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Overview of the Federal Debt (open access)

Overview of the Federal Debt

The size of current and projected federal deficits and the accumulation of federal debt are central to current congressional deliberations regarding fiscal reforms. This report provides a broad overview of the federal debt, annual budget deficits, and debt service costs. Federal debt is the accumulated sum of unrepaid borrowing by the federal government over time. The total federal debt consists of debt held by the public and intragovernmental debt. Debt owed to the public represents borrowing from entities other than the federal government, and includes borrowing from state and local governments, foreign governments and investors, the Federal Reserve System, and foreign central banks, as well as private investors in the United States.
Date: May 22, 2011
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS): CRS Experts (open access)

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS): CRS Experts

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Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Hagerty, Curry L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues (open access)

The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues

This report provides an overview of nanotechnology, the National Nanotechnology Initiative, possible reauthorization of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-153), and appropriations issues.
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Funeral Program for Beverly Scott, May 22, 2010] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Beverly Scott, May 22, 2010]

Funeral program for Sis. Beverly Scott, born February 11, 1962 and died May 20, 2010. The funeral was held Saturday, May 22, 2010 at True Holiness Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ, officiated by Bishop R. A. Wauls, Pastor. Funeral arrangements were made through Carter-Taylor-Williams Mortuary and she was buried in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: May 22, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 162, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 22, 2011 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 162, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 22, 2011

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
C-H Functionalization Reactivity of a Nickel-Imide (open access)

C-H Functionalization Reactivity of a Nickel-Imide

This article discusses C-H functionalization reactivity of a Nickel-Imide.
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Wiese, Stefan; McAfee, Jason L.; Pahls, Dale R.; McMullin, Claire L.; Cundari, Thomas R., 1964- & Warren, Timothy H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto

Poster promoting The Denton Declaration, an open data manifesto created in May 2012 at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C. & Papić, Mariette
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neural Dynamics: Criticality, Cooperation, Avalanches and Entrainment between Complex Networks (open access)

Neural Dynamics: Criticality, Cooperation, Avalanches and Entrainment between Complex Networks

Book chapter discussing neural dynamics and the criticality, cooperation, avalanches and entrainment between complex networks.
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Grigolini, Paolo; Zare, Marzieh; Svenkeson, Adam & West, Bruce J.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Transition in Tunisia (open access)

Political Transition in Tunisia

Report that discusses Tunisia's pro-democracy movement; concerns over potential instability in a previously secure, pro-Western area; and U.S.-Tunisian relations.
Date: May 22, 2013
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2014 International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) General Assembly. This presentation discusses current quality assurance practices in web archiving.
Date: May 22, 2014
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda; Phillips, Mark Edward & Ko, Lauren
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication through Enhanced Performance Management and Oversight (open access)

Government Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication through Enhanced Performance Management and Oversight

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO's 2013 annual report identifies 31 new areas where agencies may be able to achieve greater efficiency or effectiveness. Seventeen areas involve fragmentation, overlap, or duplication. For example, GAO reported that the Department of Defense could realize up to $82 million in cost savings and ensure equivalent levels of performance and protection by taking action to address its fragmented approach to developing and acquiring combat uniforms. Additionally, GAO reported that a total of 31 federal departments and agencies collect, maintain, and use geospatial information. Better planning and implementation could help reduce duplicative investments and save of millions of dollars."
Date: May 22, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA Education Benefits: VA Needs to Improve Program Management and Provide More Timely Information to Students (open access)

VA Education Benefits: VA Needs to Improve Program Management and Provide More Timely Information to Students

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Student veterans face many challenges pursuing higher education, and problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) administration of the Post-9/11 GI Bill create financial challenges that also affect veterans' academic success. Veterans already cope with challenges transitioning into college as nontraditional students (older or with family obligations) while they are readjusting to civilian life and potentially managing disabilities. However, veterans and school officials told GAO that delays in VA benefit payments create financial challenges for veterans that threaten their ability to pursue higher education. In fiscal year 2012, VA's average processing times for new Post-9/11 GI Bill applications (31 days) and benefit payments claims (17 days) were over a third higher than its performance targets. Processing times during the fall of 2012 were at times even longer. These delays led many veterans GAO spoke with to take on personal debt to cover their housing expenses or consider dropping out of school. VA has taken steps to reduce processing delays, and GAO previously made recommendations to address these issues. However, VA provides limited information about benefit processing timelines and payment policies to student veterans prior to …
Date: May 22, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectrum Management: Federal Relocation Costs and Auction Revenues (open access)

Spectrum Management: Federal Relocation Costs and Auction Revenues

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: May 22, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Observations on States' Role, Liabilities at DOD and Hardrock Mining Sites, and Litigation Issues (open access)

Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Observations on States' Role, Liabilities at DOD and Hardrock Mining Sites, and Litigation Issues

