Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Nebraska’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet (open access)

Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Nebraska’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet

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Date: May 16, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in New Hampshire’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet (open access)

Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in New Hampshire’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet

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Date: May 16, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Oklahoma’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet (open access)

Summary Cost Data for Health Plans Available in Oklahoma’s Exchange, 2014: Fact Sheet

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Date: May 16, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 20, Pages 3781-3908, May 16, 2014 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 20, Pages 3781-3908, May 16, 2014

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: May 16, 2014
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations

This report discusses the current United States relation with Venezuela, including background on the political situation and recent developments, the economic conditions, relevant U.S. policies, and the legislative initiatives in the 111th and 112th Congresses. The United States traditionally has had close relations with Venezuela, a major supplier of foreign oil, but there has been friction in relations under the government of populist President Hugo Chávez. U.S. officials have expressed concerns about human rights, Venezuela's military arms purchases, its relations with Cuba and Iran, and its efforts to export its brand of populism to other Latin American countries.
Date: May 16, 2014
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Infrastructure Financing: Proposals to Create a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program (open access)

Water Infrastructure Financing: Proposals to Create a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program

This report discusses the "Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act," or WIFIA, program, which is one legislative option to finance water infrastructure projects.
Date: May 16, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: President’s FY2015 Budget (open access)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: President’s FY2015 Budget

This report summarizes the president's budget estimates for each section of the CMS budget. Then, for each legislative proposal included in the president's budget, this report provides a description of current law and the president's proposal.
Date: May 15, 2014
Creator: Mitchell, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coordinated Party Expenditures in Federal Elections: An Overview (open access)

Coordinated Party Expenditures in Federal Elections: An Overview

This report examines campaign finance law in the context of political party committee expenditures. It discusses relevant Supreme Court precedent and recent legislative activity.
Date: May 15, 2014
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration: CERP and the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) (open access)

Everglades Restoration: CERP and the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP)

This report provides definition for everglades, describes what is the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), and discusses the restoration of everglades project.
Date: May 15, 2014
Creator: Stern, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Lord’s Resistance Army: The U.S. Response (open access)

The Lord’s Resistance Army: The U.S. Response

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Date: May 15, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Republic of the Philippines and U.S. Interests--2014 (open access)

The Republic of the Philippines and U.S. Interests--2014

This report looks at the U.S. foreign policy towards the Philippines and discusses the key U.S. policy concerns related to the Philippines.
Date: May 15, 2014
Creator: Lum, Thomas & Dolven, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Trends and U.S. Policy Challenges (open access)

U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Trends and U.S. Policy Challenges

This report provides background information and analysis on U.S. foreign trade in services. The focus of the report is an analysis of the policy challenges that the United States confronts, especially the challenge of negotiating a set of international disciplines on trade in services and dealing with the complexity of measuring trade in services. The report also focuses on emerging issues and current negotiations, especially those pertaining to the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the Translantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement.
Date: May 15, 2014
Creator: Cooper, William H. & Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues (open access)

U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues

This report reviews the ongoing programs and issues that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It includes an overview of this force structure during the Cold War summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991, and offers details about each category of delivery vehicle--land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and heavy bombers--focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs.
Date: May 15, 2014
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Medical Care: FY2015 Appropriations (open access)

Veterans' Medical Care: FY2015 Appropriations

This report focuses on funding for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The VHA is primarily a direct service provider of primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services to veterans through the nation's largest integrated health care system.
Date: May 15, 2014
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
S. 2262, Shaheen-Portman Bill 2014: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (open access)

S. 2262, Shaheen-Portman Bill 2014: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act

This report reviews the Senate bill S.2262 and considers the contentious pieces of the bill. Moreover, the report addresses possible amendments to the bill. The report also covers the budget of S. 2262 and describes the expansions it aims to make with energy restrictions and the enforcement of those restrictions.
Date: May 14, 2014
Creator: Sissine, Fred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crisis in the Central African Republic (open access)

Crisis in the Central African Republic

This report provides background on the evolving political, security, and humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), which began when a fractious rebel coalition seized control of the central government in March 2013. The report also describes U.S. policy responses and analyzes possible issues for Congress, including oversight of U.S. humanitarian assistance and support for international stabilization efforts in CAR.
Date: May 14, 2014
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia: Issues for Congress (open access)

Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia: Issues for Congress

This report presents policy and oversight issues for Congress arising from maritime territorial disputes involving East Asia, East China Sea (ECS), and an additional dispute over whether China has a right under international law to regulate U.S. and other foreign military activities in its maritime Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Date: May 14, 2014
Creator: Dolven, Ben; Manyin, Mark E. & Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer (open access)

Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer

This report discusses section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), the specific requirements of which must be met in order for the United States to engage in civilian nuclear cooperation with other states. The AEA also provides for exemptions to these requirements, export control licensing procedures, and criteria for terminating cooperation.
Date: May 14, 2014
Creator: Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Body Armor for Law Enforcement Officers: In Brief (open access)

Body Armor for Law Enforcement Officers: In Brief

This report contains an overview of the Matching Grant Program for Law Enforcement Armor Vests (BPV program). It also provides a discussion of data on law enforcement agencies that require their officers to wear armor vests while on duty, research on why officers may choose to wear armor vests, research on the life cycle for armor vests, data on the use of body armor by law enforcement officers who were killed with a firearm, and research on the effectiveness of armor vests.
Date: May 13, 2014
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1058 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1058

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a municipal development district may fund a new building for a senior civic center if the center will be operated by a private nonprofit corporation (RQ-1165-GA).
Date: May 13, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S.-Vietnam Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S.-Vietnam Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on nuclear energy and nonproliferation that has grown in recent years along with closer bilateral economic, military, and diplomatic ties.
Date: May 13, 2014
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth D.; Holt, Mark & Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance (open access)

Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, and the Afghan government. It also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date: May 12, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance (open access)

Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan and the Afghan government. It also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date: May 12, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airport Privatization: Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Airport Privatization: Issues and Options for Congress

This report discusses airport privatization, particularly the low participation in the Airport Privatization Pilot Program (APPP) and the policy changes that would be required to encourage more airports to privatize. It provides background on privatization in general, the APPP and reasons why it has not stimulated privatization, privatization in Europe and Canada, and related issues and options.
Date: May 12, 2014
Creator: Tang, Rachel Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library