posture. This report looks at advantages, challenges, and current Congressional legislation regarding the Obama Administration's Phased Adaptive Approach, which would be regional ballistic missile defense capability in Europe.
Date: December 28, 2010
Creator: Hildreth, Steven A. & Ek, Carl
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Power to Regulate Commerce: Limits on Congressional Power (open access)

The Power to Regulate Commerce: Limits on Congressional Power

This report discusses the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, which provides that the Congress shall have the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
Date: December 28, 2010
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth R. & Tatelman, Todd B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library