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The Budget Control Act: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Budget Control Act: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses fourteen frequently asked questions related to the Budget Control Act (BCA) and the annual budget.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Driessen, Grant A. & Lynch, Megan S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations: Overview (open access)

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations: Overview

This report outlines the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill for the 2018 fiscal year. This bill includes funding for the Department of the Treasury (Title I), the Executive Office of the President (EOP; Title II), the judiciary (Title III), the District of Columbia (Title IV), and more than two dozen independent agencies (Title V). The bill typically funds mandatory retirement accounts in Title VI, which also contains additional general provisions applying to the funding provided agencies through the FSGG bill. Title VII contains general provisions applying government-wide. The FSGG bills have often also contained provisions relating to U.S. policy toward Cuba
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Webel, Baird
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guidelines on Selection and Use of Snow and Ice Control Materials (open access)

Guidelines on Selection and Use of Snow and Ice Control Materials

Book of guidelines for the selection of snow and ice control materials for winter weather road maintenance in Texas.
Date: September 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guidelines To Facilitate the Evaluation of Brines For Winter Roadway Maintenance Operations (open access)

Guidelines To Facilitate the Evaluation of Brines For Winter Roadway Maintenance Operations

Report which presents guidelines on facilitating the evaluation of brines for winter-weather roadway use, a discussion of environmental impacts, and operational best practices.
Date: September 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Impact of Specialized Hauling Vehicles on Pavement and Bridge Deterioration (open access)

The Impact of Specialized Hauling Vehicles on Pavement and Bridge Deterioration

Report on the impact of specialized hauling vehicles on pavement and bridge deterioration.
Date: September 2017
Creator: Walton, C. Michael; Murphy, Mike; Wu, Hui; Jiang, Nan (Writer on transportation); Hasan, Manar; Xu, Hongbin et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Influence of Transportation on Residential Choice: A Survey of Texas REALTORS on Factors Affecting Housing Location Choice (open access)

Influence of Transportation on Residential Choice: A Survey of Texas REALTORS on Factors Affecting Housing Location Choice

Report on Influence of Transportation on Residential Choice: A Survey of Texas REALTORS on Factors Affecting Housing Location Choice.
Date: September 2017
Creator: Lasley, Phil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, and gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition strategies and proposed funding levels for the Aegis BMD program. Congress's decisions on the Aegis BMD program could significantly affect U.S. BMD capabilities and funding requirements, and the BMD-related industrial base.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking (open access)

The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking

Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking providing a final report of their findings that...
Date: September 2017
Creator: United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Appendices E-H (open access)

The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Appendices E-H

Supplementary appendices that support the final report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking including ...
Date: September 2017
Creator: United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Appendices E-H (open access)

The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Appendices E-H

Final report appendices E-H of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP) containing the information gathered through the commission's survey of federal offices, public meeting materials and presentations, public input-hearing testimony and other public comments, and related evidence built by prior commissions.
Date: September 2017
Creator: United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quatar: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

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

This report outlines Qatar's governmental structure and leaders, economy, human rights issues, their relations with other countries in the region, and U.S. defense partnerships with Qatar.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Evaluation Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (open access)

Self-Evaluation Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Texas State Board of Public Accountancy

Results of a self-evaluation by the TSBPA to the Sunset Advisory Committee, addressing its history and major events, policy-making structure, funding, organization, agency programs, statutory authority and recent legislation, major issues, and related topics and information.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review : 2016 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review : 2016

Annual report on the activities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including information about their structure, programs, and finances for fiscal year 2016.
Date: September 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: August 2017, Part 4 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: August 2017, Part 4

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: September 1, 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: August 2017, Part 6 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: August 2017, Part 6

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: September 1, 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foreign Money and U.S. Campaign Finance Policy (open access)

Foreign Money and U.S. Campaign Finance Policy

This report discusses regulations forbidding the use of foreign money in U.S. election campaigns and various debates and recent actions surrounding enforcement of the rules.
Date: September 3, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Possible U.S. Policy Approaches to North Korea (open access)

Possible U.S. Policy Approaches to North Korea

This report describes President Trump's current policy toward North Korea and possible options for future U.S. policy. Options include diplomatic engagement, international and U.S. sanction increases, military strikes, destabilization of the North Korean government through intelligence activities and popular resentment, enhanced military cooperation with allies, and additional funding for preventing arms trading and related trade with North Korea.
Date: September 4, 2017
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Manyin, Mark E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Issues in Autonomous Vehicle Deployment (open access)

Issues in Autonomous Vehicle Deployment

This report discusses issues related to autonomous vehicle regulations on the federal and state level and proposals by Congress to establish new regulatory rules (H.R. 3388) that would create a federal standard for autonomous vehicles and require state law to be in agreement with the federal law.
Date: September 5, 2017
Creator: Canis, Bill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retirement Benefits for Federal Law Enforcement Personnel (open access)

Retirement Benefits for Federal Law Enforcement Personnel

This report discusses federal law enforcement officers enhanced retirement benefits due to mandatory retirement ages making these employees retire younger than the average government employee. Many individuals and employee groups who work in law enforcement-related positions, but who have not qualified as law enforcement officers for retirement purposes, have sought enhanced benefits through legislation in recent Congresses. Possible pros and cons of such legislation are discussed.
Date: September 5, 2017
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: August 2017, Part 1 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: August 2017, 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: September 5, 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: August 2017, Part 2 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: August 2017, Part 2

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: September 5, 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): Frequently Asked Questions

This report answers frequently asked questions about the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program and the recent announcement on September 5, 2017 that the program was being rescinded.
Date: September 6, 2017
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2018 (open access)

Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2018

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) and estimates for 2017 and 2018.
Date: September 6, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Debris Management: Requirements, Challenges, and Federal Agency Roles (open access)

Disaster Debris Management: Requirements, Challenges, and Federal Agency Roles

This report focuses on the requirements applicable to disaster debris management and the challenges that communities face when attempting to manage it both quickly and safely. This report also provides an overview of the types of support provided by FEMA, the Corps, and EPA with respect to disaster debris removal. A discussion of the programs or statutory authorities under which that support may be provided is beyond the scope of this report. There are a number of conditions under which federal agencies may support communities with disaster debris removal. With respect to FEMA's involvement in debris removal assistance, this report focuses on support that may be provided after the President declares the incident to involve a "major disaster" under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended).
Date: September 6, 2017
Creator: Luther, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library