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FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress
This report analyzes each of the areas that has changed as a result of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) actions and Court decisions. The various positions in the debate also are summarized.
Date:
March 13, 2007
Creator:
Goldfarb, Charles B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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, functions, and systems across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures. This report discusses in more detail the evolution of a national critical infrastructure policy and the institutional structures established to implement it. The report highlights five issues of Congressional concern: identifying critical assets; assessing vulnerabilities and risks; allocating resources; information sharing; and, regulation.
Date:
March 13, 2007
Creator:
Moteff, John D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Members of the U.S. Congress Who Have Died of Other Than Natural Causes While in Office
None
Date:
March 13, 2002
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program
None
Date:
March 13, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution
None
Date:
March 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): A Brief Review of FY2003 Appropriations and the FY2004 Budget
None
Date:
March 13, 2003
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism Preparedness: Catalog of Selected Federal Assistance Programs
None
Date:
March 13, 2002
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA): Overview and Current Legal Developments
This report provides an overview of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and discusses current legal and legislative developments.
Date:
March 13, 2000
Creator:
Jones, Kimberly D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Care Spending and the Aging of the Population
None
Date:
March 13, 2007
Creator:
Jenson, Jennifer
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Mediation Provisions
This report discusses the statutory and regulatory requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), judicial decisions, and the concept of mediation as it applies to special education.
Date:
March 13, 2002
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A Brief History
This report provides a brief history of the federal grants to state and local governments.
Date:
March 13, 2008
Creator:
Love, Natalie P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
School Finance Litigation
This report provides an analysis of litigation regarding school financing, including an overview of the legal issues involved in such litigation and a description of the leading school finance cases at both the federal and state level.
Date:
March 13, 2007
Creator:
Feder, Jody
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Methamphetamine Lab Clean-up and Remediation Issues
None
Date:
March 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): Army Corps of Engineers Authorization Issues in the 109th Congress
The Corps is a federal agency in the Department of Defense with military and civilian responsibilities. At the direction of Congress, the Corps plans, builds, operates, and maintains a wide range of water resources facilities in U.S. states and territories.
Date:
March 13, 2006
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federalism Issues in Surface Transportation Policy: Past and Present
This report provides an historical perspective on contemporary federalism issues in surface transportation policy that are likely to be addressed by Congress during the 111th Congress, including possible devolution of programmatic responsibility to states and proposals to change state maintenance-of-effort requirements and state cost matching requirements.
Date:
March 13, 2009
Creator:
Dilger, Robert J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
This report discusses the reasons that Iran is considered a threat to U.S. security, including Iran's nuclear program, involvement with terrorist organizations, and involvement with neighboring countries' local governments. The report also discusses ways which the U.S. hopes to modify Iran's behavior with sanctions, and the effectiveness of these sanctions.
Date:
March 13, 2009
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Change and Congress
This report puts the human contribution of carbon to the atmosphere into the larger context of the global carbon cycle. The report focuses almost entirely on carbon dioxide (CO2), which alone is responsible for over half of the change in Earth's radiation balance. Moreover, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), CO2 is the most important greenhouse gas released to the atmosphere from human activities.
Date:
March 13, 2008
Creator:
Folger, Peter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Zimbabwe: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
None
Date:
March 13, 2007
Creator:
Ploch, Lauren
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Russia’s 2008 Presidential Succession
None
Date:
March 13, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wetlands: An Overview of Issues
The report documents recent changes in wetland acres. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its most recent periodic survey of changes in wetland acreage nationwide in March 2006. Covering 1998 to 2004, it concluded that during this time period there was a small net gain in overall wetland acres for the first time that this survey has been conducted. Others caution, however, that much of this gain was in ponds, rather than natural wetlands.
Date:
March 13, 2007
Creator:
Zinn, Jeffrey A. & Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safeguarding the Nation’s Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions
None
Date:
March 13, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bulgaria: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
This short report provides information on Bulgaria's current political and economic situation, and foreign policy. It also discusses U.S. policy towards Bulgaria.
Date:
March 13, 2008
Creator:
Woehrel, Steven
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Access to Government Information In the United States
The Constitution of the United States makes no specific allowance for any one of the co-equal branches to have access to information held by the others and contains no provision expressly establishing a procedure for, or a right of, public access to government information. Nonetheless, Congress has legislated various public access laws. These include two records access statutes — the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act — and two meetings access statutes — the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. This report provides background on the issue of government transparency and examines relevant litigation.
Date:
March 13, 2008
Creator:
Relyea, Harold C. & Ginsberg, Wendy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Russia’s March 2008 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications
This report discusses the campaign and results of Russia's March 2, 2008, presidential election and implications for Russia and U.S. interests. Popular outgoing President Vladimir Putin endorsed his First Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitriy Medvedev, who easily won an election viewed by some observers as not free and fair.
Date:
March 13, 2008
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library