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401(k) Plans: Increased Educational Outreach and Broader Oversight May Help Reduce Plan Fees

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Plan sponsors and participants paid a range of fees for services, though smaller plans typically paid higher fees as a percentage of plan assets. For example, the average amount sponsors of small plans reported paying for recordkeeping and administrative services was 1.33 percent of assets annually, compared with 0.15 percent paid by sponsors of large plans. Larger plans were more likely to pass recordk… more
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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2012 ROCK DEFORMATION: FEEDBACK PROCESSES IN ROCK DEFORMATION GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE, AUGUST 19-24, 2012

Description: Topics covered include: Failure At High Confining Pressure; Fluid-assisted Slip, Earthquakes & Fracture; Reaction-driven Cracking; Fluid Transport, Deformation And Reaction; Localized Fluid Transport And Deformation; Earthquake Mechanisms; Subduction Zone Dynamics And Crustal Growth.
Date: August 24, 2012
Creator: Kelemen, Peter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
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Action Sheet 36 Final Report

Description: Pursuant to the Arrangement between the European Commission DG Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to continue cooperation on research, development, testing, and evaluation of technology, equipment, and procedures in order to improve nuclear material control, accountancy, verification, physical protection, and advanced containment and surveillance technologies for international safeguards, dated 1 September 2008, the IRMM and LLNL established cooperation in a progr… more
Date: February 24, 2012
Creator: Kips, R. E.; Kristo, M. J. & Hutcheon, I. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Actions to Enforce the Iran Sanctions Act and Implement Contractor Certification Requirement

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since the fall of 2010, State has sanctioned 13 foreign firms under the ISA—2 for investments in Iran’s energy sector and 11 for supplying refined petroleum products."
Date: January 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Afghanistan Security: Long-standing Challenges May Affect Progress and Sustainment of Afghan National Security Forces

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) report progress developing capable Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), but tools used to assess the performance of ANSF units have changed several times. In April 2012, DOD reported progress increasing the number and capability of ANSF, with 7 percent of army units and 9 percent of police units rated at the highest level of … more
Date: July 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Analysis Of DWPF Sludge Batch 7a (Macrobatch 8) Pour Stream Samples

Description: The Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) began processing Sludge Batch 7a (SB7a), also referred to as Macrobatch 8 (MB8), in June 2011. SB7a is a blend of the heel of Tank 40 from Sludge Batch 6 (SB6) and the SB7a material that was transferred to Tank 40 from Tank 51. SB7a was processed using Frit 418. During processing of each sludge batch, the DWPF is required to take at least one glass sample to meet the objectives of the Glass Product Control Program (GPCP), which is governed by the DWP… more
Date: October 24, 2012
Creator: Johnson, F. C. & Pareizs, J. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Arleigh Burke Destroyers: Additional Analysis and Oversight Required to Support the Navy's Future Surface Combatant Plans

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Navy relied on its 2009 Radar/Hull Study as the basis to select DDG 51 over DDG 1000 to carry the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) as its preferred future surface combatant—a decision that may result in a procurement of up to 43 destroyers and cost up to $80 billion over the next several decades. The Radar/Hull Study may not provide a sufficient analytical basis for a decision of this magnitude.… more
Date: January 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Betatron-Function Measurement in Lattices with 90-Degrees Sections

Description: Lattice functions derived from betatron phase-advance measurements have been used successfully at many e{sup +}-e{sup -} facilities in the world, including at the PEP-II High Energy Ring. For the Low energy Ring of PEP-II, however, extraction of meaningful beta functions is hampered by the 90{sup o} phase advance/cell in the arcs, which causes a singularity in the expressions for beta. An algorithm has been developed calculating beta functions based on {beta} and {alpha} at the beginning of an … more
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: Wienands, U. & Biagini, M.E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Biogeochemical Considerations Related To The Remediation Of I-129 Plumes

Description: The objectives of this report were to: provide a current state of the science of radioiodine biogeochemistry relevant to its fate and transport at the Hanford Site; conduct a review of Hanford Site data dealing with groundwater {sup 129}I; and identify critical knowledge gaps necessary for successful selection, implementation, and technical defensibility in support of remediation decisions.
Date: September 24, 2012
Creator: Kaplan, D. I.; Yeager, C.; Denham, M. E.; Zhang, S.; M University, Galveston, TX (United States)]; Xu, C. et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The Budget Control Act of 2011: Budgetary Effects of Proposals to Replace the FY2013 Sequester

