Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements (open access)

Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements

This report provides an overview of the forms and requirements needed in voting in the Senate.
Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: Oleszek, Walter
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms: Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition (open access)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms: Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition

This report reviews the USPTO rules that would restrict claims and continuing applications. It begins by offering a summary of the patent system and the role of patents in innovation policy. The context, details, and legal challenges to the new USPTO rules are then explained. The report then offers both the policy justifications for the new rules, as well as concerns that patent professionals and other observers have expressed over their effectiveness and impact. The report closes by identifying congressional issues and options.
Date: March 21, 2008
Creator: Thomas, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement (open access)

Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement

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Date: March 18, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Role of Home State Senators in the Selection of Lower Federal Court Judges (open access)

Role of Home State Senators in the Selection of Lower Federal Court Judges

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Date: March 6, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rescission Actions Since 1974: Review and Assessment of the Record (open access)

Rescission Actions Since 1974: Review and Assessment of the Record

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Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices (open access)

Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices

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Date: March 5, 2008
Creator: Kim, Yule
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: FY2008 Funding and FY2009 Budget Request (open access)

Older Americans Act: FY2008 Funding and FY2009 Budget Request

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Date: March 27, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (open access)

Unaccompanied Refugee Minors

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Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea’s Abduction of Japanese Citizens and the Six-Party Talks (open access)

North Korea’s Abduction of Japanese Citizens and the Six-Party Talks

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Date: March 19, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stormwater Permits: Status of EPA’s Regulatory Program (open access)

Stormwater Permits: Status of EPA’s Regulatory Program

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Date: March 20, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Tort Claims Act (open access)

Federal Tort Claims Act

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Date: March 24, 2008
Creator: Cohen, Henry & Burrows, Vanessa K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Publications of the U.S. House of Representatives (open access)

Publications of the U.S. House of Representatives

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Date: March 31, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies (open access)

Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies

This report provides information about the Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies. This list of about 150 congressional Liaison is intended to help congressional offices in placing telephone calls and addressing correspondence to government agencies.
Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: Watkins, Zina L. & Berry, Carla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program (open access)

Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program

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Date: March 13, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
China’s Economic Conditions (open access)

China’s Economic Conditions

This report discusses China’s Economic Conditions.
Date: March 11, 2008
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aging Infrastructure: Dam Safety (open access)

Aging Infrastructure: Dam Safety

To help inform discussions on the federal role in dam safety, this report provides background information on the nation’s dam safety activities and funding mechanisms.
Date: March 25, 2008
Creator: Lane, Nic
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

This report examines the major U.S. - China trade issues.
Date: March 7, 2008
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organizing for Homeland Security: The Homeland Security Council Reconsidered (open access)

Organizing for Homeland Security: The Homeland Security Council Reconsidered

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Date: March 19, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2009 (open access)

The Budget for Fiscal Year 2009

This report consists of the budget for fiscal year 2009.
Date: March 19, 2008
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Force Air Refueling: The KC-X Aircraft Acquisition Program (open access)

Air Force Air Refueling: The KC-X Aircraft Acquisition Program

This report discusses the U.S. Air Force in-flight aerial refueling aircraft program. The KC-135, which makes up the preponderance of the Air Force's tanker force, is among the Air Force's oldest aircraft.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher & Knight, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal, Natural Gas, and Biomass: Background and Policy (open access)

Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal, Natural Gas, and Biomass: Background and Policy

This report provides background information and policy analysis regarding the ways to develop that directly and indirectly convert coal into liquid fuel.
Date: March 27, 2008
Creator: Andrews, Anthony & Logan, Jeffrey
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues (open access)

China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues

This report discusses the national security problem of China's role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the U.S. policy response, including legislation, since the mid-1990's.
Date: March 6, 2008
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations and Related Issues (open access)

Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations and Related Issues

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Date: March 6, 2008
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library