Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources (open access)

Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources

"This report synthesizes available scientific literature and data to assess the potential for hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas to change the quality or quantity of drinking water resources, and identifies factors affecting the frequency or severity of any potential changes."
Date: June 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulation (open access)

Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulation

An article which discusses the purpose of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule. It focuses on the kinds of prevention and harm associated with oil spills.
Date: June 2010
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
OPM Cybersecurity Incident Information (open access)

OPM Cybersecurity Incident Information

A report about OPM dealing with a cyber security incident which suggested that approximately 4 million individuals whose information that may have been compromised.
Date: June 4, 2015
Creator: United States. Office of Personnel Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Defense Acquisition System - 2014 Annual Report (open access)

Performance of Defense Acquisition System - 2014 Annual Report

This report examines the effects of statutes, policies, and tradecraft on the outcomes of the defense acquisition system.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Climate Action Plan: Addendum (open access)

DHS Climate Action Plan: Addendum

This report discusses the action plan for the Department of Homeland Security related to climate change. It stats that "as a result of the uncertainties associated with climate change affects, historically successful strategies for managing resources and infrastructure will become less effective over time, requiring new paradigms, policies and procedures".
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security 2016 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

Department of Homeland Security 2016 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

A report that reflects the DHS's strategic vision for doing business in a more efficient and sustainable way.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (open access)

The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review

This report provides an update to the five basic homeland security missions set forth by the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review in 2010. They include: prevent terrorism and enhance security, secure and manage our borders, enforce and administer our immigration laws, safeguard and secure cyberspace, and strengthen national preparedness and resilience.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security 2014 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

Department of Homeland Security 2014 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

This report reflects the Department of Homeland Securities' strategic vision for doing business in a more efficient and sustainable way. The report includes sections on greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, sustainable building, fleet management, water use efficiency and management, pollution prevention and waste reduction, sustainable acquisition, electronic stewardship and data centers, renewable energy, climate change resilience, and energy performance contracts.
Date: June 23, 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atmospheric Deposition and Biogeochemistry of Mercury and other Trace Contaminants in Aquatic Ecosystems, Final Project Report Part II: Mercury Studies 2002-2004 (open access)

Atmospheric Deposition and Biogeochemistry of Mercury and other Trace Contaminants in Aquatic Ecosystems, Final Project Report Part II: Mercury Studies 2002-2004

This report summarizes the mercury studies, and has two main objectives. First to summarize the findings of biogeochemical investigations in the Devils Lake watershed during 2002, 2003, and 2004 and compare them to findings for other lakes. The second objective is to compile and tabulate the large amount of mercury data that are collected so that they will be usefule to the Tribe in future studies.
Date: June 2006
Creator: Morrison, K. A. & Watras, C. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilots: Ideas and Lessons Learned for Communities (open access)

Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilots: Ideas and Lessons Learned for Communities

This publication is the U.S. EPA's Brownsfields Area-Wide Planning program as the EPA attempt to assist communities cleanup and reuse properties and surrounding areas.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Family and Medical Leave - Updated (open access)

Paid Family and Medical Leave - Updated

A fact sheet pertaining to paid maternity, family, and medical leave. It offers information from the Obama Administration about how the administration will alter paid leave.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Labor.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Energy Outlook 2012: with Projections to 2035 (open access)

Annual Energy Outlook 2012: with Projections to 2035

The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2010), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035, based on results from EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS).
Date: June 2012
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quickstart Tutorial: How to Use the Co-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Screening Model: Analytical Steps and Case Studies

A presentation that explains COBRA and how to use it to estimate the air quality, health, and related economic impacts of a scenario. It then explains two case studies about how to apply COBRA in these clean energy scenarios.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States Specified in Section 491 of 10 U.S.C. (open access)

Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States Specified in Section 491 of 10 U.S.C.

A report which provides an employment strategy as it pertains to the President's issuance of new nuclear weapons employment guidance.
Date: June 12, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Framework for the U.S. - India Defense Relationship (open access)

Framework for the U.S. - India Defense Relationship

This document outlines the framework between the United States and India in relation to security and defense. Shared interests are discussed in the documents which include: maintaining peach and security; defeating terrorism and violent extremism; preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; supporting a rule-based order, protecting the free flow of commerce.
Date: June 3, 2015
Creator: Carter, Ashton & Parrikar, Manohar
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan (open access)

Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan

A report detailing efforts to enhance security and stability in Afghanistan from December 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (open access)

Department of Homeland Security: Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap

This report discusses the adaptation roadmap for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security related to climate change.
Date: June 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the Defense Acquisition System (open access)

Performance of the Defense Acquisition System

A report which discusses national security and the United States defense acquisition systems,
Date: June 28, 2013
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: An Examination of the Development of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities] (open access)

[Project Summary: An Examination of the Development of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies for An Examination of the Development of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Louisiana State University. Center for Energy Studies.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-term Monitoring of the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2000-2001 (open access)

Long-term Monitoring of the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2000-2001

Report summary describing the work completed at Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi for 'Long-term Monitoring of the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 2003
Creator: Texas A & M University--Corpus Christi. Center for Coastal Studies.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increasing Employment Opportunities and Improving Working Conditions for Women (open access)

Increasing Employment Opportunities and Improving Working Conditions for Women

Fact sheet describing highlights of both the Equal Pay Act and Civil Rights Act which discusses laws for hiring female employees, overtime, minimum wage, and worker protection.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Labor.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Law of War Manual (open access)

Law of War Manual

From section 1.1.2 Scope: "This manual is not a definitive explanation of all law of war issues. This manual focuses on jus in bello -- law relating to the conduct of hostilities and the protection of war victims. This manual seeks to address the law of war that is applicable to the United States, including treaties to which the United States is a Party, and applicable customary international law. It provides legal rules, principles, and discussion, particularly with respect to DoD practice. Although the views of other States may be referenced in this manual, it is not a purpose of this manual to describe the views of other States, which may differ from views expressed in this manual" (p. 1).
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Defense. Office of General Counsel.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microenterprise Results Reporting: Annual Report to Congress, Fiscal Year 2009 (open access)

Microenterprise Results Reporting: Annual Report to Congress, Fiscal Year 2009

"This report presents the progress of USAID's microenterprise development efforts for Fiscal Year 2013."
Date: June 2010
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2016 USAID Staffing Report to Congress (open access)

2016 USAID Staffing Report to Congress

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to provide the following report pursuant to House Report 114-154 accompanying H.R. 2772, which details “the number of people employed by USAID, the category of employment (direct hire, personal service contractor, Participating Agency Service Agreement, and similar categories), the veteran status of direct hires employed by USAID, the office or overseas post to which they are assigned or detailed, the appropriation account used to fund the employees, specific legislative authority needed to hire the employees, and, if hired by another Federal agency, the additional administrative expenses charged by that agency,” and, “staffing levels and position titles for all Washington-based and overseas employees by bureau, office or other unit.” USAID utilizes multiple hiring mechanisms to accomplish its work and deliver on its mission to end extreme poverty. Congress has provided authorities to USAID that allow for multiple employment arrangements. This allows the Agency to provide effective project design, implementation, and oversight of USAID-managed and co-managed programs. The nature of the work is usually the primary driver in determining the most appropriate type of employment mechanism. In response to the reporting requirement, USAID provides the following information in five sections: Detail of …
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library