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Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service (open access)

Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service

Report that discusses the broadband loan and grant programs at Rural Utilities Service (RUS) that is intended to accelerate the deployment of broadband services in rural America.
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran Sanctions (open access)

Iran Sanctions

Report that analyzes U.S. and international sanctions against Iran and, in so doing, provides examples, based on a wide range of open source reporting, of companies and countries that conduct business with Iran. It also discusses the effectiveness of sanctions on Iran.
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget "Sequestration" and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules (open access)

Budget "Sequestration" and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules

Report that looks at the history and current status of sequestration at it relates to Congress, including how it is enacted and special rules that can apply.
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: Spar, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Restrictions on Contractor Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Have Had No Reported Impacts on National Security (open access)

Legislative Restrictions on Contractor Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Have Had No Reported Impacts on National Security

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Section 8102 of the Department of Defense (DOD) and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 directed us to evaluate the effect on national security resulting from the section's requirements. These requirements, as well as those previously included in Section 8116 of the DOD Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, prohibit DOD's use of funds appropriated by the respective acts for any contract over $1 million unless the contractor agrees not to use or enforce mandatory arbitration agreements to resolve specified employee claims, such as those under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These statutes also provide that the Secretary of Defense can waive the application of these restrictions on mandatory arbitration to avoid harm to U.S. national security interests."
Date: June 13, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Judiciary: Efforts to Consolidate and Share Services between District and Bankruptcy Clerks' Offices (open access)

Federal Judiciary: Efforts to Consolidate and Share Services between District and Bankruptcy Clerks' Offices

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Institutions: Causes and Consequences of Recent Community Bank Failures (open access)

Financial Institutions: Causes and Consequences of Recent Community Bank Failures

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Ten states concentrated in the western, midwestern, and southeastern United States--areas where the housing market had experienced strong growth in the prior decade--each experienced 10 or more commercial bank or thrift (bank) failures between 2008 and 2011. The failures of small banks (those with less than $1 billion in assets) in these states were largely driven by credit losses on commercial real estate (CRE) loans, particularly loans secured by real estate to finance land development and construction. Many of the failed banks had often pursued aggressive growth strategies using nontraditional, riskier funding sources and exhibited weak underwriting and credit administration practices. The Department of the Treasury and the Financial Stability Forum's Working Group on Loss Provisioning observed that earlier recognition of credit losses could have potentially lessened the impact of the crisis. The accounting model used for estimating credit losses is based on historical loss rates, which were low in the prefinancial crisis years. In part due to these accounting rules, loan loss allowances were not adequate to absorb the wave of credit losses that occurred once the financial crisis began. Banks had to recognize these losses through …
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: IRS Managing Implementation Risks, but Its Approach Could Be Refined (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: IRS Managing Implementation Risks, but Its Approach Could Be Refined

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has implemented one of GAOÂ’s four recommendations from June 2011 to strengthen the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) implementation efforts by scheduling the development of performance measures for the PPACA program. IRS has made varying degrees of progress on the other three recommendations:"
Date: June 13, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: States' Plans to Pursue New and Revised Options for Home- and Community-Based Services (open access)

Medicaid: States' Plans to Pursue New and Revised Options for Home- and Community-Based Services

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The four Medicaid options for home- and community-based services (HCBS) included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) provide states with new incentives and flexibilities to help increase the availability of services for Medicaid beneficiaries. Two of the options were newly created by PPACA, and the other two were existing options amended by the law. Three of the options provide states with financial incentives in the form of enhancements to the Medicaid matching rate that determines the federal share of the programÂ’s costs."
Date: June 13, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Infrastructure: Limited Improvement in Bridge Conditions over the Past Decade, but Financial Challenges Remain (open access)

Transportation Infrastructure: Limited Improvement in Bridge Conditions over the Past Decade, but Financial Challenges Remain

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "There has been limited improvement in bridge conditions in the past decade, but a substantial number of bridges remain in poor condition. Of the 607,380 bridges on the nation's roadways in 2012, 1 in 4 was classified as deficient. Some are structurally deficient and have one or more components in poor condition and others are functionally obsolete and may no longer be adequate for the traffic they serve. Data indicate that the number of deficient bridges has decreased since 2002 even as the number of bridges has increased. The impact of the federal investment in bridges is difficult to measure. For example, while Department of Transportation (DOT) tracks a portion of bridge spending on a state-by-state basis, the data do not include state and local spending, thus making it difficult to determine the federal contribution to overall expenditures. Understanding the impact of federal investment in bridges is important in determining how to invest future federal resources."
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Regulation: Observations on the Toxic Substances Control Act and EPA Implementation (open access)

