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Organizations That Rate Members of Congress on their Voting Records (open access)

Organizations That Rate Members of Congress on their Voting Records

From Summary: A number of groups currently compile and publish selected voting records of the Members of Congress based on issues of importance to each particular group. This is a list of these organizations, giving the name, address, telephone number, name of publication, focus of interest, and frequency of publication.
Date: December 18, 1978
Creator: Hays, Janet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Citizen Control Over Records Held by Third Parties (open access)

Citizen Control Over Records Held by Third Parties

The United States has become an information society. Government at every level and private industry have been collecting and using more personal information about individuals in the last several years than ever before. The Congress has been aware of this trend, and of the potencia1 for misuse of the information so collected; it has enacted several laws that protect the personal privacy of individuals, and respect the confidentiality of the information maintained about individuals by third parties. In this report, several privacy laws are summarized, and key provisions of each are compared, in order to make individual citizens aware of their rights , responsibilities and remedies under the law.
Date: December 8, 1978
Creator: Collins, Sarah P
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): An Emerging challenge in U.S. Policy towards ASIA. (open access)

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): An Emerging challenge in U.S. Policy towards ASIA.

This report is about the U.S relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
Date: November 10, 1978
Creator: Niksch, Larry A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arab and Israeli Military forces.1978 (open access)

Arab and Israeli Military forces.1978

This report is about the military capabilities of the Middle East states.
Date: November 9, 1978
Creator: Shuey, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-242: An Explanation (open access)

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-242: An Explanation

This report exists to explain what the The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-242 does by outlining the ideal use of nuclear energy implicit in the legislation and then explains the major parts of the act itself.
Date: October 25, 1978
Creator: Donnelly, Warren H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of Foreign Assistance and Defense Transactions on the U.S. Balance of Payments: Summary of Statistical Data, 1960-1977 (open access)

The Impact of Foreign Assistance and Defense Transactions on the U.S. Balance of Payments: Summary of Statistical Data, 1960-1977

This report is a collection of tables compiled in response to a congressional request for information on the impact of United States foreign aid and defense operations on the U.S. balance of international payments.
Date: October 24, 1978
Creator: Pregelj, Vladimir N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Closing a Congressional Office: A Brief Overview (open access)

Closing a Congressional Office: A Brief Overview

This report outlines questions that a congressional office should consider in the process of closing down. This includes statutory and non-statutory matters such as staff, the franking privilege, retirement benefits for Members and staff, allowances, and the disposition of congressional papers and other office item.
Date: October 10, 1978
Creator: Yacker, Marc D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimating the Costs of Federal Regulation: Review of Problems and Accomplishments to Date (open access)

Estimating the Costs of Federal Regulation: Review of Problems and Accomplishments to Date

This report surveys difficulties in establishing valid estimates concerning the cost of federal regulations.
Date: September 26, 1978
Creator: Allen, Julius W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Waterway User Charges: Background and analysis of alternatives (open access)

Waterway User Charges: Background and analysis of alternatives

This report is a background analysis of the waterway user charges
Date: September 14, 1978
Creator: Talley, Louis Alan & Thompson, Stephen J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Defense: Organizational History (open access)

The Department of Defense: Organizational History

This report is an organizational history of the Department of Defense, examining the major organizational trends and developments since the creation of a unified defense establishment in 1947.
Date: September 12, 1978
Creator: Lowenthal, Mark M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
'Gasohol'-- Alcohol Fuels as Gasoline Substitutes. (open access)

'Gasohol'-- Alcohol Fuels as Gasoline Substitutes.

