The 3.8% Medicare Contribution Tax on Unearned Income, Including Real Estate Transactions (open access)

The 3.8% Medicare Contribution Tax on Unearned Income, Including Real Estate Transactions

This reports summarizes a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on unearned income and provides examples of how it is applied.
Date: May 18, 2012
Creator: Keightley, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

7 L Ranch Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2012
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The "8(a) Program" for Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Legal Requirements and Issues (open access)

The "8(a) Program" for Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Legal Requirements and Issues

This report provides a brief history of the 8(a) Program, summarizes key requirements, and discusses legal challenges alleging that the program's presumption that members of certain racial and ethnic groups are socially disadvantaged violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection.
Date: October 12, 2012
Creator: Manuel, Kate M. & Luckey, John R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

50 Years Later: Women, Work & the Work Ahead

Infographic commemorating the 50th anniversary of the American Women Report by outlining statistics and major events related to women's education and participation in the workforce from 1963 to 2012.
Date: 2012
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
401(k) Plans: Increased Educational Outreach and Broader Oversight May Help Reduce Plan Fees (open access)

401(k) Plans: Increased Educational Outreach and Broader Oversight May Help Reduce Plan Fees

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Plan sponsors and participants paid a range of fees for services, though smaller plans typically paid higher fees as a percentage of plan assets. For example, the average amount sponsors of small plans reported paying for recordkeeping and administrative services was 1.33 percent of assets annually, compared with 0.15 percent paid by sponsors of large plans. Larger plans were more likely to pass recordkeeping fees along to participants, but when fees were passed along to participants in small plans, those in large plans paid lower fees than those in small plans. Participants also paid for investment and plan consulting fees—through fees deducted from their plan assets—in more instances than sponsors."
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
501(c)(3) Organizations: What Qualifies as "Educational"? (open access)

501(c)(3) Organizations: What Qualifies as "Educational"?

Report that discusses the legal definition of the term "educational," as well as the constitutional implications of that definition.
Date: August 21, 2012
Creator: Lunder, Erika K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
501(c)(4)s and the Gift Tax: Legal Analysis (open access)

501(c)(4)s and the Gift Tax: Legal Analysis

This report discusses whether substantial donations to tax-exempt 501(c)(4) organizations are subject to the federal gift tax.
Date: August 10, 2012
Creator: Luckey, John R. & Lunder, Erika K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1981-2010 U. S. Hourly Normals (open access)

1981-2010 U. S. Hourly Normals

This is the hourly normals meteorological data.
Date: 2012
Creator: Applequest, Scott; Arguez, Anthoney; Durre, Imke; Squares, Michael F. & Yin, Xungang
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2001 and 2003 Bush Tax Cuts and Deficit Reduction (open access)

The 2001 and 2003 Bush Tax Cuts and Deficit Reduction

This report uses the context of the current and long-term economic environment to examine the tax cuts implemented by the George W. Bush Administration, including the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
Date: July 18, 2012
Creator: Hungerford, Thomas L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5): Designating Nonattainment Areas (open access)

2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5): Designating Nonattainment Areas

This report focuses primarily on the NAAQS implementation process for designating geographical nonattainment areas with respect to the tightening of the PM2.5 standards under the 2006 particulates NAAQS, including comparisons with the final designations under the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. Also included is a brief overview of states' subsequent obligations for developing and submitting implementation plans (SIPs) for attaining or maintaining compliance with the NAAQS.
Date: October 25, 2012
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2011 Emissions Inventory Guidelines (open access)

2011 Emissions Inventory Guidelines

Book discussing emission inventories, including the applicable government policies and laws, a guide to producing an emission inventory, and the types of sites which require emission inventories.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Air Quality Division.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
2011 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements (open access)

2011 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Most lobbyists were able to provide documentation to demonstrate compliance with disclosure requirements. This finding is similar to GAO’s results from prior reviews. There are no specific requirements for lobbyists to create or maintain documentation related to disclosure reports they file under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 as amended (LDA). Nonetheless, and similar to last year’s results, for two key elements of the reports (income and expenses), GAO estimates that lobbyists could provide documentation to support approximately 93 percent of the disclosure reports for the third and fourth quarters of 2010 and the first and second quarters of 2011. According to documentation lobbyists provided for income and expenses, GAO estimates that the amounts disclosed were properly reported and supported for 63 percent of the quarterly lobbying disclosure (LD-2) reports. For lobbyists and lobbying firms listed on the LD-2 report, an estimated 86 percent filed year-end 2010 or midyear 2011 reports of federal political campaign contributions (LD-203) reports as required. For LD-203 political contributions reports, GAO estimates that a minimum of 4 percent of all LD-203 reports omitted one or more reportable political contributions that were …
Date: March 30, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2012-2013 Presidential Election Period: National Security Considerations and Options (open access)

2012-2013 Presidential Election Period: National Security Considerations and Options

