Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources (open access)

Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources

This report provides links to selected authoritative resources related to cyber security issues, including: legislation, hearings in the 112th Congress, data and statistics, and cyber security glossaries.
Date: April 26, 2012
Creator: Tehan, Rita
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses funding issues for Congress regarding the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). It looks at the background of the program and why it is necessary.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Authorization, Operation, and Drawdown Policy (open access)

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Authorization, Operation, and Drawdown Policy

This report looks at the history, purpose, and current status of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Date: April 25, 2012
Creator: Andrews, Anthony & Pirog, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, and gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations Issues for Congress concerning the Aegis BMD program include demands for BMD capable Aegis ships, demands for Aegis ships in general, the U.S. economic impact of shifting four Aegis ships to Rota, Spain, U.S. vs. European naval contributions to European BMD, the capability of the SM-3 Block IIB Aegis BMD interceptor, and technical risk in the Aegis program.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Health Insurance Market Reforms in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

Private Health Insurance Market Reforms in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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Date: April 16, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch: FY2013 Appropriations (open access)

Legislative Branch: FY2013 Appropriations

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Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Trigger (open access)

Medicare Trigger

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Date: April 9, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Requiring Individuals to Obtain Health Insurance: A Constitutional Analysis (open access)

Requiring Individuals to Obtain Health Insurance: A Constitutional Analysis

This report discusses the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), P.L. 111-148, as amended, Congress enacted a “minimum coverage provision,” which compels certain individuals to have a minimum level of health insurance. This report provides an analysis of the constitutionality of this provision requiring individuals to obtain health insurance.
Date: April 6, 2012
Creator: Staman, Jennifer; Brougher, Cynthia; Liu, Edward C.; Lunder, Erika K. & Thomas, Kenneth R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Primer (open access)

Medicare Primer

This report provides an overview of Medicare, the nation's federal insurance program, which pays for covered health care services of qualified beneficiaries.
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: Davis, Patricia A.; Binder, Cliff; Hahn, Jim; Morgan, Paulette C.; Mulvey, Janemarie; Talaga, Scott R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Federal Data Security Breach Legislation (open access)

Selected Federal Data Security Breach Legislation

The protection of data, particularly data that can be used to identify individuals, has become an issue of great concern to Congress. This report discusses relevant legislation regarding data security.
Date: April 9, 2012
Creator: Ruane, Kathleen Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment and the Availability of Health Insurance: Issues for Congress (open access)

Unemployment and the Availability of Health Insurance: Issues for Congress

This report contains information and analysis intended to inform congressional debate over whether to address the unemployment and healthcare insurance, and if so, how, and to what extent.
Date: April 10, 2012
Creator: Mach, Annie L. & Mulvey, Janemarie
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Infant Mortality Rate: International Comparisons, Underlying Factors, and Federal Programs (open access)

The U.S. Infant Mortality Rate: International Comparisons, Underlying Factors, and Federal Programs

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Date: April 4, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Business Organizational Choices: Taxation and Responses to Legislative Changes (open access)

Business Organizational Choices: Taxation and Responses to Legislative Changes

This report consists of business organizational choices with taxation and responses to legislative changes.
Date: April 26, 2012
Creator: Keightley, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Services and Supports: Overview and Financing (open access)

Long-Term Services and Supports: Overview and Financing

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Date: April 13, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Violence Against Women Act: Overview, Legislation, and Federal Funding (open access)

The Violence Against Women Act: Overview, Legislation, and Federal Funding

This report provides a brief legislative history of the Violence Against Women Act and an overview of the crimes addressed through VAWA. It also discusses two bills that would reauthorize VAWA and selected issues.
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: Sacco, Lisa N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and Its Implementing Regulations (open access)

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and Its Implementing Regulations

This report provides an overview of the unlawful internet gambling enforcement act and its implementing regulations.
Date: April 10, 2012
Creator: Yeh, Brian T. & Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: President’s FY2013 Budget (open access)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: President’s FY2013 Budget

This report summarizes the President's budget estimates for each section of the CMS budget. Then, for each legislative proposal included in the President's budget, this report provides a description of current law and the President's proposal. The explanations of the President's legislative proposals are grouped by the following program areas: Medicare, Medicaid, program integrity, and health insurance programs.
Date: April 9, 2012
Creator: Mitchell, Alison & Morgan, Paulette C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: Issues and Policy Options for Congress (open access)

Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: Issues and Policy Options for Congress

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Date: April 26, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Requiring Parental Involvement in a Pregnant Minor’s Abortion Decision: State Laws and Recent Developments (open access)

Requiring Parental Involvement in a Pregnant Minor’s Abortion Decision: State Laws and Recent Developments

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Date: April 26, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government: A Summary of the President’s FY2013 Budget Request (open access)

Financial Services and General Government: A Summary of the President’s FY2013 Budget Request

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Date: April 10, 2012
Creator: Hatch, Garrett L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 112th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (open access)

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 112th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices

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Date: April 4, 2012
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Alexander, Kristina; Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Meltz, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senegal: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Senegal: Background and U.S. Relations

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Date: April 11, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Commercial Space Industry and Launch Market (open access)

The Commercial Space Industry and Launch Market

The report discusses how the space industry is a subset of the U.S. aerospace industry and U.S. strength in aerospace has helped to provide U.S. strength in space. It also points out manufacturing for commercial space and employment in the U.S. Space Industry.
Date: April 20, 2012
Creator: Harrison, Glennon J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations (open access)

Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations

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Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library