Chemical Regulation: Observations on the Toxic Substances Control Act and EPA Implementation

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reported in June 2005 that EPA has historically faced the following challenges in implementing the provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA):"
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: Recent Growth Underscores Need for Improved Risk Management and Reporting (open access)

Export-Import Bank: Recent Growth Underscores Need for Improved Risk Management and Reporting

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Ex-Im's Business Plan concluded that the exposure limits in the Reauthorization Act were appropriate, but GAOÂ’s May 2013 report found weaknesses in the methodology Ex-Im used to justify that conclusion. The Reauthorization Act increased the Ex-Im exposure limit to $120 billion in 2012, with provisions for additional increases to $130 billion in 2013 and $140 billion in 2014. Ex-Im forecast that its year-end exposure would be $120.2 billion in 2013 and $134.9 billion in 2014, below the congressionally determined limits. However, the buffer between the exposure limit and Ex-Im's exposure forecast for 2013 and 2014 is small in comparison with recent historical experience."
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA Health Care: Improvements Needed for Monitoring and Preventing Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents (open access)

VA Health Care: Improvements Needed for Monitoring and Preventing Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "During GAO's recent work on services available for women veterans (GAO-10-287), several clinicians expressed concern about the physical safety of women housed in mental health programs at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility. GAO examined (1) the volume of sexual assault incidents reported in recent years and the extent to which these incidents are fully reported, (2) what factors may contribute to any observed underreporting, and (3) precautions VA facilities take to prevent sexual assaults and other safety incidents. This testimony is based on recent GAO work, "VA Health Care: Actions Needed To Prevent Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents," (GAO-11-530) (June 2011). For that report, GAO reviewed relevant laws, VA policies, and sexual assault incident documentation from January 2007 through July 2010. In addition, GAO visited five judgmentally selected VA medical facilities that varied in size and complexity and spoke with the four Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) that oversee them."
Date: June 13, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Technology: Additional Executive Review Sessions Needed to Address Troubled Projects (open access)

Information Technology: Additional Executive Review Sessions Needed to Address Troubled Projects

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since January 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and selected agencies have held multiple TechStat Accountability Sessions (TechStats) on information technology (IT) investments that varied in terms of function, significance, and risk. As of April 2013, OMB reported conducting 79 TechStats, which focused on 55 investments at 23 federal agencies. The four agencies conducted 37 TechStats covering 28 investments. About 70 percent of the OMB- and 76 percent of agency-led TechStats on major investments were considered medium- to high-risk at the time of the TechStat. However, the number of at-risk TechStats held to date is relatively small compared to the current number of medium- and high-risk IT investments. Until OMB and agencies develop plans to address these investments, the investments will likely remain at risk."
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Command-line Tools for Digital Preservation

Presentation for a 2011 command-line workshop at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. This presentation discusses command-line tools for digital curation and preservation.
Date: June 13, 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights

This report discusses the state of Iraqi politics, governance, and human rights, including the worsening relations between local Sunni and Shiite populations.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview (open access)

Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview

This report discusses the immigration problem regarding the number of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) arriving in the United States borders. The report discusses the scope of the problem, current policy challenges, and the processing and treatment of the UAC apprehended.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Seghetti, Lisa; Siskin, Alison & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990 (open access)

Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990

This report discusses U.S. security assistance to Taiwan, or Republic of China (ROC), including policy issues for Congress and legislation.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers (open access)

Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers

This report provides insight to reserve component personnel issues through a series of questions and answers. This report is designed to provide an overview of key reserve component personnel issues.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence & Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees' Retirement System: Budget and Trust Fund Issues (open access)

Federal Employees' Retirement System: Budget and Trust Fund Issues

Report that discusses the two retirement systems: (1) the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) for individuals hired before 1984, (2) the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) for individuals hired in 1984 or later.
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Textbooks Weighing you Down? Check out our E-Readers (open access)

Textbooks Weighing you Down? Check out our E-Readers

Article discussing a project by the UNT Libraries to purchase e-book readers for students purchasing digital textbooks.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 2013 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 13, 2013
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 234, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 13, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 234, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 13, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 72, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 13, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 72, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 13, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing: Industry Trends, Global Competition, Federal Support (open access)

U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing: Industry Trends, Global Competition, Federal Support

This report looks at how photovoltaic (PV) solar modules can help increase energy supply for the U.S. It looks at the current status of PV manufacturers, safety of PV imports, and competition within the PV market.
Date: June 13, 2012
Creator: Platzer, Michaela D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library