Federal Financial Conflict of Interest Rules and Biomedical Research: A Legal Overview (open access)

Federal Financial Conflict of Interest Rules and Biomedical Research: A Legal Overview

This report discusses recent administrative and Legislative developments with respect to the law regarding FCOIs and biomedical research. It also discusses about HHS requirements for FCOIs, Other Agency Requirements with Respect to FCOIs and Current Developments.
Date: August 22, 2014
Creator: Nolan, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits (open access)

Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits

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Date: August 14, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation (open access)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation

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Date: August 28, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The “1033 Program,” Department of Defense Support to Law Enforcement (open access)

The “1033 Program,” Department of Defense Support to Law Enforcement

This report focuses on the "1033 Program" that grants authority to the Secretary of Defense to give defense material to federal and state agencies. The focal point of the program is mostly for terrorism and illegal drug activities. This report describes how law enforcement agencies may apply to be part of the program and the structure of the program.
Date: August 28, 2014
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Wyoming’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet (open access)

Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Wyoming’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet

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Date: August 6, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Compensation Laws (open access)

Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Compensation Laws

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Date: August 19, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations

This report includes information regarding Thailand, its background, and relations with the United States. Sections include security and regional relations.
Date: August 28, 2014
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Dolven, Ben & Scott, Christopher H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Survivors Benefits (open access)

Social Security Survivors Benefits

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Date: August 18, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Services Block Grant: Background and Funding (open access)

Social Services Block Grant: Background and Funding

The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) is a flexible source of funds that states use to support a wide variety of social services activities. States have broad discretion over the use of these funds. In FY2009, the most recent year for which expenditure data are available, the largest expenditures for services under the SSBG were for child care, foster care, and special services for the disabled. This report provides background and funding information about the SSBG.
Date: August 26, 2014
Creator: Lynch, Karen E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Key Historical Court Decisions Shaping EPA’s Program Under the Clean Air Act (open access)

Key Historical Court Decisions Shaping EPA’s Program Under the Clean Air Act

This report provides a selective overview of court decisions that historically have most shaped EPA’s program under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Date: August 22, 2014
Creator: Meltz, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fish and Wildlife Service: FY2015 Appropriations and Policy (open access)

Fish and Wildlife Service: FY2015 Appropriations and Policy

This report contains the appropriations and policy during the Fiscal Year 2015 on fish and wildlife service.
Date: August 5, 2014
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field Hearings: Fact Sheet on Purposes, Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines (open access)

Field Hearings: Fact Sheet on Purposes, Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines

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Date: August 4, 2014
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie & Petersen, R. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missing and Exploited Children: Background, Policies, and Issues (open access)

Missing and Exploited Children: Background, Policies, and Issues

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Date: August 1, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Report: FY2014 Supplemental Appropriations (open access)

Summary Report: FY2014 Supplemental Appropriations

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Date: August 28, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Wisconsin’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet (open access)

Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Wisconsin’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet

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Date: August 6, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Insurance Exchanges: Health Insurance “Navigators” and In-Person Assistance (open access)

Health Insurance Exchanges: Health Insurance “Navigators” and In-Person Assistance

This report describes exchange outreach programs, the role of brokers, agents, and insurers, and issues regarding consumer outreach assistance.
Date: August 13, 2014
Creator: Kirchhoff, Suzanne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improper Payments in High Priority Programs: In Brief (open access)

Improper Payments in High Priority Programs: In Brief

This report provides a brief overview of the improper payments in high priority programs.
Date: August 18, 2014
Creator: Hatch, Garrett Leigh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities (open access)

Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities

Each major party in the House has a leadership hierarchy. This report summarizes the election, duties, and responsibilities of the Speaker of the House, the majority and minority leaders, and the whips and whip system.
Date: August 14, 2014
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Refineries and Oil Field Processors: Opportunities and Challenges (open access)

Small Refineries and Oil Field Processors: Opportunities and Challenges

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Date: August 11, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Offshore Drilling Safety: A Status Report (open access)

Offshore Drilling Safety: A Status Report

This report describes selected Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) safety reforms, provides a concise summary of relevant offshore safety milestones, and offers insights about policy discussions related to safety. As part of overseeing DOI safety reforms initiated in 2010, the 113th Congress is placing an emphasis on agency performance associated with implementing reforms to improve safety initiated in 2010.
Date: August 14, 2014
Creator: Hagerty, Curry L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Development Block Grants: Funding Issues in the 113th Congress (open access)

Community Development Block Grants: Funding Issues in the 113th Congress

On March 4, 2014, the Obama Administration released its FY 2015 budget request, which included $2.870 billion for activities under the Community Development Fund administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including $2.8 billion for formula grants. This report contains information on FY 2015 appropriations, FY 2014 appropriations, FY 2013 appropriations, and more as related to the topic of community development block grants.
Date: August 11, 2014
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Utah’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet (open access)

Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Utah’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet

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Date: August 6, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Primer (open access)

Social Security Primer

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Date: August 5, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement (open access)

Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement

This report discusses a plan announced by EPA in January 2005, called the Air Compliance Agreement, that would produce air quality monitoring data on animal agriculture emissions from a small number of farms, while at the same time protecting all participants (including farms where no monitoring takes place) through a “safe harbor” from liability under certain provisions of federal environmental laws.
Date: August 18, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library