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Industrial Security: DOD Cannot Provide Adequate Assurances That Its Oversight Ensures the Protection of Classified Information

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Department of Defense (DOD) contractors perform numerous services that require access to classified information. With access comes the possibility of compromise, particularly as foreign entities increasingly seek U.S. military technologies. To ensure the protection of classified information, the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) establishes requirements that contractors must meet. In administering th… more
Date: March 3, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Renewable Energy: Wind Power's Contribution to Electric Power Generation and Impact on Farms and Rural Communities

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Wind-generated electricity--wind power--has the potential to provide electricity to homes and businesses without causing air pollution or depleting nonrenewable resources, unlike electricity generated by fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil). Furthermore, because wind power has no fuel costs--wind power depends on the energy of the wind--its operating costs are lower than the costs for power produce… more
Date: September 3, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Office of Compliance: Status of Management Control Efforts to Improve Effectiveness

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Consolidated Appropriations Resolution of 2003 Conference Report mandated that GAO review the Office of Compliance (OOC), an independent legislative branch agency created by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA). OOC, a 15-person office with about $2 million in expenditures during fiscal year 2003, administers and enforces various CAA provisions related to fair employment and occupational safe… more
Date: February 3, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rural Housing: Changing the Definition of Rural Could Improve Eligibility Determinations

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Rural America has become more diverse: technology and the spread of suburbia have linked rural areas to urban areas, resulting in diminished distinctions between the two. The Rural Housing Service (RHS) applies statutory requirements for eligibility that may not reflect changes in rural areas or best determine which areas qualify for its housing programs. GAO's objectives included assessments of how eli… more
Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HUD Single-Family and Multifamily Property Programs: Inadequate Controls Resulted in Questionable Payments and Potential Fraud

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In our 2003 performance and accountability report on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), we continued to identify HUD's single-family (SF) mortgage insurance program as highrisk --an area we have found to be at high risk for fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Also, for years, GAO and HUD's Office of Inspector General (OIG) have reported weaknesses in HUD's contract administration and mo… more
Date: March 3, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Acquisitions: Challenges Facing the DD(X) Destroyer Program

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The DD(X) destroyer--a surface ship intended to expand the Navy's littoral warfare capabilities--depends on the development of a number of new technologies to meet its requirements. The Navy intends to authorize detailed design and construction of the first ship in March 2005. GAO's past work has shown that developing advanced systems that rely heavily on new technologies requires a disciplined, knowled… more
Date: September 3, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Information: First-Year Experiences under the Federal Privacy Rule

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Privacy Rule provided new protections regarding the confidentiality of health information and established new responsibilities for providers, health plans, and other entities to protect such information. GAO reviewed (1) the experience of providers and health plans in implementation; (2) the experience of public health ent… more
Date: September 3, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Observations on the Supplier Base

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "As the Department of Defense's (DOD) most expensive aircraft program, and its largest international program, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has the potential to significantly affect the worldwide defense industrial base. As currently planned, it will cost an estimated $245 billion for DOD to develop and procure about 2,400 JSF aircraft and related support equipment by 2027. In addition, the program expects int… more
Date: May 3, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Analysis of Energy Savings Possible Through Advances in Automotive Tooling Technology

Description: The use of lightweight and highly formable advanced materials in automobile and truck manufacturing has the potential to save fuel. Advances in tooling technology would promote the use of these materials. This report describes an energy savings analysis performed to approximate the potential fuel savings and consequential carbon-emission reductions that would be possible because of advances in tooling in the manufacturing of, in particular, non-powertrain components of passenger cars and heavy … more
Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: Rick Schmoyer, RLS
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Trade Study on Aggregation of Multiple 10-KW Solid Ozide Fuel Cell Power Modules

Description: According to the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) program guidelines, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) will be produced in the form of 3-10 kW modules for residential use. In addition to residential use, these modules can also be used in apartment buildings, hospitals, etc., where a higher power rating would be required. For example, a hospital might require a 250 kW power generating capacity. To provide this power using the SECA SOFC modules, 25 of the 10 kW modules would be required… more
Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: Ozpineci, B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Congressional Continuity of Operations (COOP): An Overview of Concepts and Challenges

