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Antitrust Modernization Commission

Website for the Antitrust Modernization Commission, a 12-member committee charged to review antitrust laws and provide recommendations regarding issues and possible changes or modernizations. The site includes information about the commission documents collected during their research including meeting notes and hearing transcripts, and a collection of public comments.
Date: May 31, 2007
Creator: United States. Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Guide to Statistical Adjustment: How it Really Works. (open access)

A Guide to Statistical Adjustment: How it Really Works.

Congress established the Census Monitoring Board to observe and monitor all aspects of the preparation and implementation of the 2000 decennial census. After the completion of the 200 census, many thoughtful parties continue a sincere debate over the implementation of statistical adjustment as a means of increasing the accuracy of the census and for its use in redistricting and the allocation of government funds and services. On March 1, 2001, the Census Bureau's Executive Steering Committee overseeing the post-census evaluation phase, the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (A.C.E.), recommended against adjusting the count. Reasonable people, including leading statisticians, have reviewed the statistical adjustment methodology and have raised legitimate questions. This report attempts to put that methodology into perspective and add to what will be further debate and discussion on how all of us as shareholders can continue to work together to ensure the most accurate census possible.
Date: May 23, 2001
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board – Congressional Members
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production while Protecting Public Health

Executive Order 13168, dated September 27, 2000 established the President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health (Commission). The purpose of the Commission is to provide advice to the President on changes occurring in the tobacco farming economy and recommend such measures as may be necessary to improve economic opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on tobacco production, and protect consumers, particularly children, from hazards associated with smoking.
Date: May 18, 2001
Creator: President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production while Protecting Public Health
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

Commission to Strengthen Social Security

On May 2, President Bush announced establishment of a bipartisan, 16-member Commission "to study and report specific recommendations to preserve Social Security for seniors while building wealth for younger Americans." The Commission will provide bipartisan recommendations to the President for modernizing and restoring fiscal soundness to the Social Security System according to the following principles: modernization must not change Social Security benefits for retirees or near retirees; the entire Social Security surplus must be dedicated to Social Security only; Social Security payroll taxes must not be increased; the Government must not invest Social Security funds in the stock market; modernization must preserve Social Security's disability and survivors components; and modernization must include individually controlled, voluntary personal retirement accounts, which will augment the Social Security safety net.
Date: May 21, 2001
Creator: President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

Overseas Basing Commission

The Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States is charged with implementing Public Law 108-132 Sec. 128 by conducting a thorough study of matters relating to the overseas military facility structure of the United States. See also the Commission's Amended Charter and the Original Charter.
Date: May 5, 2004
Creator: Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction

Established by Executive Order 13328 and signed by President George W. Bush on February 6, 2004, the Commission was charged with assessing whether the Intelligence Community is sufficiently authorized, organized, equipped, trained, and resourced to identify and warn in a timely manner of, and to support United States Government efforts to respond to, the development and transfer of knowledge, expertise, technologies, materials, and resources associated with the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, related means of delivery, and other related threats of the 21st Century and their employment by foreign powers (including terrorists, terrorist organizations, and private networks). T he Commission examined the capabilities and challenges of the Intelligence Community to collect, process, analyze, produce, and disseminate information concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of such foreign powers relating to the design, development, manufacture, acquisition, possession, proliferation, transfer, testing, potential or threatened use, or use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, related means of delivery, and other related threats of the 21st Century.
Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

ACIR (Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations) Home Page

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) is a permanent, independent, bipartisan intergovernmental agency established by Public Law 86-380 in 1959. As it was established, ACIR's mission is:To strengthen the American federal system and improve the ability of federal, state, and local governments to work together cooperatively, efficiently, and effectively.
Date: May 15, 1996
Creator: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library