Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2004 (open access)

Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2004

This report identifies the names, committee assignments, dates of service, and (for Representatives) districts of the 219 women Members of Congress.
Date: March 17, 2004
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alaska Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Alaska Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Alaska.
Date: March 17, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Richardson, Pat; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arizona Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Arizona Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Arizona.
Date: March 17, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Richardson, Pat; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arkansas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Arkansas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Arkansas.
Date: March 17, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
California Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

California Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of California.
Date: March 17, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Financing (open access)

Campaign Financing

This report discusses various issues regarding campaign finance law and potential options for policy responses.
Date: December 17, 2004
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Available Health Insurance Options (open access)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Available Health Insurance Options

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Date: November 17, 2004
Creator: Chaikind, Hinda Ripps
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Information Quality Act: OMB’s Guidance and Initial Implementation (open access)

The Information Quality Act: OMB’s Guidance and Initial Implementation

This report describes the IQA and OMB's and the agencies' information quality guidelines, noting how several key terms are defined, how risk-related information is to be treated, and how agencies' correction processes should be established. The report also reviews OMB's report on the first year of the IQA's implementation, focusing on the correction requests received during that period and how they were resolved. It also describes a critical comment on that report by a nongovernmental organization. Finally, this report examines the issue of judicial review and the IQA, and explores some suggested improvements and modifications to the act's implementation.
Date: September 17, 2004
Creator: Copeland, Curtis W. & Simpson, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: Legislative Proposals in the 108th Congress (open access)

Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: Legislative Proposals in the 108th Congress

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Date: December 17, 2004
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT): Income Entry Points and “Take Back” Effects (open access)

The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT): Income Entry Points and “Take Back” Effects

This report examines the alternative minimum tax for individuals (AMT), which was originally enacted to ensure that high-income taxpayers paid a fair share of the federal income tax.
Date: September 17, 2004
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Care Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Child Care Issues in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the federal child care-related programs and tax provisions, FY2003 Appropriations, FY2004: Comparing President Bush's Budget Proposals and Hearings.
Date: December 17, 2004
Creator: Gish, Melinda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Price Surge Revisited: Crude Oil and Refingery Issues (open access)

Gasoline Price Surge Revisited: Crude Oil and Refingery Issues

Gasoline prices have been extremely volatile for well over a year, with three significant price spikes focusing the attention of consumers and policy makers on the gas pump. This report discusses the issue of gas price fluctuations, focusing on crude oil inventory and other factors.
Date: May 17, 2004
Creator: Kumins, Lawrence & Bamberger, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education Matters: Earnings by Educational Attainment Over Three Decades (open access)

Education Matters: Earnings by Educational Attainment Over Three Decades

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Date: November 17, 2004
Creator: Levine, Linda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
9-11 Commission Hearing #12, June 17, 2004, Part 1 captions transcript

9-11 Commission Hearing #12, June 17, 2004, Part 1

Recording of the twelfth public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on June 17, 2004 at the NTSB Conference Center in Washington, D.C. The two-day hearing focused on two distinct topics: the 9-11 Plot and the federal government's immediate response to the attacks on September 11, 2001. This section includes the staff statement entitled improvising a homeland defense in addition to the panel on military response on 9/11, with testimony from Richard Myers, Charles Joseph Leidig, and Ralph E. Eberhart.
Date: June 17, 2004
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
9-11 Commission Hearing #12, June 17, 2004, Part 2 captions transcript

9-11 Commission Hearing #12, June 17, 2004, Part 2

Recording of the twelfth public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on June 17, 2004 at the NTSB Conference Center in Washington, D.C. The two-day hearing focused on two distinct topics: the 9-11 Plot and the federal government's immediate response to the attacks on September 11, 2001. This section concludes the hearing, and includes the panel on FAA response on 9/11, with testimony from Monte Belger, Jeff Griffith, John White, and Benedict Sliney.
Date: June 17, 2004
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of 9-11 Commission Hearing 12, June 17, 2004 (open access)

Transcript of 9-11 Commission Hearing 12, June 17, 2004

Transcript of the twelfth public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States held June 17, 2004 at the NTSB Conference Center in Washington, D.C. The two-day hearing focused on two distinct topics: the 9-11 Plot and the federal government's immediate response to the attacks on September 11, 2001.On June 16 at the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center, the Commission heard from several of the federal government's top law enforcement and intelligence experts on al Qaeda and the 9-11 plot. The hearing resumed on June 17, with the top military and civilian aviation officials testifying about their agencies' responses to the 9-11 attacks. In addition to witness testimony, three staff statements were presented during the course of the proceedings.
Date: June 17, 2004
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Navy Operations - Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Homeland Security: Navy Operations - Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Navy's homeland security (HLS) and homeland defense (HLD) operations, which raise several potential oversight issues for Congress, including Navy coordination with the Coast Guard in HLS and HLD operations.
Date: May 17, 2004
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dependent Care: Current Tax Benefits and Legislative Issues (open access)

Dependent Care: Current Tax Benefits and Legislative Issues

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Date: June 17, 2004
Creator: Scott, Christine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid (open access)

Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid

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Date: February 17, 2004
Creator: Scott, Christine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0233 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0233

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Texas Residential Construction Act excludes from its definition of "builder" businesses and individuals engaged in residential construction and licensed by a municipality, and whether the Texas Residential Construction Commission may seek to enjoin builders who have failed to obtain a certificate of registration from the Commission (RQ-0176-GA)
Date: August 17, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0234 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0234

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether, under section 1551.114 of the Insurance Code, an eligible retiree of a community supervision and corrections department may participate in the Employees Retirement System group benefits program after meeting the requirements of subsection (c)(2), with no further requirements, such as the "rule of 80" set out in section 1551.102 (RQ-0213-GA)
Date: August 17, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0271 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0271

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether health care providers administering vaccinations in hospitals under the federal Medicare program are immune from liability for injuries caused by the vaccine (RQ-0227-GA)
Date: November 17, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Sales and Use Tax Analysis Report: First Quarter, 2004 (open access)

State Sales and Use Tax Analysis Report: First Quarter, 2004

Quarterly publication of the Texas Comptroller's Office regarding sales and use tax in the state of Texas, including an analysis by county, analysis by industry, and related notes.
Date: September 17, 2004
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 29, Number 38, Pages 8969-9070, September 17, 2004 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 29, Number 38, Pages 8969-9070, September 17, 2004

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: September 17, 2004
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History