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Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights

This report discusses the state of Iraqi politics, governance, and human rights, including the worsening relations between local Sunni and Shiite populations.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention (open access)

Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention

This report focuses on suicide prevention activities of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VHA's approach to suicide prevention is based on a public health framework, which has three major components: (1) surveillance, (2) risk and protective factors, and (3) interventions.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Bagalman, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Warfare: Cyberattacks on Sony (open access)

Information Warfare: Cyberattacks on Sony

This report discusses information warfare, which includes information-related capabilities to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision making of adversaries while protecting our own.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Theohary, Catherine A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) (open access)

China's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)

This report analyzes the legal, diplomatic, and security implications of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ECS ADIZ) for U.S. interests. The concluding section briefly discusses some policy options for Congress and for U.S. policy in general.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Rinehart, Ian E. & Elias, Bart
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2015 Authorization and Appropriations (open access)

Defense: FY2015 Authorization and Appropriations

This report examines the issues related to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the state and substance of the negotiations (to the degree that the information is publicly available), the specific areas under negotiation, the policy and economic contexts in which the TPP would fit, and the issues for Congress that the TPP presents.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F.; McMinimy, Mark A. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade Concepts, Performance, and Policy: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

U.S. Trade Concepts, Performance, and Policy: Frequently Asked Questions

This report discusses trade issues relevant to Congress. The report is divided into four sections in a question-and-answer format: trade concepts; U.S. trade performance; formulation of U.S. trade policy; and trade and investment issues.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.; Bolle, Mary Jane; Elwell, Craig K.; Jackson, James K.; Jones, Vivian C. & Villarreal, M. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate program, a program to procure 52 LCSs and frigates. The first ship in the program was procured in FY2005, and a total of 23 have been procured through FY2015. The Navy's proposed FY2016 budget is expected to request funding for the procurement of three more LCSs.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 5, Pages 415-476, January 30, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 5, Pages 415-476, January 30, 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: January 30, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Same-Sex Marriage: A Legal Overview (open access)

Same-Sex Marriage: A Legal Overview

This report provides background on, and analysis of, significant legal issues surrounding the same-sex marriage debate. It begins by providing background on the constitutional principles that are often invoked in attempting to invalidate same-sex marriage bans--namely, equal protection and due process guarantees. Then, it discusses key cases that led to the existing circuit split on the constitutionality of state same-sex marriage bans. Finally, this report explains the central issues in the circuit split and analyzes how the Supreme Court might resolve them on appeal.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Perry, Rodney M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: FY2015 Appropriations Overview (open access)

Older Americans Act: FY2015 Appropriations Overview

This report discusses Older Americans Act (OAA) funding. It begins with an overview of OAA's FY2015 funding and provides a detailed breakdown of current-year funding for each of the act's programs and activities. The report then reviews OAA's funding history since FY2001. Next, it summarizes FY2015 legislative activity with respect to OAA appropriations. It concludes with a discussion of FY2015 funding decisions for selected OAA programs.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Napili, Angela & Colello, Kirsten J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms: Economic, Program, and Policy Issues (open access)

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms: Economic, Program, and Policy Issues

This report discusses the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) programs, which were authorized by Congress in the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to help workers and firms adjust to import competition and dislocation caused by trade liberalization. It provides information about TAAF program and policy issues, as well as legislation to reauthorize the TAAF program.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Bolle, Mary Jane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who Regulates Whom and How? An Overview of U.S. Financial Regulatory Policy for Banking and Securities Markets (open access)

Who Regulates Whom and How? An Overview of U.S. Financial Regulatory Policy for Banking and Securities Markets

This report provides an overview of the regulatory policies of the agencies that oversee banking and securities markets and explains which agencies are responsible for which institutions, activities, and markets. Some agencies regulate particular types of institutions for risky behavior or conflicts of interest, some agencies promulgate rules for certain financial transactions no matter what kind of institution engages in them, and other agencies enforce existing rules for some institutions, but not for others. These regulatory activities are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: Murphy, Edward V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-01-30 – University of North Texas Concert Orchestra [Stage Perspective]

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Orchestra concert performed in the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.
Date: January 30, 2015
Creator: UNT Concert Orchestra
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-03-30 – Mariachi Águilas

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Mariachi concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: March 30, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas. Mariachi Águilas.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Graduate Artist Certificate Recital: 2015-04-30 – Chaofu Tian, soprano and alto saxophones

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate.
Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: Tian, Chaofu
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Recital: 2015-03-30 – Kevin Ford, alto and baritone saxophones

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: March 30, 2015
Creator: Ford, Kevin
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2015-04-30 – University of North Texas Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band

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Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: North Texas Wind Symphony
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: How and Where DOD Spends Its Contracting Dollars (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: How and Where DOD Spends Its Contracting Dollars

This report examines how much money DOD obligates on contracts, what DOD is buying, and where that money is being spent. This report also examines the extent to which these data are sufficiently reliable to use as a factor when developing policy or analyzing government operations.
Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: Schwartz, Moshe; Ginsberg, Wendy & Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care for Veterans: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Health Care for Veterans: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

This report provides responses to frequently asked questions about health care provided to veterans through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). It is intended to serve as a quick reference to provide easy access to information. Where applicable, it provides the legislative background pertaining to the question.
Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Retirement: Background and Recent Developments (open access)

Military Retirement: Background and Recent Developments

This report discusses the noncontributory military retirement system which includes monthly compensation and benefits after an active or reserve military career, disability retirement for those physically unfit to continue to serve, and survivor benefits for the eligible survivors of deceased retirees.
Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Introduction to Health Insurance: What Should a Consumer Know? (open access)

An Introduction to Health Insurance: What Should a Consumer Know?

This report provides an overview of private-sector (as opposed to government-provided) health insurance. It serves as an introduction to health insurance from the point of view of many consumers under the age of 65. No background in health insurance is assumed, and all terms are defined in the body of the report.
Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: Rapaport, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The State of Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress (open access)

The State of Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress

This report includes updated material that emphasizes the issues most prominently before the 113th Congress. It also discusses foundational information about major elements of campaign finance policy.
Date: April 30, 2015
Creator: Garrett, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Disaster Management in the Church and Synagogue Library

Presentation for the 2015 National Church and Synagogue Library Association Conference. This presentation discusses disaster management in the Church and Synagogue Library.
Date: July 30, 2015
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Content, Media, Carrier Types for Sound and Moving Image Resources (open access)

Content, Media, Carrier Types for Sound and Moving Image Resources

Handout accompanying a presentation for the 2015 Church and Synagogue Library Association Conference. This handout discusses content, media, carrier types for sound and moving image resources.
Date: July 30, 2015
Creator: Dutkiewicz, Scott M.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library