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Foreign Heads of State Addressing Congress (open access)

Foreign Heads of State Addressing Congress

This report discusses the historical precedent for an addresses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made before a joint meeting of Congress on March 3, 2015.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Straus, Jacob R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, by Topic (open access)

Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, by Topic

This report provides references to analytical reports on cybersecurity from CRS, other government agencies, trade associations, and interest groups. The reports and related websites are grouped under a variety of cybersecurity topics.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress (open access)

The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress

This report provides and introduction to key provisions in the Spectrum Act to improve public safety communications and discusses planning authority, state and local participation, federal governance and other issues regarding the evolving network technologies.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources (open access)

Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources

This guide provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased military personnel. It includes contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts (open access)

U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts

This report lists the beginning and ending dates for "periods of war" found in Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It also lists and differentiates other beginning dates given in declarations of war, as well as termination of hostilities dates and armistice and ending dates given in proclamations, laws, or treaties.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Salazar Torreon, Barbara
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Locate an Agency or Program Within Appropriations Bills (open access)

Locate an Agency or Program Within Appropriations Bills

This report, generated from House and Senate Appropriations Committee published materials, is intended as a resource to guide individuals seeking to verify sources of appropriations for selected federal agencies and programs. It is not a definitive or comprehensive listing of all federal agencies, programs, projects, or activities that appear in annual appropriations measures from year to year.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Murray, Justin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Sanctions (open access)

Iran Sanctions

This report focuses on the United States' relationship with Iran and how the Obama Administration is handling prior administrations' economic sanctions against Iran. The Obama Administration's policy approach toward Iran has contrasted with the Bush Administration's by attempting to couple the imposition of sanctions to an active and direct U.S. effort to negotiate with Iran on the nuclear issue.
Date: February 27, 2010
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism--Legislative Parameters: In Brief (open access)

State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism--Legislative Parameters: In Brief

This brief report provides information on legislation that authorizes the designation of any foreign government as a state sponsor of acts of international terrorism.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sessions, Adjournments, and Recesses of Congress (open access)

Sessions, Adjournments, and Recesses of Congress

This report first describes how pertinent rules and practices regulate the daily sessions of Congress and their adjournments and recesses, including discussion of the "legislative day." It then develops a corresponding discussion for the annual sessions of Congress, which addresses, among other things, the use of "pro forma sessions." The report clarifies certain situations in which terms may simultaneously apply in different ways in relation to the daily session and to the annual session. Finally, the report notes some of the most important implications of the occurrence of sessions, adjournments, and recesses in relation to such matters as presidential action on legislation, recess appointments by the President, the operation of statutory expedited procedures ("fast track" procedures), and "lame duck" (post-election) sessions.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview (open access)

Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview

This report discusses the federal financial reporting -- defined here as the process of recording retrospective executive department-level financial and performance information -- may provide both a snapshot of the government's financial health at a given moment in time, as well as an accounting of its financial performance over a given time frame.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Levine, Meredith A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brief History of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts in the 109th and 110th Congresses to Inform Policy Discussions in the 113th Congress (open access)

Brief History of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts in the 109th and 110th Congresses to Inform Policy Discussions in the 113th Congress

This report opens with brief legislative histories of "comprehensive immigration reform" (CIR) in the 109th and 110th Congresses. A comparative overview of key CIR provisions in the three bills that received floor action in the 109th and 110th Congresses follows. In addition to a narrative discussion of how the bills addressed the main provisions of CIR, the report provides a table that presents a comparative summary of the key features of the bills. The report concludes with observations contrasting the 2006-2007 period with the context of today's CIR debate. The report also provides an appendix that summarizes the three major CIR bills.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Issues in Homeland Security Policy for the 113th Congress (open access)

Issues in Homeland Security Policy for the 113th Congress

This report outlines an array of homeland security issues that may come before the 113th Congress. After a brief discussion of the overall homeland security budget, the report divides the specific issues into five broad categories: counterterrorism and security management, border security and trade, immigration, disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, and departmental management.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Painter, William L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress (open access)

Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress

This report focuses on international and domestic human trafficking and U.S. policy responses, with particular emphasis on the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) and its subsequent reauthorizations. The report begins with a description of key Trafficking in persons (TIP)-related definitions and an overview of the human trafficking problem. It follows with an overview of major foreign policy responses to international human trafficking. The report then focuses on responses to trafficking into and within the United States, examining relief for trafficking victims in the United States and discussing U.S. law enforcement efforts to combat domestic trafficking. The report concludes with an overview of current anti-trafficking legislation and an analysis of policy issues.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Siskin, Alison & Wyler, Liana Sun
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Locate an Agency or Program Within Appropriations Bills (open access)

Locate an Agency or Program Within Appropriations Bills

This report, generated from House and Senate Appropriations Committee published materials, is intended as a resource to guide individuals seeking to verify sources of appropriations for selected federal agencies and programs. It is not a definitive or comprehensive listing of all federal agencies, programs, projects, or activities that appear in annual appropriations measures from year to year.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Murray, Justin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism--Legislative Parameters: In Brief (open access)

State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism--Legislative Parameters: In Brief

This brief report provides information on legislation that authorizes the designation of any foreign government as a state sponsor of acts of international terrorism.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israel: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Israel: Background and U.S. Relations

This report describes issues related to U.S. aid provided to Palestine to support prevention/combating against terrorism, creating coexistence with Israel and self-governance, and meeting humanitarian needs. In includes introductory and historical background as well as in-depth analysis of the types of U.S. bilateral aid to Palestine, U.S. contributions to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the near East (UNRWA), and the issues involved in determining future aid.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Zanotti, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political and social climate of Iraq, specifically in regards to the influence of the U.S. military presence over recent years. This report addresses planned and possible future efforts under the Obama Administration, including the scheduled gradual troops withdrawal.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 2013 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Bernard Express (East Bernard, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 2014 (open access)

East Bernard Express (East Bernard, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 2014

Weekly newspaper from East Bernard, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 2014
Creator: Wallace, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 27, 2010 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 27, 2010

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 2010
Creator: Halter, Janie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 035, Ed. 1 Monday, February 27, 2012 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 035, Ed. 1 Monday, February 27, 2012

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 090, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 27, 2011 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 090, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 27, 2011

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Constraining the initial temperature and shear viscosity in a hybrid hydrodynamic model of sNN=200 GeV Au+Au collisions using pion spectra, elliptic flow, and femtoscopic radii (open access)

Constraining the initial temperature and shear viscosity in a hybrid hydrodynamic model of sNN=200 GeV Au+Au collisions using pion spectra, elliptic flow, and femtoscopic radii

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Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Soltz, R; Garishvili, I; Abelev, B & Glenn, A
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
California GAMA Special Study: Stable Isotopic Composition of Boron in Groundwater - San Diego County Domestic Well Data (open access)

California GAMA Special Study: Stable Isotopic Composition of Boron in Groundwater - San Diego County Domestic Well Data

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Date: February 27, 2012
Creator: Eppich, G. R.; Wimpenny, J. B.; Yin, Q. Z. & Esser, B. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library