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Federal Emergency Management Agency: Status of Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report discusses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) fiscal year 2000 performance report and fiscal year 2002 performance plan required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. Although FEMA did not attain all of its goals for selected key outcomes in its fiscal year 2000 annual performance report, FEMA did make progress toward achieving the outcomes. FEMA's progress varied for … more
Date: July 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation Rulemaking: Further Reform Is Needed to Address Long-standing Problems

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues regulations to strengthen aviation safety and security and to promote the efficient use of airspace. FAA's rulemaking is a complicated process intended to ensure that all aspects of any regulatory change are fully analyzed before any change goes into effect. During the last 40 years, many reports have documented problems in FAA's rulemaking efforts that have de… more
Date: July 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tactical Aircraft: Modernization Plans Will Not Reduce Average Age of Aircraft

Description: A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "As the Department of Defense (DOD) enters the 21st century, the average ages of its weapon systems and equipment are increasing, primarily because DOD has not routinely replaced items bought during the Cold War. According to DOD officials, the aging of weapon systems and equipment reduce readiness. To keep pace with the maintenance required for aging systems and equipment, the military services have divert… more
Date: February 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Title III, Older Americans Act: Carryover Funds Are Not Creating a Serious Meal Service Problem Nationwide

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Under Title III of the Older Americans Act, the Administration on Aging (AoA) distributes grants to states on the basis of their proportional share of the total elderly population in the United States. These grants are then disbursed to more than 600 area agencies nationwide, and are used to fund group and in-home meals, as well as support services, including transportation and housekeeping. The grants are fur… more
Date: January 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mass Transit: FTA Could Relieve New Starts Program Funding Constraints

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New Starts program has provided state and local agencies with more than $6 billion in the last eight years to help design and construct transit projects. Although the funding for this program is higher than it has ever been, the demand for these resources is also extremely high. FTA was directed to prioritize projects for funding by evaluating, rating, and recommendin… more
Date: August 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare+Choice Audits: Lack of Audit Follow-up Limits Usefulness

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spent about $35 billion in 2000 on the Medicare+Choice program--the managed care alternative to Medicare's fee-for-service program. During that time, almost 6.3 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in health plans offered by managed care organizations (MCO) that participate in the Medicare+Choice program. Each year, any MCO choosing to participate i… more
Date: October 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Protection: Information on EPA Project Grants and Use of Waiver Authority

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report provides information on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) management and oversight of project grants. Specifically, GAO examines (1) the dollar amounts of project grants EPA awarded in fiscal years 1996 through 1999 and the program activities they funded, by grantee type; (2) how the activities funded by the project grants align with the Government Performance and Results Act goals and ob… more
Date: March 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Depot Maintenance: Management Attention Required to Further Improve Workload Allocation Data

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal law states that not more than 50 percent of annual depot maintenance funding can be used for work by private sector contractors. In an earlier report, GAO could not determine whether the Department of Defense (DOD) had complied with the 50-percent limitation. More recent GAO testimony highlighted continuing and pervasive weaknesses in DOD's financial management systems, operations, and controls that im… more
Date: November 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's 2000 and 1999 Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO audited the financial statements for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) Bank Insurance Fund, Savings Association Insurance Fund, and FSLIC Resolution Fund for 2000 and 1999. GAO found that (1) the financial statements of each fund are presented fairly in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; (2) although certain internal controls should be improved, FDIC had effecti… more
Date: May 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Senate Committee Activity: Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000

Description: This report discusses the use of committees as crucial centers of policymaking, oversight of federal agencies, and public education is an organizing principle of the contemporary Congress.
Date: August 9, 2001
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric & Beth, Richard S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Capital Punishment: An Overview of Federal Death Penalty Statutes

Description: This report discusses the violent crime control and law enforcement act of 1994, the federal death penalty that became available as a possible punishment for a substantial number of new and existing civilian offenses.
Date: May 9, 2001
Creator: Bazan, Elizabeth B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Testing a Variety of Encryption Technologies

Description: Review and test speeds of various encryption technologies using Entrust Software. Multiple encryption algorithms are included in the product. Algorithms tested were IDEA, CAST, DES, and RC2. Test consisted of taking a 7.7 MB Word document file which included complex graphics and timing encryption, decryption and signing. Encryption is discussed in the GIAC Kickstart section: Information Security: The Big Picture--Part VI.
Date: April 9, 2001
Creator: Henson, T J
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agriculture: Previewing the 2002 Farm Bill

Description: This report discusses what a farm bill is and the process of renewing one every year. This report specifically covers the farm bill for 2002 and the issues that come with it. Moreover, the report highlights the importance of exports within the U.S. agricultural economy and how this is a key interest in the renewal of farm bills.
Date: April 9, 2001
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.; Chite, Ralph M.; Jones, Jean Y.; Rawson, Jean M.; Womach, Jasper; Zinn, Jeffrey A. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Deposit Summary and a Letter to Michael Milliken]

