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Direct Potable Reuse Monitoring: Testing Water Quality in a Municipal Wastewater Effluent Treated to Drinking Water Standards
To increase the confidence in the safety and effectiveness of DPR applications. Draft guidance focused on indicators and surrogates for improved DPR process monitoring at a reasonable cost.
Date:
December 2016
Creator:
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2014
Annual report of the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) describing the program and data collection. It also presents information on air quality and recorded concentrations of pollutants such as ozone, sulfur, gases, and other elements of concern.
Date:
December 2016
Creator:
Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Policy and Supporting Positions
A report containing data on over 9,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment.
Date:
December 1, 2016
Creator:
United States. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Endowment for the Arts Guide to Community-Engaged Research in the Arts and Health
This guide is intended to serve arts professionals and biomedical or behavioral researchers interested in collaborative community engaging research in the arts and health.
Date:
December 2016
Creator:
Johnson, Julene & Chapline, Jeffrey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pacific Islands Regional Action Plan
The following document provides information on the physical and chemical impacts to climate change in the Pacific Islands region. The changes observed are the rise in ocean temperatures, reduced nutrients in the euphotic zone, an increase in ocean acidity, a rise in seal level, changes in the ocean currents, and changes in weather patterns and extreme weather events.
Date:
December 2016
Creator:
Polovina, Jeffrey; Dreflak, Kurt; Baker, Jason; Bloom, Scott; Brooke, Samantha; Chan, Valerie et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress, and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific Arctic-related issues. Some general issues include Arctic territorial disputes; commercial shipping through the Arctic; Arctic oil, gas, and mineral exploration; endangered Arctic species; and increased military operations in the Arctic, which could cause the region in coming years to become an arena of international cooperation or competition.
Date:
December 7, 2016
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Nosal" Parts 1 & 2: Password Sharing May Be a Federal Crime & Circuit Split on Restitution for Attorney's Fees
This report discusses the case of "Nosal v. United States" and charges against Nosal for fraud, stealing trade secrets, and access without authorization charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The charges under the CFAA are discussed in-depth along with implications for consensual password sharing being covered under the act. Restitution of attorneys fees in the case by Nosal are also discussed.
Date:
December 9, 2016
Creator:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Can the President Withdraw from the Paris Agreement?
This report discusses legal rules governing the ability of the President to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and other similar agreements.
Date:
December 5, 2016
Creator:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Smith v. Obama": A Servicemember's Legal Challenge to the Campaign Against the Islamic State
This report discuses the case of "Smith v. Obama" where a military officer sued President Obama for overstepping his bounds as President by waging war on the Islamic State without a Congressional declaration of war. The case was dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction by the court.
Date:
December 12, 2016
Creator:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Autonomous Vehicles: Traffic Impacts and Infrastructure Needs - Final Report
Report describing the U.S. general public's perception towards connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) as well as the potential crash, congestion, and other impacts of CAVs in Texas.
Date:
December 2016
Creator:
Kockelman, Kara; Boyles, Stephen; Stone, Peter; Fagnant, Daniel; Patel, Rahul; Levin, Michael W. et al.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dakota Access Pipeline: Siting Controversy
This report discusses the Dakota Access Pipeline including background on the project and information about siting approval, as well as opposition and litigation against the pipeline.
Date:
December 8, 2016
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel
This report provides an overview of U.S. foreign assistance to Israel. It includes a review of past aid programs, data on annual assistance, and an analysis of current issues.
Date:
December 22, 2016
Creator:
Sharp, Jeremy M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Fiscal Space" and the Federal Budget
This report discusses plans for the federal budget and the concept of "fiscal space," or the amount of room available for additional government borrowing.
Date:
December 9, 2016
Creator:
Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Democratic Republic of Congo: Targeted Sanctions
This report discusses human rights and humanitarian hardship in war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Date:
December 8, 2016
Creator:
Arieff, Alexis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Mid-Term Evaluation of Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
This report discusses the standards set by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for new light-duty vehicles (defined generally as passenger cars and light trucks).
Date:
December 6, 2016
Creator:
Lattanzio, Richard K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Budget Deficit and the Business Cycle
This report discusses the annual federal budget deficit, which has fallen significantly over the course of the current economic expansion, from a high of 9.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) in FY2009 to 3.2% of GDP in FY2016
Date:
December 9, 2016
Creator:
Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade in Services: Trends and Policy Issues
This report provides background information and analysis on U.S. international trade in services, as well as policy issues. It examines emerging issues and current negotiations, including the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP).
Date:
December 6, 2016
Creator:
Fefer, Rachel F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agency Final Rules Submitted on or After June 13, 2016, May Be Subject to Disapproval by the 115th Congress
This report discusses the possibility of the new Congress and the new President to overturn agency final rules of the Obama Administration issued after early June 2016.
Date:
December 15, 2016
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M. & Beth, Richard S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Sales and State Taxes: Policy Issues
This report discusses Internet sales, which do not always include sales and use tax. Customers who do not pay sales or use tax to the vendor are typically required to remit the tax to their home state.
Date:
December 1, 2016
Creator:
Lowry, Sean & Lunder, Erika K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives
This report focuses on the markup stage of the legislative process in committee. It discusses the selection of the text to be marked up, the procedures for proposing and debating amendments to that text, the voting and quorum procedures that govern markups, and the final stages of ordering the marked-up text reported to the House for its consideration.
Date:
December 2, 2016
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance: Policy Overview
This report discusses the extent to which residents of the United States who are not U.S. citizens should be eligible for federally-funded public aid. This issue meets at the intersection of two major policy areas: immigration policy and welfare policy. This report deals with the four major federal means-tested benefit programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps), the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant programs, and Medicaid.
Date:
December 12, 2016
Creator:
Siskin, Alison
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile
This report presents a profile of the membership of the 114th Congress (2015-2016). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date:
December 5, 2016
Creator:
Manning, Jennifer E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorist Material Support: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. §2339A and §2339B
This report discusses the two federal material support statutes that have been at the heart of the Justice Department's terrorist prosecution efforts. One provision outlaws providing material support for the commission of certain designated offenses that might be committed by terrorists (18 U.S.C. 2339A); the other outlaws providing material support to certain designated terrorist organizations (18 U.S.C. 2339B). They share a common definition of the term "material support," some aspects of which have recently come under constitutional attack.
Date:
December 8, 2016
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran Nuclear Agreement
This report provides background on the agreement negotiated by Iran and six other countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany--collectively known as the P5+1) regarding Iran's nuclear program, and discusses the implications for U.S.-Iran relations.
Date:
December 5, 2016
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth & Kerr, Paul K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library