Federal Pay – Status of January 2004 Adjustments: A Fact Sheet (open access)

Federal Pay – Status of January 2004 Adjustments: A Fact Sheet

This article talks about federal pay adjustment rates and the general schedule pay adjustment
Date: January 24, 2004
Creator: Gressle, Sharon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation (open access)

Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation

This report discusses a variety of issues pertaining to energy policy. It includes information about most recent developments, background and analysis broken down into major categories, and relevant legislation.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Legal Overview (open access)

Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Legal Overview

This report provides an overview of Title IX in general and of the intercollegiate athletics regulations in particular. It includes a summary of the report issued by the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics and the Department of Education's (ED's) response with a discussion of recent legal challenges to the regulations and to the three-part test.
Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Feder, Jody
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Choice: Current Legislation (open access)

School Choice: Current Legislation

This report provides an overview of current local, state, and federal policies and programs that support school choice and identifies and summarizes recent federal school choice legislation.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Smole, David P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil and Water Conservation Issues (open access)

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

This report discusses soil and water conservation, which were prominent farm policy topics in the 108th Congress as the Administration implemented provisions in the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171). This farm bill increased spending and expanded the scope of the conservation effort by reauthorizing and amending most existing conservation programs and enacting new ones through FY2007.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employee Retirement Programs: Budget and Trust Fund Issues (open access)

Federal Employee Retirement Programs: Budget and Trust Fund Issues

Retirement annuities for civilian federal employees are provided mainly through two programs: the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). These annuities are financed through a combination of employee contributions and payments made by the federal government to the civil service retirement trust fund. This report discusses the two programs, how they work, and how they are financed.
Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Purcell, Patrick J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Credit Services of America’s Deal to Leave the Farm Credit System (open access)

Farm Credit Services of America’s Deal to Leave the Farm Credit System

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Date: September 24, 2004
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2005 (open access)

HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2005

This report discusses about US international HIV/AIDS programs, HIV/AIDS in the foreign operations Appropriations, Labor/HHS Appropriations and other Appropriations.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rhode Island Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Rhode Island Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Rhode Island.
Date: June 24, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supplemental Educational Services for Children from Low-Income Families Under ESEA Title I-A (open access)

Supplemental Educational Services for Children from Low-Income Families Under ESEA Title I-A

This report discusses supplemental educational services in the general sense, which include educational activities provided outside of normal school hours that are designed to augment or enhance the educational services provided during regular periods of instruction.
Date: February 24, 2004
Creator: Smole, David P.
System: The UNT Digital Library