Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 04-22, April 20, 2022 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 04-22, April 20, 2022

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
Date: April 20, 2022
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's programs for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs).
Date: April 20, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Effects of Trade: Overview and Policy Challenges (open access)

The Economic Effects of Trade: Overview and Policy Challenges

This report focuses on a number of major issues concerning the role of trade and trade agreements in the economy and issues that are particular to Free Trade Agreements (FTA), including the role of trade in the economy and the macroeconomic forces that drive the trade deficit; the impact of trade on employment and the adjustment costs experienced by firms and workers; estimates of the number of jobs in the economy that are supported by trade and economic models used to estimate the impact of FTAs on employment; the impact of FTAs on foreign investment and employment; and the relationship between trade and the distribution of income.
Date: April 20, 2018
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mental Health Workforce: A Primer (open access)

The Mental Health Workforce: A Primer

This report begins with a working definition of the mental health workforce and a brief discussion of alternative definitions. It then describes three dimensions of the mental health workforce that may influence quality of care, access to care, and costs of care: licensure requirements and scope of practice for each provider type in the mental health workforce, estimated numbers of each provider type in the mental health workforce, and average annual wages for each provider type in the mental health workforce. The report then briefly discusses how these dimensions of the mental health workforce might inform certain policy discussions.
Date: April 20, 2018
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Registered Apprenticeship: Federal Role and Recent Federal Efforts (open access)

Registered Apprenticeship: Federal Role and Recent Federal Efforts

This report discusses apprenticeship programs and the federal certification process for official apprenticeships as well as recent government activity related to apprenticeship guidelines and funding.
Date: April 20, 2018
Creator: Collins, Benjamin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Senate "Two-Hour Rule" Governing Committee Meeting Times (open access)

The Senate "Two-Hour Rule" Governing Committee Meeting Times

This report discusses the creation, provisions, and use of the Senate's two-hour rule for committee meetings while the Senate is in session.
Date: April 20, 2018
Creator: Davis, Christopher M. & Greene, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 16, Pages 2315-2498, April 20, 2018 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 16, Pages 2315-2498, April 20, 2018

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: April 20, 2018
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses Special Operations Forces (SOF), which play a significant role in U.S. military operations and, in recent years, have been given greater responsibility for planning and conducting worldwide counterterrorism operations.
Date: April 20, 2018
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Veterans Choice Program (VCP): Program Implementation (open access)

The Veterans Choice Program (VCP): Program Implementation

This report discusses the Veterans Choice Program (VCP) which allows veterans to use community health care providers and still be covered under VA insurance benefits. The report provides details on how the VCP is being implemented and is meant to provide insight into the execution of the current VCP program.
Date: April 20, 2018
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 50 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 50

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, and ending on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.
Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
New Executive Order Directs Agencies to Revise or Rescind Climate Change Rules and Policies (open access)

New Executive Order Directs Agencies to Revise or Rescind Climate Change Rules and Policies

This report discusses Executive Order (EO) 13783 issued by President Trump which directs government agencies to "review, revise, or rescind" climate change related policies and regulations that "unduly burden domestic energy production or use." It also considers legal considerations and possible effects of the order.
Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Turkey: Erdogan's Referendum Victory Delivers "Presidential System" (open access)

Turkey: Erdogan's Referendum Victory Delivers "Presidential System"

This report discuses the Turkish referendum results regarding creating a presidential system through the abolishment of the position of prime minister and a strengthening of the power of the presidency. Possible irregularities, reactions of other countries to the results, and possible effects of the changes on Turkish government and President Erdogan's power are also discussed.
Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: Zanotti, Jim & Thomas, Clayton
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workers' Compensation: Overview and Issues (open access)

Workers' Compensation: Overview and Issues

This report discusses workers' compensation in the United States beginning with a brief history of its origins and its elements. Costs, federal oversight of state programs, and Texas and Oklahoma's noncompulsory workers' compensation programs are also discussed.
Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: Szymendara, Scott D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The World Drug Problem: UNGA Convenes for a Special Session (open access)

The World Drug Problem: UNGA Convenes for a Special Session

This report discusses the U.N. special session on the problem of drug abuse in the world. The interests and outcomes of the U.S. and U.N are also discussed.
Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 04-16, April 2016 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 04-16, April 2016

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions. Information provided covers CDFI guarantee bond program, FFIEC announces cyber security assessments, and policies and procedures.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2016 (open access)

Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2016

This report includes all the pertinent information on the passage of Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and appropriations bills (fiscal years 1970-2016) through the legislative process: bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and vote tallies, dates of passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes, vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Escalating Violence in El Salvador (open access)

Escalating Violence in El Salvador

This report briefly discusses gangs and violence in El Salvador, and examines the U.S. policy response.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Goldwater-Nichols at 30: Defense Reform and Issues for Congress (open access)

Goldwater-Nichols at 30: Defense Reform and Issues for Congress

This report is designed to assist Congress as it evaluates the many different defense reform proposals suggested by the variety of stakeholders and institutions within the U.S. national security community.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: McInnis, Kathleen J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy (open access)

Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political climate in Libya. Libya's political transition has been disrupted by armed non-state groups and threatened by the indecision and infighting of interim leaders.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Negative Interest Rates (open access)

Negative Interest Rates

In a few foreign economies, including the euro area, Switzerland, and Japan, central banks have purposely set some short-term interest rates used to carry out monetary policy at negative levels. This report briefly discusses the reasons behind this phenomenon.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What's on Television? The Intersection of Communications and Copyright Policies (open access)

What's on Television? The Intersection of Communications and Copyright Policies

This report discusses how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, and the courts have overseen the rise of the internet by applying a combination of communications and copyright laws to regulate the distribution of television programming.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: Scherer, Dana A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The World Drug Problem: UNGA Convenes for a Special Session (open access)

The World Drug Problem: UNGA Convenes for a Special Session

This report briefly discusses the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which has convened in New York for a special session on "The World Drug Problem." It is the third time the UNGA will convene such a session on global drug issues. Previous special sessions on drugs were held in 1990 and 1998.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The World Drug Problem: UNGA Convenes for a Special Session (open access)

The World Drug Problem: UNGA Convenes for a Special Session

This report briefly discusses the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) 2016 special session on "The World Drug Problem." It is the third time the UNGA will convene such a session on global drug issues.
Date: April 20, 2016
Creator: Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture in the WTO: Rules and Limits on Domestic Support (open access)

Agriculture in the WTO: Rules and Limits on Domestic Support

This report provides a brief overview of the World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments most relevant for U.S. domestic farm policy. The report discusses a key question that policy makers ask of virtually every new farm proposal is, how will it affect U.S. commitments under the WTO? The answer depends not only on cost, but also on the proposal's design and objectives, as described below.
Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library