Description: Deposit summary of $45.00 made on May 9, 2001, and a letter to Michael Milliken from Daniel C. Graney, membership chair of the San Antonio Club regarding membership dues.
Date: May 9, 2001
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Reconciliation Report

Description: Reconciliation report with an ending account balance of $425.00 reconciled for the period ending on March 30, 2001.
Date: April 9, 2001
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Reconciliation Report

Description: Reconciliation report with an ending account balance of $425.00 reconciled for the period ending on May 9, 2001.
Date: May 9, 2001
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Reconciliation Report and Pamphlet]

Description: Reconciliation report with an ending account balance of $539.54 reconciled for the period ending on October 31, 2001. Also, a pamphlet from Dallas National Bank covering information about Select ATM.
Date: November 9, 2001
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Deposit Summary

Description: Deposit summary of $35.00 made on August 9, 2001.
Date: August 9, 2001
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Core Sampling in Support of the Vadose Zone Transport Field Study

Description: Over 130 soil samples were collected from three soil borings in support of the VZFTS. The first boring was sampled just prior to the first injection test. The other two borings were sampled after completion of the injection tests. These soil samples were collected using a 7.6 cm (3 in) ID splitspoon sampler, with internal 15 cm (6 in.) long Lexan? liners. The samples ranged in depth from 4 to 17 m (13.5 to 56.5 ft), and were submitted to various laboratories for hydraulic property characterizat… more
Date: March 9, 2001
Creator: Last, George V. & Caldwell, Todd G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uncertainty Analysis Framework - Hanford Site-Wide Groundwater Flow and Transport Model

Description: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) embarked on a new initiative to strengthen the technical defensibility of the predictions being made with a site-wide groundwater flow and transport model at the U.S. Department of Energy Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. In FY 2000, the focus of the initiative was on the characterization of major uncertainties in the current conceptual model that would affect model predictions. The long-term goals of the initiative are the development a… more
Date: November 9, 2001
Creator: Cole, Charles R.; Bergeron, Marcel P.; Murray, Christopher J.; Thorne, Paul D.; Wurstner, Signe K. & Rogers, Phillip M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Differential Relationships Between Momentum Magnetic Field, Orbit Length, and Revolution Frequency

Description: The purpose of this memo is to put down, in one place, a number of commonly used accelerator formulae. I'll also comment briefly on the derivation of these relationships. Nothing in this memo is my original work. All of this was developed many years ago by the brilliant founders of the field of Accelerator Physics. The widely used differential relationships between beam momentum (p), dipole magnetic field (B), orbit length (L), and revolution frequency (f) are given in Table 1.
Date: February 9, 2001
Creator: Werkema, Steve
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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TOP500 Sublist for November 2001

Description: 18th Edition of TOP500 List of World's Fastest Supercomputers Released MANNHEIM, GERMANY; KNOXVILLE, TENN.; BERKELEY, CALIF. In what has become a much-anticipated event in the world of high-performance computing, the 18th edition of the TOP500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers was released today (November 9, 2001). The latest edition of the twice-yearly ranking finds IBM as the leader in the field, with 32 percent in terms of installed systems and 37 percent in terms of total performan… more
Date: November 9, 2001
Creator: Strohmaier, Erich; Meuer, Hans W.; Dongarra, Jack J. & Simon,Horst D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comprehensive mitigation assessment process (COMAP) - Description and instruction manual

Description: In order to prepare policies and plans to reduce GHG emissions, national policy-makers need information on the costs and benefits of different mitigation options in addition to their carbon implications. Policy-makers must weigh the costs, benefits, and impacts of climate change mitigation and adaptation options, in the face of competition for limited resources. The policy goal for mitigation options in the land use sector is to identify which mix of options is likely to best achieve the desire… more
Date: November 9, 2001
Creator: Makundi, Willy & Sathaye, Jayant
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calcite Precipitation and Trace Metal Partitioning in Groundwater and the Vadose Zone: Remediation of Strontium-90 and Other Divalent Metals and Radionuclides in Arid Western Environments

Description: Radionuclide and metal contaminants are present in the vadose zone and groundwater throughout the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) weapons complex. Demonstrating in situ immobilization of these contaminants in vadose zones or groundwater plumes is a cost-effective remediation strategy. However, the implementation of in situ remediation requires definition of the mechanism that controls sequestration of the contaminants. One such mechanism for metals and radionuclides is co-precipitation of these… more
Date: August 9, 2001
Creator: Smith, Robert W.; Colwell, F. S.; Ingram, Jani C.; Ferris, F. Grant & Reysenbach, Anna-Louise
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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