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Sage-Grouse Lek Guideline Review Report

Description: On April 21, 2011, an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Land Use Committee meeting was convened to support a Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID) unofficial request to obtain Land Use Committee comments pertaining to the proposed Sage-Grouse Breeding Habitat Regulations. Two documents were provided from DOE-ID pertaining to the proposed regulations: “Guidelines for INL Site Activities within Sage-grouse Breeding Habitat” and “Guidelines for New Infrastructure Development and Futu… more
Date: May 1, 2011
Creator: Reisenauer, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Background, Legal Analysis, and Policy Options

Description: This report provides a legal analysis of the recent Court ruling as well as background information on the federal sentencing guidelines. The report then discusses legislation enacted in 1984 that created the current federal sentencing structure. The report concludes with an analysis of possible policy options the 109th Congress may wish to consider if it chooses to address this issue.
Date: February 9, 2005
Creator: Seghetti, Lisa M. & Smith, Alison M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas [Presentation]

Description: Presentation on how the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit established their metadata guidelines and how the guidelines work to support The Portal to Texas History and the University of North Texas Digital Library.
Date: October 22, 2010
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Plan for the Operation, Funding, and Services for the Arts in Texas. Texas Commission on the Arts. Revised September, 1988.

Description: A booklet that outlines and details the plans and organizational structure for providing funding and services for the arts in Texas, as provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts. The booklet is sectioned into six sections. Section I gives an overview of TCA, their purpose, structure, principles, and legislation. Section II details types of assistances which include financial assistance, ineligible activities, informational service, technical service, and mandated services. Section III is abo… more
Date: September 1988
Creator: Texas Commission on the Arts
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Guidelines for the Performance of Nonproliferation Assessments

Description: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) established a Nonproliferation Assessment Methodology (NPAM) Working Group, comprised of representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories and academia, to develop guidelines for the practical application of Nonproliferation Assessment Methodologies (NPAM). The purpose of these methodologies is to address questions and issues related to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and weapons-useable nuclear materials and related techno… more
Date: May 29, 2003
Creator: Mladineo, Stephen V.; Denning, Richard S.; Roglans-Ribas, Jordi; Bari, Robert A.; Eagle, James; Olinger, Chad T. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Legislation in the 113th Congress

Description: This report discusses legislation that would establish or enhance a statutory minimum term of imprisonment for some federal crimes, including drug offenses, crimes involving firearms, aggravated computer abuse, illegal reentry, and violence against public servants.
Date: November 5, 2013
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes

Description: This report discusses the federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, that limits the discretion of a sentencing court to impose a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment or the death penalty. The United States Sentencing Commission's Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System (2011) recommends consideration of amendments to several of the statutes under which federal mandatory minimum sentences are most often imposed.
Date: September 9, 2013
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Judicial Fact-Finding and Criminal Sentencing: Current Practice and Potential Change

Description: This report provides an overview of criminal sentencing law by briefly describing the use of relevant conduct under the Guidelines and tracing the Supreme Court case law that has informed the practice, before addressing judicial commentary and recently proposed legislation regarding the use of acquitted or uncharged conduct at sentencing.
Date: August 24, 2018
Creator: Foster, Michael A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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