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Customs Service Compliance Assessments of Selected Importers

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on how the Customs Service's Office of Regulatory Audit is conducting compliance assessment audits in the context of the Customs Service Modernization Act, focusing on: (1) procedures established by the act; and (2) Customs' policies and procedures for conducting the audits to identify any problems that might warrant GAO's further review."
Date: July 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Federal Courts: Differences Exist In Ordering Fines and Restitution

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on federal offenders who were ordered to pay criminal fines and victim restitution, focusing on: (1) the percentage of offenders who were ordered to pay fines or restitution in fiscal year (FY) 1997 and those who were not; (2) differences across judicial circuits and districts in the percent of offenders who were ordered to pay fines or restitution … more
Date: May 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Computer Controls

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the general and application controls that support key automated financial systems maintained and operated by the Bureau of Public Debt (BPD). GAO also followed up on the corrective actions BPD took in response to GAO's previous recommendations on improving BPD's financial system controls."
Date: August 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness of Key State-Administered Federal Programs

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the year 2000 readiness of state-administered federal programs, focusing on: (1) the reported year 2000 readiness of 10 key state-administered federal human services programs; and (2) federal activities to assess states' readiness for these 10 programs."
Date: October 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Financial Management: Financial Management Weaknesses at the Department of Education

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO discussed its review of the independent auditors' reports on the Department of Education's financial statements covering fiscal year (FY) 1998, focusing on: (1) weaknesses in the financial reporting process; (2) inadequate reconciliations of financial accounting records; and (3) inadequate controls over information systems."
Date: December 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Courts: Differences Exist in Ordering Fines and Restitution

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on federal courts and the differences that exist in ordering fines and restitution, focusing on: (1) the percentages of those offenders who were ordered to pay fines and restitution in fiscal year (FY) 1997 and those who were not; (2) differences across judicial circuits and districts in the percentages of those offenders who were ordered to pay fines or … more
Date: May 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Safety: Information on the International Nuclear Regulators Association

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) participation in the International Nuclear Regulators Association, focusing on: (1) the Association's activities since it was created; (2) U.S. costs to support NRC's participation in the Association; (3) the views of NRC's commissioners and others on the benefits of the Association; and (4) other groups … more
Date: August 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Securities and Exchange Commission: Regulation of Exchanges and Alternative Trading Systems

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new rule on the regulation of exchanges and alternative trading systems (ATS). GAO noted that: (1) the rule would allow ATS to choose whether to register as national securities exchanges, or to register as broker-dealers, depending on their activities and trading volume; (2) in addition, Regulation ATS will… more
Date: January 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foster Care: Kinship Care Quality and Permanency Issues

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed how well kinship care is serving foster children, focusing on the: (1) quality of care that children in kinship care receive compared with that received by other foster children, as measured by a caseworker's assessment of a caregiver's parenting skills, the extent to which a foster child is able to maintain contact with familiar people and surroundings, and a … more
Date: May 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Readiness of the Electric Power Industry

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the electric power industry's vulnerability to year 2000 problems and the reported status of the industry's year 2000 readiness."
Date: April 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electronic Banking: Enhancing Federal Oversight of Internet Banking Activities

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed federal oversight of depository institutions' Internet banking activities, focusing on: (1) the risks posed by Internet banking and the extent of any industrywide Internet banking-related problems; (2) the methods used by regulators to track depository institutions' plans to provide Internet banking services; (3) how regulators examined Internet banking activit… more
Date: July 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare Fraud and Abuse: DOJ's Implementation of False Claims Act Guidance in National Initiatives Varies

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Justice's (DOJ) and selected U.S. Attorneys' Offices' implementation of the False Claims Act guidance, focusing on: (1) the status of DOJ's work groups efforts and the initiative-specific guidance they prepared; (2) DOJ's efforts to assess U.S. Attorneys' compliance with the guidance; (3) the implementation of the guidance at selected U.S. A… more
Date: August 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical Infrastructure Protection: Fundamental Improvements Needed to Assure Security of Federal Operations

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the computer security aspects of critical infrastructure protection, focusing on federal agency performance in addressing computer security issues."
Date: October 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Space Station: Cost to Operate After Assembly is Uncertain

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) estimate for the cost to operate the International Space Station after assembly is completed, focusing on: (1) whether any space station-related costs are not included in NASA's estimate; (2) the level of uncertainty in the cost estimate for operations, especially with regard to the potential impact of … more
Date: August 6, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance of Vacuum Pumps to be Used in Tritium Extraction Facility

Description: The goal of this test was to measure pump operating characteristics for three different gases and a wider range of conditions than for the vendor data. Test results will be used by Engineering Development Section for incorporation in a computer model of the pump train.
Date: April 6, 1999
Creator: Steimke, J. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Complex Systems: Science for the 21st Century

Description: Designed to help define new scientific directions related to complex systems in order to create new understanding about the nano world and complicated, multicomponent structures.
Date: March 6, 1999
Creator: Shank, C. V.; Awschalom, D.; Bawendi, M.; Fréchet, J.; Murphy, D.; Stupp, S. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Russian Navy Fresh Fuel MPC and A Training

Description: The goal of the Russian Navy Fuels Program is to incorporate nuclear fuel that is in the custody of the Russian Navy into a materials protection, control and accounting program. In addition to applying MPC and A upgrades to existing facilities, a program is underway to train site personnel in MPC and A activities. The goal is to assure that the upgraded facilities are managed, operated and maintained in an effective, sustainable manner. Training includes both the conceptual and necessary operat… more
Date: July 6, 1999
Creator: Forehand, Harry M.; O'Shell, Parker; Opanassiouk, Yuri R.; Rexroth, Paul E.; Shmelev, Vladimir & Sukhoruchkin, Vladimir K.
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Depth and Thermal Stability of Dry Etch Damage in GaN Schottky Diodes

Description: GaN Schottky diodes were exposed to N<sub>2</sub> or H<sub>2</sub> Inductively Coupled Plasmas prior to deposition of the rectifying contact. Subsequent annealing, wet photochemical etching or (NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>S surface passivation treatments were examined for their effect on diode current- voltage characteristics. We found that either annealing at 750 &deg;C under N<sub>2</sub>, or removal of ~500-600 &Aring; of the surface essentially restored the initial I-V characteristics. There… more
Date: July 6, 1999
Creator: Baca, A. G.; Cao, X. A.; Cho, H.; Dang, G. T.; Hickman, R.; Pearton, S. J. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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