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Biennial Budgeting: Options, Issues, and Previous Congressional Action
This report provides background on options, issues, and previous congressional action related to biennial budgeting. It includes descriptions of the types of biennial budgeting, general arguments favoring and opposing biennial budgeting, biennial budgeting at the state level, and relevant Congressional actions.
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
Tollestrup, Jessica
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Common Questions About Federal Records and Related Agency Requirements
This report provides an introduction to federal records. It describes the scope and requirements of the Federal Records Act (FRA) and its associated regulations. This report focuses on federal recordkeeping laws, regulations, and policies including what is or is not a federal record, which agencies are required to comply with the FRA and how agencies can transfer or dispose of federal records. This report does not address the recordkeeping requirements of Congress, the Supreme Court, the President, or the Architect of the Capitol.
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
Ginsberg, Wendy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
DNA Testing in Criminal Justice: Background, Current Law, and Grants
This report provides an overview of how DNA is used to investigate crimes and help protect the innocent.
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2015
This report begins with a discussion of the overall level of R&D funding requested in the President's budget, followed by analyses of requested R&D funding from a variety of perspectives and for selected multiagency R&D initiatives. The report concludes with discussion and analysis of the R&D budget requests of selected federal departments and agencies that, collectively, account for about 98% of total federal R&D funding.
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity
This report describes Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity. Industry Hemp is a variety of cannabis Sativa and is of the same plant marijuana. However, Hemp is genetically different and distinguished by its use and chemical makeup. Precise data are not available in the U.S market for Hemp based products.
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
Renne, Johnson
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF)
This report discusses United States commitments for climate change through financial and technical assistance and multilateral programs.
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
Lattanzio, Richard K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran: Interim Nuclear Agreement and Talks on a Comprehensive Accord
This report discusses the nuclear agreement talks between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany -- collectively known as the "P5+1 -- which finalized an interim agreement ("Joint Plan of Action," JPA) requiring Iran to freeze many aspects of its nuclear program in exchange for relief from some international sanctions.
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth; Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Positive Train Control (PTC): Overview and Policy Issues
None
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues
None
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Worker Participation in Employer-Sponsored Pensions: A Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides data on the percentage of American workers who have access to and who participate in employer-sponsored pension plans. The information is from the National Compensation Survey (NCS), which is conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The NCS provides data on occupational earnings and the availability of employee benefits among U.S. workers.
Date:
February 2, 2015
Creator:
Topoleski, John J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alaskan Water and Sanitation Retrospective 1970-2005
The purpose of this retrospective is to inform the water and sanitation industry and the general public about technologies deployed in rural Alaskan villages between ~1970 and 2005. We indicate, per interviewee input, why the majority failed on a technical level or failed to provide adequate water on an as-used basis to improve health outcomes. This retrospective will supplement prior, and often meager, documentation of unsuccessful approaches to water and sanitation in Alaska, as both a cautionary tale and as a benchmark against which progress can be made.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
United States. Arctic Research Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Behavior of the Splice Regions of Spliced I-Girder Bridges
Technical report on the strength and serviceability of spliced girder bridge technology as opposed to traditional prestressed concrete.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report of the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders wtih Medical or Mental Impairments: 2014
This report complies with state legislation addressing all aspects of the criminal justice system.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas
Instructive guide to the process of developing the state budget in Texas.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate. Research Center.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calibration of the Louisiana Highway Safety Manual
Report on efforts to bring Louisiana highways up to codes found in the Louisiana Highway Safety Manual.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Robicheaux, Bridget & Wolshon, Brian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Development of Delineator Testing Standard
Technical report developing a new test method for evaluating the impact performance of delineators for given applications.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Texas A & M Transportation Institute
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exploring Salinity Issues in the Texas Coast Using SELFE: Semi-Implicit Finite-Element/Volume Eulerian-Lagrangian Algorithm
"This report contains the work done to improve the [Texas Water Development Board's] capabilities to model salinity transport in transition regions where freshwater and saltwater interact" (p. 1). Specifically, it describes the se of software to model salinity levels, with instructions for using the program.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Dawson, Clinton N. & Muhammad, Adnan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Further Reduce Reliance on General Revenue-Dedicated Accounts for Certification of the State Budget: Legislative Policy Report
Report outlining data and recommendations about how the Texas Legislature could reduce reliance on certain types of revenue funds, with appendices documenting financial information about the state accounts.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Identifying the Local and Regional Travel Effects of Activity Centers in the Austin, Texas Area
Report on the local and regional effects of travel in activity centers near Austin, Texas on development and land use planning and emissions reduction.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Zhang, Ming; Zhang, Wenjia & Pang, Hao
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: January 2015
Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Range-Wide Patterns in Hawaiian Monk Seal Movements Among Islands and Atolls
Report that presents a new analysis of movements throughout the species range based on tagged seals over a 30-year period.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Johanos, Thea C.; Harting, Albert L.; Wurth, Tracy L. & Baker, Jason D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2014
Annual financial report of the state of Texas for fiscal year 2014 including introductory materials; a financial section containing an independent auditor's report, management's discussion and analysis, basic financial statements, required supplementary information other than MD&A, other supplementary information (combining financial statements and schedules), enterprise funds, fiduciary funds, and discretely presented component units; and a statistical section detailing financial trends, revenue capacity, debt capacity, demographic and economic information, and operating information.
Date:
February 2015
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System:
The Portal to Texas History