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Kyrgyzstan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (open access)

Kyrgyzstan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

This report examines Kyrgyzstan's uneven political and economic reform efforts. It discusses U.S. policy and assistance for democratization and other programs. Basic facts and biographical information are provided.
Date: August 30, 2013
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Farm Income (open access)

U.S. Farm Income

This report provides the highlights of 2013 farm income forecast. The report discusses farm asset values and debt, and average farm household income. It also provides annual figures regarding U.S. farms.
Date: August 30, 2013
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expiring Unemployment Insurance Provisions (open access)

Expiring Unemployment Insurance Provisions

This report discusses several key provisions related to extended federal unemployment benefits that are temporary and, therefore, scheduled to expire. This report describes the consequences of these expirations for the financing and availability of unemployment benefits in states. It also summarizes the last three laws that have extended these expiring provisions: P.L. 112-240, P.L. 112-96, and P.L. 112-78.
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Isaacs, K. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Compensation Laws (open access)

Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Compensation Laws

This report analyzes several types of recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Three categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) changes in the duration of state UC unemployment benefits; (2) changes in the UC weekly benefit amount; and (3) the enactment into state law of two trigger options for the Extended Benefit (EB) program.
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Burma's Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions (open access)

Burma's Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions

This report discusses the current issues in Burma (Myanmar) in regards to political prisoners and the resulting U.S. sanctions against the nation. It includes an introduction and definitions; information about current estimates of prisoners and prisoner releases; the relation of political prisoners, parliamentary elections and national reconciliation; and U.S. sanctions and U.S. efforts regarding political prisoners, as well as relevant issues for Congress to consider.
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands (open access)

Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands

This report discusses the requirements of commercial filming and photography in federal lands, such as national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, ranges, and other landscapes are popular locations for motion pictures and commercial photography
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Comay, Laura B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2013-03-30 – Jorge Cruz JR, bassoon

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 30, 2013
Creator: Cruz, Jorge, Jr.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2013-03-30 – Amy Michelle Dixon, soprano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 30, 2013
Creator: Dixon, Amy Michelle
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2013-01-30 – Jennifer Betzer, harp

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: January 30, 2013
Creator: Betzer, Jennifer
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Testing and Crime-Related Restrictions in TANF, SNAP, and Housing Assistance (open access)

Drug Testing and Crime-Related Restrictions in TANF, SNAP, and Housing Assistance

This report describes and compares the drug- and crime-related policy restrictions contained in selected federal programs that provide assistance to low-income individuals and families: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps), and the three primary federal housing assistance programs (the public housing program, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, and the project-based Section 8 rental assistance program).
Date: July 30, 2013
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Aussenberg, Randy Alison; Falk, Gene & Carpenter, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress (open access)

Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress

This report provides brief history of the chemical weapons program in Syria, and discusses current chemical weapons program, policy issues and cooperative threat reduction programs.
Date: August 30, 2013
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth D.; Kerr, Paul K. & Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FBI Director: Appointment and Tenure (open access)

FBI Director: Appointment and Tenure

Report that first reviews the legislative history surrounding the enactment of the 1968 and 1976 amendments to the appointment of the FBI Director, as well as information on the nominees to the FBI Directorship since 1972. The report also provides a legal overview of the extension of a Director's tenure.
Date: May 30, 2013
Creator: Chu, Vivian S. & Hogue, Henry B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Management: Federal Funding and Related Statistics (open access)

Wildfire Management: Federal Funding and Related Statistics

This report provides wildfire management statistics (e.g., number of wildfires, acres burned, select state wildfire activity, firefighter personnel), presents wildfire management (WFM) appropriations from fiscal years 2008 to the present, and discusses two related issues--wildfire suppression funding estimation and air tanker readiness.
Date: August 30, 2013
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants: Many Questions, Some Answers (open access)

EPA Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants: Many Questions, Some Answers

This report discusses the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) proposals for electric generating units (EGU) Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Date: September 30, 2013
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Sexual Assault: Chronology of Activity in Congress and Related Resources (open access)

Military Sexual Assault: Chronology of Activity in Congress and Related Resources

Report that focuses on activity in Congress regarding recent high profile incidents of sexual assault in the military. Included are separate sections on the official responses related to these incidents by the Department of Defense (DOD), the Administration, and Congress including legislation in the 113th Congress. The last section is a resource guide for sources in this report and related materials on sexual assault and prevention.
Date: July 30, 2013
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocean Acidification (open access)

Ocean Acidification

Report that discusses the increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, and the extent of related effects on the ocean and marine resources.
Date: July 30, 2013
Creator: Upton, Harold F. & Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Research, Development, and Demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy (open access)

Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Research, Development, and Demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy

This report aims to provide a snapshot of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) program, including its current funding levels and the budget request for FY2014, together with some discussion of the program's achievements and prospects for success in meeting its stated goals.
Date: September 30, 2013
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (open access)

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

This report provides a background of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) financial crisis and the issues for Congress.
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians (open access)

U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians

This report provides an overview of current issues in U.S.-Palestinian relations. It also contains an overview of Palestinian society and politics and descriptions of key Palestinian individuals and groups -- chiefly the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian Authority (PA), Fatah, Hamas, and the Palestinian refugee population.
Date: September 30, 2013
Creator: Zanotti, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013 (open access)

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013

This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad, without reference to the magnitude of the given instance noted.
Date: August 30, 2013
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Natural Gas Industry Tax Issues in the FY2014 Budget Proposal (open access)

Oil and Natural Gas Industry Tax Issues in the FY2014 Budget Proposal

This report discusses the FY2014 budget proposal that outlines a set of proposals, framed as the termination of tax preferences, that would potentially increase the taxes paid by the oil and natural gas industries, especially those of the independent producers.
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Pirog, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act: A Legal Overview (open access)

Congressional Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act: A Legal Overview

This report provides a legal overview of Section 2 of the VRA, a key provision affecting congressional redistricting, and selected Supreme Court case law. It discusses Sections 4 and 5, and the recent Supreme Court decision holding Section 4(b) unconstitutional, Shelby County v. Holder. Section 4 contained a coverage formula that identified states and jurisdictions that were required to gain federal approval or "preclearance" to proposed redistricting plans under Section 5. The report also provides an overview of selected legislation in the 112th and 113th Congresses that would establish additional requirements and standards for congressional redistricting.
Date: August 30, 2013
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress (open access)

Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress

This report provides a brief history of the chemical weapons program in Syria. It discusses policy issues, latest development regarding the current chemical weapons program.
Date: September 30, 2013
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth D.; Kerr, Paul K. & Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Actions to Repeal, Defund, or Delay the Affordable Care Act (open access)

Legislative Actions to Repeal, Defund, or Delay the Affordable Care Act

This report summarizes legislative and other actions taken to repeal, defund, or delay the Affordable Care Act (ACA), since the law's enactment. The information is presented in four appendixes.
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Redhead, C. S. & Kinzer, Janet
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library