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Invasive Species Definition Clarification and Guidance White Paper

Description: Paper discussing a "a non-regulatory policy interpretation of the term invasive species" through a positional defintion of what and what does not constittue an invasive species along with examples of impacts caused by invasive species. (p. 2)
Date: April 27, 2006
Creator: Definitions Subcommittee of the Invasive Species Adivsory Committee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2008 - 2012 National Invasive Species Management Plan

Description: Document outlining recommendations, roles and responsibilities, and other components of the plan/strategy intended to prevent, control, and minimize invasive species and their impact in the United States from 2008 to 2012.
Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: National Invasive Species Council (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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At What Risk?: Correcting Over-Reliance on Contractors in Contingency Operations

Description: Final report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan documenting the findings, recommendations, and other information related to research into contingency-contracting themes, including contract waste and fraud. The report documents recommendations for contracting practices.
Date: February 24, 2011
Creator: Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transforming Wartime Contracting: Controlling Costs, Reducing Risks

Description: Final report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan documenting the findings, recommendations, and other information related to research into contingency-contracting themes, including contract waste and fraud. The report documents the work of staff stationed in Baghdad and Kabul, providing recommendations for contracting practices moving forward.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

Description: "This report will provide greater detail about the multistep effort devised and driven by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer of power. Building on the information presented in our hearings earlier this year, we will present new findings about Trump's pressure campaign on officials from the local level all the way up to his Vice President, orchestrated and designed solely to throw out the will of the voters and keep him in office past the end of his elected term." … more
Date: December 2022
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part III: Renaming Department of Defense Assets

Description: Report summarizing the recommendations of The Naming Commission's findings as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which mandates the removal of names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America. "Part III of the Naming Commission 's Final Report .... contains recommendations for the disposition of all Confederacy-affiliated and named Department of Defense assets not already covered" in previous … more
Date: September 2022
Creator: United States. Naming Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part II: U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy

Description: Report summarizing the recommendations of The Naming Commission's findings regarding military academies in the United States as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which mandates the removal of names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America. "Part II of the Naming Commission 's Final Report .... addresses assets on the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point and the United States … more
Date: August 2022
Creator: United States. Naming Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part I: United States Army Bases

Description: Report summarizing the recommendations of The Naming Commission's findings regarding army bases as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which mandates the removal of names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America. "Part 1 of the three-part Naming Commission Final Report .... recommends new names for nine military bases (Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort P… more
Date: August 2022
Creator: United States. Naming Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climate Change Impacts in the United States: Highlights

Description: Report presenting major findings and selected highlights from _Climate Change Impacts in the United States_, the third National Climate Assessment. The _Highlights_ report is organized around the National Climate Assessment's 12 Report Findings: Our Changing Climate, Extreme Weather, Future Climate, Widespread Impacts, Human Health, Infrastructure, Water, Agriculture, Indigenous Peoples, Ecosystems, Oceans, and Responses. Assessments are also presented by regions: Northeast, Southeast & Caribbe… more
Date: October 2014
Creator: Melillo, Jerry M.; Richmond, Terese (T.C.) & Yohe, Gary W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Role of AI Technology in Pandemic Response and Preparedness: Recommended Investments and Initiatives

Description: White paper identifying ways that aritificial intelligence (AI) might be utilitzed in pandemic response for the COVID-19 pandemic and in the future. Outlined are a series of investments and initiatives the authors believe that the United States must undertake to realize the full potential of AI for national security.
Date: June 25, 2020
Creator: Matheny, Jason; Zetter, Olivia; deBlanc-Knowles, Tess & Garris, Michael D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

Description: Final report presenting the National Security Commission for Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI)'s recommendations for winning the AI era. It includes a 16 chapter Main Report and "Blueprints for Action that outline the concrete steps departments and agencies can take to implement NSCAI's recommendations." - Introduction.
Date: March 1, 2021
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Privacy and Ethics Recommendations for Computing Applications Developed to Mitigate COVID-19

