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Automated Creation of Analytic Catalog Records for Born-Digital Journal Articles (open access)

Automated Creation of Analytic Catalog Records for Born-Digital Journal Articles

Article summarizing the approach to bibliographic metadata development at the University of Michigan Library for journal articles published and archived in HathiTrust.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Holds" in the Senate (open access)

"Holds" in the Senate

This report discusses a wide range of proposals aimed at reforming holds (an informal practice among Senators to communicate policy views and scheduling preferences) to infuse more accountability, uniformity, and transparency in their use and to make it clear that holds are not a veto on the majority leader's prerogative of calling up measures or matters.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Oleszek, Mark J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is Biopower Carbon Neutral? (open access)

Is Biopower Carbon Neutral?

This report discusses some factors taken into account when considering whether biopower is carbon neutral. It does not discuss carbon accounting for other bioenergy pathways.
Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
USCIS Funding and Accountability to Congress (open access)

USCIS Funding and Accountability to Congress

This report briefly discusses funding for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). USCIS handles many immigration administration functions, the most prominent of which is processing and adjudicating immigrant petitions and applications.
Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Kandel, William A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Incentives: Measuring Value Across Different Types of Energy Resources (open access)

Energy Tax Incentives: Measuring Value Across Different Types of Energy Resources

This report presents a comparison of the cost of tax incentives associated with fossil and renewable energy resources, relative to amount of energy produced using each type of resource. The report also reviews other analyses that compare the cost of energy tax incentives relative to production, across different types of energy technologies.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F. & Stupak, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-04-19 – Beginner and Advanced Afro-Cuban Ensembles, Brazilian Ensemble, and Latin Jazz Lab Band

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Latin popular music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: April 19, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas. Beginner and Advanced Afro-Cuban Ensemble.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Recommended Library Contributions to Retention of Premedical Students

Poster for the 2015 Medical Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. This poster discusses recommended library contributions to the retention of premedical students.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief (open access)

Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief

This report discusses the legal background associated with the sunset of various provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and of subsequent related legislation.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Liu, Edward C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iran, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses issues regarding Iran's political history and structure. It also takes a look at economic and defense policy responses for Congress.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Issues in Homeland Security Policy for the 114th Congress (open access)

Selected Issues in Homeland Security Policy for the 114th Congress

This report outlines an array of homeland security issues that may come before the 114th Congress. After a brief discussion of the definitions of homeland security, the homeland security budget, and the role of homeland security actors in the intelligence community, the report divides the specific issues into four broad categories: Counterterrorism and Security Management, Border Security and Trade, Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, and DHS Management Issues.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Painter, William L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Candidates, Groups, and the Campaign Finance Environment (open access)

Candidates, Groups, and the Campaign Finance Environment

This report briefly discusses the current campaign finance environment and the implications of changes to campaign finance policy over the past several decades.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Garrett, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Ongoing Outbreak (open access)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Ongoing Outbreak

This report gives a brief overview of the pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which as of May 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported 168 cases.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Greene, Joel L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 25, Pages 3731-4070, June 19, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 25, Pages 3731-4070, June 19, 2015

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief (open access)

Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief

This report discusses the legal background associated with the sunset of various provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and of subsequent related legislation.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Liu, Edward C. & Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits (open access)

Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits

This report discusses the Budget Control Act, which sets limits on defense spending between FY2012 and FY2021. The current debate in Congress has centered on whether to adjust the BCA defense caps upward; move base budget spending to accounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) that are not subject to spending limits; reduce the defense spending in the Administration's request to comply with BCA revised caps; or use some combination of these approaches, all in order to avoid a sequester.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies (open access)

Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies

This report provides information that can aid policy makers as they navigate through the many levels of responsibility of dealing with emergencies, and numerous policy pressure points, by having an understanding of the laws and administrative policies governing the disaster response and recovery process. The report also reviews the legislative framework that exists for providing federal assistance.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: McCarthy, Francis X. & Brown, Jared T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Banking: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act (open access)

Senate Banking: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act

This report briefly highlights some of the major policy proposals included in a May 12, 2015 discussion draft released by Senator Richard Shelby that is scheduled for markup by the Senate Banking Committee. The draft encompasses a broad package of reforms to the financial regulatory system, including some changes to the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203).
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M.; Labonte, Marc & Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iran, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses current issues regarding the government and politics of Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, a priority of U.S. policy has been to reduce the perceived threat posed by Iran to a broad range of U.S. interests, including the security of the Persian Gulf region. In 2014, a common adversary emerged in the form of the Islamic State organization, reducing gaps in U.S. and Iranian regional interests, although the two countries have somewhat differing approaches over how to try to defeat the group.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Land Ownership: Acquisition and Disposal Authorities (open access)

Federal Land Ownership: Acquisition and Disposal Authorities

This report describes the primary authorities of the following agencies for acquiring and disposing of federal land. These four federal agencies--the National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), all in the Department of the Interior (DOI), and the U.S. Forest Service (FS) in the Department of Agriculture--administer about 95% of those lands.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Vincent, Carol H.; Corn, M. L.; Comay, Laura B. & Hoover, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations

This report examines current conditions in El Salvador, as well as issues in U.S.-Salvadoran relations.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Timeline Related to Health Insurance and Exchange Rules: Backdrop to King v. Burwell (open access)

Timeline Related to Health Insurance and Exchange Rules: Backdrop to King v. Burwell

This report provides a timeline that identifies selected 2015 dates related to exchange establishment and operation, legislative calendars, and regulation of the individual health insurance market, among other issues.
Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette; Mach, Annie L. & Uberoi, Namrata K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digital Repository: Promoting Scholarship via the convergence of (local/global and digital/analogue) contents

Presentation at Jimma University discussing digital repositories and promoting scholarship through the convergence of local/global and digital/analogue contents.
Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who Is a "Veteran"?--Basic Eligibility for Veterans' Benefits (open access)

Who Is a "Veteran"?--Basic Eligibility for Veterans' Benefits

This report examines the basic eligibility criteria for Veterans' Administration (VA) benefits, including the eligibility of members of the National Guard and reserve components.
Date: August 19, 2015
Creator: Szymendera, Scott D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current state of reform and foreign policy in Bahrain. An uprising against Bahrain's Al Khalifa royal family that began on February 14, 2011, has not achieved the goals of Shiite oppositionists to establish a constitutional monarchy. Public unrest has diminished since 2012, but occasional large demonstrations, opposition boycotts of elections, and continued arrests of dissidents counter government assertions that Bahrain has "returned to normal."
Date: August 19, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library