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U.S. Census Monitoring Board Report to Congress: October 1, 1999

Description: Report explaining the U.S. Census Monitoring Board's plan to launch a large-scale paid advertising campaign educating Americans on the upcoming 2000 census to ensure that they fill it out, all in the hopes of avoiding census undercounts. The report summarizes the situation, introduces the advertising agencies the Board plans on contracting to launch this campaign, and provides further details about the strategy.
Date: October 1, 1999
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transcript of President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security Hearing, July 24, 2001

Description: Transcript of a public hearing held by the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security on July 24, 2001 the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. This hearing included a run-through of a draft of the Commission's interim report to finalize the language used within.
Date: July 24, 2001
Creator: United States. President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Interim Report

Description: Interim report of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, documenting progress in determining how to celebrate the two-hundred year anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The report introduces various subcommittees dedicated to things such as education, international outreach, and Lincoln and the arts, and discusses how they will help to honor Lincoln's life and legacy.
Date: June 2004
Creator: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Questionnaire and Topline Results From a National Survey Regarding the 2000 Census for the U.S. Census Monitoring Board Presidential Members

Description: Report by Beldon Russonello and Stewart on a national poll they did via telephone regarding the United States Census on behalf of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board. The report lists the questions asked and provides the percentage of responses broken down by race.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Belden, Russonello, & Stewart
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transcript of Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Hearing, December 3, 2020

Description: Transcript of a public hearing held by the House of Representative Committee on Foreign Affairs online on December 3, 2020. In this hearing, the Committee on Foreign Affairs spoke to the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission about their recently-published final report. Members of the Commission were brought on as witnesses.
Date: December 3, 2020
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Charting a New Path Forward: Report of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission

Description: Final report of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission analyzing the various counternarcotics programs of the United States in places across the Americas, including Colombia, Mexico, and Central America. The report also offers suggestions to improve these programs.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bankruptcy: The Next Twenty Years

Description: Final report of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission documenting the recommendations they have for Congress regarding policy surrounding bankruptcy. The document includes sections for recommendations related to consumer bankruptcy, business bankruptcy, procedure and administration, and more. There is also a section for the views of individual commissioners.
Date: October 20, 1997
Creator: National Bankruptcy Review Commission (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transforming Prisons, Restoring Lives: Final Recommendations of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections

Description: Final report of the Charles Colson Task Force documenting the findings, recommendations, and other information related to research into reforming the federal prison system. The report analyzes how the federal corrections system has grown considerably over the past few decades, and then lists six recommendations for improvement. These recommendations include reserving prison for only those convicted of the most serious crimes, promoting a culture of rehabilitation in these facilities, incentiviz… more
Date: January 2016
Creator: Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stemming the Tide: Strategies to Reduce the Growth and Cut the Cost of the Federal Prison System

Description: Report investigating the growth of federal prison populations. The report explains the impact of federal prison growth and analyzes the drivers of this increase. It also proposes policy options to ease this growth.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Samuels, Julie; La Vigne, Nancy G. (Nancy Gladys), 1965- & Taxy, Samuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Who Gets Time for Federal Drug Offenses? Data Trends and Opportunities for Reform

Description: Brief on the Charles Colson Task Force's research into the massive population increase of federal prisons. This brief reports that the primary reason for this growth is the length of time people are serving for drug-related crimes. Most of these people lack a serious history of violence prior to being convicted, and very few are convicted of leading or violent roles in drug trafficking crimes. These long sentences are usually the result of mandatory minimums. The report concludes with a recomme… more
Date: November 2015
Creator: Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drivers of Growth in the Federal Prison Population

Description: This brief investigates the massive growth of the federal prison population between 1980 and 2015. The brief finds that this growth is primarily because many more people have been imprisoned for drug-related crimes and are, on average, serving longer sentences.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2018

Description: Report analyzing the amount of funding dedicated to child welfare in fiscal years 2008 and 2010. The report analyzes spending at the federal, state, and local levels, and examines both funds dedicated specifically to child abuse and funds that are not dedicated to child welfare but often help children anyway (such as TANF).
Date: June 2012
Creator: DeVooght, Kerry; Fletcher, Megan; Vaughn, Brigitte & Cooper, Hope
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Path Forward: Policy Options for Protecting Children From Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Description: This white paper, created by the Policy Subcommittee of the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, examines the findings gleaned through public hearings and other investigations into the issue of child abuse. The paper presents these findings and uses them as the basis for several policy recommendations.
Date: November 24, 2015
Creator: Bevan, Cassie Statuto; Cooper, Hope & Roth, Marci
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Efecto del Conteo Inexacto del Censo 2000 sobre Fondos Federales para los Estados y Condados Seleccionados, 2002-2012

Description: Report focusing on how, because Congress uses census data to allocate funding to state governments, census undercounts can lead to this money being misallocated. The report estimates the size of the Census 2000 undercount and then analyzes how this will affect federal funding.
Date: August 7, 2001
Creator: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Firm)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Census 2000 Undercount on Federal Funding to States and Selected Counties, 2002-2012

Description: Report focusing on how, because Congress uses census data to allocate funding to state governments, census undercounts can lead to this money being misallocated. The report estimates the size of the Census 2000 undercount and then analyzes how this will affect federal funding.
Date: August 7, 2001
Creator: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Firm)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of Demographic Analysis, A.C.E., and Census 2000 Results by Race

Description: Report by Jeffrey S. Passel for the Presidential Members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board analyzing why the DA estimate of the U.S. population implies a census overcount and the A.C.E. implies an undercount. Passel analyzes how these different methods of estimating the population are disproportionate when it comes to their treatment of minorities, leading to the discrepancy.
Date: February 27, 2001
Creator: Passel, Jeffrey S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Guide to Statistical Adjustment: How It Really Works

Description: Report from the Congressional Members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board analyzing the process of statistical adjustment and how it works. The Congressional Members of the Board view the adoption of statistical adjustment to correct census undercounts with skepticism and recommend continued discussion to reach a better solution.
Date: May 23, 2001
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board. Congressional Members
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Letter Report to Congress, 1 September 2001

Description: Final report of the Congressional Members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board reflecting on the 2000 census. The report summarizes the things that worked well, the things that still need improvement, and the lessons to take into the future for the 2010 census.
Date: September 1, 2001
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board. Congressional Members
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Census Monitoring Board Field Observations From Fifty-One Local Census Offices: Report to Congress, October 1, 2000

Description: Report analyzing the processes and observations of 51 of the 520 Local Census Offices (LCOs) established for the 2000 census. This report looks at LCOs from all 12 of the Census Regions, and the document is divided into subsections based on which Census Region each LCO is in.
Date: October 1, 2000
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Concerns of the Hard-to-Count Communities: Summary From the Undercount Summit and the Hispanic Federation Forum

Description: Report from the Congressional Members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board summarizing the Undercount Summit and Hispanic Federation Forum, both of which were held in order to glean the thoughts and opinions on census undercounts from the people who are actually at risk of being affected by it. The report includes both the concerns discussed at these events and a list of potential solutions.
Date: January 18, 2000
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board. Congressional Members
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unkept Promise: Statistical Adjustment Fails to Eliminate Local Undercounts, as Revealed by Evaluation of Severely Undercounted Blocks From the 1990 Census Plan

Description: Report on a study conducted by the Congressional Members of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board to determine whether or not statistical adjustment actually corrects large census undercounts. The study finds that statistical adjustment is actually unhelpful.
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: U.S. Census Monitoring Board. Congressional Members
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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