The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Lessons Learned and Issues for Congress (open access)

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Lessons Learned and Issues for Congress

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Date: July 2, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Considerations for a Catastrophic Declaration: Issues and Analysis (open access)

Considerations for a Catastrophic Declaration: Issues and Analysis

This report examines concerns expressed by policymakers and experts that current Stafford Act declarations are inadequate to respond to, and recover from, highly destructive events, and presents the argument for and against amending the act to add a catastrophic declaration amendment. This report includes data analyses of past and potential disasters to determine what incidents might be deemed as catastrophic, and explores alternative policy options that might obviate the need for catastrophic declarations.
Date: July 6, 2015
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & McCarthy, Francis X.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) (open access)

Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)

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Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Greenhouse Gas Pledges by Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (open access)

Greenhouse Gas Pledges by Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

This report briefly summarizes the existing commitments and pledges of selected national and regional governments to limit their greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions as contributions to the global effort.
Date: July 1, 2015
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs and Funding (open access)

Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs and Funding

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Date: July 30, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program (open access)

Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program

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Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 114th Congress (open access)

Wildfire Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 114th Congress

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Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Relations with Burma: Key Issues for 2015 (open access)

U.S. Relations with Burma: Key Issues for 2015

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Date: July 9, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs (open access)

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs

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Date: July 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Funding and the Budget Control Act: In Brief (open access)

War Funding and the Budget Control Act: In Brief

This report provides a brief overview of the war funding and the budget control act.
Date: July 22, 2015
Creator: Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

This report mainly focuses on China-U.S. Trade Issues. China-U.S. ties have been substantially expanded over the past three decades. U.S imports from China have risen much more rapidly than the U.S exports to China.
Date: July 16, 2015
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule on Medicaid Managed Care: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule on Medicaid Managed Care: Frequently Asked Questions

This report responds to a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) identified to address some of the major updates included in the proposed rule. The FAQs summarize provisions such as the introduction of a minimum medical loss ratio (MLR), guidance on enrolling the long-term services and supports (LTSS) population in managed care, and network adequacy.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Blom, Kirstin B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED): Economic Outcomes and Issues (open access)

The U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED): Economic Outcomes and Issues

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Date: July 14, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Top 10 ways to grow happy kids

Poster with a photograph of four children laying on grass and listing ten ways to encourage healthy habits in children, focusing on healthy eating.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tapping into Energy Efficiency (EE) Throughout the Nation (open access)

Tapping into Energy Efficiency (EE) Throughout the Nation

This is the national support infrastructure for effective energy efficiency programming.
Date: July 16, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building on Six Years of Accomplishments in Tobacco (open access)

Building on Six Years of Accomplishments in Tobacco

This fact sheet provides information on the efforts of the FDA against tobacco.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards Scenarios of U.S. Demographic Change: Workshop Report (open access)

Towards Scenarios of U.S. Demographic Change: Workshop Report

A report on a two-day workshop in July, 2014, that was organized by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Expert participants with backgrounds in climate change, demographics, and human health used data to predict potential demographic scenarios, projected outcomes, and resulting population needs/solutions caused by key factors such as climate change.
Date: July 2015
Creator: ICF International
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress (open access)

The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress

This report provides historical background on the Council, including the role of the previous Commission. It discusses the Council's current mandate and structure, as well as U.S. policy and congressional actions. Finally, it highlights possible policy issues for the 114th Congress, including the overall effectiveness of the Council in addressing human rights situations, implications for U.S. membership, and U.S. financial contributions to the Council.
Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Las Madres Inteligentes Resisten en La Batalla Por La Comida (open access)

Las Madres Inteligentes Resisten en La Batalla Por La Comida

Pamphlet on suggestions of new ideas to involve within family meals. Folleto de sugerencias de nuevas ideas para involucrar en las comidas familiares.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Main Street Matters, July 2015 (open access)

Main Street Matters, July 2015

Newsletter issued by the Texas Main Street Program discussing news, events, and other information related to the program as well as featuring designated participating communities and providing technical advice regarding conservation and restoration.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 41, Number 4, July/August 2016 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 41, Number 4, July/August 2016

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kinship Quarterly, July 2015 (open access)

Kinship Quarterly, July 2015

Quarterly newsletter related to the "Kinship Care by Child Protective Services (CPS)" program run by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services containing departmental information and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to people involved in the program.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Family and Protective Services.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Keeping their spirits up helps keep their weight down

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Date: July 2015
Creator: Massachusetts WIC Nutrition Program
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History
FY2016 Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations: In Brief (open access)

FY2016 Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations: In Brief

This report discusses the Agriculture appropriations bill, which funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service, as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, in even-numbered fiscal years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Date: July 20, 2015
Creator: Monke, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library