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VA Health Care: Key Challenges to Aligning Capital Assets and Enhancing Veterans' Care

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates one of the nation's largest health care systems. In 1999, GAO reported on VA's aged, obsolete capital assets, noting that better management of these assets could significantly reduce VA's operating costs. GAO also noted that VA could reinvest the savings to enhance veterans' health care. In response, VA initiated its Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced… more
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Systems Modernization: Planned Investment in the Naval Tactical Command Support System Needs to be Reassessed

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Because it is important that the Department of Defense (DOD) adheres to disciplined information technology (IT) acquisition processes to successfully modernize its business systems, GAO was asked to determine whether the Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS) is being managed according to important aspects of DOD's acquisition policies and guidance, as well as other relevant acquisition managemen… more
Date: December 5, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Student Consolidation Loans: Potential Effects of Making Fiscal Year 2006 Consolidation Loans Exclusively through the Direct Loan Program

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP), the government guarantees and makes consolidation loans to help borrowers manage their student loan debt. By combining loans into one and extending repayment, monthly repayments are reduced. Unlike other student loans, consolidation loans carry a fixed interest rate. Recently, trends in interest rates and… more
Date: December 5, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Management: Processes to Estimate and Track Equipment Reconstitution Costs Can Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The high pace of military operations in Iraq and elsewhere has generated a multibillion dollar equipment maintenance requirement that must be addressed after units return home. Upon returning from deployments, active, reserve, and National Guard units reconstitute, or restore, their equipment to a condition that enables them to conduct training and prepare for future deployments. The Department of Defen… more
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation Safety: Oversight of Foreign Code-Share Safety Program Should Be Strengthened

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "U.S. airlines are increasingly relying on code-share partnerships with foreign carriers to provide additional sources of revenue. Code-sharing is a marketing arrangement in which an airline places its designator code on a flight operated by another airline and sells and issues tickets for that flight. To determine whether the foreign code-share partners of U.S. airlines meet an acceptable level of safet… more
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Food Stamp Program: States Have Made Progress Reducing Payment Errors, and Further Challenges Remain

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In fiscal year 2003, the federal Food Stamp Program made payment errors totaling about $1.4 billion in benefits, or about 7 percent of the total $21.4 billion in benefits provided to a monthly average of 21 million low-income participants. Because payment errors are a misuse of public funds and can undermine public support of the program, it is important that the government minimize them. Because of con… more
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Older Workers: Labor Can Help Employers and Employees Plan Better for the Future

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Demographic changes pose serious challenges for employers, the economy, and older Americans. As the baby boomers near traditional retirement ages, the loss of experienced workers could have adverse effects on productivity and economic growth. Also, many older Americans face less-secure retirements due to rising health care costs, pension coverage changes, and fiscal pressures on the nation's retirement … more
Date: December 5, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiological Scoping Survey of the Scotia Depot Scotia, New York

Description: At the request of the Defense Logistics Agency, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education conducted radiological scoping surveys of the Scotia Depot during the period of September 24 through 27, 2007. The scoping survey included visual inspections and limited radiological surveys performed in accordance with area classification that included surface scans, total and removable activity measurements, and soil sampling.
Date: February 5, 2005
Creator: Bailey, E. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Configuration and Technology Implications of Potential Nuclear Hydrogen System Applications.

Description: Nuclear technologies have important distinctions and potential advantages for large-scale generation of hydrogen for U.S. energy services. Nuclear hydrogen requires no imported fossil fuels, results in lower greenhouse-gas emissions and other pollutants, lends itself to large-scale production, and is sustainable. The technical uncertainties in nuclear hydrogen processes and the reactor technologies needed to enable these processes, as well waste, proliferation, and economic issues must be succe… more
Date: November 5, 2005
Creator: Conzelmann, G.; Petri, M.; Forsberg, C. & Yildiz, B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Emerging Energy-Efficient Technologies for Industry