Description: Report that provides information on the levels of deficit reduction if the Budget Control Act's (BCA) automatic cuts are implemented as under current law and contrasts that with the alternative proposals offered by some Members of Congress and President Obama. It also discusses specific determinations made by the Office of Management and Budget regarding the exempt/non-exempt status of certain programs, as well as a discussion of information to be disclosed regarding the FY2013 BCA sequester im… more
Date: August 24, 2012
Creator: Levit, Mindy R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Bunch Profiling Using a Rotating Mask

Description: The current method for measuring profiles of proton bunches in accelerators is severely lacking. One must dedicate a great deal of time and expensive equipment to achieve meaningful results. A new method to complete this task uses a rotating mask with slots of three different orientations to collect this data. By scanning over the beam in three different directions, a complete profile for each bunch is built in just seconds, compared to the hours necessary for the previous method. This design w… more
Date: August 24, 2012
Creator: Miller, Mitchell & /SLAC /IIT, Chicago
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "During our fiscal year 2011 audit, we identified eight new general information systems control deficiencies related to access controls, configuration management, and segregation of duties. We made nine recommendations to address these control deficiencies. In a separately issued Limited Official Use Only report, we communicated to BPD management detailed information regarding our findings and related rec… more
Date: May 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Burma's Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions

Description: The installation of the Union Government in 2011 and the undertaking of initial reforms have raised the prospects for the resumption of a democratically elected civilian government in Burma after five decades of military rule. The release of Burma's political prisoners has a central role in U.S. policy and Burma's political future. Many of the U.S. sanctions on Burma were implemented after Burma's ruling military junta suppressed protests and detained many political prisoners. In addition, th… more
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Capitol Police: Retirement Benefits, Pay, Duties, and Attrition Compared to Other Federal Police Forces

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "USCP generally has enhanced retirement benefits, a higher minimum starting salary, and a wider variety of protective duties than other federal police forces in the DC metro area that GAO reviewed, but has similar employment requirements. Even though USCP, Park Police, Supreme Court Police, and Secret Service Uniformed Division are federal police forces, they provide enhanced retirement benefits similar … more
Date: January 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The Challenge for Arms Control Verification in the Post-New START World

Description: Nuclear weapon arms control treaty verification is a key aspect of any agreement between signatories to establish that the terms and conditions spelled out in the treaty are being met. Historically, arms control negotiations have focused more on the rules and protocols for reducing the numbers of warheads and delivery systems - sometimes resorting to complex and arcane procedures for counting forces - in an attempt to address perceived or real imbalances in a nation's strategic posture that cou… more
Date: May 24, 2012
Creator: Wuest, C R
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Characterizing the Nanoscale Layers of Tomorrow___s Electronics An Application of Fourier Analysis

Description: Thin film applications are of great interest to the semiconductor industry due to the important role they play in cutting edge technology such as thin film solar cells. X-Ray Reflectivity (XRR) characterizes thin films in a non-destructive and efficient manner yet complications exist in extracting these characteristics from raw XRR data. This study developed and tested two different algorithms to extract quantity of layers and thickness information on the nanometer scale from XRR data. It was c… more
Date: August 24, 2012
Creator: Payne, Christopher Bishop & /SLAC, /Princeton U.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Chinese Tire Imports: Section 421 Safeguards and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Description: This report discusses World Trade Organization (WTO) safeguards provisions contained in Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Agreement on Safeguards; the WTO China-specific safeguard and how it differs from preexisting WTO provisions; authorities and procedures set out in Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974; the International Trade Commission (ITC) determination and the President's decision to provide relief in the 2009 China tires case; and China's WTO case… more
Date: August 24, 2012
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Climate Change Science White Paper

Description: This is a white paper on climate change science. The white paper seeks to create a consensus around science-based evidence on climate change and increasing overall temperatures.
Date: July 24, 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Research, Education and Economics.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
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D-Cluster Converter Foil for Laser-Accelerated Deuteron Beams: Towards Deuteron-Beam-Driven Fast Ignition

Description: Fast Ignition (FI) uses Petawatt laser generated particle beam pulse to ignite a small volume called a pre-compressed Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) target, and is the favored method to achieve the high energy gain per target burn needed for an attractive ICF power plant. Ion beams such as protons, deuterons or heavier carbon ions are especially appealing for FI as they have relative straight trajectory, and easier to focus on the fuel capsule. But current experiments have encountered proble… more
Date: October 24, 2012
Creator: Miley, George H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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