This report is about the 'Gasohol'-- Alcohol Fuels as Gasoline Substitutes.
Date: September 12, 1978
Creator: Congressional Research Service
System: The UNT Digital Library
Testimonial Privileges Under Federal "Common Law" (open access)

Testimonial Privileges Under Federal "Common Law"

This report consists of testimonial privileges under federal common law
Date: September 6, 1978
Creator: Murl A Larkin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salt II: A Bibliography (open access)

Salt II: A Bibliography

This report cites over 200 periodical annotated articles, documents, books, monographs, and volumes related to the current negotiations between the United States and Soviet Union on a new strategic arms limitations agreement (SALT II).
Date: September 1, 1978
Creator: Carlson, Julia F. & Bell, Robert C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Land Retention: an Analysis of the Issue, A Survey of Recent State and Local Farmland Retention Programs, and a Discussion of Proposed Federal Legislation (open access)

Agricultural Land Retention: an Analysis of the Issue, A Survey of Recent State and Local Farmland Retention Programs, and a Discussion of Proposed Federal Legislation

This report discusses the nature of the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses, which has become the subject of debate. Included in this report are the survey programs adopted by several states and localities in their efforts to prevent indiscriminate farmland conversion, and describe legislation proposed in the 95th Congress.
Date: August 31, 1978
Creator: Fletcher, Wendell W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimated Federal Tax Payments By Residents of Individual States Compared to Estimated Federal Outlays in the States, Fiscal Year 1977 (open access)

Estimated Federal Tax Payments By Residents of Individual States Compared to Estimated Federal Outlays in the States, Fiscal Year 1977

From summary: "This report uses statistical information designed for other purposes to develop interstate comparisons of Federal taxes paid by State residents and Federal funds expended within the State. Emphasis is given to figures showing percentage distributions, per capita data, and State rankings."
Date: August 30, 1978
Creator: Rymarowicz, Lillian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Developments In Age Discrimination In Employment (open access)

Legal Developments In Age Discrimination In Employment

This report consists of legal developments in age discrimination in employment.
Date: August 30, 1978
Creator: Lewis, Karen J. & Swendiman, Kathleen S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Affirmative Action Regulations Of The Office Of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. (open access)

Affirmative Action Regulations Of The Office Of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

This report is about the Affirmative Action Regulations Of The Office Of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
Date: August 28, 1978
Creator: Downing, Paul M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
SALT II: A Chronology (open access)

SALT II: A Chronology

This report lists the events of the second strategic arms limitation agreement (SALT II) in chronological order.
Date: August 23, 1978
Creator: Sterste-Perkins, Dagnija
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments of 1977 Discussion With Historical Background (open access)

The Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments of 1977 Discussion With Historical Background

This report presents a brief history of the Act, discusses the major changes made by the 95th Congress (or, in some instances, considered but not adopted), and suggests certain sources which might be useful in providing a reader with diverse interpretations of the Act and its impact.
Date: August 15, 1978
Creator: Whittaker, William G. & Ciccone, Charles V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Bibliography on the 1978-79 Intercollegiate Debate Topic. (open access)

Preliminary Bibliography on the 1978-79 Intercollegiate Debate Topic.

This preliminary bibliography has been prepared for the 1978-79 Intercollegiate Debate regarding guaranteed employment.
Date: August 15, 1978
Creator: Roth, Dennis & Beske, Kurt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salt II: A Glossary (open access)

Salt II: A Glossary

This report Salt II: A Glossary
Date: August 14, 1978
Creator: Mitchell, Douglas D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture: Proposed Revisions in Federal Disaster Assistance (open access)

Agriculture: Proposed Revisions in Federal Disaster Assistance

This report is about the proposed revisions in federal disaster assistance for the agriculture field.
Date: August 11, 1978
Creator: Womach, Jasper A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legalized Gambling in United States. (open access)

Legalized Gambling in United States.

This report is about the Legalized Gambling in United States in the year 1978
Date: August 5, 1978
Creator: Congressional Research Service
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Central Intelligence Agency : Organizational History (open access)

The Central Intelligence Agency : Organizational History

This report consists of the central intelligence agency : organizational history
Date: August 4, 1978
Creator: Lowenthal, Mark M.
System: The UNT Digital Library