Description: U.S. industry consumes approximately 37 percent of thenation's energy to produce 24 percent of the nation's GDP. Increasingly,society is confronted with the challenge of moving toward a cleaner, moresustainable path of production and consumption, while increasing globalcompetitiveness. Technology is essential in achieving these challenges.We report on a recent analysis of emerging energy-efficient technologiesfor industry, focusing on over 50 selected technologies. The technologiesare character… more
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: Worrell, Ernst; Martin, Nathan; Price, Lynn; Ruth, Michael; Elliot, Neal; Shipley, Anna et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiological Risk Assessment for King County Wastewater Treatment Division

Description: Staff of the King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) have concern about the aftermath of a radiological dispersion event (RDE) leading to the introduction of significant quantities of radioactive material into the combined sanitary and storm sewer system in King County, Washington. Radioactive material could come from the use of a radiological dispersion device (RDD). RDDs include "dirty bombs" that are not nuclear detonations but are explosives designed to spread radioactive material (… more
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Strom, Daniel J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ocean Commissions: Ocean Policy Review and Outlook

Description: This report includes information regarding ocean commissions. Ocean policy review, further outlook, and legislation are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: Justus, John; Buck, Eugene H.; Zinn, Jeffrey & Morrissey, Wayne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Copyright Protection of Digital Television: The “Broadcast Flag”

Description: This report addresses the adoption of a "broadcast flag" system by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect digital division (DTV) broadcasts from unauthorization redistribution.
Date: April 5, 2005
Creator: Lening, Carey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2005 Salary Adjustments

Description: This report provides the details related to Salary adjustments of Federal white-collar employees for the Fiscal Year 2005
Date: January 5, 2005
Creator: Schwemle, Barbara L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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W-band ARM Cloud Radar (WACR) Handbook

Description: The W-band Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Cloud Radar (WACR) systems are zenith pointing Doppler radars that probe the extent and composition of clouds at 95.04 GHz. The main purpose of this radar is to determine cloud boundaries (e.g., cloud bottoms and tops). This radar reports estimates for the first three spectra moments for each range gate up to 15 km. The 0th moment is reflectivity, the 1st moment is radial velocity, and the 2nd moment is spectral width. Also available ar… more
Date: January 5, 2005
Creator: Widener, K. B. & Johnson, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Monitoring Plan for the Utica Aquifer-North Lake Basin Restoration Project at Utica, Nebraska.

Description: On March 9, 2001, representatives of the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) and Argonne National Laboratory met with representatives from a number of federal and Nebraska state agencies (the wetlands agencies; see Table 1.1) to discuss the CCC/USDA's proposed aquifer remediation and wetlands restoration project at Utica, Nebraska. As part of those discussions, Argonne outlined preliminary recommendations for a long-term monitoring program to verify and… more
Date: October 5, 2005
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fluid-Rock Characterization and Interactions in NMR Well Logging

Description: The objective of this report is to characterize the fluid properties and fluid-rock interactions that are needed for formation evaluation by NMR well logging. The advances made in the understanding of NMR fluid properties are summarized in a chapter written for an AAPG book on NMR well logging. This includes live oils, viscous oils, natural gas mixtures, and the relation between relaxation time and diffusivity. Oil based drilling fluids can have an adverse effect on NMR well logging if it alter… more
Date: September 5, 2005
Creator: Hirasaki, George J. & Mohanty, Kishore K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of California and National Methods for Energy PerformanceBenchmarking of Commercial Buildings

Description: This benchmarking review has been developed to support benchmarking planning and tool development under discussion by the California Energy Commission (CEC), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and others in response to the Governor's Executive Order S-20-04 (2004). The Executive Order sets a goal of benchmarking and improving the energy efficiency of California's existing commercial building stock. The Executive Order requires the CEC to propose ''a simple building efficiency benchmar… more
Date: September 5, 2005
Creator: Matson, Nance E. & Piette, Mary Ann
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Enhanced Oil Recovery by Horizontal Waterflooding

Description: Solar energy has become a major alternative for supplying a substantial fraction of the nation's future energy needs. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports activities ranging from the demonstration of existing technology to research on future possibilities. At Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL), projects are in progress that span a wide range of activities, with the emphasis on research to extend the scientific basis for solar energy applications, and on preliminary development of new ap… more
Date: September 5, 2005
Creator: Robinowitz, Scott; Dauben, Dwight & Schmeling, June
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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