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Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources (open access)

Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources

Report that provides links to selected authoritative resources related to cybersecurity issues, including: legislation, hearings in the 112th Congress, data and statistics, and cybersecurity glossaries.
Date: July 25, 2013
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS): A Primer (open access)

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS): A Primer

Report describing Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), how it is supposed to work, why it has gained the interest and support of some members of Congress, and what some of the challenges are to its implementation and deployment across the United States.
Date: July 16, 2013
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

Report that provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's programs for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs).
Date: July 3, 2013
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues (open access)

Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues

Report that discusses the energy policy in the United States, which is focused on three major goals: assuring a secure supply of energy, keeping energy costs low, and protecting the environment.
Date: July 25, 2013
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) (open access)

Analysis of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)

Report that outlines the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the current Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN) system, discusses the current market for various RINs, and outlines policy considerations to address RIN fraud going forward.
Date: July 22, 2013
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Employer Penalties Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

Potential Employer Penalties Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Report that describes the potential employer penalties and proposed regulations to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer provisions.
Date: July 3, 2013
Creator: Mulvey, Janemarie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual Mandate and Related Information Requirements under ACA (open access)

Individual Mandate and Related Information Requirements under ACA

Report that describes the individual mandate under Section 1501 and Section 10106 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148, as amended).
Date: July 22, 2013
Creator: Mach, Annie L.; Scales, Manon & Mulvey, Janemarie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The American Community Survey: Development, Implementation, and Issues for Congress (open access)

The American Community Survey: Development, Implementation, and Issues for Congress

Report that discusses the American Community Survey (ACS) and the gathering of detailed socioeconomic and housing data from a representative population sample in conjunction with the once-a-decade count of the population of the United States.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Williams, Jennifer D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Taiwan Relationship: Overview of Policy Issues (open access)

U.S.-Taiwan Relationship: Overview of Policy Issues

Report that is an overview of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship and includes an analysis of issues.
Date: July 23, 2013
Creator: Kan, Shirley A. & Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act (open access)

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act

Report that examines the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) process under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) in the context of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Date: July 24, 2013
Creator: Vann, Adam & Meltz, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Lacey Act: Protecting the Environment by Restricting Trade (open access)

The Lacey Act: Protecting the Environment by Restricting Trade

Report that looks at the history and applications of the Lacey Act, which allows the U.S. to enforce the laws of other countries.
Date: July 16, 2013
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Household Savings for Retirement in 2010 (open access)

U.S. Household Savings for Retirement in 2010

Report that provides data on a variety of household wealth measures in 2010 from the Federal Reserve's triennial Survey of Consumer Finances. The report classifies the amount of assets and debt by the age of the head of the household for both single and married households.
Date: July 23, 2013
Creator: Topoleski, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulation of Fertilizers: Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia (open access)

Regulation of Fertilizers: Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia

This report will focus on some of the federal regulatory programs overseeing storage of ammonium nitrate and anhydrous ammonia by retailers. The report will not address federal regulation of material in transport. It will discuss federal occupational safety, environmental, and security statutes and regulations applicable to each chemical. Select policy issues regarding these federal regulatory programs will be highlighted. It does not address various law enforcement activities related to tracking of anhydrous ammonia used for illegal drug synthesis (e.g., methamphetamine).
Date: July 31, 2013
Creator: Shea, Dana A.; Schierow, Linda-Jo & Szymendera, Scott D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Examination of Student Loan Interest Rate Proposals in the 113th Congress (open access)

An Examination of Student Loan Interest Rate Proposals in the 113th Congress

Report that describes and analyzes student loan interest rate proposals that have been made in the 113th Congress to establish new policies for setting the interest rates that borrowers will pay on loans made through the Direct Loan program.
Date: July 26, 2013
Creator: Smole, David P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the 113th Congress: Short Summary of Senate- Passed S. 744 (open access)

Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the 113th Congress: Short Summary of Senate- Passed S. 744

Report that summarizes major immigration reform provisions of S. 744, as passed by the Senate.
Date: July 10, 2013
Creator: Rosenblum, Marc R. & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Cambodia Relations: Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

U.S.-Cambodia Relations: Issues for the 113th Congress

Report that starts out by describing the relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Cambodia. This includes U.S. concerns about Cambodia's human rights record and how that affects the bilateral relationship.
Date: July 24, 2013
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Cambodia Relations: Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

U.S.-Cambodia Relations: Issues for the 113th Congress

Report that starts out by describing the relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Cambodia. This includes U.S. concerns about Cambodia's human rights record and how that affects the bilateral relationship.
Date: July 19, 2013
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Global Health Assistance: Background and Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

U.S. Global Health Assistance: Background and Issues for the 113th Congress

Report that discusses the role and efficacy of U.S. foreign aid, including global health programs, the U.S. global health programs, global health funding, and global health initiative.
Date: July 21, 2013
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Rights, Civil Unrest, and Political Reform in Burma in 2013 (open access)

Human Rights, Civil Unrest, and Political Reform in Burma in 2013

Report that examines the current situation in Burma from the implicit perspective shaped by U.S. policy decisions.
Date: July 20, 2013
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP): Issues in Brief (open access)

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP): Issues in Brief

Report that discusses the responsibility of four federal agencies for long-term earthquake risk reduction: the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Date: July 9, 2013
Creator: Folger, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Cooperative Threat Reduction: Issues for Congress (open access)

The Evolution of Cooperative Threat Reduction: Issues for Congress

This report provides information on the wide range of programs that the United States is pursuing to secure and eliminate nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and materials and to prevent hostile nations and terrorist organizations from gaining access to these weapons or the knowledge and materials needed to manufacture and use them.
Date: July 8, 2013
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth D. & Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy (open access)

U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy

Report that provides background information and discussion related to immigration issues.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Kandel, William A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Delay in Implementation of Potential Employer Penalties Under ACA (open access)

Delay in Implementation of Potential Employer Penalties Under ACA

The report provides background information regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It discusses the implications for Premium Credit Eligibility and Individual Mandate.
Date: July 22, 2013
Creator: Mulvey, Janemarie; Fernandez, Bernadette & Mach, Annie L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library