Agency Final Rules Submitted on or After June 13, 2016, May Be Subject to Disapproval by the 115th Congress (open access)

Agency Final Rules Submitted on or After June 13, 2016, May Be Subject to Disapproval by the 115th Congress

This report discusses the possibility of the new Congress and the new President to overturn agency final rules of the Obama Administration issued after early June 2016.
Date: December 15, 2016
Creator: Davis, Christopher M. & Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2016 (open access)

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2016

Report containing non-financial data for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during fiscal year 2016, including information on nonfinancial data such as various progress reports, schedules, and fees, space occupied, and itemized and vehicle purchases.
Date: December 15, 2016
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development

Report from the Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: November 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Board of Nursing Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Board of Nursing Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Board of Nursing documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for the fiscal year ending in August 31, 2016.
Date: November 15, 2016
Creator: Texas Board of Nursing
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: November 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas HUB Program Annual Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas HUB Program Annual Report: 2016

Annual report documenting statistics and analysis of contracts awarded to historically underutilized business (HUBs) by Texas state agencies, including expenditures and awards.
Date: November 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: November 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. State Office of Administrative Hearings.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem? (open access)

Ex-Im Bank: No Quorum, No Problem?

This report discusses the operation on a limited basis of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) despite a renewal of its general statutory charter through FY2019 (P.L. 114-94,
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
How a National Infrastructure Bank Might Work (open access)

How a National Infrastructure Bank Might Work

This report discusses the national infrastructure and ways to provide low-cost, long-term loans for the propose of increasing federal infrastructure investment.
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Mallett, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of the Unauthorized Disclosures of Former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden (open access)

Review of the Unauthorized Disclosures of Former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden

Declassified and heavily redacted intelligence report. From Executive Summary: "In June 2013, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden perpetrated the largest and most damaging public release of classified information in U.S. intelligence history. In August 2014, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) directed Committee staff to carry out a comprehensive review of the unauthorized disclosures. The aim of the review was to allow the Committee to explain to other Members of Congress--and, where possible, the American people--how this breach occurred, what the U.S> Government knows about the man who committed it, and whether the security shortfalls it highlighted had been remedied."
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russia's Parliamentary Elections (open access)

Russia's Parliamentary Elections

This report discusses Russia's last parliamentary elections. On September 18, 2016, Russians will go to the polls to elect the State Duma.
Date: September 15, 2016
Creator: Welt, Cory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coordinated Party Expenditures in Federal Elections: An Overview (open access)

Coordinated Party Expenditures in Federal Elections: An Overview

This report examines campaign finance law in the context of political party committee expenditures. It discusses relevant Supreme Court precedent and recent legislative activity.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam & Whitaker, L. Paige
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2016 (open access)

Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2016

This report provides background information for Congress on the levels of Department of Defense (DOD) troop and contractor personnel deployed in support of prior and ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Peters, Heidi M.; Schwartz, Moshe & Kapp, Lawrence
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DOJ Brings Forfeiture Action to Seize and Return $1 Billion Embezzled Malaysian Government Assets (open access)

DOJ Brings Forfeiture Action to Seize and Return $1 Billion Embezzled Malaysian Government Assets

This report discuses the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) civil forfeiture action against $1 billion worth of assets bought with money embezzled from the government of Malaysia by high-level officials in Malaysia from 2009 to 2015.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies (open access)

Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies

This report discusses the "Climate Action Plan" (CAP) announced by President Obama to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs), as well as to encourage adaptation to expected climate change.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.; Bracmort, Kelsi; McCarthy, James E. & Cunningham, Lynn J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural Gas Discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean (open access)

Natural Gas Discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean

This report discusses a series of large natural gas discoveries in the Levant Basin, the Eastern Mediterranean region. New gas reserves could change how energy is used in the region.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Ratner, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Next Steps for Auction of TV Broadcast Airwaves to Commercial Carriers (open access)

Next Steps for Auction of TV Broadcast Airwaves to Commercial Carriers

This report discusses the incentive auction process to license airwaves currently used for television broadcasting. The proceeds of the auction are expected to pay billions of dollars to broadcasters that relinquish their spectrum holdings and may alter the competitive environment for wireless broadband if new entrants acquire spectrum licenses in the auction.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0109 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0109

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The constitutionality of a volunteer justice court chaplaincy program and opening daily judicial proceedings with prayer (RQ-0099-KP).
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0110 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0110

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether section 49.052 of the Water Code disqualifies an employee of the county attorney's office from serving as a member of the board of a water control and improvement district in the same county, when the county attorney also provides professional legal services to the water district (RQ-0102-KP).
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 29, Pages 5121-5276, July 15, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 29, Pages 5121-5276, July 15, 2016

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: July 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 06-16, June 2016 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 06-16, June 2016

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions. Information provided covers CDFI guarantee bond program, FFIEC announces cyber security assessments, and policies and procedures.
Date: June 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Declining Dynamism in the U.S. Labor Market (open access)

Declining Dynamism in the U.S. Labor Market

This report discusses certain measures of the U.S. labor market "dynamism" or "fluidity"--including job reallocation, worker churn, and geographic labor mobility-- which some observers note have been declining for the past 20 years or more.
Date: June 15, 2016
Creator: Perkins, David W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

EPA's Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants: Frequently Asked Questions

This report summarizes the issues the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encountered when developing regulations for "carbon pollution" from existing power plants as part of the Clean Power Plan, and describes how the EPA resolved these issues.
Date: June 15, 2016
Creator: McCarthy, James E.; Ramseur, Jonathan L.; Leggett, Jane A.; Wyatt, Alexandra M. & Dolan, Alissa M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0094 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0094

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The extent to which a judge may refuse to apply the law of a jurisdiction outside ofthe United States in certain family law disputes (RQ-0083-KP).
Date: June 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History