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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Risk Adjustment Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Description: This report provides responses to some frequently-asked questions (FAQs) about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk adjustment program. It includes background on the health insurance market, discusses why risk mitigation matters, and introduces the role of risk adjustment in risk mitigation. The report also describes the mechanics of the program and concludes with questions regarding the program's experience thus far and future changes to the program.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Kehres, Katherine M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lebanon

Description: This report provides an overview of Lebanon and current issues of U.S. interest. It provides background information, analyzes recent developments and key policy debates, and tracks legislation, U.S. assistance, and recent congressional action
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Humud, Carla E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spain and Its Relations with the United States: In Brief

Description: This report discusses relations between the U.S. and Spain and includes information on partnerships in counter-terrorism and military matters, economic ties, and political issues in Spain. It also provides an overview of the Catalan independence crisis and U.S. and EU views on the matter.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Mix, Derek E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agency Delay: Congressional and Judicial Means to Expedite Agency Rulemaking

Description: This report outlines the various tools that Congress can use to encourage agencies to act within a particular time frame. It then analyzes how those tools inform judicial analysis of challenges to agency actions as "unreasonably delayed" or "unlawfully withheld" under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and provides concluding remarks..
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Hickey, Kevin J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Trade Related Agencies: FY2019 Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS)

Description: This report provides an overview of the FY2019 budget request and appropriations for the International Trade Administration (ITA), the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), and the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). These three trade-related agencies are funded through the annual Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations act. This report also provides a review of these agencies' trade-related programs.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Hammond, Keigh E. & Villarreal, M. Angeles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress

Description: This report describes the current status of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and highlights issues that Congress may address as the United States pursues its compliance concerns with Russia. It starts with a historical overview and provides summaries of the provisions of the INF Treaty, Russia's concerns, and options that the United States has under the agreement, as well as a discussion of a potential Russian violation regarding development of a non-compliant missle.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Do Courts Have Inherent Authority to Release Secret Grand Jury Materials?

Description: This report discusses the issue of releasing secret grand jury material. Although a long-established principle that has been deemed essential to the grand jury's functioning and independence is that matters occurring before it are to be kept secret, the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) establishes exceptions.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Foster, Michael A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Statutory Canon Aimed at International Organization Immunity

Description: This report discusses the upcoming Supreme Court case Jam v. International Finance Corp. The petitioners--a group of Indian nationals from Gujarat--seek to hold International Finance Corp. (IFC) liable for extensive environmental damage throughout their community caused by the construction of a power plant financed and overseen by IFC. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (D.C. Circuit) dismissed their lawsuit, holding, in accordance with the circuit's precedent, that the Internationa… more
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Trade Agreement

Description: This report discusses the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Topics include market access, dispute settlement, intellectual property rights (IPR), energy, and labor and environment.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F. & Villarreal, M. Angeles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Negotiating local versus global needs in the International Long Term Ecological Research Network’s socio-ecological research agenda

Description: This article describes the assessment of six long-term socio-ecological research (LTSER) platforms through site visits, coupled with reflections and insights of the platform managers.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Holzer, J. M.; Adamescu, M. C.; Bonet-García, F. J.; Díaz-Delgado, R.; Dick, J.; Grove, J. M. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Language Conflict & Language Rights

Description: Presentation on the book and course created by Davies & Dubinsky. This presentation is from the Conference on Language Endangerment and Political Instability held at the University of North Texas in Denton, Tx on October 4-6, 2018.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Davies, William D. & Dubinsky, Stanley
Partner: UNT College of Information

[Black lace Balenciaga dress]

Description: Photograph of a black lace Balenciaga dress loaned by the TFC for the exhibition. Taken at the exhibition "Balenciaga in Black" hosted by the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth in Fall 2018, which included several garments and accessories drawn from the holdings of the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.
Date: October 5, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Label for Black lace Balenciaga dress]

Description: Photograph of label for a black lace Balenciaga dress loaned by the TFC for the exhibition, with text provided by TFC director Annette Becker. Taken at the exhibition "Balenciaga in Black" hosted by the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth in Fall 2018, which included several garments and accessories drawn from the holdings of the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.
Date: October 5, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Denise Baxter, Annette Becker, and Myra Walker]

Description: Photograph of UNT Art History Associate Professor of Art History Denise Baxter, TFC Director Annette Becker, and TFC Director Emeritus Myra Walker. Taken at the exhibition "Balenciaga in Black" hosted by the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth in Fall 2018, which included several garments and accessories drawn from the holdings of the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.
Date: October 5, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Denise Baxter, Annette Becker, and Myra Walker, 2]

Description: Photograph of UNT Art History Associate Professor of Art History Denise Baxter, TFC Director Annette Becker, and TFC Director Emeritus Myra Walker. Taken at the exhibition "Balenciaga in Black" hosted by the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth in Fall 2018, which included several garments and accessories drawn from the holdings of the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.
Date: October 5, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Myra Walker, Annette Becker, and Denise Baxter]

Description: Photograph of UNT TFC Director Emeritus Myra Walker, TFC Director Annette Becker, UNT Art History Associate Professor of Art History Denise Baxter standing next to a black Balenciaga dress with an ermine tail bustle, loaned by the TFC. Taken at the exhibition "Balenciaga in Black" hosted by the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth in Fall 2018, which included several garments and accessories drawn from the holdings of the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.
Date: October 5, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jonathan Molina-Garcia and Annette Becker]

Description: Photograph of a black Balenciaga dress with an ermine tail bustle, loaned by the TFC, next to artist Jonathan Molina-Garcia and TFC director Annette Becker. Taken at the exhibition "Balenciaga in Black" hosted by the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth in Fall 2018, which included several garments and accessories drawn from the holdings of the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.
Date: October 5, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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