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Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

Description: This report discusses the Domain Name System (DNS), which is the distributed set of databases residing in computers around the world that contain address numbers mapped to corresponding domain names, making it possible to send and receive messages and to access information from computers anywhere on the Internet.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive

Description: This report provides a brief overview of the history of the negotiations between Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, a review of the negotiations since 2008, and a description of some of the issues involved in the talks.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Morelli, Vincent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Constitutional Analysis of Suspicionless Drug Testing Requirements for the Receipt of Governmental Benefits

Description: This report provides an overview of the Fourth Amendment in order to effectively evaluate the constitutionality of laws requiring suspicionless drug tests to receive governmental benefits. It then reviews five Supreme Court decisions that have evaluated these programs. The report concludes with a synthesis of the various factors that likely will be important to a future court's assessment of the constitutionality of these laws.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate program, a program to procure 52 LCSs and frigates. The first ship in the program was procured in FY2005, and a total of 23 have been procured through FY2015. The Navy's proposed FY2016 budget requests $1,437.0 million for the procurement of three more LCSs, or an average of $479.0 million each.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Veterans' Benefits: The Impact of Military Discharges on Basic Eligibility

Description: This report discusses the discharge or separation requirement for veteran status or, more specifically, how the VA assesses character of service to determine whether a former servicemember's separation from the military can be considered other than dishonorable.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Moulta-Ali, Umar & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Description: This report summarizes all the mandatory appropriations and Medicare trust fund transfers in the ACA and provides details on the status of obligation of these funds. The information is presented in two tables. The report also includes a brief discussion of the impact that sequestration is having on ACA mandatory spending. This report is periodically revised and updated to reflect important legislative and other developments.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Deficient Bridge Count Drops Again

Description: This report briefly discusses overall decline in the number of deficient bridges in 2014 and the long-term downward trend, particularly among bridges posing structural safety concerns.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Mallett, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Federal Budget: Overview and Issues for FY2016 and Beyond

Description: This report provides an overview of federal budget issues, focusing on recent fiscal policy changes. It also discusses the major policy proposals contained in the President's FY2016 budget and the House and Senate budget resolutions. Finally, it also addresses major short- and long-term fiscal challenges. This report tracks legislative events related to the federal budget and will be updated as budgetary legislation moves through Congress.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Levit, Mindy R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regular Appropriations Bills: Terms of Initial Consideration and Amendment in the House, FY1996-FY2015

Description: This report examines the terms under which the regular appropriations bills are typically brought up and initially considered on the House floor, as well as the practices of the House with regard to amendment opportunities and the waiver of points of order, for FY1996 to FY2015 (104th-114th Congresses).
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Tollestrup, Jessica
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ensemble: 2015-03-06 – UNT Opera

Description: Recording of the Friday evening performance of the opera "Les contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmann's Stories)" in the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: March 6, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Opera.
Partner: UNT Music Library

[Act 3, "The Tales of Hoffmann"]

Description: Photograph of Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hoffmann (left), played by William Joyner, is standing among other characters.
Date: [2015-03-06..2015-03-08]
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tavern scene in "The Tales of Hoffmann," 2]

Description: Photograph of a tavern scene in the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Two men are sitting at a table among other characters, laughing.
Date: [2015-03-06..2015-03-08]
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Act 1, "The Tales of Hoffmann," 2]

Description: Photograph of Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Olympia, played by Alicia Marie Suschena, is sitting in the center of a crowd.
Date: [2015-03-06..2015-03-08]
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Alicia Marie Suschena and Wei-Shu Tsai perform in "The Tales of Hoffmann," 2]

Description: Photograph of Alicia Marie Suschena and Wei-Shu Tsai playing Olympia and Spalanzani, respectively, in the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Date: [2015-03-06..2015-03-08]
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[William Joyner and Samantha Kantak perform in "The Tales of Hoffmann," 3]

Description: Photograph of Hoffmann and Giulietta, played by William Joyner and Samantha Kantak respectively, hugging during Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Date: [2015-03-06..2015-03-08]
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[William Joyner and Samantha Kantak perform in "The Tales of Hoffmann," 4]

Description: Photograph of Hoffmann and Giulietta, played by William Joyner and Samantha Kantak respectively, hugging during Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Date: [2015-03-06..2015-03-08]
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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