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Earmark Reform: Comparison of New House and Senate Procedural Rules (open access)

Earmark Reform: Comparison of New House and Senate Procedural Rules

This report describes and compares the new House and Senate procedures, including an additional House requirement regarding the use of earmarks as leverage for votes.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Electra, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ensemble: 2008-04-24 – Wind Symphony

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: North Texas Wind Symphony
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export Controls: State and Commerce Have Not Taken Basic Steps to Better Ensure U.S. Interests Are Protected (open access)

Export Controls: State and Commerce Have Not Taken Basic Steps to Better Ensure U.S. Interests Are Protected

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In controlling the transfer of weapons and related technologies overseas, the U.S. government must limit the possibility of sensitive items falling into the wrong hands while allowing legitimate trade to occur. Achieving this balance has become more challenging due to redefined security threats and a globalized economy. The export control system is a key component of the safety net of programs intended to balance multiple U.S. interests. The export control system is managed primarily by the State Department, which regulates arms exports, and the Commerce Department, which regulates dual-use exports that have military and civilian applications. Unless an exemption applies, arms exports require licenses, while many dual-use exports do not require licenses. Based on GAO's extensive body of work on the export control system, this testimony focuses on export licensing inefficiencies, poor interagency coordination, and limits in State's and Commerce's ability to provide a sound basis for changes to the system. In prior work, GAO made recommendations to address vulnerabilities in the export control system, but many have not been implemented. Because of these vulnerabilities and others identified in the larger safety net of programs, GAO has designated …
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Wilson, Chris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Final Technical Report on Scaling Models of the Internal Variability of Clouds DoE Grant No. DE-FG02-04ER63773 (open access)

Final Technical Report on Scaling Models of the Internal Variability of Clouds DoE Grant No. DE-FG02-04ER63773

The purpose of this proposal is to gain a better understanding of the space-time correlations of atmospheric fluctuations in clouds through application of methods from statistical physics to high resolution, continuous data sets of cloud observations available at the Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program archive. In this report we present the accomplishments achieved during the four year period. Starting with the most recent one, we report on two break-throughs in our research that make the fourth year of the project exceptionally successful and markedly outperforming the objectives. The first break-through is on characterization of the structure of cirrus radiative properties at large, intermediate and small, generating cells scales by applying the Fokker-Planck equation method and other methods to ARM millimeter wavelength radar observations collected at the Southern Great Plains site. The second break-through is that we show that different characterizations of the cirrus radiative properties are obtained for different synoptic scale environments. We outline a stochastic approach to investigate the internal structure of radiative properties of cirrus clouds based on empirical modeling and draw conclusions about cirrus dynamical properties in the context of the synoptic environment. Results on the structure of cirrus dynamical properties are consistent with the …
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Ivanova, Kristinka
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a ”Cheap” Dollar (open access)

Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a ”Cheap” Dollar

This report provides information about the Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a “Cheap” Dollar where academic research and analysis have been relatively limited on the topic of the relationship between deprecated dollar and any impact on foreign purchases.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues (open access)

Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues

This report provides background and discussion of policy issues relating to U.S. ethanol production, especially ethanol made from corn.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Garber, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Hogan, Vickie Lee
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Giddings, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Preuss, L. M., III & True, David G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 139, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 139, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 141, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 141, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guide to Individuals Seated on the House Dais (open access)

Guide to Individuals Seated on the House Dais

This report provides information about the Guide to Individuals Seated on the House Dais. The house of representatives meets in the capitol in the house chamber.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 3185: The 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007 (open access)

H.R. 3185: The 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007

This report provides information on the kinds of fees that are charged in 401(k) plans and details the provisions of H.R. 3185, the 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act as introduced on July 14, 2007.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Topoleski, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Head Start: Background and Issues (open access)

Head Start: Background and Issues

This report provides background and issues of Head Start, a federal program that has provided comprehensive early childhood development services to low-income children since 1965.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Melinda, Gish
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Boundary and Water Commission: Two Alternatives for Improving Wastewater Treatment at the United States-Mexico Border (open access)

International Boundary and Water Commission: Two Alternatives for Improving Wastewater Treatment at the United States-Mexico Border

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For many years, untreated wastewater originating in Tijuana, Mexico, has entered the United States, largely via the Tijuana River. Tijuana's sewage system does not have the capacity to treat all of the city's wastewater, and some areas of the city are not connected to the sewer system. Tijuana's higher elevation results in sewage flowing downhill into California and out to the Pacific Ocean, causing beach closures in southern California. In the 1990s, the U.S. and Mexican Sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission collaborated with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the problem by constructing the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP) in San Ysidro, California. The SBIWTP began providing the first level of treatment, known as primary treatment, to 25 million gallons per day (mgd) of Mexican wastewater in 1997. However, the part of the facility that would have provided secondary treatment, allowing the wastewater to meet Clean Water Act (CWA) standards for discharge into the Pacific Ocean, was not constructed due to a lack of funding and legal challenges. As a result, water discharged from the SBIWTP is only partially treated and …
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Relationship between Green Design and Project Delivery Methods (open access)

Investigation of the Relationship between Green Design and Project Delivery Methods

The selection of the project delivery method (PDM) for any project is critical--it establishes communication, coordination, and contractual issues between the owner, contractor, and designer. With an increase in the number of green design projects, understanding the relationship between the PDM and green design is paramount to project and contract management. It is reasonable to assume that a positive relationship between green design and design-build (DB) exists since both theoretically are intended to foster an integrated, holistic, and collaborative project. This research examines the relationship between the design-bid-build (DBB), construction management (CM), and DB PDMs and green design with the goal of establishing best practices and identifying potential synergies between them. The research collected information by conducting primarily telephone interviews with approximately twenty-five individuals, including owners, contractors, and designers involved in completed green design projects, mainly in the public sector. The interviews developed a general understanding of the current state of knowledge and experience and not a rigorous quantitative analysis. Upon completion of the interviews, the tabulated results were summarized and green project characteristics and project-PDM interactions emerged. Existing published research was evaluated to reveal aspects of PDMs independent of green design. Best practices were ascertained by combining information from …
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Bilec, Melissa M. & Ries, Robert J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 179, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 179, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2008

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Hensely, Joanna
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Legal Challenges to the Client Communication Provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (open access)

Legal Challenges to the Client Communication Provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

This report describes the relevant BAPCPA provisions and discusses the recent court decisions.
Date: April 24, 2008
Creator: Pettit, Carol A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library