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Intellectual Property in Industrial Designs: Issues in Innovation and Competition

Description: Report that identifies several current issues relating to intellectual property in industrial designs. It describes the different sorts of intellectual property protection that apply to industrial designs, and identifies current issues at the interface between intellectual property and industrial designs.
Date: January 5, 2011
Creator: Thomas, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Decennial Censuses: Historical Data on Enumerator Productivity Are Limited

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed census data to better clarify the relationship between the Census Bureau's data collection workload and the time and work force needed to complete it. These factors--used to calculate productivity--are some of the largest drivers of census costs, and the Bureau developed its budget for the 2000 Census using a model that contained key assumptions about expected workload and enumerator productivity. … more
Date: January 5, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Securities and Exchange Commission: Amendment to Rule Filing Requirements for Self-Regulatory Organizations Regarding New Derivative Securities Products

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new rule on filing requirements for self-regulatory organizations (SRO) regarding derivative securities products. GAO noted that: (1) the new rule would permit a SRO to list and trade new derivative securities products pursuant to existing self-regulatory organization trading rules; and (2) SEC complied wit… more
Date: January 5, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SCHIP: HHS Continues to Approve Waivers That Are Inconsistent with Program Goals

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "States provide health care coverage to about 60 million low-income uninsured adults and children largely through two federal-state programs--Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Medicaid, established in title XIX of the Social Security Act, generally covers low-income families and elderly and disabled individuals, and SCHIP, established in title XXI of the act, covers children in … more
Date: January 5, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Posthearing Questions Related to the Department of Defense's Management of the Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction Program

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a request by the Chairman and a Member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, House Committee on Armed Services, GAO responded to post-hearing questions concerning on DOD's Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction Program."
Date: January 5, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Application Fees: Current Fees Are Not Sufficient to Fund U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Operations

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) established the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). CIS is responsible for several functions transferred from the former Immigration Services Division of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) under the Department of Justice. CIS's functions include adjudicating and processing applications for U.… more
Date: January 5, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Jackson-Vanik Amendment and Candidate Countries for WTO Accession: Issues for Congress

Description: Russia, Kazakhstan, and a number of other former communist states are still subject to the provisions of Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, including section 402 (the Jackson-Vanik amendment). The Jackson-Vanik Amendment denies country eligibility for normal trade relations (NTR) status as long as the country denies its citizens the right of freedom of emigration. The 112th Congress could face the question of whether to enact legislation to repeal the application of Title IV to all … more
Date: January 5, 2011
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medical Devices: Status of FDA's Program for Inspections by Accredited Organizations

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspects domestic and foreign establishments where U.S.-marketed medical devices are manufactured to assess compliance with FDA's quality system requirements for ensuring good manufacturing practices and other applicable requirements. The Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 (MDUFMA) required FDA to accredit organizations to inspect certain establi… more
Date: January 5, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research

Description: Contains notes and research from Joe Barrett and Brian McDaniel regarding Marine Corps Recruit Depots
Date: January 5, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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BRAC Analysis - Research

Description: Contains notes and research from Marilyn Wasleski regarding DFAS performance information
Date: January 5, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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BRAC Commission - Editor

Description: Contains information from the BRAC Editor regarding the BRAC process
Date: January 5, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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