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: June 23, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
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, which performs a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) (open access)

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

This report contains information on how to ascertain if an individual is eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Early Childhood Care and Education Programs: Background and Funding (open access)

Early Childhood Care and Education Programs: Background and Funding

This report begins with information on current and historical funding levels for a selection of early childhood care and education programs and tax provisions. Table 1 presents information on the FY2016 Obama Administration’s budget request for such programs, while Table 2 provides a six-year funding history (FY2010-FY2015) for these early childhood care and education programs and tax provisions. The funding section is followed by a series of program summaries.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: Lynch, Karen E. & McCallion, Gail
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Help America Vote Act and Election Administration: Overview and Issues (open access)

The Help America Vote Act and Election Administration: Overview and Issues

This report discusses the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; P.L. 107-252) enacted in 2002. It provides background information about HAVA and its provisions, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), funding for the agency and for state programs to improve elections, and a number of enduring election administration issues.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J. & Fischer, Eric A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration-Related Worksite Enforcement: Performance Measures (open access)

Immigration-Related Worksite Enforcement: Performance Measures

This report provides an overview of the performance measures of the immigration-related worksite enforcement.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background and Issues for Congress

This report focuses on potential Navy shipboard lasers for countering surface, air, and ballistic missile threats. It does not discuss the use of lasers on Navy aircraft or submarines, or the use of lasers by other military services. This report is based on unclassified, open-domain information from the Navy, industry, and research organizations such as RAND.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pass-Throughs, Corporations, and Small Businesses: A Look at Firm Size (open access)

Pass-Throughs, Corporations, and Small Businesses: A Look at Firm Size

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Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedures for Congressional Action in Relation to a Nuclear Agreement with Iran: In Brief (open access)

Procedures for Congressional Action in Relation to a Nuclear Agreement with Iran: In Brief

This report provides, in brief, analysis of the congressional procedural provisions laid out in the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-17). Only provisions relating to congressional actions are covered in this report.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Statistics and Programs (open access)

Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Statistics and Programs

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Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Statistics (open access)

Wildfire Statistics

This report analyzes the statistics of unplanned and unwanted fires and how the U.S. Forest Service responds to the growing number of wildfires.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: Hoover, Katie
System: The UNT Digital Library