Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: History, Operations, and Current Issues (open access)

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: History, Operations, and Current Issues

This report summarizes the history, functionality, and current events of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO). The report's overview includes information on why the administration was founded by examining its origins and the role of it in contemporary court proceedings. Moreover, the report highlights how the AO has taken on roles in emergency management.
Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Sollenberger, Mitchel A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Pay – Status of January 2004 Adjustments: A Fact Sheet (open access)

Federal Pay – Status of January 2004 Adjustments: A Fact Sheet

This article talks about federal pay adjustment rates and the general schedule pay adjustment
Date: January 24, 2004
Creator: Gressle, Sharon
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Condition of the Banking Industry (open access)

The Condition of the Banking Industry

This report provides information about The Condition of the Banking Industry. Smaller banks are less able to garner cheaper funds for lending from wholesale markets and are less able to mitigate their credit and interest rate risks.
Date: August 24, 2004
Creator: Eubanks, Walter W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance Law: A Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court Ruling in McConnell v. FEC (open access)

Campaign Finance Law: A Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court Ruling in McConnell v. FEC

This report consists of campaign finance law with a legal analysis of the supreme court ruling in McConnell v. FEC.
Date: February 24, 2004
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties (open access)

Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties

Trade agreements such asthe NAFTA and the GATT Uruguay Round agreements have been approved by majority vote of each House of Congress rather than by twothirds vote of the Senate — that is, they have been treated as congressional-executive agreements rather than astreaties. The congressional-executive agreement has been the vehicle for implementingCongress' long-standing policy ofseeking trade benefitsfor the United States through reciprocal trade negotiations. In a succession of statutes, Congress has authorized the President to negotiate and enter into tariff and nontariff barrier (NTB) agreements for limited periods, while mandating that NTB and free trade area agreements negotiated under this authority could enter into force for the United States only if approved by both Houses in a bill enacted into public law and other statutory conditions were met.
Date: August 24, 2004
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee System: Jurisdiction and Referral Reform Options (open access)

House Committee System: Jurisdiction and Referral Reform Options

This report provides an overview of the jurisdiction and referral reform options on the house committee system.
Date: March 24, 2004
Creator: Schneider, Judy & Runduquist, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation (open access)

Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation

This report discusses a variety of issues pertaining to energy policy. It includes information about most recent developments, background and analysis broken down into major categories, and relevant legislation.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Legal Overview (open access)

Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Legal Overview

This report provides an overview of Title IX in general and of the intercollegiate athletics regulations in particular. It includes a summary of the report issued by the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics and the Department of Education's (ED's) response with a discussion of recent legal challenges to the regulations and to the three-part test.
Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Feder, Jody
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Choice: Current Legislation (open access)

School Choice: Current Legislation

This report provides an overview of current local, state, and federal policies and programs that support school choice and identifies and summarizes recent federal school choice legislation.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Smole, David P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil and Water Conservation Issues (open access)

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

This report discusses soil and water conservation, which were prominent farm policy topics in the 108th Congress as the Administration implemented provisions in the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171). This farm bill increased spending and expanded the scope of the conservation effort by reauthorizing and amending most existing conservation programs and enacting new ones through FY2007.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employee Retirement Programs: Budget and Trust Fund Issues (open access)

Federal Employee Retirement Programs: Budget and Trust Fund Issues

Retirement annuities for civilian federal employees are provided mainly through two programs: the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). These annuities are financed through a combination of employee contributions and payments made by the federal government to the civil service retirement trust fund. This report discusses the two programs, how they work, and how they are financed.
Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Purcell, Patrick J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Federal Officials: A Fact Sheet (open access)

Salaries of Federal Officials: A Fact Sheet

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Date: January 24, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers: Recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues (open access)

Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers: Recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues

This report provides information about the Recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues for Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers. The key issue for congress is balancing various costs of mandating passenger explosives trace detection.
Date: August 24, 2004
Creator: Shea, Shea A. & Morgan, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Types of Committee Hearings (open access)

Types of Committee Hearings

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Date: June 24, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in U.S. Energy Policy: Issues and Implications (open access)

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in U.S. Energy Policy: Issues and Implications

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Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues (open access)

Renewable Energy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues

This report details information such as history and analyses of renewable energy tax credit, budget, and electricity production issues.
Date: September 24, 2004
Creator: Sissine, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Credit Services of America’s Deal to Leave the Farm Credit System (open access)

Farm Credit Services of America’s Deal to Leave the Farm Credit System

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Date: September 24, 2004
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Advertising Expenditures: An Overview (open access)

Government Advertising Expenditures: An Overview

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Date: September 24, 2004
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulation of the Telemarketing Industry: State and National Do-Not-Call Registries (open access)

Regulation of the Telemarketing Industry: State and National Do-Not-Call Registries

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Date: February 24, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq Oil: Reserves, Production, and Potential Revenues (open access)

Iraq Oil: Reserves, Production, and Potential Revenues

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Date: June 24, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Questions of Privilege in the House (open access)

Questions of Privilege in the House

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Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2005 Salary Adjustments (open access)

Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2005 Salary Adjustments

This report provides the details related to Salary adjustments of Federal white-collar employees for the Fiscal Year 2005
Date: September 24, 2004
Creator: Schwemle, Barbara L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Credit System (open access)

Farm Credit System

This report provides information about the Farm Credit System which is a national wide cooperative lending to agricultural and aquatic producers, rural homeowners and certain agricultural related businesses.
Date: August 24, 2004
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Preparation (open access)

House Committee Hearings: Preparation

This report mainly discusses about the preparation on House Committee Hearings where committee hearings provide representatives an opportunity to gather information and draw attention to legislation and issues within a committees purview.
Date: June 24, 2004
Creator: Sachs, Richard C.
System: The UNT Digital Library