U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview (open access)

U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview

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Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation (open access)

North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation

This report covers the overall U.S.-North Korea relationship, with an emphasis on nuclear diplomacy. Negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons program have occupied the past three U.S. administrations, even as some analysts anticipated a collapse of the isolated authoritarian regime. North Korea has been the recipient of over $1 billion in U.S. aid (though none since 2009) and the target of dozens of U.S. sanctions.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Rinehart, Ian E.; Nikitin, Mary Beth & Park, Sungtae
System: The UNT Digital Library
GAO Bid Protests: Trends and Analysis (open access)

GAO Bid Protests: Trends and Analysis

This report is one of two providing Congress with background on the GAO bid-protest process. It analyzes trends in bid protests filed with GAO, why companies protest, the impact bid protests have on acquisitions, the most common grounds for GAO to sustain a protest, and trends in bid protests filed against DOD.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Schwartz, Moshe & Manuel, Kate M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Following "El Chapo" Guzmán's Escape (open access)

U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Following "El Chapo" Guzmán's Escape

This report discusses the escape of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán on July 11, 2015, from a maximum security federal prison near Mexico City.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Beittel, June S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and FY2016 Appropriations

This report discusses the United States economic assistance to the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean. Current U.S. policy is designed to promote economic and social opportunity, ensure the safety of the region's citizens, strengthen effective democratic institutions, and secure a clean energy future.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airline Passenger Rights: The Federal Role in Aviation Consumer Protection (open access)

Airline Passenger Rights: The Federal Role in Aviation Consumer Protection

This report examines aviation consumer protections following the 1978 elimination of most governmental control regarding airline business practices. It explains the roles of Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in protecting airline consumers, and discusses some major passenger rights issues and related laws and regulations.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Tang, Rachel Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Background, Operations, and Issues (open access)

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Background, Operations, and Issues

This report provides background information on the institutional makeup and operations of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the leading international humanitarian and development arm of the U.S. government. It then discusses in greater depth several aspects of the agency that might be of particular congressional interest.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Primer on WIC: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (open access)

A Primer on WIC: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

The report reviews the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the services and products they provide to women and their infants or children. The report discusses what requirements must be met for WIC and who is eligible to sign up for aid.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Aussenberg, Randy Alison & Kortrey, Julia E.
System: The UNT Digital Library