Description: Interruptions of congressional operations by incidents such as episodic computer virus infections and the 2001 anthrax contamination, the February 2004 ricin incident have demonstrated the importance of congressional continuity of operations (COOP) planning. This report discusses the circumstances surrounding COOP planning, including provisions for alternative meeting sites and methods for conducting House and Senate meetings and floor sessions when Capitol facilities are not available.
Date: February 3, 2004
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric & Seifert, Jeffery W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climate Model Output Rewriter (CMOR)

Description: No Description Available.
Date: June 3, 2004
Creator: Taylor, K E; Doutriaux, C & Peterschmitt, J
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Indirect Drive Cold-Loaded Ignition Target Design

Description: This document summarizes the Indirect Drive Cold-Loaded (diffusion-filled) Ignition Target design. These targets include a capsule whose strength is insufficient to withstand the room temperature pressure of the DT fuel. These capsules are diffusion filled with DT gas and then cooled to cryogenic temperature. The target must remain at cryogenic temperature until it is shot. Only features that affect the design of the NIF Cryogenic Target System (NCTS) are presented. The design presented is the … more
Date: September 3, 2004
Creator: Bernat, T. P. & Gibson, C. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mental Health Parity

Description: No Description Available.
Date: December 3, 2004
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Project BioShield

Description: No Description Available.
Date: August 3, 2004
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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RICO: An Abridged Sketch

Description: This report discusses the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) provisions enacted by Congress as part of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970.
Date: November 3, 2004
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security Reform: Economic Issues

Description: This report tackles the issue of Social Security reform from an economic perspective that focuses not merely on reform that achieves programmatic sustainability (sustainability within the trust fund), but reform that achieves sustainability for the government and economy as a whole. The President has indicated that Social Security reform will be a major issue in the 109th Congress. For some time comprehensive reform has been an issue of debate in Congress, but no major action has occurred.
Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: Gravelle, Jane & Labonte, Marc
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Finite Pressure Effects on Reversed Shear Alfven Eigenmodes

Description: The inclusion of finite pressure in ideal-magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) theory can explain the Reversed magnetic Shear Alfven Eigenmodes (RSAE) (or Alfven cascades) that have been observed in several large tokamaks without the need to invoke the energetic particle mechanism for the existence of these modes. The chirping of the RSAEs is cased by changes in the minimum of the magnetic safety factor, q(sub)min, while finite pressure effects explains the observed non-zero minimum frequency of the RSAE … more
Date: September 3, 2004
Creator: Kramer, G. J.; Gorelenkov, N. N.; Nazikian, R. & Cheng, C. Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stability of EB when cryostat load is applied.

Description: The cryostat load will be transferred to the EB with 24 modules in place. It is important to know that the EB is stable in this situation and during the subsequent assembly of the remaining modules. Appendix 1 describes a static 2D analysis that was done to examine the stability of the EB with the cryostat load applied. The paper below discussed the implications of this analysis.
Date: September 3, 2004
Creator: Guarino, V. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Compositing, Homogenization, and Characterization of Samples From Hanford Tank 241-AN-104

Description: As part of the program to provide pretreatment development and testing services to support the River Protection Project-Waste Treatment Plant (RPP-WTP) mission to treat Hanford tank waste, an approximate 4.5-L sample of waste from Tank 241-AN-104 was received at the Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC). The waste sample was characterized and diluted to provide feed for pretreatment testing. The characterization data provides a basis for rational development of pretreatment processes, determi… more
Date: June 3, 2004
Creator: HAY, MS
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FINAL CLOSE-OUT REPORT

Description: The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) engaged in numerous projects outlined under the scope of work discussed in the United States Department of Energy (DOE) grant number DE-FG26-01BC15336 awarded to the IOGCC. Numerous projects were completed that were extremely valuable to state oil and gas agencies as a result of work performed utilizing resources provided by the grant. There are numerous areas in which state agencies still need assistance. This additional assistance will nee… more
Date: August 3, 2004
Creator: Carl, Mark A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Erosion Modeling Analysis for SME Tank Cavity

Description: Previous computational work to evaluate erosion in the DWPF Slurry Mix Evaporator vessel has been extended to address the potential for the erosion to accelerate because of changes to the tank bottom profile. The same erosion mechanism identified in the previous work, abrasive erosion driven by high wall shear stress, was applied to the current evaluation. The current work extends the previous analysis by incorporating the observed changes to the tank bottom and coil support structure in the vi… more
Date: May 3, 2004
Creator: LEE, SI
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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