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Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses (open access)

Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses

This report discusses the reasons that Iran is considered a threat to U.S. security, including Iran's nuclear program, involvement with terrorist organizations, and involvement with neighboring countries' local governments. It also discusses ways in which the U.S. hopes to modify Iran's behavior with sanctions, and the effectiveness of these sanctions.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits (open access)

Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits

This report describes three kinds of unemployment benefit programs: regular Unemployment Compensation (UC), Extended Benefits (EB), and Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08). The report explains their basic eligibility requirements, benefits, and financing structure.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M. & Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Assistance for GMAC/Ally Financial: Unwinding the Government Stake (open access)

Government Assistance for GMAC/Ally Financial: Unwinding the Government Stake

This report discusses government support given to Ally Financial, formerly known as General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), which provides auto financing, insurance, online banking, and mortgage and commercial financing. This report looks at how -- or even if -- GMAC will be able to pay back the government for Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP) funding.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Webel, Baird & Canis, Bill
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis (open access)

Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis

This report provides an overview of two The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) bills in the 114th Congress, S. 337 and H.R. 653, and provides analysis of certain FOIA-related provisions within each.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J. & Ginsberg, Wendy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The EMV Chip Card Transition: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress (open access)

The EMV Chip Card Transition: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress

This report describes the financial harm caused by data breaches and explains how those breaches are carried out. It provides information about the effect of the transition in selected foreign countries. The report also discusses resolved and remaining impediments to completing the EMV ( Europay, MasterCard Visa) transition in the United States and identifies areas of potential congressional interest.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions (open access)

Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions

This report identifies the legislative bases for sanctions imposed on Iran, and the nature of the authority to waive or lift those restrictions. It comprises two tables that present legislation and executive orders that are specific to Iran and its objectionable activities in the areas of terrorism, human rights, and weapons proliferation.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who Cares If Rhetoricians Landed on the Moon? Or, a Plea for Reviving the Politics of Historiography (open access)

Who Cares If Rhetoricians Landed on the Moon? Or, a Plea for Reviving the Politics of Historiography

This article discusses a plea for reviving the politics of historiography.
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: Skinnell, Ryan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

This report discusses the continued debate amongst congressional policymakers regarding telecommunications reform. A major point of the ongoing discussion is whether action is needed to ensure unfettered access to the Internet.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Immigration Inspections at Ports of Entry (open access)

Border Security: Immigration Inspections at Ports of Entry

This report reviews the legislative history of immigration inspections requirements and the entry-exit system. The report then describes the implementation of these provisions, including pre-travel screening, primary and secondary inspections, trusted traveler programs, outbound enforcement, and the entry-exit system. The final section of the report identifies a number of issues for Congress related to immigration admissions and enforcement at ports of entry (POEs).
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Seghetti, Lisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015 (open access)

Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015

This report shows in tabular form how much the Administration requested and how much Congress appropriated for U.S. payments to the multilateral development banks (MDBs) since 2000. It also provides a brief description of the MDBs and the ways they fund their operations.
Date: January 26, 2015
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-02-26 – University of North Texas Wind Symphony

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Band concert performed in the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: North Texas Wind Symphony
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-03-26 – University of North Texas Symphonic Band

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Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas. Symphonic Band.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions (open access)

Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions

This report identifies the legislative bases for sanctions imposed on Iran, and the nature of the authority to waive or lift those restrictions. It comprises two tables that present legislation and executive orders that are specific to Iran and its objectionable activities in the areas of terrorism, human rights, and weapons proliferation.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2015-03-26 - Eun Ji Jung, soprano

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: Jung, Eun Ji
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Senior Recital: 2015-03-26 - Alan Kwan, guitar and Christian Ortiz, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, and baritone saxophone

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A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: Kwan, Alan & Ortiz, Christian
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 2015 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 26, 2015
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses The Coast Guard's Program of Record (POR) calls for procuring 8 national security cutters (NSCs), 25 offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as replacements for 90 aging Coast Guard cutters and Patrol Craft.
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blue-Slipping: Enforcing the Origination Clause in the House of Representatives (open access)

Blue-Slipping: Enforcing the Origination Clause in the House of Representatives

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Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Budget v. DHS Appropriations: Fact Sheet (open access)

DHS Budget v. DHS Appropriations: Fact Sheet

This report contains a significant portion of the department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) budget. It also contains the CRS analysis of the FY2016 DHS congressional justification.
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: Painter, William L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ultra-Fast Alterations in mRNA Levels Uncover Multiple Players in Light Stress Acclimation in Plants (open access)

Ultra-Fast Alterations in mRNA Levels Uncover Multiple Players in Light Stress Acclimation in Plants

This article contains RNA sequencing analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants subjected to light stress in order to identify and characterize rapid changes in the steady-state level of different transcripts in response to light stress.
Date: September 26, 2015
Creator: Suzuki, Nobuhiro; Devireddy, Amith R.; Inupakutika, Madhuri A.; Baxter, Aaron; Miller, Gad; Song, Luhua et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Finding of No Significant Impact: Adoption of the Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (open access)

Finding of No Significant Impact: Adoption of the Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States

Document containing finding of no significant impact and final environmental assessment concerning the adoption of the United States Clean Water Rule and the definition of waters of the United States (104 pages).
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 68, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 2015 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 68, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 26, 2015
Creator: Parker, Vic
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Appropriations Act for 2016-17 Biennium (open access)

General Appropriations Act for 2016-17 Biennium

Text of the General Appropriations Act for the 2016-2017 biennium with the Conference Committee Report on House Bill No. 1
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report (open access)

Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report

Report on a flood protection and management plan for the Upper Barker Watershed.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Halff Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History