10 Maneras de Hacer Que a su Familia le Encanten las Frutas y Verduras (open access)

10 Maneras de Hacer Que a su Familia le Encanten las Frutas y Verduras

A guide to ten ways to encourage you family to eat fruits and vegetables.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Access to Unapproved Drugs: FDA Policies on Compassionate Use and Emergency Use Authorization (open access)

Access to Unapproved Drugs: FDA Policies on Compassionate Use and Emergency Use Authorization

This report discuses the approval or licensure procedures of drugs and biological products which Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may permit the sponsor to provide an unapproved or unlicensed product to patients outside the standard regulatory framework.
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Thaul, Susan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

After a year, its time to use those bottles for something else

Poster discussing how extended bottlefeeding can damage a child's dental health and tips to reduce bottlefeeding.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Budget: Fact Sheet (open access)

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Budget: Fact Sheet

This report summarizes the goals and focus of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The AHRQ is a piece of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which is meant to improve the quality of health care, enhance the delivery of health care, and increase the amount of access people have to health services. Moreover, the report covers how the AHRQ is financed and debates how it will continue to be so.
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Sarata, Amanda K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Disaster Assistance (open access)

Agricultural Disaster Assistance

This report discusses several programs offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help farmers recover financially from natural disasters, including drought and floods. All the programs have permanent authorization, and only one requires a federal disaster designation (the emergency loan program). Most programs receive funding amounts that are "such sums as necessary" and are not subject to annual discretionary appropriations.
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Water Conservation Demonstration Initiative in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Final Report (open access)

Agricultural Water Conservation Demonstration Initiative in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Final Report

Report on agricultural irrigation water systems in the lower Rio Grande Valley that conserve water while still effectively watering the crops.
Date: August 2015
Creator: McLemore, Tom; Arendt, Johanna; Ford, Karen & Fernandez, Linda
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Allowance Allocation Proposed Rule Technical Support Document (TSD) (open access)

Allowance Allocation Proposed Rule Technical Support Document (TSD)

A paper which provides information to support the EPA's approach to distribute CO2 allowances in the proposed Clean Power Plan emission guidelines (EGs) mass-based federal plan.
Date: August 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Compliance Option Technical Support Document (TSD) (open access)

Alternative Compliance Option Technical Support Document (TSD)

A report intended to provide a voluntary pathway by which an affected EGU that commits to retiring would be removed from the trading program (either mass-based or rate-based trading) and instead would comply with a unit-specific emission limitation.
Date: August 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendment Process in the Committee of the Whole (open access)

Amendment Process in the Committee of the Whole

This report discusses the amendments, which are usually considered not in the House, but in the Committee of the Whole, a parliamentary device designed to expedite the amendment process.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendments in the Senate: Types and Forms (open access)

Amendments in the Senate: Types and Forms

This report briefly describes the various types of amendments that take place in the Senate. It has sections describing distinctions among amendments, degrees of amendments, forms of amendments, and the scope of amendments.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apprenticeship in the United States: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Apprenticeship in the United States: Frequently Asked Questions

This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) report focuses on the Registered Apprenticeship system, through which the U.S. Department of Labor (or a recognized state apprenticeship agency) certifies a program as meeting certain federal requirements related to duration, intensity, and benefit to the apprentice. The report also discusses federal programs for which supporting apprenticeship activities is an allowable, but not required, use of funds.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Collins, Benjamin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ask About Breastfeeding Help Offered By Tour Health Plan (open access)

Ask About Breastfeeding Help Offered By Tour Health Plan

An information sheet about asking your health plan provider about breastfeeding help they offer.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automated Distress Surveys: Analysis of Network Level Data (Phase III) (open access)

Automated Distress Surveys: Analysis of Network Level Data (Phase III)

Report on network level data related to automated distress surveys performed by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Serigos, Pedro A.; Chen, Kuan-Yu; Smit, Andre; Prozzi, Jorge A. & Murphy, Mike R.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Continuing Resolutions: Background and Overview of Recent Proposals (open access)

Automatic Continuing Resolutions: Background and Overview of Recent Proposals

This report provides background on the historical frequency of federal funding gaps and shutdowns. It also discusses features of Automatic Continuing Resolutions (ACRs), arguments for and against ACRs, relevant Congressional actions, and proposals in the 112th through 114th Congresses.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barton Warnock Visitor Center {Rack Card] (open access)

Barton Warnock Visitor Center {Rack Card]

Card advertising Barton Warnock Visitor Center with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biopower: Background and Federal Support (open access)

Biopower: Background and Federal Support

The report begins with general summaries about bioenergy and biopower, including potential benefits and challenges, feedstocks, and biopower technologies. It also describes federal support available for biopower and relevant legislative concerns.
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents (open access)

Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents

This report traces the history of birthright citizenship under U.S. law and discusses some of the legislation in recent Congresses intended to alter it. In the current and recent Congresses, some Members have introduced or supported legislation that would revise or reinterpret the Citizenship Clause to address several concerns.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Lee, Margaret M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bitcoin: Questions, Answers, and Analysis of Legal Issues (open access)

Bitcoin: Questions, Answers, and Analysis of Legal Issues

This report has three major sections. The first section answers some basic questions about Bitcoin and the operation of the Bitcoin network and its interaction with the current dollar-based monetary system. The second section summarizes likely reasons for and against widespread Bitcoin adoption. The third section discusses legal and regulatory matters that have been raised by Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Murphy, Edward V.; Murphy, M. M. & Seitzinger, Michael V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brazil: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Brazil: Background and U.S. Relations

This report discusses the current political and economic situation in Brazil, and examines the U.S.'s commercial relationship with the country. The United States traditionally has enjoyed robust economic and political relations with Brazil, which is the seventh-largest economy in the world and is recognized by the Obama Administration as a "major global player" and an "indispensable partner" on issues ranging from international development to climate change.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calendars of the House of Representatives (open access)

Calendars of the House of Representatives

This report describes the use of "calendars" in the House of Representatives, referring to (1) lists of measures and motions eligible for consideration and (2) documents that contain the eligible motions and information about the status of legislation.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
California Drought: Hydrological and Regulatory Water Supply Issues (open access)

California Drought: Hydrological and Regulatory Water Supply Issues

This report provides a summary of California's 2012-2015 drought including: comparisons, where applicable, to previous droughts; a summary of the key regulatory requirements that at certain times limit water deliveries (or exports) from the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers' Delta; and a brief discussion of California water rights with their relation to different types of federal contracts and their associated water allocations.
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Cody, Betsy A.; Folger, Peter & Brown, Cynthia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cedar Hill State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Cedar Hill State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Cedar Hill State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal (open access)

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: Holt, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Alabama (open access)

Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Alabama

Document outlining state-specific goals for carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency through 2030 for the state of Alabama.
Date: August 3, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library