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Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 16, Pages 2899-3130, April 16, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 16, Pages 2899-3130, April 16, 2010

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: April 16, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 29, Pages 6133-6406, July 16, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 29, Pages 6133-6406, July 16, 2010

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: July 16, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Shirley Grammer Holding Wiseman Bible]

Photograph of Shirley Grammer holding the Wiseman Bible in front of a potted plant by a brick building in Wilson County, Texas.
Date: April 16, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food Safety in the 111th Congress: H.R. 2749 and S. 510 (open access)

Food Safety in the 111th Congress: H.R. 2749 and S. 510

This report discusses whether the current food safety system has the resources, authority, and structural organization to safeguard the health of American consumers, who spend more than $1 trillion on food each year. Also at issue is whether federal food safety laws, first enacted in the early 1900s, have kept pace with the significant changes that have occurred in the food production, processing, and marketing sectors since then.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: Johnson, Renée; Lister, Sarah A.; Williams, Erin D. & Burrows, Vanessa K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force (open access)

Progress report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force

This report describes work by the Interagency Climate Change Task Force. The group's goals include forming recommendations for a national strategy for climate change adaptation, improving the resilience and adaptive capacity of the federal government towards climate change, and improving public understanding of specific climate change vulnerabilities.
Date: March 16, 2010
Creator: United States. Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 2010 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 2010

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 16, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 16, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Peace Corps: Current Issues (open access)

The Peace Corps: Current Issues

This report provides a brief overview of the Peace Corps and discusses how the 111th Congress is considering the President's annual funding request for the Peace Corps and efforts to reauthorize the Peace Corps. Current issues for Congress include the extent to which there is available funding for Peace Corps expansion, whether the Peace Corps has the institutional capacity to expand, and whether volunteers are able to function in a safe and secure environment.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress

Cluster munitions are air-dropped or ground-launched weapons that release a number of smaller submunitions intended to kill enemy personnel or destroy vehicles. This report discusses the two major international initiatives that address cluster munitions: the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and negotiations under the UN Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). Currently, the Obama Administration has reiterated U.S. opposition to the CCM, which entered into force August 1, 2010, but is participating in negotiations regarding cluster munitions under the CCW. This report also provides a brief historical overview of cluster munitions.
Date: September 16, 2010
Creator: Feickert, Andrew & Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Benefits: Current Life Insurance Programs (open access)

Veterans' Benefits: Current Life Insurance Programs

This report provides information on the current Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) life insurance programs available for servicemembers and veterans, management and administration issues, and associated policy issues and legislation.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: Scott, Christine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology (open access)

The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology

Congressional interest in facilitating U.S. technological innovation led to the passage of P.L. 96-517, Amendments to the Patent and Trademark Act, commonly referred to as the "Bayh-Dole Act" after its two main sponsors former Senators Robert Dole and Birch Bayh. Under this 1980 law, as amended, title to inventions made with government support is provided to the contractor if that contractor is a small business, a university, or other non-profit institution. This report discusses the rationale behind the passage of P.L. 96-517, its provisions, and implementation of the law.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Millennium Challenge Corporation (open access)

Millennium Challenge Corporation

This report discusses the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), which provides economic assistance through a competitive selection process to developing nations that are pursuing political and economic reforms in three areas: ruling justly, investing in people, and fostering economic freedom. This report also discusses several concerns related to MCC implementation, including the level of funding to support MCC programs.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments (open access)

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments

This report discusses the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which bans all nuclear explosion and was in 1996 adopted by the U.N. General Assembly but rejected by the U.S. Senate in 1997. This report discusses the Obama Administration's stated goal of pursuing U.S. ratification of the CTBT, although the Administration has mainly focused on securing Senate consent to ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). This report also discusses other nuclear weapons-related issues as well as the long history of nuclear testing.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 2010 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 16, 2010
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress

The Navy's FY2011-FY2015 shipbuilding plan calls for procuring an 11th and final San Antonio (LPD-17) class amphibious ship in FY2012. This report discusses the procurement cost estimates of this ship, as well as related issues for Congress.
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress (open access)

Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress

This report discusses the process of naming Navy ships, which have traditionally been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy. Congress in recent years has proposed, and sometimes passed, legislation regarding the naming of specific ships.
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Lunch Tray: 01_20110216_01C4195

Images taken at a North Texas middle school documenting the food on a lunch tray and the remains on the same tray after the meal was consumed. These images are part of a study to document what food students are eating.
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Lunch Tray: 01_20110216_01B6015

Images taken at a North Texas middle school documenting the food on a lunch tray and the remains on the same tray after the meal was consumed. These images are part of a study to document what food students are eating.
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Lunch Tray: 01_20110216_01A5603

Images taken at a North Texas middle school documenting the food on a lunch tray and the remains on the same tray after the meal was consumed. These images are part of a study to document what food students are eating.
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Lunch Tray: 01_20110216_01A5606

Images taken at a North Texas middle school documenting the food on a lunch tray and the remains on the same tray after the meal was consumed. These images are part of a study to document what food students are eating.
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Lunch Tray: 01_20110216_01A5607

Images taken at a North Texas middle school documenting the food on a lunch tray and the remains on the same tray after the meal was consumed. These images are part of a study to document what food students are eating.
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Lunch Tray: 01_20110216_01A5608

Images taken at a North Texas middle school documenting the food on a lunch tray and the remains on the same tray after the meal was consumed. These images are part of a study to document what food students are eating.
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Lunch Tray: 01_20110216_01A5609

Images taken at a North Texas middle school documenting the food on a lunch tray and the remains on the same tray after the meal was consumed. These images are part of a study to document what food students are eating.
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Lunch Tray: 01_20110216_01A5610

Images taken at a North Texas middle school documenting the food on a lunch tray and the remains on the same tray after the meal was consumed. These images are part of a study to document what food students are eating.
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library