Notice  of Availability of Funds and Funding opportunity Announcement for the Paid Leave Analysis (open access)

Notice of Availability of Funds and Funding opportunity Announcement for the Paid Leave Analysis

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Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agency for International Development Report to Congress on Power Africa (open access)

U.S. Agency for International Development Report to Congress on Power Africa

A report about Power Africa which is a U.S. Presidential initiative launched in June 2013. The initiative is working with African governments to unlock energy resources and building capacity in the region to enhance energy security, reduce poverty, and advance economic growth.
Date: July 20, 2015
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards Scenarios of U.S. Demographic Change: Workshop Report (open access)

Towards Scenarios of U.S. Demographic Change: Workshop Report

A report on a two-day workshop in July, 2014, that was organized by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Expert participants with backgrounds in climate change, demographics, and human health used data to predict potential demographic scenarios, projected outcomes, and resulting population needs/solutions caused by key factors such as climate change.
Date: July 2015
Creator: ICF International
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Incorporating RE and Demand-Side EE Impacts into State Plan Demonstrations (open access)

Incorporating RE and Demand-Side EE Impacts into State Plan Demonstrations

"This technical support document details certain demonstration requirements for Clean Power Plan (CPP) state plan submittals that must include a projection of carbon dioxide emission performance by affected electric generating units."
Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Environment Atlas Data Documentation (open access)

Food Environment Atlas Data Documentation

This document offers information on food environments at the county level.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Advisory: Safe Storage, Handling, and Management of Solid Ammonium Nitrate Prills (open access)

Chemical Advisory: Safe Storage, Handling, and Management of Solid Ammonium Nitrate Prills

This advisory provides guidance on the handling, storage and standards fr solid ammonium nitrate prills.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)...letter? (open access)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)...letter?

This is a letter from Melody Musgrove regarding autism spectrum disorder.
Date: July 6, 2015
Creator: Musgrove, Melody
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tapping into Energy Efficiency (EE) Throughout the Nation (open access)

Tapping into Energy Efficiency (EE) Throughout the Nation

This is the national support infrastructure for effective energy efficiency programming.
Date: July 16, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building on Six Years of Accomplishments in Tobacco (open access)

Building on Six Years of Accomplishments in Tobacco

This fact sheet provides information on the efforts of the FDA against tobacco.
Date: July 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Object Type: Text
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: July 1, 2015
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charter-Time Warner Cable-Bright House Networks Mergers: Overview and Issues (open access)

Charter-Time Warner Cable-Bright House Networks Mergers: Overview and Issues

The combination of Charter, Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), and Bright House Networks (BHN) would create a single entity providing cable television and broadband access service to 23.9 million customers in 41 states, making it the nation’s second-largest cable television operator and broadband access provider. At the federal level, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must approve the transactions before they can close.This report describes recent trends in the television industry, the events leading up to the proposed transactions, and the criteria and process of regulatory review.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Scherer, Dana A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patent Litigation Reform Legislation in the 114th Congress (open access)

Patent Litigation Reform Legislation in the 114th Congress

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Date: July 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Research: Background and Issues (open access)

Agricultural Research: Background and Issues

This report considers the U.S. Department of Agriculture's program for Research, Education, and Economics (REE). Moreover, the report discusses the amount of funding for the REE and debates the direction of it.
Date: July 13, 2015
Creator: Monke, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Development Administration: FY2016 Appropriations (open access)

Economic Development Administration: FY2016 Appropriations

This report discusses funding issues for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), which was created pursuant to the enactment of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, with the objective of fostering growth in economically distressed areas characterized by high levels of unemployment and low per-capita income levels.
Date: July 16, 2015
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation. July 2015 (open access)

The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation. July 2015

This report outlines the history of various efforts, including legislative efforts and count cases, and describes one bill currently before Congress, the Justice for Former American Hostages in Iran Act of 2015.
Date: July 30, 2015
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016) (open access)

Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016)

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Date: July 8, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Section 401: Background and Issues (open access)

Clean Water Act Section 401: Background and Issues

This report provides information about the Background and Issues on Clean Water Act Section 401. Section 401 of the clean water act requires that an applicant for a federal license or permit provide a certification that any discharges from the facility will comply with the act.
Date: July 2, 2015
Creator: Claudia, Copleland
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concurrent Receipt: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Concurrent Receipt: Background and Issues for Congress

This report addresses the two primary components of the concurrent receipt program: Combat-Related Compensation(CRSC) and Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments(CRDP). It reviews the possible legislative expansion of the program to additional populations and provides several potential options for Congress to consider.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Kamarck, Kristy N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: Issues in the 114th Congress (open access)

District of Columbia: Issues in the 114th Congress

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Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: Boyd, Eugene; Davis, Christopher M.; Yeh, Brian T.; Krouse, William J. & Chu, Vivian S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program (open access)

Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program

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Date: July 1, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Islamic State’s Acolytes and the Challenges They Pose to U.S. Law Enforcement: In Brief (open access)

The Islamic State’s Acolytes and the Challenges They Pose to U.S. Law Enforcement: In Brief

This report outlines the broad challenges for federal law enforcement agencies in identifying and confronting the challenges posed by the Islamic State in the United States. This report also highlights the interagency efforts taken in preempting terrorists in the screening processes, visa fraud, and stopping the radicalization of individuals.
Date: July 16, 2015
Creator: Bjelopera, Jerome P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Order: Answers to Questions (open access)

Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Order: Answers to Questions

This report discusses Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, which has the stated intent of increasing “efficiency and cost savings” by ensuring that executive branch procurement contractors understand and comply with labor laws.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Perry, Rodney M. & Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Philippines (open access)

The Philippines

This report discusses the relations between U.S. and Philippines, the political situation, economics and trade.
Date: July 6, 2015
Creator: Lum, Thomas & Dolven, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Efforts to Address Global Violence Against Women (open access)

U.S. Efforts to Address Global Violence Against Women

This report briefly examines legislative issues regarding Violence against women, which includes random acts of violence as well as sustained abuse over time, can be physical, psychological, or sexual in nature.
Date: July 30, 2015
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library