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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
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concurrent Receipt: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Concurrent Receipt: Background and Issues for Congress

This report addresses the issue of concurrent receipt, which is when a person receives both military retirement pay and Veterans Administration (VA) disability pay in the full amounts due to them. It discusses the two primary components of the concurrent receipt program: Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) and Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP), and also reviews the possible legislative expansion of the program to additional populations with several potential options for Congress to consider.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Benefits for Former Spouses: Legislation and Policy Issues (open access)

Military Benefits for Former Spouses: Legislation and Policy Issues

This report provides a general discussion of legislative provisions and proposals relating to the military benefits for former spouses. Questions that this report seeks to answer include: What benefits can former spouses of members or retirees of the uniformed services receive under law? What role do the services play in facilitating delivery of those benefits? What practical problems arise in the implementation of and service involvement in claims on those benefits? How does the current system for a divorce-related division of military retired pay work?
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

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

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. A total of 29 LCSs have been procured through FY2017. For FY2018, the Navy is requesting the procurement of 30th and 31st LCSs.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Money Laundering: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. §1956 and Related Federal Criminal Law (open access)

Money Laundering: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. §1956 and Related Federal Criminal Law

This report provides an overview of the elements of federal criminal money laundering statutes and the sanctions imposed for their violation. It includes an extensive overview and analysis of elements as well as legal attributes and consequences of violating various federal criminal statues related to money laundering, most specifically 18 U.S.C. § 1956, 1957, and 1952. The end of the report provides text of the statutes discussed, citations of state money laundering and money transmission statutes, and a list federal predicate offenses with their accompanying maximum terms of imprisonment.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missing Adults: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress (open access)

Missing Adults: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress

This report discusses federal efforts to assist local law enforcement in adult missing persons cases. It discusses demographics and record keeping of missing adults and unidentified remains; federally-funded databases that are used to track data on missing adults and unidentified individuals; federal programs and initiatives to assist in locating missing adults, including funding data; and issues regarding the federal role in missing adult cases.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy LX (R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy LX (R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the LX(R) program, a program to build a new class of amphibious ships for the Navy. The report discusses the requested research and development funds in Navy's proposed FY2018 budget, with the intent of procuring the first LX(R) in FY2020.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Primer (open access)

Social Security Primer

This report provides an overview of Social Security financing and benefits under current law. The report covers a brief history of the program; Social Security financing and the status of the trust funds; how Social Security benefits are computed; the types of Social Security benefits available to workers and their family members; the basic eligibility requirements for each type of benefit; the scheduled increase in the Social Security retirement age; and the federal income taxation of Social Security benefits.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contested Elections in Honduras (open access)

Contested Elections in Honduras

This report discuses the November 26, 2017 Honduran presidential elections including allegations of irregularity in the voting count and uncertainty over who the election winner is with only 89% of the vote counted as a of November 30th. It provides an overview of implications of the results of the election for the United States and their relations with Honduras.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress

This report presents background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Navy's Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) and Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyer programs. The Navy's proposed FY2018 budget requests funding for the procurement of two DDG-51s, and authority for a new multiyear procurement (MYP) contract covering DDG-51s to be procured in FY2018-FY2022.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 64, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 64, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 120, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 120, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the 115th Congress (open access)

Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the 115th Congress

This report considers prominent topics in the 115th Congress's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization debate. Major issues discussed are financing, air traffic control privatization, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), the Essential Airline Service (EAS), foreign airlines, and certification reform.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Elias, Bart & Tang, Rachel Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects (open access)

Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects

This report is intended to address questions that arise frequently related to the topic of government shutdowns. It discusses the causes of funding gaps and shutdowns of the federal government, processes that are associated with shutdowns, and how agency operations may be affected by shutdowns. The report concludes with a discussion of potential issues for Congress.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Brass, Clinton T.; Brudnick, Ida A.; Keegan, Natalie; McMillion, Barry J.; Rollins, John W. & Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 240, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 240, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017 (open access)

The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Leonard, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Blevins, Betsy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017 (open access)

Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Mathis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Gonzales, Paul
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 2017

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, national, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Waddell, Reece
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Retrospective Thesis Digitization Project in Cataloging and Metadata Services

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses cataloging and metadata issues encountered during a retrospective digitization of theses and dissertations.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Berg, Jeremy
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the workflow procedures of the UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Community Newspaper Preservation: One page at a time

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the preservation of the Aransas Pass Progress newspaper prior to Hurricane Harvey.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Every Day is Digital Preservation Day @ the UNT Libraries

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation introduces the University of North Texas Libraries' legacy with digital preservation.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library