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Spotlight on North Texas: Final Performance Report (open access)

Spotlight on North Texas: Final Performance Report

Final performance report for the project Spotlight on North Texas, prepared for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). In collaboration with the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, University of North Texas Libraries preserved and provided long-term digital access to materials related to Denton County's motion picture histories. This project was funded for $11,536.
Date: July 6, 2017
Creator: Treat, Laura
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Priorities Report: 85th Legislative Session (open access)

Legislative Priorities Report: 85th Legislative Session

Report that includes recommendations to the 85th Texas legislature and narrative summaries of the TWDB'S exceptional item requests.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Bruun, Bech; Jackson, Kathleen; Lake, Peter & Walker, Jeff
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agency Report to the Legislature and the Governor's Office (open access)

Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agency Report to the Legislature and the Governor's Office

2016 annual financial report of the Texas Real Estate Commission to the governor's office, including financial statements, related notes, and appendices.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas Real Estate Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Finance Report, Volume 85, Number 1, February 16, 2017 (open access)

Texas State Finance Report, Volume 85, Number 1, February 16, 2017

Document providing information on how the state budget is written and approved by the legislature.
Date: February 16, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Legislative Budget Board Recommendations House Version: 2018-2019 Biennium (open access)

Legislative Budget Board Recommendations House Version: 2018-2019 Biennium

Biennial report of budget and fiscal actions of each legislature and information regarding the fiscal condition of the state.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: First Quarter 2017 (open access)

City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: First Quarter 2017

Quarterly report outlining tax revenues and remittances for alcoholic beverages, listed by city, for January-March 2017. It also compares the statistics to the same period for the previous year.
Date: April 2017
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Library and Archives Commission Biennial Report: 2015-2016 (open access)

Texas State Library and Archives Commission Biennial Report: 2015-2016

Biennial report of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during 2015-2016.
Date: 2017~
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Finance Report, Volume 85, Number 2, April 2017 (open access)

Texas State Finance Report, Volume 85, Number 2, April 2017

The report provides an overview of the proposed state budget and of each article of CSSB1.
Date: April 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: Fourth Quarter 2016 (open access)

City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: Fourth Quarter 2016

Quarterly report outlining tax revenues and remittances for alcoholic beverages, listed by city, for October-December 2016. It also compares the statistics to the same period for the previous year.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staff Report with Final Results: Report to the 85th Legislature (open access)

Staff Report with Final Results: Report to the 85th Legislature

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Report to the 85th Legislature, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: February 2017
Creator: Texas. Sunset Advisory Commission.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Best Management Practices in Certain Water Conservation Plans (open access)

Evaluation of Best Management Practices in Certain Water Conservation Plans

Evaluates the utility's water conservation plan for compliance with TWDB'S best management practices.
Date: January 1, 2017
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the John Lewis (TAO205) class oiler shipbuilding program, previously known as the TAO(X) program, a program to build a new class of 20 fleet oilers for the Navy. The report also discusses budget requests for FY2018 and FY2019.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia-class program, a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs. The Navy has identified the Columbia-class program as the Navy's top priority program, and wants to procure the first Columbia-class boat in FY2021.
Date: December 21, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Background and U.S, Policy (open access)

Venezuela: Background and U.S, Policy

This report describes the government and political structure, economy, and the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela as well as U.S. policy towards Venezuela and recent humanitarian assistance offers made by Congress.
Date: December 11, 2017
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the U.S. and Russia which bans all land-based missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. This report outlines the original treaty provisions and then discusses compliance concerns for both Russia and the U.S., as well as possible responses to the situation by the U.S.
Date: December 6, 2017
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tailoring Bank Regulations: Differences in Bank Size, Activities, and Capital Levels (open access)

Tailoring Bank Regulations: Differences in Bank Size, Activities, and Capital Levels

This report discusses various types of banks and legislative proposals regarding how to tailor regulations to banks of different sizes.
Date: December 21, 2017
Creator: Perkins, David W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA's Firefighter Assistance Grants: Reauthorization or Sunset? (open access)

FEMA's Firefighter Assistance Grants: Reauthorization or Sunset?

This report discuses FEMA's (Federal Emergency Management Agency's) Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program (AFG) and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response program (SAFER) and the reauthorization process in Congress. Unless legislation is passed by both the House and Senate by January 8, 2018, sunset provisions will come into effect for the programs.
Date: December 5, 2017
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Haiti's Political and Economic Conditions: In Brief (open access)

Haiti's Political and Economic Conditions: In Brief

This report describes Haiti's political structure and government, economy, police and army, and human rights and immigration issues. It also discusses UN missions in Haiti and U.S. relations with Haiti, including a a table outlining foreign aid amounts for Haiti from the U.S. for FY 2010-FY2018.
Date: December 1, 2017
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Third Treasury Report on Regulatory Relief: Asset Management and Insurance (open access)

Third Treasury Report on Regulatory Relief: Asset Management and Insurance

This report provides an overview of the third U.S. Treasury publiscation in a series of reports describing regulations of the financial system and ways that it could be improved. This report specifically addresses asset management and insurance with background information and recommendations for improvements.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Perkins, David W. & Webel, Baird
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, Fiscal Year 2002-Fiscal Year 2018 (open access)

Direct Overt U.S. Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, Fiscal Year 2002-Fiscal Year 2018

This report provides a table of data outlining direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan including number for fiscal years 2002-2011 (combined), fiscal years 2012-2016 (individually), an estimate for 2017, and the requested amount for 2018.
Date: November 28, 2017
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan & Epstein, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Application of the "One Central Reason: Standard in Asylum and Withholding of Removal Cases (open access)

The Application of the "One Central Reason: Standard in Asylum and Withholding of Removal Cases

This report discusses asylum and withholding of removal immigration cases, and the application of the "one central reason" rule which dictates that asylum claimants demonstrate that an approved persecution grounds is one of the central reason they are claiming asylum. The same standard has been used in withholding of removal claim cases but a recent ruling by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court stated that the "one central reason" rule does not apply to withholding of removal cases creating a split in opinion among courts.
Date: December 18, 2017
Creator: Smith, Hillel R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Rules Restricting the Content of Conference Reports (open access)

Senate Rules Restricting the Content of Conference Reports

This report discusses the rules in the Senate regarding what can be added to conference reports by committees after their creation.
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Senate Vacancies: Contemporary Developments and Perspectives (open access)

U.S. Senate Vacancies: Contemporary Developments and Perspectives

This report discusses senate vacancies created by a member resigning, dying, or transferring to another position as well as the the procedures to fill them.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Net Neutrality Debate: Access to Broadband Networks (open access)

The Net Neutrality Debate: Access to Broadband Networks

This report discusses the net neutrality debate and the recent ruling by the FCC to repeal a rule which classified internet providers as telecommunication providers and thus required them to provide equal service to all. It also discusses Congressional activity in the 115th Congress regarding the issue.
Date: December 20, 2017
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
System: The UNT Digital Library