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The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve and the National Oilheat Research Alliance (open access)

The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve and the National Oilheat Research Alliance

This report discusses the price of home heating oil in the Northeast. The Northeast demand for home heating oil has declined by 47% since 2000, from nearly 7 billion gallons to 3.6 billion gallons in 2011. The report provides detailed information regarding northeast home heating oil reserve and national Oilheat Research Alliance.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

The Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV): Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information on the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) and it discusses the Army's proposed replacement to the Vietnam-era M-113 personnel carriers, which are still in service in a variety of support capacities in Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs).
Date: September 24, 2013
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monuments and Memorials in the District of Columbia: Analysis and Options for Proposed Exemptions to the Commemorative Works Act (open access)

Monuments and Memorials in the District of Columbia: Analysis and Options for Proposed Exemptions to the Commemorative Works Act

This report focuses on options for Congress for three types of exemptions to the Commemorative Works Act (CWA, 40 U.S.C. §§8901-8909): siting works, donor recognition, and the placement and status of museums, which are generally not considered commemorative works.
Date: September 24, 2013
Creator: Straus, Jacob R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical Asset Survey for Collin County Texas

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss a historical asset survey for Collin County, Texas.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Seward, Loydell & Quick, Janice
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preserving the Image of Fandom: The Sandy Hereld Memorial Digitized Media Fanzine Collection at Texas A & M University

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author discusses the content and issues of the Sandy Hereld Memorial Digitized Media Fanzine Collection at Texas A & M University.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Brett, Jeremy
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Increasing the Awareness of the Natchez Trace Collection

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss the goals, processes, exhibitions, concerns, and difficulties of the Natchez Trace Collection at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Serrano, Ann & Brassie, Tanya
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why a New Law School and Why Now? Speech to the Business Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association (open access)

Why a New Law School and Why Now? Speech to the Business Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association

This invited speech was delivered to the Business Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association. The speech addresses why the new UNT Dallas College of Law is being created and why now. The new UNT Dallas College of Law is anticipated to open in August 2014.
Date: September 10, 2013
Creator: Furgeson, William Royal, 1941-
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Austin Fanzine Project: An Overview

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the Austin Fanzine Project, an institutional-independent project intended to improve access to the documents of a recently-historical subculture -- the Austin, Texas underground music scene of the 1990s. The project has also blossomed into a sandbox for creative experimentation with digital archives and digital humanities methods and tools.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Hecker, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Design/ed/ing Contexts for Digital Humanities Publishing

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author discusses elements of good design for digital humanities publishing.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Tober, Brad
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Microdata for Dallas County Historical and Genealogical Cemetery Data

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author explains microdata, how it is used, its significance, and uses for the Dallas County Historical and Genealogical Cemetery data.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Hanson, Tony
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Social Media on Schedule

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author discusses scheduled social media updates at the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Hansen, Elizabeth
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Cross-Search and Context Utility: Contextualizing Digital Content and Associated Encoded Archival Description Finding Aid Metadata in the Northwest

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author discusses usability issues relating to digital content and online finding aids.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Meister, Sam
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digital Evolution: Innovative Survival

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss digitization methodologies, skills, and economic factors relating to the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Pryse, JA & Wojcik, Nicholas
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Loss of Federal Pensions for Members of Congress Convicted of Certain Offenses (open access)

Loss of Federal Pensions for Members of Congress Convicted of Certain Offenses

This report discusses the current law with respect to the loss of the federal pension of a Member of Congress for the conviction of certain crimes and the recent law to limit a former Member's receiving service credit toward a federal pension for any time served as a Member of Congress if that person is convicted of any one of a number of criminal offenses involving abuse of the public trust.
Date: September 12, 2013
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Background and Legislative Issues (open access)

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Background and Legislative Issues

This report provides: (1) a background on Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) origins and program operations; (2) discussion of the international development finance context; and (3) analysis of key issues for Congress related to OPIC.
Date: September 25, 2013
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah I.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tajikistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (open access)

Tajikistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

This report outlines the severe challenges faced by Tajikistan since its five-year civil war ended in 1997, including such problems as deep poverty and poor governance. The report discusses U.S. policy and assistance. Basic facts and biographical information are provided. This report may be updated.
Date: September 25, 2013
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consumers and Food Price Inflation (open access)

Consumers and Food Price Inflation

This report is divided into five sections that cover the following: major economic concepts underlying consumer food behavior; descriptions how U.S. food price inflation rates have evolved since 1915, when federal price data collection for inflation-measuring purposes began; information on recent history and projections for U.S. food expenditure shares relative to total household budget; an examination of retail food price inflation; and a discussion on the impact that rapid food price inflation can have on government food programs and the more vulnerable consumer groups.
Date: September 13, 2013
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993: History, Implementation, and Effects (open access)

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993: History, Implementation, and Effects

This report discusses the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. §1973–1973aa-6), which required states to establish voter registration procedures for federal elections so that eligible citizens might apply to register to vote (1) simultaneously while applying for a driver's license, (2) by mail, and (3) at selected state and local offices that serve the public. The law took effect on January 1, 1995, for most states.
Date: September 18, 2013
Creator: Crocker, Royce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Member Organizations: Their Purpose and Activities, History, and Formation (open access)

Congressional Member Organizations: Their Purpose and Activities, History, and Formation

This report examines the purpose and activities of Committee on House Administration as congressional Member organizations (CMO) and the reasons Members form them. It also identifies and describes seven CMO types, and it provides an overview of the historical development of informal Member organizations since the first Congress, focusing on their regulation in the House by the Committee on House Oversight/Committee on House Administration, the rise and fall of legislative service organizations (LSOs), and the House's decision in 1995 to issue regulations for establishing CMOs and governing their behavior. It concludes with a step-by-step guide for House Members and staff who might be interested in forming a CMO.
Date: September 24, 2013
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay & Gerrity, Jessica C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
GSEs and the Government's Role in Housing Finance: Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

GSEs and the Government's Role in Housing Finance: Issues for the 113th Congress

This report examines options concerning the future of the GSEs and the future government role in residential mortgage markets. Other CRS reports address related issues such as conservatorship, the GSEs' financial condition, residential mortgage markets in other nations, and affordable housing.
Date: September 13, 2013
Creator: Weiss, N. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Birds of a Feather Session

Presentation of speakers and topics in a birds of a feather session for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. Topics include: Testing the research usability of finding aids and metadata of primary resources, exploring data curation across disciplines using Google books for academic research, digital collection usage, teaching humanities digitally, and internet politics.
Date: September 21, 2013
Creator: Bartlett, Mary Lee; Bailey, Janet; Caton, Amy; Lancaster, Scott; Boeke, Cindy; Henry, Robin et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Social Media and User Engagement @BU Digital Collections

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. The presenter discusses the Baylor University Libraries digital collections, some of their challenges, and the social media that they chose to help engage users with their digital collections.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Ames, Eric S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Beyond Puppy Pics: Social Media at the LBJ Library

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author discusses social media at the Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Presidential Library and Museum.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Talbot, Liza
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Significance of the Frontier in Digital Scholarship

Keynote speaker presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the author discusses the frontier as a process and an opportunity in digital scholarship.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Muñoz, Trevor
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library