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Journalists' Privilege to Withhold Information in Judicial and Other Proceedings: State Shield Statutes (open access)

Journalists' Privilege to Withhold Information in Judicial and Other Proceedings: State Shield Statutes

This report briefly provides an overview of general trends among the states individual statutes.
Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Lening, Carey & Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-Southeast Asia Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications for the United States (open access)

China-Southeast Asia Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications for the United States

This report explores what is behind this shift in China - ASEAN relations and how it may affect American interests in the region. The key policy issue for Congress is to assess how the United States should view China’s expanding posture in Southeast Asia and decide what is the best way to react to this phenomenon. This report may be of assistance to Congressional decision makers as they review legislation such as H.Res. 43 or H.Con.Res. 33 (109th Congress).
Date: February 8, 2005
Creator: Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Counterintelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives (open access)

Counterintelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives

Lapses in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) security and counterintelligence program have plagued DOE since 1977, when the Department was established through the merger of 40 government organizations, including the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Federal Energy Administration.1 Some policymakers expected the new agency to focus the government’s energy-related enterprises almost solely on the energy crisis. Others saw DOE as an unsuccessful attempt to fuse vastly diverse organizations, many with significantly different, if not conflicting missions.
Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Cumming, Alfred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Relations and Propaganda: Restrictions on Executive Agency Activities (open access)

Public Relations and Propaganda: Restrictions on Executive Agency Activities

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Date: February 8, 2005
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006 (open access)

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006

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Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Davey, Michael E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Moldova: Background and U.S. Policy (open access)

Moldova: Background and U.S. Policy

This short report provides information and analysis on Moldova, including its political and economic situation, foreign policy, and on U.S. policy toward Moldova. For more background on Moldova, see CRS Report 95-403, Moldova: Basic Facts, by Steven Woehrel. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Woehrel, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Financing (open access)

Campaign Financing

This is one report in the series of reports that discuss the campaign finance practices and related issues. Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds. The report talks about the today’s paramount issues such as perceived loopholes in current law and the longstanding issues: overall costs, funding sources, and competition.
Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: Legal Issues and Fifty-State Survey of Caps on Punitive Damages and Noneconomic Damages (open access)

Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: Legal Issues and Fifty-State Survey of Caps on Punitive Damages and Noneconomic Damages

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Date: February 8, 2005
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006 (open access)

HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006

On February 7th, 2005, the Bush Administration requested $3.16 billion for international HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria program in FY2006, a 9% increase over the estimated amount to be provided in FY2005. The request included $2.564 billion to be appropriated through the Foreign Operations appropriations and $596 million through appropriations for the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.
Date: April 8, 2005
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends (open access)

Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends

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Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends (open access)

Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends

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Date: April 8, 2005
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda (open access)

Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda

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Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy

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Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: Dagne, Ted
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nepal: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Nepal: Background and U.S. Relations

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Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

The bilateral relationship between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China (PRC) is vitally important, touching on a wide range of areas including, among others, economic policy, security, foreign relations, and human rights. This report addresses relevant policy questions in current U.S.-China relations, discusses trends and key legislation in the current Congress, and provides a chronology of developments and high-level exchanges.
Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan:  Presidential and Parliamentary Elections (open access)

Afghanistan: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

Presidential elections in Afghanistan were held on October 9, 2004, with heavy turnout and minimal violence. Karzai was declared the winner on November 3, 2004 with about 55% of the vote. Parliamentary, provincial, and district elections were to be held in April-May 2005, but parliamentary and provincial elections are now to be held September 18, 2005; district elections are put off until 2006. See CRS Report RL30588, Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy.
Date: April 8, 2005
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations (open access)

Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS products.
Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Passenger Rail Security: Overview of Issues (open access)

Passenger Rail Security: Overview of Issues

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Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: Peterman, David Randall
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cambodia: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Cambodia: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides historical context, discusses political and economic developments, and raises policy issues in Cambodia that affect U.S.-Cambodian relations. These issues include human rights, bilateral trade, U.S. foreign assistance to Cambodia, terrorism, HIV/AIDS, the Khmer Rouge tribunal, and Cambodia’s relations with its southeast Asian neighbors and China.
Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russia (open access)

Russia

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Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: Goldman, Stuart D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues (open access)

POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues

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Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Palestinian Factions (open access)

Palestinian Factions

Palestinian factionalism continues to dominate the political landscape in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The manner in which competing nationalist, socialist, Islamist, and democratic-minded Palestinians vie to control the direction of any future Palestinian state may influence United States objectives in the region. These include ending antiIsraeli violence, supporting Palestinian reforms, and bolstering Palestinian democratization and civil society. Some factions are designated foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department. One of these, Hamas, is building on recent electoral successes and may soon join the Palestinian parliament. This report describes the dominant Palestinian factions and will be updated as events warrant. See also CRS Issue Brief IB91137, The Middle East Peace Talks.
Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Pina, Aaron D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda (open access)

Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda

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Date: August 8, 2005
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends (open access)

Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends

According to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS), the number of private-sector workers between the ages of 25 and 64 whose employer sponsored a retirement plan fell from 53.3 million in 2003 to 53.1 million in 2004. The number of workers who participated in an employer-sponsored retirement plan fell from 43.5 million in 2003 to 43.3 million in 2004. The percentage of 25 to 64- year-old workers in the private sector who participated in an employer-sponsored retirement plan declined from 46.7% in 2003 to 46.3% in 2004.
Date: September 8, 2005
Creator: Purcell, Patrick J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library