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Global Climate Change (open access)

Global Climate Change

This report discusses different perspectives used to consider issues related to the global climate change and issues related to the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto Agreement.
Date: December 14, 2001
Creator: Justus, John R. & Fletcher, Susan R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI), implemented by the Bush Administration in 2001 to provide economic and counter-narcotics assistance for Colombia and regional neighbors. The report discusses the goals of the ARI, as well as related appropriations.
Date: December 14, 2001
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Serafino, Nina M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Arabia: Post-War Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

Saudi Arabia: Post-War Issues and U.S. Relations

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Date: December 14, 2001
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation (open access)

Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation

The nation’s health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures (e.g. electricity, the power plants that generate it, and the electric grid upon which it is distributed). Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. This report aims to address the concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks raises the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructures to “cyber” attacks.
Date: December 14, 2001
Creator: Moteff, John D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AIDS in Africa (open access)

AIDS in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has been far more severely affected by AIDS than any other part of the world. The United Nations reports that 25.3 million adults and children are infected with the HIV virus in the region, which has about 10% of the world's population but more than 70% of the worldwide total of infected people. This report discusses this issue in detail, including the cause of the African AIDS epidemic, the social and economic consequences, response and treatment, and U.S. policy.
Date: December 14, 2001
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Aviation Security Legislation in the Aftermath of the September 11 Attack (open access)

Selected Aviation Security Legislation in the Aftermath of the September 11 Attack

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Date: December 14, 2001
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Flat Tax, Value-Added Tax, and National Retail Sales Tax: Overview of the Issues (open access)

The Flat Tax, Value-Added Tax, and National Retail Sales Tax: Overview of the Issues

The current income tax system is criticized for costly complexity and damage to economic efficiency. Reform suggestions have proliferated, including a national retail sales tax, several versions of a value-added tax (VAT), the much-discussed “Flat Tax” on consumption (the “Hall-Rabushka” tax), the “USA” proposal for a direct consumption tax, and revisions of the income tax. The President has indicated that major tax reform will be a priority item in his second term.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A. & Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

U.S.-China economic ties have expanded substantially over the past several years. China is now the third largest U.S. trading partner, its second largest source of imports, and its fourth largest export market. However, U.S.-China commercial ties have been strained by a number of issues, including a surging U.S. trade deficit with China, China's refusal to float its currency, and failure to fully comply with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, especially its failure to provide protection for U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR). This report explores these issues in detail, especially concerning the lack of protection for U.S. IPR.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations (open access)

Pakistan-U.S. Relations

A stable, democratic, economically thriving Pakistan is vital to U.S. interests in Asia. Key U.S. concerns regarding Pakistan include regional terrorism; weapons proliferation; the ongoing Kashmir problem and Pakistan-India tensions; human rights protection; and economic development. A U.S.-Pakistan relationship marked by periods of both cooperation and discord was transformed by September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the ensuing enlistment of Pakistan as a pivotal ally in U.S.-led counterterrorism efforts. The top U.S. officials regularly praise Islamabad for its ongoing cooperation, although doubts exist about Islamabad’s commitment to some core U.S. interests in the region.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Economic Conditions (open access)

China's Economic Conditions

China’s economy remained relatively healthy in 2002, despite economic slowdowns in other parts of the world. Foreign investment continued to pour into China, and the Chinese government effectively used public spending to boost the economy. However, painful economic reforms will be necessary to keep the economic strong in 2003 and beyond. The recent outbreak in early 2003 of a very contagious virus called SevereAcuteRespiratory Syndrome (SARS) in China appears to have had a short-term negative impact on the Chinese economy.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ukraine's Political Crisis: Ukrainian Presidential Elections and U.S. Policy (open access)

Ukraine's Political Crisis: Ukrainian Presidential Elections and U.S. Policy

Summary of Ukraine's political crisis around 2004, including the campaign conditions, international response, U.S. policy, and more.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Woehrel, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine (DRE) Controversy: FAQs and Misperceptions (open access)

The Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine (DRE) Controversy: FAQs and Misperceptions

As Congress considers proposals relating to DREs, salient issues might include the lack of information about DRE security, especially in relation to other systems and other components of election integrity; potential conflicts with HAVA requirements that might be associated with the proposals; how those proposals might impact voter confidence; and what impacts they might have on future innovation.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: Fischer, Eric A. & Coleman, Kevin J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposals in the 109th Congress to Split the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (open access)

Proposals in the 109th Congress to Split the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Report on the Ninth Circuit court of appeals, including the geography, population, caseload, proposals to split the circuit, and more.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excited Utterances, "Testimonial" Statements, and the Confrontation Clause (open access)

Excited Utterances, "Testimonial" Statements, and the Confrontation Clause

The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument this term in appeals from two state supreme court cases, Hammon v. Indiana and Davis v. Washington, concerning the admissibility of “excited utterance” statements made by non-testifying witnesses at criminal trials. In the landmark Crawford v. Washington case in 2004, the Court held that the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause forbids hearsay “testimonial” evidence from being introduced against the accused unless the witness is unavailable to testify and the defendant has had a prior opportunity to crossexamine the witness. However, the Crawford Court declined to provide a comprehensive definition of “testimonial,” leaving such task “for another day.”
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Livestock Price Reporting: Background (open access)

Livestock Price Reporting: Background

This report summarizes how the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting (LMPR) law expired on September 30, 2005. And after considering all the approaches they took in the past, the house agreed to the bill to extend LMPR for Five more years while Senate agreed to one-year extension. Updated December 14, 2005.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concurrent Enrollment Programs (open access)

Concurrent Enrollment Programs

Initiated in part as a proposal to reform U.S. high schools, concurrent enrollment programs enable high school aged students to take college level course work and receive college credit while enrolled in high school. Concurrent enrollment programs can be best described as a secondary/postsecondary school hybrid. This report provides a brief history of these programs and a description of the different types of programs, including participation data.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Mercer, Charmaine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 50, Pages 9175-9468, December 14, 2007 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 50, Pages 9175-9468, December 14, 2007

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: December 14, 2007
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Input (Idaho) (open access)

State Input (Idaho)

Contains Idaho State Input from the June 17, 2005 Regional Hearing in Portland, OR.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Commission-Chairman's Notes (open access)

BRAC Commission-Chairman's Notes

Contains notes from May 18, 2005 Hearing in Washington, DC, by Chairman Principi.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book (open access)

Base Visit Book

Contains base visit book from Niagara Falls International Airport Air Guard Station-New York.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book (open access)

Base Visit Book

Contains notes and Base Visit Book for Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book (open access)

Base Visit Book

Contains Base Visit Book (NMC9)Navy/MC- Naval Station Joint Reserve Base, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Media Briefing Book (open access)

Media Briefing Book

Contains Media Briefing Book-Navy/MC- Submarine Base New London, CT.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book (open access)

Base Visit Book

Contains Base Visit Book- McChord Air Force Base, WA.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library