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Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Departments of Defense (DOD) and State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have relied extensively on contractors to carry out a range of services in Iraq and Afghanistan. While recognizing the benefits of using contractors, GAO and others have noted the challenges and risks associated with an increased reliance on contractors and the ability of agencies to manage thei… more
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Best Practices: Increased Focus on Requirements and Oversight Needed to Improve DOD's Acquisition Environment and Weapon System Quality

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "A Senate report related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 asked GAO to compare quality management practices used by the Department of Defense (DOD) and its contractors to those used by leading commercial companies and make suggestions for improvement. To do this, GAO (1) determined the impact of quality problems on selected weapon systems and prime contractor practices that … more
Date: February 1, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Readiness: Navy Is Making Progress Implementing Its Fleet Response Plan, but Has Not Fully Developed Goals, Measures, and Resource Needs

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Navy initiated its Fleet Response Plan (FRP) in March 2003 as a critical enabler to help meet the new demands of the twenty-first century security environment. FRP represents a major change in the way the Navy manages its forces, and is intended to more rapidly prepare and then sustain readiness in ships and squadrons. To achieve the desired capabilities under FRP, the Navy has altered its training,… more
Date: February 1, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Current and Potential Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Texas' Moving Media Industry

Description: This report compares the film industry incentive programs of other states with the Texas incentive program and examines their respective economic and fiscal impacts. In Texas, the economic impact of the moving media industry approached $345 million in 2007. This report also identifies strategies proposed to enhance Texas' future competitive position in the moving media industry.
Date: December 1, 2008
Creator: Weinstein, Bernard L.; Clower, Terry L. & Seman, Michael
Partner: UNT Center for Economic Development and Research
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Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Zero Energy Demonstration Home

Description: This brochure describes the 2005 demonstration home designed by NREL and the Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. The completed home produced 24% more energy than it consumed over 12 months.
Date: April 1, 2008
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Aerial Radiological Survey of Selected Areas of the City of North Las Vegas

Description: As part of the proficiency training for the Radiological Mapping mission of the Aerial Measuring System (AMS), a survey team from the Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis (RSL-Nellis) conducted an aerial radiological survey of selected areas of the city of North Las Vegas for the purpose of mapping natural radiation background and locating any man-made radioactive sources. Survey areas were selected in collaboration with the City Manager's office and included four separate areas: (1) Las Vegas Moto… more
Date: June 1, 2008
Creator: Wasiolek, Piotr
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of New Wind Power in Pennsylvania (Fact Sheet)

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy?s Wind Powering America Program is committed to educating state-level policymakers and other stakeholders about the economic, CO2 emissions, and water conservation impacts of wind power. This analysis highlights the expected impacts of 1000 MW of wind power in Pennsylvania. Although construction and operation of 1000 MW of wind power is a significant effort, six states have already reached the 1000-MW mark. We forecast the cumulative economic benefits from 1000 MW … more
Date: October 1, 2008
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CHARICE version 1.1 update.

Description: CHARICE (CHARacteristics-based inverse analysis of Isentropic Compression Experiments) is a computer application, previously documented in SAND2007-4948, that analyzes velocity waveform data from ramp-wave experiments to determine a material's quasi-isentropic loading response in stress and density using an iterative characteristics-based approach. This short report documents only the changes in CHARICE release version 1.1 relative to release version 1.0, and is not intended to stand alone. CHA… more
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Davis, Jean-Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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New American Home 2009 (Brochure)

Description: This brochure details the New American Home 2009, which demonstrates the use of innovative building materials, cutting-edge design, and the latest construction techniques.
Date: December 1, 2008
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar Advisor Model User Guide for Version 2.0

Description: The Solar Advisor Model (SAM) provides a consistent framework for analyzing and comparing power system costs and performance across the range of solar technologies and markets, from photovoltaic systems for residential and commercial markets to concentrating solar power and large photovoltaic systems for utility markets. This manual describes Version 2.0 of the software, which can model photovoltaic and concentrating solar power technologies for electric applications for several markets. The cu… more
Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: Gilman, P.; Blair, N.; Mehos, M.; Christensen, C.; Janzou, S. & Cameron, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 545: Dumps, Waste Disposal Sites, and Buried Radioactive Materials Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 0

