EPA Proposes the Affordable Clean Energy Rule to Replace the Clean Power Plan (open access)

EPA Proposes the Affordable Clean Energy Rule to Replace the Clean Power Plan

This report explores the legal basis for the proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule and discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) authority to consider various emission reduction options for existing power plants under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Date: September 26, 2018
Creator: Tsang, Linda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 33, No. 14, Pages 8542 to 9405, September 3 - September 28, 2018 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 33, No. 14, Pages 8542 to 9405, September 3 - September 28, 2018

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: September 2018
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America (open access)

National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America

With the release of this National Cyber Strategy, the United States now has its first fully articulated cyber strategy in 15 years. This strategy explains how the US will: Defend the homeland by protecting networks, systems, functions, and data; Promote American prosperity by nurturing a secure, thriving digital economy and fostering strong domestic innovation; Preserve peace and security by strengthening the ability of the United States — in concert with allies and partners — to deter and, if necessary, punish those who use cyber tools for malicious purposes; and Expand American influence abroad to extend the key tenets of an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure Internet. The new U.S. cyber strategy seeks to allay some of those concerns by promoting responsible behavior in cyberspace, urging nations to adhere to a set of norms, both through international law and voluntary standards. It also calls for specific measures to harden U.S. government networks from attacks, like the June 2015 intrusion into the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which compromised the records of about 4.2 million current and former government employees. And the strategy calls for the U.S. to continue to name and shame bad cyber actors, calling them out publicly for …
Date: September 2018
Creator: United States. White House Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Justice: Class in the Courtroom Mock Trial (open access)

Access to Justice: Class in the Courtroom Mock Trial

Student booklet to accompany a mock trial class including: courtroom activity and seating, trial steps, valid objections, common questions, vocabulary terms, a summary of a mock trial, and a biographical statement about Villarreal.
Date: September 2018
Creator: Villareal, Victor & Zaffirini, Judith
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
NAFTA and the Preliminary U.S.-Mexico Agreement (open access)

NAFTA and the Preliminary U.S.-Mexico Agreement

This report outlines the key provisions of the agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that is set to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Date: September 19, 2018
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles & Fergusson, Ian F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Costs of Government Interventions in Response to the Financial Crisis: A Retrospective (open access)

Costs of Government Interventions in Response to the Financial Crisis: A Retrospective

This report summarizes government assistance programs and presents how much the programs ultimately cost (or benefit) the taxpayers based on straightforward cash accounting as reported by the various agencies.
Date: September 12, 2018
Creator: Webel, Baird & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Georgia: Background and U.S. Policy (open access)

Georgia: Background and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the politics and economy of the nation of Georgia, as well as their relations with the European Union, NATO, Russia, separatist regions, and the United States.
Date: September 5, 2018
Creator: Welt, Cory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Escalating Tariffs: Potential Impacts (open access)

Escalating Tariffs: Potential Impacts

This report examines the potential impacts of U.S. trade actions on steel and aluminium tariffs and tariffs against China.
Date: September 24, 2018
Creator: Williams, Brock R.; Morrison, Wayne M. & Hammond, Keigh E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Overview of Department of Energy Sites (open access)

The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Overview of Department of Energy Sites

This report summarizes the operations at each of the U.S. nuclear energy sites. The nuclear weapons complex consists primarily of nine government-owned, contractor-operated sites in seven states, and a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) nuclear reactor used to produce tritium for nuclear weapons.
Date: September 6, 2018
Creator: Woolf, Amy F. & Werner, James D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report: Groundwater Availability Model for the Central Portion of the Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City, and Sparta Aquifers, Volume 1 (open access)

Final Report: Groundwater Availability Model for the Central Portion of the Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City, and Sparta Aquifers, Volume 1

Report on the updates being made to the groundwater availability model that covers the Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City, and Sparta aquifers. This update is to make the model useful for groundwater planning and management.
Date: September 2018
Creator: Young, Steven; Jigmond, Marius; Jones, Toya & Ewing, Tom
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Palestinians: Overview and Key Issues for U.S. Policy (open access)

The Palestinians: Overview and Key Issues for U.S. Policy

This report discusses key issues for the U.S. to consider in regard to policy toward the Palestinians, including Jerusalem, foreign aid, Hamas, Gaza, and the West Bank.
Date: September 18, 2018
Creator: Zanotti, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Palestinians: Overview and Key Issues for U.S. Policy (open access)

The Palestinians: Overview and Key Issues for U.S. Policy

This report provides an overview of current issues in U.S.-Palestinian relations. It also contains descriptions of key Palestinian issues and groups--chiefly the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian Authority (PA), Fatah, Hamas, and the Palestinian refugee population.
Date: September 18, 2018
Creator: Zanotti, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library