Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S.-Lebanon relations and will be updated to reflect major developments.
Date: January 21, 2009
Creator: Addis, Casey L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S.-Lebanon relations and will be updated to reflect major developments.
Date: July 23, 2009
Creator: Addis, Casey L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S.-Lebanon relations and will be updated to reflect major developments.
Date: May 19, 2009
Creator: Addis, Casey L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S.-Lebanon relations and will be updated to reflect major developments.
Date: November 2, 2009
Creator: Addis, Casey L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S.-Lebanon relations.
Date: November 30, 2009
Creator: Addis, Casey L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism (open access)

The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism

This report develops three scenarios to approximate different dimensions of the relationship between the global economic downturn and protectionism. The scenarios are not predictions, but descriptions of how and why pressures for protection could be manifested and transmitted under different circumstances and assumptions.
Date: March 23, 2009
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism (open access)

The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism

This report develops three scenarios to approximate different dimensions of the relationship between the global economic downturn and protectionism. The scenarios are not predictions, but descriptions of how and why pressures for protection could be manifested and transmitted under different circumstances and assumptions.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The German Economy and U.S.-German Economic Relations (open access)

The German Economy and U.S.-German Economic Relations

This report first examines Germany's economic performance in historical perspective and assesses some of the domestic factors that may be contributing to Germany's suboptimal performance; the second discusses the reform challenges facing Germany's political leaders; and the third section evaluates a few salient U.S.-German economic policy differences and strains that seem to be influenced by Germany's weakened economic situation.
Date: November 30, 2009
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J. & Belkin, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress (open access)

Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress

This report focuses on the creation of the Transatlantic Economic Council; the role of legislatures in the regulatory process; and the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue and its new role as an advisor to transatlantic regulatory efforts.
Date: December 1, 2009
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J. & Morelli, Vincent
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress (open access)

Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress

This report focuses on the creation of the Transatlantic Economic Council; the role of legislatures in the regulatory process; and the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue and its new role as an advisor to transatlantic regulatory efforts.
Date: March 9, 2009
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J. & Morelli, Vincent
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress (open access)

Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress

This report focuses on the creation of the Transatlantic Economic Council; the role of legislatures in the regulatory process; and the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue and its new role as an advisor to transatlantic regulatory efforts.
Date: November 18, 2009
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J. & Morelli, Vincent
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Wittliff Collections (open access)

The Wittliff Collections

Booklet describing exhibits maintained by the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos. The holdings include materials that are part of the Southwestern Writers Collection and the Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection.
Date: [2009..2015]
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training (open access)

Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training

This report discusses laws related to the protection of marine mammals when using mid-frequency active sonar including the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). The report discusses each of the laws generally, and then reviews the litigation surrounding the Navy's compliance with these laws in the context of using the sonar for training purposes off California's coast.
Date: February 18, 2009
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training (open access)

Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training

This report discusses litigation regarding the use of mid-frequency active sonar training exercises and its effects on marine mammals.
Date: February 18, 2009
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Issues Regarding Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead (open access)

Endangered Species Act (ESA) Issues Regarding Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead

The construction and operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) have reduced salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia Basin. This report discusses the federal regulation of this system under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Date: January 26, 2009
Creator: Alexander, Kristina & Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations (open access)

Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations

This report analyzes the DPS designation process as it is applied to the gray wolf. It also examines experimental populations of wolves under the ESA and their protections.
Date: February 13, 2009
Creator: Alexander, Kristina & Corn, M. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Groundwater Availability Model for the Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) and Pecos Valley Aquifers of Texas (open access)

Groundwater Availability Model for the Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) and Pecos Valley Aquifers of Texas

This report describes the study area, previous aquifer investigations, and hydrogeologic setting used to develop the Edwards Trinity and Pecos Valley aquifers conceptual models, and provides details on the study and suggestions for future model improvements.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Anaya, Roberto & Jones, Ian
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Doc Anderson: Volume 10, October 2009 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Doc Anderson: Volume 10, October 2009

Newsletter of Charles "Doc" Anderson for his constituents in district 56 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on details of his upcoming amendment propositions and information on renewing river licenses online.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Anderson, Charles N.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending (open access)

Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending

This report reviews energy conservation legislation and Executive Orders that apply to the Department of Defense, directives and instructions to the military departments and agencies on implementing the legislation and orders, Defense spending on facility energy over the last decade, annual Defense appropriations that fund energy-conservation improvements, and Defense energy conservation investments.
Date: February 19, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending (open access)

Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending

This report reviews energy conservation legislation and Executive Orders that apply to the Department of Defense, directives and instructions to the military departments and agencies on implementing the legislation and orders, Defense spending on facility energy over the last decade, annual Defense appropriations that fund energy-conservation improvements, and Defense energy conservation investments.
Date: February 19, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Fuel Spending, Supply, Acquisition, and Policy (open access)

Department of Defense Fuel Spending, Supply, Acquisition, and Policy

This report discusses various aspects of the Department of Defense's (DOD) fuel consumption and any resulting policy considerations for Congress.
Date: March 20, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Fuel Spending, Supply, Acquisition, and Policy (open access)

Department of Defense Fuel Spending, Supply, Acquisition, and Policy

This report discusses various aspects of the Department of Defense's (DOD) fuel consumption and any resulting policy considerations for Congress.
Date: September 22, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unconventional Gas Shales: Development, Technology, and Policy Issues (open access)

Unconventional Gas Shales: Development, Technology, and Policy Issues

This report discusses the Barnett and Marcellus Shale formations, which serve to illustrate the technical and policy issues that are most likely common to developing all gas shales.
Date: October 30, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony; Folger, Peter; Humphries, Marc; Copeland, Claudia; Tiemann, Mary; Meltz, Robert et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty (open access)

The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty

This report provides information on the Lisbon Treaty and possible U.S.-EU implications that may be of interest to the 111th Congress.
Date: November 9, 2009
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library