Air Force KC-X Tanker Aircraft Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Air Force KC-X Tanker Aircraft Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses issues for Congress in FY2011, which are whether to approve, reject, or modify DOD's new KC-X competition strategy, and whether to approve, reject, or modify the Air Force's request for FY2011 research and development funding for the new KC-X program.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculation of Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) (open access)

Calculation of Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)

This report is about Calculation of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for the renewable Fuel Standards
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Yocobucci, Brent D. & Bracmort, Kelsi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Earthquake Risk, Insurance, and Recovery: Issues for Congress (open access)

Earthquake Risk, Insurance, and Recovery: Issues for Congress

This report examines earthquake catastrophe risk and insurance in the United States in light of recent developments, particularly the devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. It examines both traditional and non-traditional approaches for financing recovery from earthquake losses as well as challenges in financing catastrophe losses with insurance.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: King, Rawle O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Effects of a Budget Deficit Exceeding $1 Trillion (open access)

Economic Effects of a Budget Deficit Exceeding $1 Trillion

This report evaluates questions regarding whether the current deficit is manageable and what effects it will have on the economy.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate (open access)

Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate

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Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Beth, Richard S.; Heitshusen, Valerie & Palmer, Betsy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance to North Korea (open access)

Foreign Assistance to North Korea

This report summarizes U.S. assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK, also known as North Korea). It will be updated periodically to track changes in U.S. provision of aid to North Korea.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Manyin, Mark E. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance to North Korea (open access)

Foreign Assistance to North Korea

This report summarizes U.S. energy, food and medical assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK, also known as North Korea).
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Manyin, Mark E. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Sanctions (open access)

Iran Sanctions

This report focuses on the United States' relationship with Iran and how the Obama Administration is handling prior administration's economic sanctions against Iran. The Obama Administration's policy approach toward Iran has contrasted with the Bush Administration's by attempting to couple the imposition of sanctions to an active and direct U.S. effort to negotiate with Iran on the nuclear issue.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Magnitude of Changes That Would Be Required to Balance the FY2011 Budget (open access)

The Magnitude of Changes That Would Be Required to Balance the FY2011 Budget

This report lays out generic scenarios for balancing the budget in the next fiscal year. Although these are not policy options that are likely to be enacted, they are meant to offer simple examples to gauge the scope of tradeoffs that would be required if policymakers eventually decide to bring the budget back to balance. If changes are postponed or stretched over a longer time period, they would need to be larger because of higher debt service.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Physician Payment Updates and the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) System (open access)

Medicare Physician Payment Updates and the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) System

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Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer (open access)

Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer

This report provides an overview of the nanotechnology that is believed by many to offer extraordinary economic and societal benefits and two others: nanomanufacturing and public understanding of and attitudes toward nanotechnology.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Debt: Who Bears Its Burden? (open access)

The National Debt: Who Bears Its Burden?

This report discusses various views on the issue of who bears the burden of the national debt, future generations or the generation that incurred it.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues (open access)

The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues

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Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Relations: Policy Issues (open access)

U.S.-China Relations: Policy Issues

This report provides an overview of the U.S.-China relationship, recent developments in the relationship, Obama Administration policy toward China, and a summary of legislation related to China in the 113th and 112th Congresses.
Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Lum, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library