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Joint Interim Committee to Study TRS Health Benefit Plans: Report to the 85th Legislature (open access)

Joint Interim Committee to Study TRS Health Benefit Plans: Report to the 85th Legislature

This report describes the most significant efforts made to ensure long-term stability for the TRS care and TRS-activecare plans by the 84th legislative session.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Joint Interim Committee to Study TRS Health Benefit Plans.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
FCC Record, Volume 31, No. 13, Pages 10456 to 11403, September 19 - October 7, 2016 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 31, No. 13, Pages 10456 to 11403, September 19 - October 7, 2016

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: October 2016
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas State Prosecuting Attorney Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas State Prosecuting Attorney Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for the fiscal year ending in August 31, 2016.
Date: October 10, 2016
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: 2017 (open access)

Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: 2017

Compilation of all reports that state agencies and institutions of higher education in the state of Texas are required to submit during fiscal year 2017. It includes references to the relevant legislation for each report with due dates, recipient(s), and other information related to the requirements.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 13, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 20, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma Firefighter (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 2016 (open access)

Oklahoma Firefighter (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 2016

Monthly periodical from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma published by and for members of the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association that includes news and information along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2016
Creator: Ostrander, Phil
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Legal Processes for Contesting the Results of a Presidential Election (open access)

Legal Processes for Contesting the Results of a Presidential Election

This report discusses the legal processes for contesting the results of a Presidential election.
Date: October 24, 2016
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (open access)

Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents

This report provides links to cybersecurity-related committee hearings in the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses. It also provides a list of executive orders and presidential directives pertaining to information and computer security.
Date: October 21, 2016
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia class program, previously known as the Ohio replacement program (ORP) or SSBN(X) program, a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs.
Date: October 3, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act (open access)

Treatment of Noncitizens Under the Affordable Care Act

This report provides information regarding the treatment of noncitizens under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) including definitions of "lawfully present," the health insurance mandate, exchanges, and ACA changes to Medicaid. It also discusses the verification of alien status under the ACA and related legislation in the 113th Congress.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, and gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations. Congress's decisions on the Aegis BMD program could significantly affect U.S. BMD capabilities and funding requirements, and the BMD-related industrial base.
Date: October 25, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poverty in the United States in 2015: In Brief (open access)

Poverty in the United States in 2015: In Brief

This report presents information on poverty for demographic groups (by family structure, age, race and Hispanic origin, and work status) and for states. In this report, the numbers and percentages of those in poverty are based on the Census Bureau's estimates
Date: October 4, 2016
Creator: Dalaker, Joseph
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tribal Consultation Comment Perspective (open access)

Tribal Consultation Comment Perspective

A document pertaining to Tribes of the Great Sioux Nation who put forth broad based comments/initiatives for change regarding the consultation process.
Date: October 17, 2016
Creator: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Science in ACTION: Innovative Research for a Sustainable Future (open access)

Science in ACTION: Innovative Research for a Sustainable Future

This fact-sheet by the EPA defines and describes the functions of the Community Multi-scale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ).
Date: October 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Assistance Document for the National Air Toxics Trends Stations Program: Revision 3 (open access)

Technical Assistance Document for the National Air Toxics Trends Stations Program: Revision 3

A paper discussing air pollution, how to detect it, and how to minimize air toxins.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Battelle
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Treatment Optimization for Cyanotoxins: Version 1.0 (open access)

Water Treatment Optimization for Cyanotoxins: Version 1.0

This publication by the EPA relates to the growing frequency of algal blooms (HABs) in drinking water sources.
Date: October 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi

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Women in Civil War Texas is the first book dedicated to the unique experiences of Texas women during this time. It connects Texas women’s lives to southern women’s history and shares the diversity of experiences of women in Texas during the Civil War. Contributors explore Texas women and their vocal support for secession, coping with their husbands’ wartime absences, the importance of letter-writing, and how pro-Union sentiment caused serious difficulties for women. They also analyze the effects of ethnicity, focusing on African American, German, and Tejana women’s experiences. Finally, two essays examine the problem of refugee women in east Texas and the dangers facing western frontier women. The contents include: "Everyone has the war fever" / Vicki Betts -- Caroline Sedberry, politician's wife / Dorothy Ewing -- He said, she said / Beverly Rowe -- Finding joy through hard times / Brittany Bounds -- Black Texas women and the freedom war / Bruce A. Glasrud -- Black women and Supreme Court decisions during the Civil War era / Linda S. Hudson -- Mexican-Texan women in the Civil War / Jerry Thompson and Elizabeth Mata -- Courage on a Texas frontier / Judith Dykes-Hoffman -- "In favor of our fathers' country …
Date: October 2016
Creator: Liles, Deborah M. & Boswell, Angela
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues (open access)

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues

This report examines debates over what constitutes an unfunded federal mandate and the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act's (UMRA's) implementation. It also discusses particular mandates and procedures associated with UMRA, and assesses UMRA's impact on federal mandates and arguments concerning UMRA's future, focusing on UMRA's definitions, exclusions, and exceptions that currently exempt many federal actions with potentially significant financial impacts on nonfederal entities.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Dilger, Robert J. & Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments (open access)

Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments

This report discusses the issues surrounding Social Security recipients that usually receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M. & Liou, Wayne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Appropriations FY2017: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations (open access)

DHS Appropriations FY2017: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations

This report is part of a suite of reports that discuss appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2017. It specifically discusses appropriations for the components of DHS included in the second title of the homeland security appropriations bill-- Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service. Collectively, Congress has labeled these components in recent years as "Security, Enforcement, and Investigations.
Date: October 27, 2016
Creator: Painter, William L.; Argueta, Carla N.; Elias, Bart; Frittelli, John & Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Construction: FY2017 Appropriations (open access)

Military Construction: FY2017 Appropriations

This report discusses military construction for active and reserve components of the armed forces, military family housing construction and operations, and the U.S. contribution to the NATO Security Investment Program.
Date: October 4, 2016
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library