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "States, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), participate in the cleanup of hazardous waste sites in several ways. Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, sites that meet certain risk thresholds are eligible for placement on the National Priorities List (NPL)--a list that includes some of the nation's most contaminated sites. In this context, states may notify EPA of potential hazardous waste sites, evaluate the health and environmental risks at sites being considered for the NPL, or oversee cleanups of NPL sites. In some cases, EPA may elect to defer sites that are eligible for the NPL to other federal or state cleanup programs. As GAO reported in April 2013, EPA had deferred to states the oversight of the cleanup of 47 percent of sites eligible for the NPL. GAO recommended that EPA provide guidance on the most common type of deferral to states, and EPA agreed with GAO's recommendation. In addition, 47 states have their own versions of the Superfund program."
Date: May 22, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy (open access)

Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the revolution and post-conflict transition in Libya, triggered in mid-February 2011 by a chain of events resulting in the death of the Prime Minister (Qadhafi); a new government was elected in July. The report also looks at the military and economic state of the country, including human rights, Islam and politics, and Libya's oil assets.
Date: May 22, 2014
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
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 the following cybersecurity topics: policy overview; National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC); cloud computing and FedRAMP; critical infrastructure; cybercrime, data breaches and data security; national security, cyber espionage, and cyberwar (including Stuxnet); international efforts; education/training/workforce; and research and development (R&D).
Date: May 22, 2014
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Holds" in the Senate (open access)

"Holds" in the Senate

This report discusses a wide range of proposals aimed at reforming holds (an informal practice among Senators to communicate policy views and scheduling preferences) to infuse more accountability, uniformity, and transparency in their use and to make it clear that holds are not a veto on the majority leader's prerogative of calling up measures or matters.
Date: May 22, 2014
Creator: Oleszek, Mark J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administrative Law Primer: Statutory Definitions of "Agency" and Characteristics of Agency Independence (open access)

Administrative Law Primer: Statutory Definitions of "Agency" and Characteristics of Agency Independence

This report explores several important statutes that regulate agencies and these statutes' respective definitions of "agency." These statutes include the Administrative Procedure Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Records Act, statutes governing federal employees, and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Date: May 22, 2014
Creator: Cole, Jared P. & Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectrum Policy: Provisions in the 2012 Spectrum Act (open access)

Spectrum Policy: Provisions in the 2012 Spectrum Act

This report discusses the Spectrum Act, a provision of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. It includes an overview of the Spectrum Act, the specific policy revisions (deficit reduction, directed auctions, incentive auctions, federal spectrum use and reallocation, and unlicensed spectrum) and a conclusion discussing geographic coverage of spectrum licenses, spectrum caps, and planning for future needs.
Date: May 22, 2014
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recently Expired Community Assistance Related Tax Provisions ("Tax Extenders"): In Brief (open access)

Recently Expired Community Assistance Related Tax Provisions ("Tax Extenders"): In Brief

This report briefly summarizes four community assistance-related tax provisions included in the EXPIRE Act, which are (1) the New Markets Tax Credit, (2) Empowerment Zone Tax Incentives, (3) allocation of bond limitations for Qualified Zone Academy Bonds, and (4) the American Samoa Economic Development Credit.
Date: May 22, 2014
Creator: Lowry, Sean
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 54 (open access)

83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 54

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the constitutional provision authorizing the creation of a hospital district in Hidalgo County.
Date: May 22, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutrient-Deprivation Autophagy Factor-1 (NAF-1): Biochemical Properties of a Novel Cellular Target for Anti-Diabetic Drugs (open access)

Nutrient-Deprivation Autophagy Factor-1 (NAF-1): Biochemical Properties of a Novel Cellular Target for Anti-Diabetic Drugs

Article on nutrient-deprivation autophagy factor-1 (NAF-1) and biochemical properties of a novel cellular target for anti-diabetic drugs.
Date: December 11, 2012
Creator: Tamir, Sagi; Zuris, John A.; Agranat, Lily; Lipper, Colin H.; Conlan, Andrea R.; Michaeli, Dorit et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Draft Genome Sequence of Cupriavidus sp. Strain SK-4, a di-ortho-Substituted Biphenyl-Utilizing Bacterium Isolated from Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Contaminated Sludge (open access)

Draft Genome Sequence of Cupriavidus sp. Strain SK-4, a di-ortho-Substituted Biphenyl-Utilizing Bacterium Isolated from Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Contaminated Sludge

Article on the draft genome sequence of Cupriavidus sp. strain SK-4, a di-ortho-substituted biphenyl-utilizing bacterium isolated from polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated sludge.
Date: May 22, 2014
Creator: Vilo, Claudia A.; Benedik, Michael J.; Ilori, Matthew Olusoji & Dong, Qunfeng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nutrient-Deprivation Autophagy Factor-1 (NAF-1): Biochemical Properties of a Novel Cellular Target for Anti-Diabetic Drugs (open access)

Nutrient-Deprivation Autophagy Factor-1 (NAF-1): Biochemical Properties of a Novel Cellular Target for Anti-Diabetic Drugs

Article on nutrient-deprivation autophagy factor-1 (NAF-1) and biochemical properties of a novel cellular target for anti-diabetic drugs.
Date: December 11, 2012
Creator: Tamir, Sagi; Zuris, John A.; Agranat, Lily; Lipper, Colin H.; Conlan, Andrea R.; Michaeli, Dorit et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library