Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention (open access)

Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention

This report focuses on suicide prevention activities of the Veterans Health Administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Bagalman, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits (open access)

Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits

This report discusses the Budget Control Act, which sets limits on defense spending between FY2012 and FY2021. The current debate in Congress has centered on whether to adjust the BCA defense caps upward; move base budget spending to accounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) that are not subject to spending limits; reduce the defense spending in the Administration's request to comply with BCA revised caps; or use some combination of these approaches, all in order to avoid a sequester.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is Biopower Carbon Neutral? (open access)

Is Biopower Carbon Neutral?

This report discusses some factors taken into account when considering whether biopower is carbon neutral. It does not discuss carbon accounting for other bioenergy pathways.
Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Aid for Reconstruction of Houses of Worship: A Legal Analysis (open access)

Federal Aid for Reconstruction of Houses of Worship: A Legal Analysis

This report examines the constitutional rules governing federal funding for religious buildings and analyzes the Court's previous decisions on this issue. It also analyzes more recent lower court and administrative opinions that have distinguished the Court's decisions and allowed public funds to be awarded to houses of worship.
Date: October 19, 2015
Creator: Brown, Cynthia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch Agency Appointments: History, Processes, and Recent Actions (open access)

Legislative Branch Agency Appointments: History, Processes, and Recent Actions

This report contains information on the legislative branch agency heads' appointment processes, length of tenures (if terms are set), reappointment or removal provisions (if any), salaries and benefits, and most recent appointments.
Date: October 19, 2015
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syrian Refugee Admissions and Resettlement in the United States: In Brief (open access)

Syrian Refugee Admissions and Resettlement in the United States: In Brief

To assist Congress in addressing issues related to Syrian refugees and U.S. refugee policy generally, this report details the U.S. refugee admissions process and the placement and resettlement of arriving refugees in the United States.
Date: November 19, 2015
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House of Representatives Staff Levels in Member, Committee, Leadership, and Other Offices, 1977-2014 (open access)

House of Representatives Staff Levels in Member, Committee, Leadership, and Other Offices, 1977-2014

This report provides staffing levels in House Member, committee, leadership, and other offices since 1977.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Chausow, Lara E.; Petersen, R. Eric & Wilhelm, Amber H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies (open access)

Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies

This report provides information about the Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies. This list of about 200 congressional Liaison is intended to help congressional offices in placing telephone calls and addressing correspondence to government agencies.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Crane-Hirsch, Audrey Celeste
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paris Attacks and "Going Dark": Intelligence-Related Issues to Consider (open access)

Paris Attacks and "Going Dark": Intelligence-Related Issues to Consider

This report discusses intelligence efforts on tracking numerous individuals involved in the deadly assault in Paris on November 13, 2015.
Date: November 19, 2015
Creator: Daugherty Miles, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): FY2015 Appropriations (open access)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): FY2015 Appropriations

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Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Affirmative Action Law: A Brief History (open access)

Federal Affirmative Action Law: A Brief History

This report provides a brief history of federal affirmative action law, including legal and political developments at the federal, state, and local levels. It describes the origins, affirmative action in public education, minority contracting, and recent developments as of 2015.
Date: October 19, 2015
Creator: Feder, Jody
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses Special Operations Forces (SOF), which play a significant role in U.S. military operations and, in recent years, have been given greater responsibility for planning and conducting worldwide counterterrorism operations. A potential issue for Congress is the Administration's decision to send U.S. SOF forces to Syria.
Date: November 19, 2015
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Timeline Related to Health Insurance and Exchange Rules: Backdrop to King v. Burwell (open access)

Timeline Related to Health Insurance and Exchange Rules: Backdrop to King v. Burwell

This report provides a timeline that identifies selected 2015 dates related to exchange establishment and operation, legislative calendars, and regulation of the individual health insurance market, among other issues.
Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette; Mach, Annie L. & Uberoi, Namrata K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape (open access)

The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape

This report provides information about The Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape on the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is an independent agency with its five members appointed by the president.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview and Issues for Implementation of the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative: Implications for Federal Information Technology Reform Management (open access)

Overview and Issues for Implementation of the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative: Implications for Federal Information Technology Reform Management

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Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney & Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Candidates, Groups, and the Campaign Finance Environment (open access)

Candidates, Groups, and the Campaign Finance Environment

This report briefly discusses the current campaign finance environment and the implications of changes to campaign finance policy over the past several decades.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Garrett, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch (open access)

Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch

This report provides a brief overview on how Congress can establish federal advisory committees, and provides some considerations as to why a federal advisory committee may or may not be an appropriate mechanism for a particular policy or funding question. It presents data on the number of active committees established by Congress with special emphasis on the committees established in FY2014. This report concludes by presenting a list of the federal advisory committees currently proposed for establishment in legislation in the 114th Congress.
Date: October 19, 2015
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Changing Federal STEM Education Effort (open access)

The Changing Federal STEM Education Effort

This In Focus discusses the Obama Administration's proposed changes to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education efforts.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Ongoing Outbreak (open access)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Ongoing Outbreak

This report gives a brief overview of the pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which as of May 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported 168 cases.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Greene, Joel L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Health Service FY2016 Budget Request and Funding History: Fact Sheet (open access)

Indian Health Service FY2016 Budget Request and Funding History: Fact Sheet

This report provides an overview of the Indian Health Service's (IHS) budget request for the 2016 fiscal year along with funding history. This report includes a table which outlines collected and appropriated funds by fiscal year.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.
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: June 19, 2015
Creator: Hoover, Katie; Lindsay, Bruce R.; McCarthy, Francis X. & Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of the Housing Finance System in the United States (open access)

An Overview of the Housing Finance System in the United States

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Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M.; Jones, Katie & Weiss, N. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Banking: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act (open access)

Senate Banking: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act

This report briefly highlights some of the major policy proposals included in a May 12, 2015 discussion draft released by Senator Richard Shelby that is scheduled for markup by the Senate Banking Committee. The draft encompasses a broad package of reforms to the financial regulatory system, including some changes to the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203).
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M.; Labonte, Marc & Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
USCIS Funding and Accountability to Congress (open access)

USCIS Funding and Accountability to Congress

This report briefly discusses funding for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). USCIS handles many immigration administration functions, the most prominent of which is processing and adjudicating immigrant petitions and applications.
Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Kandel, William A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library