Grizzly Steppe - Russian Malicious Cyber Activity (open access)

Grizzly Steppe - Russian Malicious Cyber Activity

"This document provides technical details regarding the tools and infrastructure used by the Russian civilization and military intelligence Services (RIS) to compromise and exploit network and endpoints associated with the U.S. election, as well as a range of U.S. Government, political, and private sector entities."
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Select Committee on Mental Health (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Select Committee on Mental Health

Report from the Texas House Committee on Mental Health describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Mental Health.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The "Waters of the United States" Rule: Legislative Options and 114th Congress Responses (open access)

The "Waters of the United States" Rule: Legislative Options and 114th Congress Responses

This report discusses legislative activity in the 114th Congress regarding a major regulatory initiative related to the "waters of the United States" rule. Despite the court's stay of the rule, some in Congress favor halting the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) and the Corps' current approach to defining "waters of the United States."
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Transition Legislative Oversight Committee (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Transition Legislative Oversight Committee

Report from the Transition Legislative Oversight Committee describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: November 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0119 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0119

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The effect of section 130.0827 of the Education Code on the simultaneous service of an individual as a board trustee of Blinn College and a Brazos County commissioner (RQ-0108-KP).
Date: November 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0120 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0120

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a junior or community college to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in classrooms or other areas where minors attend class or are routinely present (RQ-0109-KP).
Date: November 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

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

This report examines 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: September 29, 2016
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations (open access)

Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations

This report discusses issues surrounding the transition of Presidential power, including the variety of events, decisions, and activities contribute to it.
Date: September 29, 2016
Creator: Halchin, L. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: September 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (11th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Second Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Second Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Second Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: September 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (2nd)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Tenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Tenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Tenth Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: September 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (10th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts (open access)

U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts

This report lists the beginning and ending dates for "periods of war" found in Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It also lists and differentiates other beginning dates given in declarations of war, as well as termination of hostilities dates and armistice and ending dates given in proclamations, laws, or treaties.
Date: September 29, 2016
Creator: Salazar Torreon, Barbara
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. Outward signs of the uprising against Bahrain's Al Khalifa ruling family that began on February 14, 2011 have diminished, but continued smaller demonstrations, opposition boycotts of elections, and incarceration of dissident leaders counter government assertions that Bahrain has "returned to normal."
Date: August 29, 2016
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gangs in Central America (open access)

Gangs in Central America

This report describes the gang problem in Central America, discusses country approaches to deal with the gangs, and analyzes U.S. policy with respect to gangs in Central America.
Date: August 29, 2016
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce: Background, Analysis, and Questions for Congress (open access)

The Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce: Background, Analysis, and Questions for Congress

This report provides background on the Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition workforce. Specifically, the report addresses the following questions: 1. What is the acquisition workforce? 2. What is the current size of the acquisition workforce? 3. How has Congress sought to improve the acquisition workforce in the past? 4. What are some potential questions for Congress to explore in the area of acquisition workforce management to improve acquisitions?
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Schwartz, Moshe; Francis, Kathryn A. & O'Connor, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Development Administration: FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

Economic Development Administration: FY2016 Appropriations

This report discusses budget issues for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), which was created pursuant to the enactment of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, with the objective of fostering growth in economically distressed areas characterized by high levels of unemployment and low per-capita income levels.
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Benefits and Services for People with Low Income: Overview of Spending Trends, FY2008-FY2015 (open access)

Federal Benefits and Services for People with Low Income: Overview of Spending Trends, FY2008-FY2015

This report is the most recent in a series that attempts to identify and discuss programs that provide federal benefits and services targeted toward low-income populations, focusing on aggregate spending trends. The report looks at federal low-income spending from FY2008 (at the onset of the 2007-2009 recession) through FY2015 (after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or ACA).
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Spar, Karen & Falk, Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues (open access)

FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues

This report provides a brief synopsis of sections in each bill (H.R. 4909 as passed by the House on May 26, 2016, and S. 2943 as passed by the Senate on July 21, 2016) that pertain to selected personnel policies. These include issues such as military end-strengths, pay and benefits, military healthcare (TRICARE), military retirement, and other major policy issues.
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.; Jansen, Don J.; Kapp, Lawrence; Mason, R. C. & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Trafficking and Forced Labor: Trends in Import Restrictions (open access)

Human Trafficking and Forced Labor: Trends in Import Restrictions

This report discusses issues regarding a provision against forced labor in the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibited from import into the United States "all goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions" (Section 307 of the Act).
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Rosen, Liana W.; Villarreal, M. A. & Feng, Ashley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 31, Pages 5477-5630, July 29, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 31, Pages 5477-5630, July 29, 2016

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: July 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Law Library Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Texas State Law Library Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by the Texas State Law Library to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. State Law Library.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
After Brexit: A Diminished or Enhanced EU? (open access)

After Brexit: A Diminished or Enhanced EU?

This report briefly discusses the United Kingdom's (UK's) "Brexit" vote and what it means for the future of the European Union.
Date: June 29, 2016
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Searches and Seizures: Overview of Proposed Amendments to Rule 41 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure (open access)

Digital Searches and Seizures: Overview of Proposed Amendments to Rule 41 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure

This report provides a brief overview of the proposed amendment to Rule 41. First, it provides a background on the origin of, and rationale underlying, the proposed amendment and a description of the rule as currently written. Second, it reviews the potential changes made by the proposed amendment and will survey various concerns commenters have raised with the proposal. Lastly, this report addresses efforts being made in Congress to alter, delay, or stop this rule change.
Date: June 29, 2016
Creator: Thompson, Richard M., II
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zika Virus in Latin America and the Caribbean: U.S. Policy Considerations (open access)

Zika Virus in Latin America and the Caribbean: U.S. Policy Considerations

This report provides background information on the Zika virus, discusses challenges faced by governments and implementing partners in the Latin America and Caribbean region that are attempting to control the ongoing outbreak, and analyzes these issues in the context of the U.S. Zika response.
Date: June 29, 2016
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare; Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji & Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library