This report discusses historical national security-related presidential transition activities, provides a representative sampling of national security issues a new Administration may encounter, and offers considerations and options relevant to each of the five phases of the presidential election period. Each phase has distinct challenges and opportunities for the incoming Administration, the outgoing Administration, and Congress. This report is intended to provide a framework for national security considerations during the current election period and will be updated to reflect the election outcome.
Date: October 5, 2012
Creator: Rollins, John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2012-2013 Suplemento de Espanol Del Folleto de Mapas de Areas Publicas de Caza (open access)

2012-2013 Suplemento de Espanol Del Folleto de Mapas de Areas Publicas de Caza

This pamphlet provides Spanish as a primary language individuals with information on hunting in Texas. Included in the pamphlet is: map of public hunting areas; changes to the public hunting program; waiver and release of responsibility; hunting for youth; U. S. Forester Services; and hunter education.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide: For Texas Public School Districts and Campuses (open access)

2012 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide: For Texas Public School Districts and Campuses

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) analyzing the test results, graduation rates, and other evaluation measures for performance of school districts in the state of Texas.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Performance Reporting. Department of Assessment and Accountability.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Annual Report: Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue (open access)

2012 Annual Report: Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: February 28, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2012 Biennial Report on Seawater Desalination (open access)

2012 Biennial Report on Seawater Desalination

This report examines progress toward the goal of creating water supplies in Texas through seawater desalination, and identifies several areas where the financial support of the state could effectively expedite the advancement of desalination.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Edition of the Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories (open access)

2012 Edition of the Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories

This document by the EPA's Office of Water presents data on the concentrations of drinking water contaminants.
Date: April 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

This is the 2012 strategic sustainability performance plan in order to reduce the reliance on nonrenewable energy, promote water conservation, waste management strategies, and other issues as well.
Date: 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2012 Tax Filing: IRS Faces Challenges Providing Service to Taxpayers and Could Collect Balances Due More Effectively (open access)

2012 Tax Filing: IRS Faces Challenges Providing Service to Taxpayers and Could Collect Balances Due More Effectively

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "While there have been efficiency gains and efforts to improve service, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) faced challenges providing telephone service and responding to correspondence, continuing trends experienced in recent years. In 2012, 82 percent of individual taxpayers filed their returns electronically (e-filed), reducing IRS's processing costs. IRS also increased calls answered using automated service and added a variety of self service tools, which helped gain efficiencies. However, IRS's level of telephone service (the percentage of callers seeking live assistance who receive it) declined to 68 percent. In addition, of the 21 million pieces of paper correspondence IRS received, about 40 percent were considered overage (meaning that IRS did not respond within 45 days of receipt), an increase compared to last year. While IRS plans to continue to pursue efficiency gains, its strategy for future years does not specifically address how it plans to reverse these negative trends. Reversing the declines in telephone and correspondence services may require IRS to consider difficult tradeoffs, such as reassessing which phone calls IRS should answer with a live assistor and which it should not because automated services are available."
Date: December 18, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2012 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan (open access)

2012 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan

Plan outlining conservation concerns as well as outdoor needs as noted by citizens and outdoor professionals when surveyed.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department. State Parks Division. Recreation Grants Branch.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals (open access)

2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals

This report focuses on the mission and objectives of transportation security professionals and introduces a pre-selected group of high school students to the various career opportunities within the profession.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Godazi, Khosro; Goodwin, Ronald E. & Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
2020 Census: Additional Steps Are Needed to Build on Early Planning (open access)

2020 Census: Additional Steps Are Needed to Build on Early Planning

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Census Bureau’s (Bureau) early planning and preparation efforts for the 2020 Census are consistent with most leading practices in each of the three management areas GAO reviewed. For example, with respect to its effort to transform its decennial organization, top Bureau leadership has been driving the transformation, and the agency has focused on a key set of principles as it begins to roll-out the strategy to staff. Furthermore, the Bureau has created a timeline to build momentum and show progress. At the same time, however, the amount of change-related activity the Bureau is considering as part of its reorganization of its decennial directorate may not be aligned with the resources the Bureau has allocated to plan, coordinate, and carry it out, and, as a result, the planned transformation efforts may not be sustainable or successful."
Date: May 17, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2020 Census: Initial Research Milestones Generally Met but Plans Needed to Mitigate Highest Risks (open access)

2020 Census: Initial Research Milestones Generally Met but Plans Needed to Mitigate Highest Risks

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "According to U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) officials, to inform timely design decisions, research on new methods to improve the cost effectiveness of the 2020 Census must be accomplished early enough in the decade to confirm their likely impact on both cost and quality. Three key efforts--(1) the use of the Internet as a response option, (2) a potential move towards targeted address canvassing, and (3) the possible use of administrative records to replace data collected during census field operations--present the Bureau with potential opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining quality. The Bureau's 2020 Research and Testing Program has 14 fiscal year 2012 projects focused on informing design decisions related to the three key efforts. Bureau officials are also aware that the changes they are testing come with many risks, and for each project the Bureau has identified a number of risks and prioritized them from high to low. However, the Bureau has not developed mitigation or contingency plans for these project risks. For example, there are several risks, including tight time frames and accurate cost information, without mitigation and contingency plans. Additionally, GAO found that the …
Date: November 7, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library