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Energy Employees Compensation: Additional Independent Oversight and Transparency Would Improve Program's Credibility (open access)

Energy Employees Compensation: Additional Independent Oversight and Transparency Would Improve Program's Credibility

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress passed the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) in 2000 to compensate Department of Energy (Energy) workers for illnesses stemming from exposure to hazardous substances while working in the atomic weapons industry. Part B of the act provides a lump-sum payment and medical coverage for certain illnesses, while Part E compensates for impairments and lost wages resulting from exposure to toxins. The Department of Labor (Labor) adjudicates all claims and is assisted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Energy. GAO examined (1) claim-processing time, (2) costs of administering the program, (3) extent to which there are quality controls to ensure that claim determinations are supported with objective and scientific information, and (4) actions taken by agencies to promote program transparency for claimants. GAO obtained data on cost and claims processing from Labor and NIOSH, and interviewed agency officials, experts, and claimant advocates."
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Briefing on the Results of GAO's Audit of the Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008 U.S. Government's Consolidated Financial Statements (open access)

Briefing on the Results of GAO's Audit of the Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008 U.S. Government's Consolidated Financial Statements

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This letter formally transmits the results of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government (CFS) for fiscal years 2009 and 2008. GAO is required by the Government Management Reform Act of 1994 to perform an annual audit of the CFS."
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0763 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0763

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 municipality is required to recieve a petition sugned by twenty percent of its qualified voters before calling an election to withdraw from a regional transportation authority (RQ-0824-GA)
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0764 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0764

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 the Governor is required to appoint a judge to the newly created 431st District Court in Denton County (RQ-0826-GA)
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Advisory Committees: An Overview (open access)

Federal Advisory Committees: An Overview

This report is categorized into four categories: (I) Introduction, (II) The Federal Advisory Committee Act, (III) Creating a FACA Committee and (IV) Analysis.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of Trademarks as Keywords to Trigger Internet Search Engine Advertisements (open access)

Use of Trademarks as Keywords to Trigger Internet Search Engine Advertisements

This report provides a summary and analysis of judicial opinions that have developed the current state of trademark law governing keyword-triggered advertising. It discusses background of the issue, keyword advertising, and litigation related to keyword advertising.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Europe's Preferential Trade Agreements: Status, Content, and Implications (open access)

Europe's Preferential Trade Agreements: Status, Content, and Implications

The first section of this report describes the status and primary motivations of the EU's preferential trade agreements (PTAs) currently in place or under negotiation. The second compares the content and trade coverage of Europe's PTAs to U.S. PTAs. A third section assesses the implications of the EU's PTA program for the multilateral trading system and U.S. trade policy. A concluding section evaluates future directions for Europe's PTA policy.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automated Political Telephone Calls ("Robo Calls") in Federal Campaigns: Overview and Policy Options (open access)

Automated Political Telephone Calls ("Robo Calls") in Federal Campaigns: Overview and Policy Options

This report provides an overview of how automated political calls are used in federal campaigns, including attention to recent spending estimates and polling data regarding these calls. The report also discusses legislation that would affect the calls, with descriptions of various policy options and how the options or their regulation may be related to campaign finance law and to the First Amendment.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Garrett, R. S. & Ruane, Kathleen Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
F-35 Alternate Engine Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

F-35 Alternate Engine Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the past four years of administration proposals to terminate the program to develop the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine as an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that currently powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). This report explores both sides of the termination argument.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federalism Issues in Surface Transportation Policy: Past and Present (open access)

Federalism Issues in Surface Transportation Policy: Past and Present

This report provides a historical perspective on contemporary federalism issues in surface transportation policy that are likely to be addressed by Congress during the 111th Congress, including possible devolution of programmatic responsibility to states and proposals to change state maintenance-of-effort requirements and state cost matching requirements.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Dilger, Robert J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 108, Ed. 1 Monday, March 22, 2010 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 108, Ed. 1 Monday, March 22, 2010

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kim to Sharron Davis, March 22, 2010] (open access)

[Letter from Kim to Sharron Davis, March 22, 2010]

Letter from Kim (Nelson?) to Sharon Davis discussing an enclosed donation check to the WASP museum from a tennis group.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Senior Recital: 2010-03-22 - Taylor Ducharme-Jones, percussion

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) degree.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Ducharme-Jones, Taylor
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 54, March 22, 2010, Pages 13427-13666 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 54, March 22, 2010, Pages 13427-13666

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2010-03-22 - Jeremy Blackwood, bass

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Blackwood, Jeremy
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2010-03-22 - Jennifer Hemken, horn

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Hemken, Jennifer
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 118, Ed. 1 Monday, March 22, 2010 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 118, Ed. 1 Monday, March 22, 2010

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Hughes, Jamie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, March 22, 2010 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, March 22, 2010

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Wray, Kelly
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History