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The 2015 National Security Strategy: Authorities, Changes, Issues for Congress (open access)

The 2015 National Security Strategy: Authorities, Changes, Issues for Congress

This report discusses the National Security Strategy (NSS), a document released by the Obama Administration which states that its purpose is to "set out the principles and priorities to guide the use of American power and influence in the world."
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Lucas, Nathan J. & McInnis, Kathleen J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program (open access)

Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program

This technical report discusses the analysis of data on deaths that occurred in the process of arrest.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Banks, Duren; Couzens, Lance & Planty, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Conceptual Mismatch: Transportation Stressors and Experiences for Low Income Adults (open access)

The Conceptual Mismatch: Transportation Stressors and Experiences for Low Income Adults

"This study examines the role of transportation in the lives of low-income adults in two medium-sized metropolitan areas and how their actual, lived transportation experiences function as stressors with potentially compounding impacts" (p. i).
Date: October 2015
Creator: Lowe, Kate; Mosby, Kim & Tolford, Tara
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Baseline Studies: Lake Columbia Water Supply Project, Cherokee and Smith Counties, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resources Baseline Studies: Lake Columbia Water Supply Project, Cherokee and Smith Counties, Texas

Report issued by Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. to provide a report on the discharge of dredged and fill materials from the Angelina and Neches River Authority associated with the construction of Lake Columbia reservoir in Cherokee and Smith counties, Texas.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Owens, Jeffrey D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases (open access)

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

This report discusses congressional restrictions on federal debt. The statutory debt limit applies to almost all federal debt. The limit applies to federal debt held by the public (that is, debt held outside the federal government itself) and to federal debt held by the government's own accounts.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Austin, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16 to 24 Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School (open access)

Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16 to 24 Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School

This report provides information about 16- to 24-Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School on Disconnected Youth. Policymakers and youth advocates have begun to focus greater attention on young people who are not working or in school.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Fernandes, Adrienne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field guide to water education (open access)

Field guide to water education

This Report introduces educators to the water (hydrologic) cycle, aquatic life, and water pollution. Following the introduction are lesson plans that educators may use to teach these subjects to their students. Each lesson plan is accompanied by a student handout, vailable in the back of the guide.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hempstead Independent School District, October 2015 (open access)

Hempstead Independent School District, October 2015

Report describing the performance of Hempstead Independent School District including a review of the management of the district's educational, financial, and operational functions.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Treasury Issues Debt (open access)

How Treasury Issues Debt

This report examines Treasury's debt management practices, focusing on the auction process, how prices and interest rates of securities are determined, and the role of market participants in the process. It also addresses the role of debt plays in influencing present and future budget outcomes.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Driessen, Grant A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implementation of New Specification Requirements for Course Backfill Materials for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls (open access)

Implementation of New Specification Requirements for Course Backfill Materials for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls

Technical memorandum outlining specifications to more precisely assess the service life of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Azari, Houman; Rocha, Sergio; Garibaym Jose; Walker, W. Shane; Bronson, Arturo & Nazarian, Soheil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report looks at Kuwait's relationships with its neighbors in the Persian Gulf, and its own political system which has been in turmoil since 2006. Kuwait remains pivotal to U.S. efforts to secure the Persian Gulf region because of its willingness to cooperate with U.S. strategy and military operations in the region and its proximity to both Iran and Iraq.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies (open access)

Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies

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Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review, 2014 (open access)

Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review, 2014

Annual report summarizing data on waste disposed in municipal solid waste landfills and processed in non-landfills throughout the state of Texas during fiscal year 2014, as well as an estimate of remaining landfill capacities.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Waste Permits Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of the FY2016 Continuing Resolution (H.R. 719) (open access)

Overview of the FY2016 Continuing Resolution (H.R. 719)

This report provides an analysis of the FY2016 continuing appropriations in H.R. 719. None of the FY2016 regular appropriations bills were enacted by the start of the fiscal year (October 1, 2015). As of September 30, 2015, H.R. 719, a continuing resolution (CR) for FY2016, had passed the House and Senate.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library
Partial Depth Precast Concrete Deck Panels on Curved Bridges: Finite Element Analytical Model of PCPs (open access)

Partial Depth Precast Concrete Deck Panels on Curved Bridges: Finite Element Analytical Model of PCPs

Report on partial depth precast concrete deck panels on curved bridges.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Roskos, Colter; Biju-Duval, Paul; McCammon, Victoria; Helwig, Todd; Bayrak, Oguzhan; Clayton, Patricia M. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Vetoes of Annual Defense Authorization Bills (open access)

Presidential Vetoes of Annual Defense Authorization Bills

This report briefly discusses the historical precedent of Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter's recommendation that President Obama veto the conference report on H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2016. If Obama were to veto the measure, it would mark the fifth time since 1961 that a president has vetoed that measure.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Towell, Pat
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process for Evaluating Overweight Truck Corridors Serving Coastal Port Regions and Border Ports of Entry (open access)

Process for Evaluating Overweight Truck Corridors Serving Coastal Port Regions and Border Ports of Entry

Report on the process for evaluating overweight truck corridors serving coastal port regions and Texas-Mexico border ports of entry.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Sassine, Chris; Arce, Oscar Galvis; Murphy, Mike; Wu, Hui; Loftus-Otway, Lisa; Zhang, Zhanmin et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resumen Ejecutivo de Hempstead Independent School District (ISD), October 2015 (open access)

Resumen Ejecutivo de Hempstead Independent School District (ISD), October 2015

Spanish language version of the executive summary of a report describing the performance of Hempstead Independent School District (ISD) including a general description of the district, education achievement statistics, special programs of the school, finances, curriculum, and recommendations for improvement.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2013-2014, District Supplement (open access)

Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2013-2014, District Supplement

Supplementary compilation summarizing data regarding graduates and dropouts in Texas public secondary schools broken down by school district (alphabetically) and by various district characteristics.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Research and Analysis.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Status Review Report: Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) (open access)

Status Review Report: Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)

Report documents the status review conducted in response to a petition to list the humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Date: October 2015
Creator: Graham, Krista S.; Boggs, Christofer H.; DeMartini, Edward E.; Schroeder, Robert E. & Trianni, Michael S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Comission Fourth Quarter Performance Measure (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Comission Fourth Quarter Performance Measure

Report measuring the performance of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, including tables, quarterly efficiency metrics, target data, and more.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission County Judge's Guide 2015 (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission County Judge's Guide 2015

"This guide is for informational purposes [...] designed to attempt to explain the most commonly requested information and to explain the regulatory provisions of the [Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code] and procedural rules that apply to the County Judge" (p. 1).
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review : 2014 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review : 2014

Annual report on the activities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including information about their structure, programs, and finances for fiscal year 2014.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: September 2015, [Part 1] (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: September 2015, [Part 1]

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History