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Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 8, Pages 967-1186, February 23, 2018 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 8, Pages 967-1186, February 23, 2018

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: February 23, 2018
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Impediments, Partners, and Proposals: Preparing Graduate Students to Start Their Thesis and Dissertation Proposals

Presentation for the 2018 Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students Conference. This presentation shares the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries’ experience of creating and refashioning workshops to prepare graduate students to write their dissertation or thesis proposals.
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 2018 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 2018

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 2018 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 2018

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Border Data Sharing Under the CLOUD Act (open access)

Cross-Border Data Sharing Under the CLOUD Act

This report reviews the development of cross-border data sharing laws in criminal matters in the United States. It begins with an overview of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Stored Communications Act (SCA). Next, the report discusses the questions raised in the Microsoft litigation and the impact of the CLOUD Act on those issues. Finally, the report examines the new form of international agreements authorized by the CLOUD Act and the commentary on the benefits and drawbacks of the potential new international data sharing agreements.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Mulligan, Stephen P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supreme Court to Hear Digital Privacy Case: Can the Government Obtain Emails Stored Abroad? (open access)

Supreme Court to Hear Digital Privacy Case: Can the Government Obtain Emails Stored Abroad?

This report discusses the upcoming Supreme Court case of "United States vs. Microsoft" which concerns whether the government can compel Microsoft to provide them emails stored abroad. This report provides background on the case, including an overview of the Stored Communications Act (SCA), discusses the specific issues presented by the Microsoft case, and explores the case's implications for Congress.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: Smith, Austin D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Primer: Defense Working Capital Funds (open access)

Defense Primer: Defense Working Capital Funds

This report describes how Defense Working Capital Funds (DWCF) work and lists the major DWCF's that are currently in operation.
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: Purdy, Jason A. & Williams, Lynn M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Questions and Answers (open access)

The European Union: Questions and Answers

This report serves as a primer on the EU. Despite the UK's vote to leave the EU, the UK remains a full member of the bloc until it completes withdrawal negotiations and officially exits the EU (expected to occur in March 2019). As such, this report largely addresses the EU and its institutions as they currently exist. It also briefly describes U.S.-EU political and economic relations that may be of interest in the 115th Congress.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Holman Rule (House Rule XXI, Clause 2(b)) (open access)

The Holman Rule (House Rule XXI, Clause 2(b))

This report provides a history of the Holman Rule provision in House rules and an analysis of precedents that are illustrative of its possible application.
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Partners (open access)

U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Partners

This report presents data on U.S. merchandise (goods) trade with its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partner countries. The data are presented to show bilateral trade balances for individual FTA partners and groups of countries representing such major agreements as the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement and Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) relative to total U.S. trade balances. This report also discusses the issues involved in using bilateral merchandise trade balances as a standard for measuring the economic effects of a particular FTA.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Banking Law: An Overview of Federal Preemption in the Dual Banking System (open access)

Banking Law: An Overview of Federal Preemption in the Dual Banking System

This report provides an overview of the respective roles of the federal government and the states in regulating banking.
Date: January 23, 2018
Creator: Sykes, Jay B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vulnerable Youth: Federal Mentoring Programs and Issues (open access)

Vulnerable Youth: Federal Mentoring Programs and Issues

This report discusses federal mentoring programs for at-risk youths and various issues related to the issue of mentoring programs.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (open access)

Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962

This report outlines the contents of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 which is the bill that mandates that the Department of Commerce conduct studies of industries to determine whether foreign competition is harming national security and allows the President to impose tariffs or other restrictions on imports found to be threats to national security.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: Fefer, Rachel F. & Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution: In Brief (open access)

Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution: In Brief

This report provides a basic overview of interim continuing resolutions (CRs) and highlights some specific issues pertaining to operations of the Department of Defense (DOD) under a CR.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: Williams, Lynn M. & Roscoe, Jennifer M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Control Act: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Budget Control Act: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses several frequently asked questions related to the Budget Control Act (BCA) and the federal annual budget.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: Driessen, Grant A. & Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations Overview: Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (open access)

Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations Overview: Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis

This report discusses FY2018 appropriations (discretionary budget authority) for the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau), historic components of the Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) in the U.S. Department of Commerce. This report will be updated as legislative developments warran
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: Williams, Jennifer D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What's the Difference?: Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data (open access)

What's the Difference?: Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data

This report examines the differences in the trade data from the two nations in two ways. First, it compares the trade figures using the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) to discern any patterns in the discrepancies between the U.S. and Chinese data. The second approach to examining the differing trade data involves a review of the existing literature on the technical and non-technical sources of the trade data discrepancies. This report is updated annually, after the release of official trade data by China and the United States.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments (open access)

Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments

This report is an update of an earlier report regarding the "travel ban" litigation going through the courts and includes President Trump's April 10th,2018, executive order lifting travel restrictions on nationals of Chad.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Smith, Hillel R. & Harrington, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income (open access)

Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income

This report provides an analysis of the tax exclusion for canceled mortgage debt income.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: Keightley, Mark P. & Lunder, Erika
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Australia, China, and the Indo-Pacific (open access)

Australia, China, and the Indo-Pacific

This report discusses Australia's relations with China and the changing power dynamics in the Pacific region.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief (open access)

Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief

This report provides a brief overview of relations between Turkey and the U.S., Turkish foreign and military policies, and domestic issues in Turkey.
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: Zanotti, Jim & Thomas, Clayton
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2018-02-23 – Street Scene: An American Opera

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Opera performed at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.
Date: February 23, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Opera Studies
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Recital: 2018-03-23 – Jack Kartsotis, clarinet

Student recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: Kartsotis, Jack
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Recital: 2018-03-23 – Ryan Espinosa, clarinet

Student recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: Espinosa, Ryan
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library