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2016 USAID Staffing Report to Congress

Description: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to provide the following report pursuant to House Report 114-154 accompanying H.R. 2772, which details “the number of people employed by USAID, the category of employment (direct hire, personal service contractor, Participating Agency Service Agreement, and similar categories), the veteran status of direct hires employed by USAID, the office or overseas post to which they are assigned or detailed, the appropriation accoun… more
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Abrupt Climate Change

Description: This is an excerpt of a report series produced by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) aimed at providing current assessments of climate change science to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. The document contains a list of team members and authors, a memo to Congress, a table of contents, acknowledgements, recommended citations, a synopsis of the full report, and a preface.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Abrupt Climate Change: Summary and Findings

Description: This report summary outlines brief answers to four questions about climate change. Will there be an abrupt change in sea level? Will there be an abrupt change in the hydrologic cycle? Will there be an abrupt change in the atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)? Will there be abrupt change in atmospheric methane?
Date: 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles off North Carolina

Description: Report on a study of migration patterns and density of loggerhead, leatherback, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles in order to determine the potential impact of Mobil Oil's plan to drill an exploratory well 45 miles east-northeast of Cape Hatteras, NC.
Date: February 1996
Creator: Keinath, J. A.; Musick, J. A. & Barnard, D. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Accounting for Socioeconomic Change from Offshore Oil and Gas: Cumulative Effects on Louisiana's coastal Parishes, 1969-2000

Description: This study looks at the socioeconomic impact in Louisiana's coastal parishes as a result of off shore oil and gas. The study looks at the impact of reserves under federal jurisdiction on the income of people in the region.
Date: 2006
Creator: Pulsipher, Allan G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Across-Shelf Larval, Postlarval, and Juvenile Fish Collected at Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and a Coastal Rock Jetty West of the Mississippi River Delta

Description: A study that examines the effect of oil and gas platforms on the habitats and populations of fish communities near them.
Date: September 2001
Creator: Hernandez, Frank J. Jr.; Shaw, Richard F.; Cope, Joseph S.; Ditty, James G.; Benfield, Mark C. & Farooqi, Talat
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adaptation of the Minerals Management Service's Oil-Weathering Model for Use in the Gulf of Mexico Region

Description: The Minerals Management Service's open-ocean, oil-weathering model has been updated extensively for use on personal computers to determine what oil-weathering processes are wind and/or temperature dependent. Provides detailed user's instructions on how to use the model, examples demonstrating the model, and program listings.
Date: October 1992
Creator: Kirstein, Bruce E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color

Description: "This issue brief supplements the earlier report by highlighting some of the initial steps taken by the Administration to address issues faced by women and girls of color over the past year."
Date: unknown
Creator: The White House Council on Women and Girls
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advancing Knowledge for Action on Global Environmental Change: Reflecting on Progress and Strategizing for the Future

Description: A report that discusses the company START which promotes knowledge on global environmental change in Africa and Asia-Pacific. The report discusses its creators, accomplishments, future investments, partnerships, and supporters.
Date: unknown
Creator: Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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