Boko Haram (open access)

Boko Haram

This report details the emergence of Boko Haram as major terrorist organization.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Blanchard, Lauren Ploch
System: The UNT Digital Library
The War Powers Resolution: Concepts and Practice (open access)

The War Powers Resolution: Concepts and Practice

This report discusses and assesses the War Powers Resolution and its application since enactment in 1973, providing detailed background on various cases in which it was used, as well as cases in which issues of its applicability were raised. It will be revised biannually.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Weed, Matthew C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region: Cooperation and Opposition (open access)

Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region: Cooperation and Opposition

This report presents background information and discusses potential issues for Congress relating to U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. These efforts pose several potential policy, funding, and oversight issues for Congress. Decisions that Congress makes on these issues could affect U.S. defense funding requirements and military capabilities, and U.S. relations with countries in the Asia Pacific region, including China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Australia.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Rinehart, Ian E.; Hildreth, Steven A. & Lawrence, Susan V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas (open access)

U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas

This report examines U.S. oil and natural gas production data for federal and non-federal areas with an emphasis on the past five fiscal years of production.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Humphries, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Al Shabaab (open access)

Al Shabaab

This report briefly examines Al Shabaab (aka Harakat Shabaab al Mujahidin, or Mujahidin Youth Movement) which is an insurgent and terrorist group that evolved out of a militant wing of Somalia’s Council of Islamic Courts in the mid-2000s.
Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: Ploch Blanchard, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
OSHA State Plans: In Brief, with Examples from California and Arizona (open access)

OSHA State Plans: In Brief, with Examples from California and Arizona

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Date: April 3, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library