Helpful Hints for Filing Your Personal Financial Statement (open access)

Helpful Hints for Filing Your Personal Financial Statement

This pamphlet describes filing requirements and filing deadlines for an persons who have served as a state office between January 1 and April 30 in any given calendar year.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Texas Ethics Commission
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Personal Financial Statement (Form PFS) Instruction Guide (open access)

Personal Financial Statement (Form PFS) Instruction Guide

Instructions to the Texas Ethics Commission Form PFS, or Personal Financial Statement.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Texas Ethics Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
High-Frequency Trading: Background, Concerns, and Regulatory Developments (open access)

High-Frequency Trading: Background, Concerns, and Regulatory Developments

This report provides an overview of high-frequency trading (HFT) in the equities and derivatives markets regulated by the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). It also examines the Flash Crash of 2010 and the role that HFT may have played, as well as recent regulatory developments.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Shorter, Gary & Miller, Rena S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Defense Production Act of 1950: History, Authorities, and Reauthorization (open access)

The Defense Production Act of 1950: History, Authorities, and Reauthorization

This report examines some of the history of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), focusing primarily on its creation and most recent legislative reauthorization. It also discusses the foremost active authorities of the DPA.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Brown, Jared T. & Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership in the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies (open access)

Membership in the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies

This report highlights key steps in the process for attaining membership in the United Nations and its specialized agencies. It discusses the capacities associated with U.N. membership and observer status, as well as criteria for and implications of membership. It also examines related U.S. legislation and recent congressional and Obama Administration actions
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa & Browne, Marjorie Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations

This report looks at the relationship between the U.S. and Thailand, in particular, recent rivalries between populist political forces, nepotism in government, and Thai relationships with neighboring countries.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Dolven, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislation to Approve the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement (open access)

Legislation to Approve the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement

This report discusses the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement and analyzes relevant legislative initiatives (S. 812 and H.R. 1613) and other legislative action surrounding Congress's approval of the Agreement (P.L. 113-67).
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Hagerty, Curry L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library