Solar for All: Making it Happen in Low-income Communities

Introductory presentation slides from a webcast about solar energy in low-income communities. Webcast offered as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's State and Local Climate and Energy Program webcast series.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Solar for All: Making it Happen in Low-Income Communities

Slide presentation discussing the availability of solar power for low-income communities.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Vote Solar
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Export-Import Bank: Frequently Asked Questions

This report addresses frequently-asked questions about the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, grouped in the following categories: congressional interest and the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization debate; market context; international context; organizational structure and management; programs; statutory requirements and policies; risk management; budget and appropriations; implications of a sunset in authority; and historical and current approaches to reauthorization.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias; Carpenter, David H.; Driessen, Grant A. & Taylor, Julia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements (open access)

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

This report provides an overview of many of the key arms control and nonproliferation agreements and endeavors of the past 40 years, divided into three sections. The first describes arms control efforts between the United States and the states of the former Soviet Union. The second section describes multilateral nuclear nonproliferation efforts. The final section reviews treaties and agreements that address chemical, biological, and conventional weapons.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.; Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Surveillance of Foreigners Outside the United States Under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (open access)

Surveillance of Foreigners Outside the United States Under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

This report discusses the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-261), which created separate procedures for targeting non-U.S. persons and U.S. persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States under a new Title VII of FISA.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Liu, Edward C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Internet Tax Freedom Act: In Brief (open access)

The Internet Tax Freedom Act: In Brief

This report discusses the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA; P.L. 105-277) enacted in 1998, which implemented a three-year moratorium preventing state and local governments from taxing Internet access, or imposing multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Stupak, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections (open access)

The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections

This report provides information about the electoral college including its origins, who makes up the college today, the 2012 presidental election, and calls for the reform of the electoral college.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highway Bridge Conditions: Issues for Congress (open access)

Highway Bridge Conditions: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the nation's transportation infrastructure in general, and in particular the federal role in funding, building, maintaining, and ensuring the safety of roads and especially bridges in the United States.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Kirk, Robert S. & Mallett, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Postal Service Rolls Back Its Prices (open access)

U.S. Postal Service Rolls Back Its Prices

This report discusses the USPS drop in the price of First-Class "Forever" (or equivalent domestic letter) postage.
Date: April 13, 2016
Creator: Christensen, Michelle D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library