Description: This Corrective Action Decision Document (CADD)/Closure Report (CR) has been prepared for Corrective Action Unit (CAU) 545, Dumps, Waste Disposal Sites, and Buried Radioactive Materials, in Areas 2, 3, 9, and 20 of the Nevada Test Site, Nevada, in accordance with the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order that was agreed to by the State of Nevada; U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Management; U.S. Department of Defense; and DOE, Legacy Management (1996, as amended February 20… more
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Wickline, Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modeling Approach/Strategy for Corrective Action Unit 99: Rainier Mesa and Shoshone Mountain, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, Revision 1, with ROTC-1

Description: This document describes an approach for preliminary (Phase I) flow and transport modeling for the Rainier Mesa/Shoshone Mountain (RMSM) Corrective Action Unit (CAU). This modeling will take place before the planned Phase II round of data collection to better identify the remaining data gaps before the fieldwork begins. Because of the geologic complexity, limited number of borings, and large vertical gradients, there is considerable uncertainty in the conceptual model for flow; thus different co… more
Date: June 1, 2008
Creator: Ruskauff, Greg
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clean Cities: Ethanol Basics, Fact Sheet, October 2008

Description: Document answers frequently asked questions about ethanol as a transportation fuel, including those on production, environmental effects, and vehicles.
Date: October 1, 2008
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ACRF Instrumentation Status: New, Current, and Future - May 2008

Description: The purpose of this report is to provide a concise but comprehensive overview of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility instrumentation status. The report is divided into the following five sections: (1) new instrumentation in the process of being acquired and deployed, (2) field campaigns, (3) existing instrumentation and progress on improvements or upgrades, (4) proposed future instrumentation, and (5) Small Business Innovation Research instrument development.
Date: May 1, 2008
Creator: Voyles, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clean Cities Now, Vol. 12, No. 1 - January 2008

Description: This quarterly Web-based newsletter features articles relating to alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles, idle reduction technologies, and fuel economy measures.
Date: January 1, 2008
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Impact Tensile Testing of Stainless Steels at Various Temperatures

Description: Stainless steels are used for the construction of numerous spent nuclear fuel or radioactive material containers that may be subjected to high strains and moderate strain rates during accidental drop events. Mechanical characteristics of these base materials and their welds under dynamic loads in the strain rate range of concern (1 to 300 per second) are not well documented. However, research is being performed at the Idaho National Laboratory to quantify these characteristics. The work present… more
Date: March 1, 2008
Creator: Morton, D. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of nanostructured and surface modified semiconductors for hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells.

Description: Solar energy conversion is increasingly being recognized as one of the principal ways to meet future energy needs without causing detrimental environmental impact. Hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells (SCs) are attracting particular interest due to the potential for low cost manufacturing and for use in new applications, such as consumer electronics, architectural integration and light-weight sensors. Key materials advantages of these next generation SCs over conventional semiconductor SCs are … more
Date: September 1, 2008
Creator: Hsu, Julia, W. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Washington International Renewable Energy Conference 2008 Pledges: Methodology and Assumptions Summary

Description: The 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) was held in Washington, D.C., from March 4-6, 2008, and involved nearly 9,000 people from 125 countries. The event brought together worldwide leaders in renewable energy (RE) from governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to discuss the role that renewables can play in alleviating poverty, growing economies, and passing on a healthy planet to future generations. The confer… more
Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: Babiuch, B.; Bilello, D. E.; Cowlin, S. C.; Mann, M. & Wise, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Assessment of Unabated Facility Emission Potentials for Evaluating Airborne Radionuclide Monitoring Requirements at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - 2007

Description: Assessments were performed to evaluate compliance with the airborne radionuclide emission monitoring requirements in the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP – U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 61, Subpart H) and Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 246-247: Radiation Protection – Air Emissions. In these NESHAP assessments, potential unabated offsite doses were evaluated for emission locations at buildings that are part of the consolidated laboratory c… more
Date: January 1, 2008
Creator: Ballinger, Marcel Y.; Barfuss, Brad C. & Gervais, Todd L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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