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North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 159, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 159, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ensemble: 2008-10-01 – Symphony Orchestra

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: University of North Texas. Symphony Orchestra.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Nugent, Tiara
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Garcia, Martin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0667 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0667

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a county bail bond board may suspend or revoke an individual surety's license for that licensee's activity relating to an out-of-county bond (RQ-0700-GA)
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 413, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 413, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq (open access)

Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) are designed to help improve stability in Afghanistan and Iraq by increasing the host nation's capacity to govern; enhancing economic viability; and strengthening local governments' ability to deliver public services, such as security and health care. PRTs are a means of coordinating interagency diplomatic, economic, reconstruction, and counterinsurgency efforts among various U.S. agencies in Afghanistan and Iraq. PRTs are intended to be interim structures; after a PRT has achieved its goal of improving stability, it may be dismantled to allow traditional development efforts to occur. In Afghanistan, the first PRTs were created in 2002 with the mission of facilitating security and reconstruction by helping the central government extend its authority to the provinces. Since then, PRTs have expanded their purpose to include strengthening local governance and community development. In Iraq, PRTs were initiated in 2005 with the mission to increase the capacity of provincial and local governments to govern effectively and, for newer embedded PRTs (ePRT), to support moderates and assist in the military's counterinsurgency efforts. To accomplish their missions, PRTs engage in and fund a variety of activities, such as developing the …
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan (open access)

Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Departments of Defense (DOD) and State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have relied extensively on contractors to carry out a range of services in Iraq and Afghanistan. While recognizing the benefits of using contractors, GAO and others have noted the challenges and risks associated with an increased reliance on contractors and the ability of agencies to manage their growing number of contractors. As directed by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, GAO analyzed DOD, State, and USAID data on contracting activities in Iraq and Afghanistan for fiscal year 2007 and the first half of fiscal year 2008 including (1) the number and value of contracts and the extent they were awarded competitively; (2) the number of contractor personnel, including those performing security functions; and (3) the number of contractor personnel who were killed or wounded. GAO also reviewed the status of the three agencies' memorandum of understanding (MOU) related to maintaining data on contracts and contractor personnel. GAO reviewed selected contract files and compared personnel data to other available sources to assess the reliability of the data reported …
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 176, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 176, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 412, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 412, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Gilmer-Cage-Cohn House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Gilmer-Cage-Cohn House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Gilmer-Cage-Cohn House, in Houston, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 414, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 414, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
.China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change (open access)

.China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change

.China has formulated and implemented its national climate change programme, and adopted a series of policies and measures in this regard. China addresses climate change in the context of implementing sustainable development strategy, combined with its accelerated steps to build a resource-conserving and environmental-friendly society and an innovation-oriented country.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Information Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Oil and Gas Legislation, Revenue Sharing, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iraq: Oil and Gas Legislation, Revenue Sharing, and U.S. Policy

This report reviews policy proposals and interim contracts, analyzes the positions of various Iraqi political actors, and discusses potential implications for U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Weekly Czech and English language newspaper from Temple, Texas published as the official organ of the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas that includes news of interest to members along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Zavodny, Melanie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 103, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (open access)

Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 103, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Semiweekly newspaper from Seminole, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Wright, Dustin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Navy Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Navy's proposed FY2009 budget, which requested $2,107.0 million to complete the procurement funding for an 11th Virginia-class (SSN-774) nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN). This boat had already received $756.0 million in prior-year advance procurement funding.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Haitian Economy and the HOPE Act (open access)

The Haitian Economy and the HOPE Act

This report discusses the HOPE Act as it relates to the Haitian economy and U.S. trade policy. In providing preferential access to Haitian apparel imports, the HOPE Act, as amended, gives Haitian firms a competitive (price) advantage over other foreign producers who must pay U.S. duties on apparel exports made from yarns and fabrics supplied by non-regional (e.g., Asian) producers.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (open access)

Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act

This report discusses the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (INA), which was enacted to help stop foreign transfers to Iran of weapons of mass destruction, missile technology, and advanced conventional weapons technology, particularly from Russia.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Behrens, Carl & Nikitin, Mary Beth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

This report discusses the 2007 restructuring of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, as well as various financial information relating to the program. The report raises potential oversight issues for Congress relating to various aspects of the program.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress

This report discusses the Navy's FY2009 shipbuilding plan that calls for procuring an 10th San Antonio (LPD-17) class amphibious ship in FY2011. This report discusses the procurement cost estimates of this ship, as well as related issues for Congress.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement (open access)

Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement

This report discusses the history of Sudan's civil unrest and the subsequent crisis in Darfur, as well as United Nations and United States aid and peacekeeping efforts, and current related policy under the Obama Administration.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Dagne, Ted
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance for Older Workers (ATAA) (open access)

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance for Older Workers (ATAA)

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Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library