The Advanced Technology Program (open access)

The Advanced Technology Program

The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) was created by P.L. 100-418, the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, to encourage public-private cooperation in the development of pre-competitive technologies with broad application across industries. This activity has been targeted for elimination as a means to cut federal spending. This report discusses the ATP and related issues of federal appropriations (or the lack thereof).
Date: August 10, 1999
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bank Failures: Recent Trends and Policy Options (open access)

Bank Failures: Recent Trends and Policy Options

During the 1980s the U.S. banking industry has experienced a rapidly growing number of failures. Many factors have contributed to this trend including deregulation, technology, individual bank management, and economic conditions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) handles insured bank failures. Congress has been monitoring the recent trend and is concerned with the FDIC’s ability to continue to perform its supervisory and insurance operations. The present situation, information on key factors affecting the banking industry, and the FDIC’s role when a bank fails is discussed in this report. The reference section of this issue brief contains a list of CRS products providing background on the FDIC and legislative issues relevant to the agency.
Date: July 14, 1987
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arctic Petroleum Technology Developments (open access)

Arctic Petroleum Technology Developments

This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for energy development, specifically the North Slope of Alaska for petroleum exploration and development. This report discusses the arguments for and against such development, especially with regard to environmental impacts.
Date: January 23, 2006
Creator: Gelb, Bernard A.; Corn, M. Lynne & Twyman, Terry R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks

The purpose of this report is to provide a more concrete discussion of access to wireline broadband networks. To that end, this report provides a discussion of what broadband networks look like; how both consumers and independent applications providers gain access to these networks; and the parameters available to network providers (such as their choices about network architecture, overall bandwidth capacity, bandwidth reserved for their own use, traffic prioritization, the terms and rates for access to their networks and for their retail services) that can affect end users’ and independent applications providers’ access to those networks.
Date: June 29, 2006
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: The Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah Conflict (open access)

Lebanon: The Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah Conflict

This report analyzes the conflict between Israel and two U.S State Department-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO's), the Lebanese Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and the radical Palestinian Hamas organization.
Date: September 15, 2006
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.; Blanchard, Christopher M.; Katzman, Kenneth; Migdalovitz, Carol; Prados, Alfred; Gallis, Paul E. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Tribal Civil Jurisdiction’s Reach Over Non-Indians: Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc. (open access)

Indian Tribal Civil Jurisdiction’s Reach Over Non-Indians: Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc.

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Date: August 18, 2008
Creator: Kim, Yule
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Independent” Legislative Commission or Office for Ethics and/or Lobbying (open access)

“Independent” Legislative Commission or Office for Ethics and/or Lobbying

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Date: April 14, 2008
Creator: Maskell, Jack & Peterson, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): Frequently Asked Questions

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Date: June 16, 2015
Creator: Hahn, Jim; Davis, Christopher M. & Liu, Edward C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indexing Social Security Benefits: The Effects of Price and Wage Indexes (open access)

Indexing Social Security Benefits: The Effects of Price and Wage Indexes

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Date: May 12, 2005
Creator: Purcell, Patrick; Haltzel, Laura & Ranade, Neela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA): Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands (open access)

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA): Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands

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Date: April 24, 2015
Creator: Murphy, M. Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indexing Social Security Benefits: The Effects of Price and Wage Indexes (open access)

Indexing Social Security Benefits: The Effects of Price and Wage Indexes

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Date: May 4, 2005
Creator: Purcell, Patrick; Haltzel, Laura & Ranade, Neela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual Mandate and Related Information Requirements under ACA (open access)

Individual Mandate and Related Information Requirements under ACA

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Date: July 2, 2012
Creator: Mulvey, Janemarie & Chaikind, Hinda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual Mandate and Related Information Requirements under ACA (open access)

Individual Mandate and Related Information Requirements under ACA

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Date: February 21, 2012
Creator: Mulvey, Janemarie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands (open access)

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands

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Date: June 12, 2006
Creator: Murphy, M. Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
India-Pakistan Nuclear Tests and U.S. Response (open access)

India-Pakistan Nuclear Tests and U.S. Response

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Date: November 24, 1998
Creator: LePeor, Barbara Leitch; Medalia, Jonathan & Rennack, Dianne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Reserved Water Rights Under the Winters Doctrine: An Overview (open access)

Indian Reserved Water Rights Under the Winters Doctrine: An Overview

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Date: June 8, 2011
Creator: Brougher, Cynthia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests? Potential Test Ban Risks and Technical Benefits (open access)

Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests? Potential Test Ban Risks and Technical Benefits

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Date: July 17, 1996
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual Income Tax Rates Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-16) (open access)

Individual Income Tax Rates Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-16)

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Date: January 30, 2003
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Continental Shelf and The Deep Ocean Floor: A Brief Survey of United States Jurisdiction and Control Under International and Federal Law (open access)

The Continental Shelf and The Deep Ocean Floor: A Brief Survey of United States Jurisdiction and Control Under International and Federal Law

This report discusses the ideas of what parts of underwater lands is owned/claimed by what legal powers.
Date: April 4, 1969
Creator: Zafren, Daniel Hill
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence and National Security (open access)

Artificial Intelligence and National Security

This report discuses research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications for the military, their potential uses, and the programs of competing nations such as China and Russia.
Date: April 26, 2018
Creator: Hoadley, Daniel S. & Lucas, Nathan J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S.-Lebanon relations.
Date: January 19, 2011
Creator: Addis, Casey L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education (open access)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education

This report discusses artificial intelligence in education, including current applications, benefits and drawbacks, and policy considerations.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Joyce, J. Lu. & Harris, Laurie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal (open access)

How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal

This report is intended for members and staff assisting grant seekers in districts and states and covers writing proposals for both government and private foundation grants.
Date: June 7, 2018
Creator: Gerli, Merete F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library