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Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving (open access)

Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving

This paper presents the results of a survey of quality assurance (QA) practices within the field of web archiving. To understand current QA practices, the authors surveyed 54 institutions engaged in web archiving, which included national libraries, colleges and universities, and museums and art libraries.
Date: August 19, 2014
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda; Phillips, Mark Edward & Ko, Lauren
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict? (open access)

Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict?

This report provides background on the conflict over interpretation and implementation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA). A brief discussion of the two laws is followed by a review of the major litigation of interest.
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress (open access)

Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress

This report discusses the Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 (P.L. 66-215) that established a pension system for federal employees in the executive branch of government.
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visa Waiver Program (open access)

Visa Waiver Program

This report discusses the visa waiver program (VWP), which allows foreign visitors to bypass the first, screening step for admissibility to enter the United States. Some policymakers are concerned that this waiver allows terrorists to more easily enter the country. The report provides waiver-related statistics and related legislation.
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Domestic Human Trafficking Legislation in the 113th Congress (open access)

Domestic Human Trafficking Legislation in the 113th Congress

This report discusses domestic human-trafficking-related issues that have received legislative action or are of significant congressional interest in the 113th Congress.
Date: May 19, 2014
Creator: Siskin, Alison
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

[Internship & Career Fair]

Photograph of student visiting booths at the Mayborn School of Journalism Internship & Career Fair.
Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[D Magazine booth at Internship & Career Fair]

Journalism student, Porschia Paxton, visits D Magazine booth at the Mayborn School of Journalism Internship & Career Fair in Chestnut Hall.
Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students attending Internship & Career Fair]

Photograph of students visiting Mayborn School of Journalism Internship & Career Fair in Chestnut Hall.
Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 3080 and S. 601: Comparison of Select Provisions and Conference Developments (open access)

H.R. 3080 and S. 601: Comparison of Select Provisions and Conference Developments

This report discusses the conference report H.Rept. 113-449 that would resolve differences between H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA 2013), and S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA 2013). Both bills represented omnibus authorization legislation for water resource activities, principally associated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
Date: May 19, 2014
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.; Stern, Charles V.; Frittelli, John; Luther, Linda & Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Senior Recital: 2014-04-19 – Fernando Yanez, oboe

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A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: April 19, 2014
Creator: Yanez, Fernando
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2014-04-19 – Lixin Tong, tenor

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 19, 2014
Creator: Tong, Lixin
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Recommended Library Contributions to STEM Retention Based on an LIS Interpretation of the Landmark Study, Talking about Leaving: Why Students Leave the Sciences

Poster presentation for the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Science and Technology Section Program Poster Session. This poster discusses recommended library contributions to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) retention based on a Library and Information Science (LIS) interpretation of a landmark study.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction: International Information Issues and ASIS&T (open access)

Introduction: International Information Issues and ASIS&T

Article introducing a special section of the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) featuring interviews, discussions of ASIS&T chapters and SIGs roles, networking activities, and past and current organizational initiatives.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interviews with SIG/III Co-founders: Reflections of Toni Carbo and Michel Menou (open access)

Interviews with SIG/III Co-founders: Reflections of Toni Carbo and Michel Menou

Article discussing interviews with the Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III) co-founders Toni Carbo and Michel Menou.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large Partnerships: Characteristics of Population and IRS Audits (open access)

Large Partnerships: Characteristics of Population and IRS Audits

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report provides data on the number and characteristics of large partnerships as well as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits of large partnership returns. For purposes of this report, GAO did not identify a statutory, IRS, or industry-accepted definition of a large partnership. Instead, GAO used a combination of criteria for partner size and asset size used by IRS to define large partnerships as those that reported having 100 or more direct partners and $100 million or more in assets. The number of large partnerships increased from 720 in tax year 2002 to 2,226 in tax year 2011. Large partnerships also increased in terms of the average number of direct partners and average asset size. IRS had data on two categories of large partnership return audits. First, the number of completed field audits of large partnership returns increased from 11 in fiscal year 2007 to 31 in fiscal year 2013. Second, IRS counted audits closed through its campus function, which increased from 42 to 143 over the same period. Unlike field audits, campus function audits generally do not entail a review of the books and records of the …
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Whistleblower Protection Program: Opportunities Exist for OSHA and DOT to Strengthen Collaborative Mechanisms (open access)

Whistleblower Protection Program: Opportunities Exist for OSHA and DOT to Strengthen Collaborative Mechanisms

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has taken steps to include auto industry employees in its Whistleblower Protection Program and has coordinated with the Department of Transportation (DOT) on whistleblower issues, but interagency collaborative mechanisms could be strengthened. Among other steps, OSHA is developing procedures for how it will investigate claims from auto employees and estimates most of its efforts will be completed in 2014. OSHA documents its collaboration with DOT's component agencies on whistleblower protections by developing memorandums of agreements (MOA), and currently MOAs cover aviation and rail employees; the agencies are considering developing MOAs to cover other transportation sectors such as commercial motor-carrier employees. Officials from both OSHA and DOT believe it is important to identify or refer potential claims of retaliation and safety violations to each other. In September 2012, GAO concluded that collaboration is critical when meaningful results that the federal government seeks to achieve require the coordinated efforts of more than one federal agency. Among others, key practices of effective collaboration include clearly delineating roles and responsibilities and monitoring progress. OSHA and DOT officials agree that following GAO's key practices …
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: Demographics and Service Usage of Certain High-Expenditure Beneficiaries (open access)

Medicaid: Demographics and Service Usage of Certain High-Expenditure Beneficiaries

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In fiscal year 2009, states spent nearly a third (31.6 percent) of all Medicaid expenditures on the most expensive Medicaid-only beneficiaries, who were 4.3 percent of total Medicaid beneficiaries. States spent another third (33.1 percent) on all other Medicaid-only beneficiaries, who represented 81.2 percent of total Medicaid beneficiaries. Among dual eligible beneficiaries, a similar pattern existed, with a small proportion of the population accounting for a disproportionate share of expenditures."
Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maritime Infrastructure: Key Issues Related to Commercial Activity in the U.S. Arctic over the Next Decade (open access)

Maritime Infrastructure: Key Issues Related to Commercial Activity in the U.S. Arctic over the Next Decade

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Commercial U.S. Arctic maritime activities are expected to be limited for the next 10 years, according to industry representatives, due to a variety of factors. Interviews with industry representatives highlighted a variety of general challenges related to operating in the Arctic, such as geography, extreme weather, and hard-to-predict ice floes. Industry-specific factors were also cited as contributing to limited commercial activity. For example, shipping companies noted higher costs with Arctic transit; cruise industry groups noted a lack of demand for Arctic cruises from the mainstream cruise-consumer base, and oil companies last drilled offshore exploratory wells in the U.S. Arctic in 2012."
Date: March 19, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Innovation and Sustainability in Digital Publishing

This presentation accompanies introductory remarks given as a panelist in the session "Publishing and Preserving OA Content" during the 2014 Open Access Symposium, "The Business and Economics of Open Access."
Date: May 19, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library