Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on multiyear procurement (MYP) and block buy contracting (BBC), which are special contracting mechanisms that Congress permits the Department of Defense (DOD) to use for a limited number of defense acquisition programs.
Date: March 4, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald & Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Warfare: The Role of Social Media in Conflict (open access)

Information Warfare: The Role of Social Media in Conflict

This report briefly discusses the use if social media as a tool of information warfare. The ability to rapidly disseminate graphic images and ideas to shape the public narrative transforms social media into a strategic weapon in the hands of terrorists, insurgent groups, or governments engaged in conflict.
Date: March 4, 2015
Creator: Theohary, Catherine A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Social Security Benefits Are Computed: In Brief (open access)

How Social Security Benefits Are Computed: In Brief

This report discusses how Social Security benefits are currently computed, including information about eligibility, earnings, cost-of-living adjustments, factors that can affect benefit levels, and benefits for dependents.
Date: February 4, 2015
Creator: Meyerson, Noah P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Domestic Food Assistance: Summary of Programs (open access)

Domestic Food Assistance: Summary of Programs

This report gives an overview of the federal programs that provide food assistance within the United States and the territories, including a discussion of common concepts and themes across the network of domestic food assistance programs.
Date: February 4, 2015
Creator: Aussenberg, Randy A. & Colello, Kirsten J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions (open access)

The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions

This report provides an overview of the New Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START), including a comparison to the original START Treaty, the belief of the Obama Administration and outside analysts that New START will enhance U.S. national security, and the criticisms of those who say that New START is a distraction from more important items on the nonproliferation agenda.
Date: February 4, 2015
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Sanctions on Russia: Economic Implications (open access)

U.S. Sanctions on Russia: Economic Implications

This report discusses the U.S.-Russia economic ties, U.S. sanctions and Russia's retaliatory measures, economic trends in Russia, and U.S. economic interest.
Date: February 4, 2015
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library