Description: The first of three white papers authored by members of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) on harnessing data and computing technologies to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The report analyzes how computing applications can supplement the United States' manual contract tracing efforts and recommends privacy and ethics considerations in developing and fielding these applications.
Date: May 6, 2020
Creator: Horvitz, Eric J. (Eric Joel); Clyburn, Mignon Leticia, 1962-; Griffiths, José-Marie & Matheny, Jason
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The 1776 Report

Description: A report authored by historians, academics, and politicians to chronicle the American founding, the effect of the meaning of the Declaration of Independence on the U.S. history, the principles in the Constitution, and challenges to those principles, as well as suggestions for national renewal.
Date: January 2021
Creator: United States. President's Advisory 1776 Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim Report and Third Quarter Recommendations, October 2020

Description: A report containing the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI)'s third quarterly memo and second interim report with 66 recommendations in key areas. They are organized under five tabs: strengthening the triangular alliance for AI research, applying AI for national security missions, training and recruiting AI talent, protecting and building upon U.S. technology advances, and marshaling global AI cooperation & ethics.
Date: October 2020
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Interim Report, November 2019

Description: Report presenting the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence's initial (NSCAI)'s preliminary assessment of artificial intelligence (AI). It discusses NSCAI's definition of AI, the challenges and context around it, where the U.S. Government can apply it, considerations on ethical and trustworhy AI, and associated technologies.
Date: November 2019
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Initial Report

Description: A brief report summarizing the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence's activities, meetings, relationships with the U.S. Government, industry, and academia, early substantive assessments, commission staff, and next steps.
Date: July 31, 2019
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mitigating Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Preserving U.S. Strategic Competitiveness in Artificial Intelligence

Description: White paper authored by three members of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence to address AI-related aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic response and the implications of the crisis for America's security and strategic competitiveness. It offers five themed recommendations to use AI to reopen, assess, preserve, screen, and return the U.S.'s economic and national security concerns during and after the pandemic.
Date: May 19, 2020
Creator: Darby, Chris; Louie, Gilman & Matheny, Jason
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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First Quarter Recommendations, March 2020

Description: A quarterly report detailing recommendations for areas identified in most need of attention, ripe for action, or foundational to AI and national security. They are grouped into seven tabs: increasing AI R&D investments, accelerating AI application in Department of Defense, strengthening AI workforce, promoting US leadership in AI hardware & 5G, improving cooperation among key allies and partners, advancing ethical and responsible AI, and threat analysis and recommended actions. The recommendat… more
Date: March 2020
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report Index

Description: Index to accompany the final report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, created to "examine the causes of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States."
Date: January 2011
Creator: United States. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Equality for All Mural]

Description: Video describing the creation of the mural "Equality for All" as part of the centennial activities celebrating the ratification of the 19th amendment.
Date: 2020
Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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100th Anniversary of Women Winning the Vote: Reflections on the 2020 Centennial

Description: Conversation among members of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission discussing the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and reflecting on the work of the Commission during 2020.
Date: October 22, 2020
Duration: 51 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Wall, Debra Steidel; Mikulski, Barbara; James, Kay Coles; Shogan, Colleen & Combs, Susan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Women's Fight for the Vote: Celebrating 100 Years of the 19th Amendment

Description: Discussion with Elaine Weiss and Hillary Rodham Clinton, moderated by Carla Hayden, about the history of women's suffrage in the United States in the context of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.
Date: August 17, 2020
Duration: 41 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Hayden, Carla Diane, 1952-; Weiss, Elaine F., 1952- & Clinton, Hillary Rodham
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Welcome from Senator Marsha Blackburn

Description: Introductory statement by Marsha Blackburn, the first woman senator from Tennessee, as a way to kick-off centennial events in her home state to celebrate the anniversary of the 19th amendment.
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 6 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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