Agricultural Disaster Assistance (open access)

Agricultural Disaster Assistance

This report discusses the ongoing major USDA disaster programs designed to help crop producers recover from the financial effects of natural disasters — federal crop insurance, noninsured assistance program (NAP) payments, and emergency disaster loans.
Date: May 29, 2007
Creator: Chite, Ralph M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics (open access)

American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics

This report is about American War and military operations casualties in the form of lists and statistics.
Date: June 29, 2007
Creator: Fischer, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements (open access)

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

This report describes arms control and nonproliferation efforts by presidential administrations form 1972-2007.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.; Bowman, Steve & Squassoni, Sharon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Projects: Authorization and Appropriations (open access)

Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Projects: Authorization and Appropriations

This report contains the authorization and appropriations of the army corps of engineers water resources projects.
Date: May 29, 2007
Creator: Carter, Nicole T. & Hughes, H. Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds (open access)

Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds

This report is categorized into six categories: (I) What is Avian Influenza?, (II) Status of Avian Influenza Outbreaks, (III) Transmission, (IV) Control, (V) Economic Impacts, and (VI) Legislative Actions.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report is about a free trade agreement between the United States and Bahrain.
Date: November 29, 2007
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues (open access)

Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues

This report discusses broadband Internet, examining what it is and the various technologies that allow for its transmission. Broadband or high-speed Internet access is provided by technologies that give users the ability to send and receive data at volumes and speeds far greater than access over traditional telephone lines; it also provides a continuous, "always on" connection (no need to dial-up) and a "two-way" capability, that is, the ability to both receive (download) and transmit (upload) data at high speeds.
Date: May 29, 2007
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A. & Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Sequestration in Forests (open access)

Carbon Sequestration in Forests

This report provides an overview of the congressional interests in carbon sequestration.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress

Concern has grown in Congress and elsewhere about China's military modernization. The topic is an increasing factor in discussions over future required U.S. Navy capabilities. The issue for Congress addressed in this report is: How should China's military modernization be factored into decisions about U.S. Navy programs?
Date: May 29, 2007
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

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Date: August 29, 2007
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: Action by States To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions (open access)

Climate Change: Action by States To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions

This report provides information about the Action by States To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Climate Change.23 states have joined one of the three regional partnerships that would require GHG emission reductions.
Date: August 29, 2007
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress (open access)

Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress

This report presents a side-by-side comparison of the major provisions of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, and includes a glossary of common terms.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Parker, Larry & Yacobucci, Brent D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress

This report briefly discusses the basic concepts on which these bills are based, and compares major provisions of the bills in each of the following categories: climate change research; emissions reduction technologies; U.S. actions pursuant to international emission reduction agreements; adaptation to the effects of climate change; GHG reporting and registration; and GHG emissions reduction programs.
Date: June 29, 2007
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L. & Yacobucci, Brent D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: Science Update 2007 (open access)

Climate Change: Science Update 2007

This report summarizes highlights of new scientific research and assessments released in 2007 related to global warming.
Date: November 29, 2007
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commemorative Postage Stamps: History, Selection Criteria, and Revenue Potential (open access)

Commemorative Postage Stamps: History, Selection Criteria, and Revenue Potential

This report provides information about the History, Selection Criteria, and Revenue Potential of Commemorative Postage Stamps. The Commemorative stamp program contributed an estimated $225.9million in retained revenues for the USPS in the fiscal year 2005.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congress and the Internet: Highlights (open access)

Congress and the Internet: Highlights

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Date: August 29, 2007
Creator: Oleszek, Walter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq. January 2007 (open access)

Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq. January 2007

This report provides background and discusses constitutional provisions allocating war powers between Congress and the President.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K. & Nicola, Thomas J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI): Insurance and Tax Issues (open access)

Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI): Insurance and Tax Issues

This report provides information about the Insurance and Tax Issues of Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI).These policies are distinct and separate from typical from group life policies offered to many employees.
Date: May 29, 2007
Creator: Webel, Baird
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries (open access)

Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries

This report discusses the Context and Incident Summaries on Data Security Breaches. Personal data security breaches are being reported with increasing regularity. A law implemented in July 2003 had increased awareness of these data security breaches.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Tehan, Rita
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2008 Appropriations (open access)

The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2008 Appropriations

This report, tracks congressional appropriations for HUD and provides a detailed discussion of the funding and issues related to the majority of accounts in the Department’s budget.
Date: May 29, 2007
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene & Peterson, Meredith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview (open access)

Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview

This report provides an overview of the Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization. Dispute resolution in the World Trade Organization is carried out under the WTO dispute settlement understanding whose rules apply to virtually all WTO agreements.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Substance Doctrine: Recent Significant Legal Decisions (open access)

The Economic Substance Doctrine: Recent Significant Legal Decisions

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Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Lunder, Erika
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Egyptian politics and current issues in U.S.- Egyptian relations. It briefly provides a political history of modern Egypt, an overview of its political institutions, and a discussion of the prospects for democratization in Egypt. U.S.-Egyptian relations are complex and multi-faceted, and this report addresses the following current topics: the Arab-Israeli peace process, Iraq, terrorism, democratization and reform, human rights, trade, and military cooperation.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
English Language Acquisition Grants Under the No Child Left Behind Act: Analysis of State Grant Formula and Data Options (open access)

English Language Acquisition Grants Under the No Child Left Behind Act: Analysis of State Grant Formula and Data Options

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Date: June 29, 2007
Creator: Skinner, Rebecca R.
System: The UNT Digital Library