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[News Clip: Collins Investigation]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 30, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tillery]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 3, 1977
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Benghazi on the Record: Asked and Answered, Compendium of Investigative Resources

Description: This compendium addresses questions surrounding the September 11-12, 2012 attack on the U.S. Special Mission Compound in Benghazi, Libya. Provided details are based on the wide range of already public investigative resources including reports, interview transcripts, and hearing testimony.
Date: September 2014
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi, Libya
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Select Committee on Benghazi: Majority Website

Description: Website for the Select Committee on Benghazi, managed by the Republican members. It includes hearings, reports, news, and other documentation about the Committee's investigations into the events around the 2012 terrorist attacks that killed several Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
Date: 2016-22~
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi, Libya
Item Type: Refine your search to only Website
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Form to E-mail an Investigator Related to Benghazi]

Description: Web-based form that was available to submit non-public information to the Select Committee on Benghazi for the purpose of assisting their investigations. It includes fields for Agency/Organization, Details, Name (optional), and Email/Phone #.
Date: 2014~
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi, Libya
Item Type: Refine your search to only Website
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Benghazi on the Record: Asked and Answered

Description: Information compiled by the Select Committee on Benghazi regarding the 2012 terrorist attack in Libya. It includes an interactive database of questions and answers, with sources and documentation, as well as a readable compendium of the Committee's findings.
Date: 2016~
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi, Libya
Item Type: Refine your search to only Website
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Select Committee on Benghazi: Minority Website

Description: Website for the Select Committee on Benghazi, managed by the Democratic members. It includes hearings, reports, news, and other documentation about the Committee's investigations into the events around the 2012 terrorist attacks that killed several Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
Date: 2016-22~
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi, Libya
Item Type: Refine your search to only Website
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure

Description: This report examines the source of the contempt power, reviews the historical development of the early case law, outlines the statutory and common law basis for Congress's contempt power, and analyzes the procedures associated with inherent contempt, criminal contempt, and the civil enforcement of subpoenas. The report also includes a detailed discussion of two recent information access disputes that led to the approval of contempt citations in the House against then-White House Chief of Staff … more
Date: May 12, 2017
Creator: Garvey, Todd
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Congressional Investigations of the Department of Justice, 1920-2012: History, Law, and Practice

Description: This report briefly reviews the legal basis for investigative oversight, followed by several prominent examples of congressional oversight that reflect the significant breadth and reach of the legislative investigative prerogative vis-à-vis the Department. The report alos reviews and assess the Department’s contentions, based on policy, common law, and constitutional privilege, that it has asserted to attempt to limit congressional access to agency information.
Date: November 5, 2012
Creator: Dolan, Alissa M. & Garvey, Todd
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act and Circular A-76

Description: This report begins with a brief history of Circular A-76, a review of the its key components, and an assessment of the implementation of the circular. The section on FAIR (Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act) describes how it emerged from a series of compromises, explains the statute's key provisions, and reviews the implementation process, including guidance issued by OMB. The final section addresses recent initiatives, notably the President's competitive sourcing initiative and the Commer… more
Date: April 6, 2007
Creator: Halchin, L. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Types of Committee Hearings

Description: This report describes the four types of congressional committee hearings: legislative, oversight, investigative, and confirmation. Hearings may be held on Capitol Hill or elsewhere (e.g., a committee member's district or state, or a site related to the subject of the hearing). These latter hearings are often referred to as field hearings.
Date: August 10, 2015
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Intelligence Community and 9/11: Congressional Hearings and the Status of the Investigation

Description: This report discusses congressional investigations and hearings held by the congressional intelligence committees Joint Inquiry following the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. The Inquiry criticized intelligence agencies' use of information collection, processing, and maintenance and their coordination and communication with other agencies.
Date: January 16, 2003
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power

Description: When conducting investigations of the executive branch, congressional committees and Members of Congress generally receive the information required for legislative needs. If agencies fail to cooperate or the President invokes executive privilege, Congress can turn to a number of legislative powers that are likely to compel compliance. The two techniques described in this report are the issuance of subpoenas and the holding of executive officials in contempt. These techniques usually lead to an … more
Date: April 2, 2003
Creator: Fisher, Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigative Oversight: An Introduction to the Law, Practice and Procedure of Congressional Inquiry

Description: This report will provide an overview of some of the more common legal, procedural and practical issues, questions, and problems that committees have faced in the course of an investigation. Following a summary of the case law developing the scope and limitations of the power of inquiry, the essential tools of investigative oversight--subpoenas, staff interviews and depositions, grants of immunity, and the contempt power -- are described. Next, some of the special problems of investigating the e… more
Date: April 7, 1995
Creator: Rosenberg, Morton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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