Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Policy and Research (open access)

Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Policy and Research

Statement discussing the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) over time, the potential future opportunities and risks of AI, and the future implications of AI on policies and research priorities.
Date: June 26, 2018
Creator: Persons, Timothy M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Primer: Understanding the Process for Auditing the Department of Defense (open access)

Defense Primer: Understanding the Process for Auditing the Department of Defense

This report explains why the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) receives annual audits, how the audits are conducted, limitations of audits, and considerations for Congress.
Date: June 26, 2018
Creator: Schwartz, Moshe & Gnanarajah, Raj
System: The UNT Digital Library
Opioid Treatment Programs and Related Federal Regulations (open access)

Opioid Treatment Programs and Related Federal Regulations

This report provides information on federal regulations regarding treatment for opioid addiction, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT), opioid treatment programs (OTPs), and DATA-waived providers (DWPs).
Date: June 26, 2018
Creator: Duff, Johnathan H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supreme Court Drives Home Its Concern for Privacy in Collins v. Virginia (open access)

Supreme Court Drives Home Its Concern for Privacy in Collins v. Virginia

This report discusses the Collins decision and its potential implications for Fourth Amendment law. Facing a clash between two well-established Fourth Amendment doctrines--the primacy of the home in Fourth Amendment case law versus the "automobile exception" to the Amendment's warrant requirement--the Supreme Court in Collins v. Virginia ultimately came down on the side of protecting privacy within the home and its adjoining property.
Date: June 26, 2018
Creator: Hanna, Jillian C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Trump Administration's Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations (open access)

The Trump Administration's Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations

This report discusses the Trump Administration's "Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century: Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations" (the Reform Plan). The stated goal of the Reform Plan is to "improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of agencies."
Date: June 26, 2018
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UPDATE: Supreme Court Takes Fourth Amendment Case about Cell Phone Location Data (open access)

UPDATE: Supreme Court Takes Fourth Amendment Case about Cell Phone Location Data

This report provides an update to a June 2017 report on the Carpenter v. United States case on government collection of cell phone location information. On June 22, 2018, the Supreme Court held in a 5-to-4 decision in Carpenter v. United States that government acquisition of historical cell site location information (CSLI) constitutes a Fourth Amendment search. The Court further held that the government needs a warrant supported by probable cause.
Date: June 26, 2018
Creator: Harrington, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library