Women and the Americans with Disabilities Act

This webinar discusses the wage gap of working women with disabilities and those without disabilities. It also raises awareness of disability and abuse, and suggests practices to help prevent abuse and help businesses improve their practice.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Jenkins-Pultz, Kelly; Sheehy, Jennifer & Langston, Rachael
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Welfare: Oversight of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care (open access)

Child Welfare: Oversight of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care

This report provides an oversight of Psychotropic medication for children in Foster Care.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Fernandes-Alacantara, Adrienne L.; Caldwell, Sarah W. & Stoltzfus, Emilie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Introduction to Child Nutrition Reauthorization (open access)

An Introduction to Child Nutrition Reauthorization

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Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Biotechnology: Background, Regulation, and Policy Issues (open access)

Agricultural Biotechnology: Background, Regulation, and Policy Issues

This report discusses the ethical and political issues surrounding contemporary biotechnology. Driving the discussion are inventions such as genetically engineered (GE) crops, which have increased from 3.6 million acres to 143 million acres in the United States. The report also raises concerns about regulations and the adequacy of environmental assessments.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Cowan, Tadlock
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress

This report focuses on the potential implications of China's naval modernization for future required U.S. Navy capabilities. Other CRS reports address separate issues relating to China. This report is based on unclassified open-source information.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
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 sustaining and modernizing the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet, which performs a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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), intended as replacements for 90 aging Coast Guard cutters and patrol craft. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Coast Guard's funding requests and acquisition strategies for these programs.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expansion of WTO Information Technology Agreement Targets December Conclusion (open access)

Expansion of WTO Information Technology Agreement Targets December Conclusion

This report discusses the World Trade Organization (WTO) expansion and agreement to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and eliminate tariffs on 201 goods not included in the original 1996 ITA.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Fefer, Rachel F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations Report Language: Overview of Development, Components, and Issues for Congress (open access)

Appropriations Report Language: Overview of Development, Components, and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of appropriations report language. In current practice, report language does not accompany formulaic continuing resolutions (CRs), even if funds are provided in this manner for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Corps of Engineers: Water Resource Authorizations, Appropriations, and Activities (open access)

Army Corps of Engineers: Water Resource Authorizations, Appropriations, and Activities

This report summarizes congressional authorization and appropriations processes for the Army Corps of Engineers and agency activities under general authorities. Congress directs the Corps through authorizations, appropriations, and oversight of its studies, construction projects, and other activities.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Carter, Nicole T. & Stern, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Filling the Senate "Amendment Tree" (open access)

Filling the Senate "Amendment Tree"

This report discusses the filing process of "Amendment trees": diagrams that have developed over decades of Senate practice as a way of visualizing certain principles of precedence that govern the offering of, and voting on, amendments in the chamber.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library