Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background and Issues for Congress

This report focuses on potential Navy shipboard lasers for countering surface, air, and ballistic missile threats. It does not discuss the use of lasers on Navy aircraft or submarines, or the use of lasers by other military services. This report is based on unclassified information from Navy, RAND, and industry briefings on shipboard lasers provided to CRS and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in the summer of 2010, as well as unclassified open-domain information.
Date: December 23, 2010
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monitoring and Verification in Arms Control (open access)

Monitoring and Verification in Arms Control

This report reviews some of the monitoring and verification provisions in the new START Treaty and compares these with some of the provisions in the original START Treaty. It focuses, specifically, on differences between the treaties in the provisions governing the exchange of data, known as telemetry, generated during missile flight tests; provisions governing the monitoring of mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs); and differences in the numbers and types of on-site inspections.
Date: December 23, 2010
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Solicitor General to Supreme Court Nominee: Responsibilities, History, and the Nomination of Elena Kagan (open access)

From Solicitor General to Supreme Court Nominee: Responsibilities, History, and the Nomination of Elena Kagan

This report examines both the office of the Solicitor General and the Justices who held that position before their elevation to the Court. After examining the office of the Solicitor General and its success before the Court, the report describes the professional careers of the four Justices who served as Solicitor General before joining the Court: William Howard Taft, Stanley Reed, Robert Jackson, and Thurgood Marshall. The final section of the report examines the career of Elena Kagan, noting in particular her service as Solicitor General.
Date: June 23, 2010
Creator: Smelcer, Susan Navarro & Thomas, Kenneth R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Focus Report, Volume 82, Number 1, November 23, 2010 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 82, Number 1, November 23, 2010

Report that reviews several of the issues that the 82nd Legislature of Texas were to consider during its 2011 regular session. Topics include taxes and revenue; business and economic development; criminal justice and public safety; health and human services; education; immigration; energy and environment; transportation; government organization; and the judiciary.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Kent County, Block 6

Parent map for Kent County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:23,000.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Office of Risk Management Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 (open access)

Texas State Office of Risk Management Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013

A legislative appropriation request for the biennium 2012-2013, in order to provide more effective claims administration and risk management services and ultimately result in savings to state agencies in the form of reduced workers' compensation claims and costs, reduced insurance purchases and improved insurance coverages, and more effective risk management programs.
Date: August 23, 2010
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
International Financing of Responses to Climate Change (open access)

International Financing of Responses to Climate Change

This report describes many of the questions that are debate n international climate change fora. It aims to inform Congressional decision-making on the magnitude and mechanisms of financial assistance that the United States may provide to low-income countries to address climate change.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 (open access)

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013

Report submitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality containing background information on the commission, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2012 and 2013 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 23, 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Animal Health Commission Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 (open access)

Texas Animal Health Commission Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013

The legislative appropriations request from the Texas Animal Health Commission for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 including budget outlines and specific requests.
Date: August 23, 2010
Creator: Texas Animal Health Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History