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Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program. Under current Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy plans, the number of BMD-capable Navy Aegis ships is schedule to grow from 20 at the end of FY2010 to 38 at the end of FY2015. This report discusses the concerns some have over BMD expansion, as well as BMD funding issues.
Date: April 8, 2010
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program. Under current Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy plans, the number of BMD-capable Navy Aegis ships is schedule to grow from 20 at the end of FY2010 to 38 at the end of FY2015. This report discusses the concerns some have over BMD expansion, as well as BMD funding issues.
Date: April 19, 2010
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Defense Base Act (DBA): The Federally Mandated Workers' Compensation System for Overseas Government Contractors (open access)

The Defense Base Act (DBA): The Federally Mandated Workers' Compensation System for Overseas Government Contractors

This report provides an overview of the Defense Base Act (DBA) and the systems used to provide DBA insurance at the Department of State (DOS), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Also included are criticisms of the current DOD DBA policy raised by GAO and Army auditors as well as responses to those criticisms by DOD and USACE. The report concludes with a discussion of several DBA reform options suggested by the House of Representatives in recent legislation and analyzed by DOD.
Date: April 9, 2010
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey; Webel, Baird & Szymendera, Scott
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the United States' relationship with India as it relates to nuclear arsenals and nuclear nonproliferation policies. The report includes background information on India's nuclear history and nuclear weapons-specific U.S. legislation.
Date: April 8, 2010
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

This report discusses the current debate over "net neutrality." While there is no single accepted definition of "net neutrality," most agree that any such definition should include the general principles that owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet should not control how consumers lawfully use that network, and they should not be able to discriminate against content provider access to that network.
Date: April 14, 2010
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program. Under current Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy plans, the number of BMD-capable Navy Aegis ships is schedule to grow from 20 at the end of FY2010 to 38 at the end of FY2015. This report discusses the concerns some have over BMD expansion, as well as BMD funding issues.
Date: April 26, 2010
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Legislative Budget Board, Annual Report on Major State Investment Funds: Fiscal Year 2009 (open access)

Texas Legislative Budget Board, Annual Report on Major State Investment Funds: Fiscal Year 2009

This report reviews the risk-adjusted performance of the following major state investment funds.
Date: April 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues (open access)

Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

This report provides an overview of the background and policy issues of the internet domain names.
Date: April 5, 2010
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The SAFRA Act: Education Programs in the FY2010 Budget Reconciliation (open access)

The SAFRA Act: Education Programs in the FY2010 Budget Reconciliation

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Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Dortch, Cassandria; Smole, David P. & Mahan, Shannon M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unintended Acceleration in Passenger Vehicles (open access)

Unintended Acceleration in Passenger Vehicles

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Date: April 26, 2010
Creator: Kirchhoff, Suzanne M. & Peterman, David Randall
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in PPACA (open access)

Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in PPACA

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Date: April 28, 2010
Creator: Stone, Julie; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Binder, Cliff; Herz, Elicia J.; Heisler, Elayne J.; Wilkicki, Kelly et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
TDCJ State Agency Energy Savings Program Quarterly Report: April 2010 (open access)

TDCJ State Agency Energy Savings Program Quarterly Report: April 2010

Quarterly report of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding adoption of the State Agency Energy Savings Program (Executive Order RP-49), detailing goals and actual use of electricity, natural gas, and gasoline.
Date: April 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The SAFRA Act: Education Programs in the FY2010 Budget Reconciliation (open access)

The SAFRA Act: Education Programs in the FY2010 Budget Reconciliation

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Date: April 14, 2010
Creator: Dortch, Cassandria; Smole, David P. & Mahan, Shannon M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Noncitizen Eligibility and Verification Issues in the Health Care Reform Legislation (open access)

Noncitizen Eligibility and Verification Issues in the Health Care Reform Legislation

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Date: April 20, 2010
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: Summary and Legislative History (open access)

The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: Summary and Legislative History

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Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Keith, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library