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). Congress's decisions on these three programs could substantially affect Coast Guard capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: April 15, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet.
Date: April 15, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report examines the current political state of Afghanistan at length, discussing the political background, security policy, and regional relations.
Date: April 15, 2016
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sexual Violence at Institutions of Higher Education (open access)

Sexual Violence at Institutions of Higher Education

This report provides background information on sexual violence on campus and its prevalence, descriptions of the Clery Act and Title IX, and an analysis of prominent policy and legal issues related to these two statutes. It also includes a brief description of a related third statute focused on educational privacy.
Date: April 15, 2016
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B. & Feder, Jody
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape (open access)

The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape

This report discusses current issues regarding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which is an independent federal agency charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
Date: April 15, 2016
Creator: Moloney Figliola, Patricia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contested Presidential Nominating Conventions: Brief Background and Questions (open access)

Contested Presidential Nominating Conventions: Brief Background and Questions

This report briefly addresses selected questions about possible contested Democratic and Republican conventions that might be relevant as Members of Congress prepare for the 2016 election.
Date: April 15, 2016
Creator: Garrett, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 16, Pages 2625-2816, April 15, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 16, Pages 2625-2816, April 15, 2016

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 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2014 (open access)

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2014

A report which summarizes the latest information on U.S. anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission trends from 1990 through 2014.
Date: April 15, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library