This report is a brief overview of current policies regarding temporatry protected status (TPS), which is relief from removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It includes information about humanitarian migrants, temporary protected status, other blanket forms of relief, nationalities receiving protections, and issues with TPS, as well as recent legislation.

This report provides an overview of the regulatory structure of consumer finance under existing federal law before the Dodd-Frank Act went into effect, and examines arguments for modifying the regime in order to more effectively regulate consumer financial markets. It then analyzes how the CFP Act changes the legal structure, with a focus on the Bureau's organization; the entities and activities that fall (and do not fall) under the Bureau's supervisory, enforcement, and rulemaking authorities; the Bureau's general and specific rulemaking powers and procedures; and the Bureau's funding.

This report looks at the history and applications of the Lacey Act, which allows the U.S. to enforce the laws of other countries.

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "About half of the almost 17,000 veterans who entered the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program in fiscal year 2003 and received employment-related services were placed in suitable jobs, one-third left the program, and most of the others are still participating. It often took veterans 6 years or more to achieve success, due in part to veterans often leaving the program temporarily. Interviews with VR&E staff and participants and administrative data GAO reviewed suggest veterans face numerous challenges that affect their ability to obtain employment, especially related to mental health conditions, working with multiple VR&E counselors over time, and civilian employers' limited understanding of military work experience."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since GAO reported on this issue in December 2012, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has developed application guidance for airport operators applying to the Screening Partnership Program (SPP). In December 2012, GAO reported that TSA had not provided guidance to airport operators on its application and approval process, which had been revised to reflect requirements in the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. Further, airport operators GAO interviewed at the time generally stated that they faced difficulties completing the revised application, such as how to obtain cost information. Therefore, GAO recommended that TSA develop application guidance, and TSA concurred. To address GAO's recommendation, TSA updated its SPP website in December 2012 by providing general application guidance and a description of the criteria and process the agency uses to assess airports' SPP applications. The guidance provides examples of information that airports could consider providing to TSA to help assess their suitability for the program and also outlines how the agency will analyze cost information. The new guidance addresses the intent of GAO's recommendation and should help improve transparency of the SPP application process as well as …

Photograph of Rebecca Poynter, at UNT.

Photograph of Provost Warren Burggren taken at the retirement party for outgoing UNT president, V. Lane Rawlins.

Photograph of Mary Jo Rawlins, taken at the retirement party for husband and outgoing UNT president, V. Lane Rawlins.

Photograph of Sheri Broyles, professor in the Mayborn School of Journalism, taken at the retirement party for outgoing UNT president, V. Lane Rawlins.

Photograph of provost Warren Burggren with outgoing president V. Lane Rawlins, taken at his retirement party.

Photograph of outgoing UNT president, V. Lane Rawlins, taken at his retirement party.

Photograph of V. Lane Rawlins holding the UNT flag, taken at his retirement party.

Photograph taken at the retirement party for outgoing UNT president, V. Lane Rawlins.

Photograph of outgoing UNT president V. Lane Rawlins, taken at his retirement party.

Photograph of Rebecca Poynter with students, at UNT.

Semiweekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.

This report discusses President Obama's Climate Action Plan (CAP) to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG), and to encourage adaptation to expected climate change. The report outlines pledged actions under the plan and possible issues for Congress.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Funeral program for Ruth Ella Bateman Clay, born October 6, 1923 and died December 23, 2013. The funeral was held January 14, 2014 at Genesis Full Life Fellowship Church, officiated by Bishop Douglass Thompson. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas.

The report is about Compulsory Licensing of Patented Inventions. It discusses a number of international agreements to which the United states and its trading partners are signatories, including the Paris convention for the Protection of industrial Property.

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This report explores key questions related to the conflict, summarizes the international response to date, and routine current U.S policy and assistance of South Sudan

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.