Update, Volume 34, Number 4, May 2015 (open access)

Update, Volume 34, Number 4, May 2015

Newsletter of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas providing updated information about programs, benefits, and related topics.
Date: May 2015
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Use of Group Care for Children in Foster Care (open access)

Use of Group Care for Children in Foster Care

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Date: May 12, 2015
Creator: Congressional Research Service
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: U.S. Policy Overview (open access)

Venezuela: U.S. Policy Overview

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Date: May 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Violence Against Women Act: Overview, Legislation, and Federal Funding (open access)

The Violence Against Women Act: Overview, Legislation, and Federal Funding

This report provides a brief legislative history of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and an overview of the crimes addressed through VAWA. The report concludes with a brief description of the most recent reauthorization of VAWA. The Appendix provides brief VAWA program descriptions and outlines funding information for VAWA authorized programs from FY2011 through FY2015.
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: Sacco, Lisa N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vulnerable Youth: Employment and Job Training Programs (open access)

Vulnerable Youth: Employment and Job Training Programs

This report provides an overview of federal employment programs for vulnerable young people.
Date: May 5, 2015
Creator: Ferndes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wartime Detention Provisions in Recent Defense Authorization Legislation (open access)

Wartime Detention Provisions in Recent Defense Authorization Legislation

This report offers a brief background of the salient issues raised by the detainee provisions of the FY2012 NDAA, provides a section-by-section analysis, and discusses executive interpretation and implementation of the act's mandatory military detention provision. It also addresses detainee provisions in subsequent defense authorization legislation, as well as those under consideration during the House and Senate deliberations of the 2016 NDAA.
Date: May 28, 2015
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K. & Garcia, Michael J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act (CWA): Rapanos and Beyond (open access)

The Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act (CWA): Rapanos and Beyond

This report provides background including the pre-Rapanos Supreme Court opinions, then moves on to Rapanos itself and the Corps/EPA guidance documents.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Meltz, Robert & Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 114th Congress (open access)

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 114th Congress

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Date: May 5, 2015
Creator: Shea, Dana A. & Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Worker Rights Provisions in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) (open access)

Worker Rights Provisions in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

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Date: May 28, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Youth and the Labor Force: Background and Trends (open access)

Youth and the Labor Force: Background and Trends

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Date: May 7, 2015
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library