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IRS' 2000 Tax Filing Season: IRS Measures Show Tax Processing Systems Performed Slightly Better Than in 1999

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the performance of the information systems that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to process tax returns for individual taxpayers, focusing on: (1) IRS' tax processing systems performance in the 2000 filing season as reported by IRS compared to the 1999 filing season; and (2) whether IRS had taken actions to address problems affecting individual taxpayers… more
Date: June 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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EPA Paperwork: Burden Estimate Increasing Despite Reduction Claims

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 Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) paperwork burden, focusing on: (1) the general dimensions of EPA's paperwork requirements and the agency's progress toward reducing the burden that those requirements impose; (2) the process that EPA used to develop paperwork burden-hour estimates for its largest information collections as of September … more
Date: March 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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World Trade Organization: Status of China's Trade Commitments to the United States and Other Members

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO followed up on its previous report on the status of China's World Trade Organization (WTO) membership negotiations, focusing on the: (1) results of the November 1999 bilateral Agreement on Market Access between China and the United States; and (2) status of China's ongoing multilateral negotiations in the WTO."
Date: May 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Technology: VA Actions Needed to Implement Critical Reforms

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) efforts to address GAO's recommendations to improve VA's information technology (IT) program."
Date: August 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structured Settlements: The Department of Justice's Selection and Use of Annuity Brokers

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 Department of Justice's (DOJ) policy and guidance for selecting structured settlement brokers, focusing on: (1) the policies and guidance for selecting structured settlement brokers used by DOJ and six selected agencies; and (2) a list of the structured settlement brokerage companies used by DOJ and the number of settlements awarded to each c… more
Date: February 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Protection Agency: Use of Precautionary Assumptions in Health Risk Assessments and Benefits Estimates

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Some of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulations set standards that limit environmental contaminants to levels that are determined, in large part, on the basis of the health risks they pose. When EPA assesses the health risks of contaminants, however, the agency is faced with uncertainties and gaps in scientific knowledge and data. This report summarizes GAO's findings on whether EPA's benefits … more
Date: October 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Intellectual Property: Deposits of Biological Materials in Support of Certain Patent Applications

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Under U.S. patent law, a patent must describe the subject invention in enough detail for someone skilled in that field to use or make it. In cases involving biological materials, the inventor may have to submit a sample. Some members of the biotechnology industry believe that biological deposits make patent infringement easier, reasoning that a person or organization can obtain a sample of the deposit and then… more
Date: October 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HUD Management: Status of Actions to Resolve Serious Internal Control Weaknesses

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report discusses the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) efforts to resolve serious internal control weaknesses. During the past several years, serious internal control weaknesses and other deficiencies have plagued HUD's activities. In 1997, HUD announced its 2020 Management Reform Plan to overcome the agency's problems. HUD has made reasonable progress toward resolving material internal … more
Date: October 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tax Administration: IRS' Use of Nonaudit Contacts

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 Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) use of nonaudit contacts with taxpayers, focusing on: (1) the frequency of use, variation in timing, and types of taxpayer responses for three major types of nonaudit contacts; and (2) analyzing the IRS' use of data from the three types of nonaudit contacts to improve compliance and service to taxpayers."
Date: March 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FAA Computer Security: Concerns Remain Due to Personnel and Other Continuing Weaknesses

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 status of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) computer security efforts, focusing on: (1) FAA's history of computer security weaknesses, as described in GAO's May 1998 and December 1999 reports, and GAO's prior recommendations to address those weaknesses; (2) FAA's progress in implementing GAO's recommendations and its own personnel s… more
Date: August 16, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SCALE-4 Analysis of LaSalle Unit 1 BWR Commercial Reactor Critical Configuration

Description: Five commercial reactor criticals (CRCs) for the LaSalle Unit 1 boiling-water reactor have been analyzed using KENO V.a, the Monte Carlo criticality code of the SCALE 4 code system. The irradiated fuel assembly isotopics for the criticality analyses were provided by the Waste Package Design team at the Yucca Mountain Project in the United States, who performed the depletion calculations using the SAS2H sequence of SCALE 4. The reactor critical measurements involved two beginning-of-cycle and th… more
Date: March 16, 2000
Creator: Gauld, I. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES

Description: During the 1990s, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) became the fastest growing segment of the auto industry, especially those in the medium-size category. In 1999, SUV sales reached almost 19% of the total light vehicle market and the mix of SUVs on the road, as measured by registration data, was about 8.7%. This immense popularity has been called by some a passing fad--vehicle purchases based on the SUV ''image''. But the continued yearly increases in SUV sales seem to indicate a more permanent tr… more
Date: August 16, 2000
Creator: Davis, S.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data Processing Procedures and Methodology for Estimating Trip Distances for the 1995 American Travel Survey (ATS)

Description: This report documents the technical support for the ATS provided by the Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA) in Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which included the estimation of trip distances as well as daa quality editing and checking of variables required for the distance calculations.
Date: May 16, 2000
Creator: Hwang, H .L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Micromechanical characterization tools for highly-filled polymers

Description: We are attempting to characterize and model the micromechanical response of highly-filled polymers. In this class of materials, the continuous plastic binder used to bond the highly-filled material dominates the observed viscoelastic response. As a result, realistic lifetime analysis of these materials will require a thorough understanding of the contribution of the plastic binder. Laboratory applications of these materials include plastic bonded explosives, propellants, a variety of specialize… more
Date: February 16, 2000
Creator: Groves, S; DeTeresa, S; Cunningham, B; Ciarlo, D; Allen, D; Clayton, K et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tabulated In-Drift Geometric and Thermal Properties Used In Drift-Scale Models for TSPA-SR

Description: The objective of this calculation is to provide in-drift physical properties required by the drift-scale models (both two- and three-dimensional) used in total system performance assessments (TSPA). The physical properties include waste package geometry, waste package thermal properties, emplacement drift geometry including backfill and invert geometry and properties (both thermal and hydrologic), drip shield geometry and thermal properties, all tabulated in a single source.
Date: June 16, 2000
Creator: Francis, N.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sources and Fates of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Description: The objectives of the research program were to identify and determine the relative importance of various sources of dissolved organic matter to the continental shelf, and to estimate the net carbon balance for the Middle Atlantic Bight.
Date: August 16, 2000
Creator: Hopkinson, C. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of the Validity of 3 Criteria for Sampling and Analyzing DST Wastes in Support of Waste Feed Delivery

Description: This document summarizes the analysis of 3 basic criteria for the sampling systems that will provide waste validation samples of tank waste feeds prior to delivery to the waste treatment and immobilization plant where the wastes will be converted to glass forms. The assessed criteria includes sampling through a 4-inch riser, sampling while a mixer pump is operating, and the deployment of an at-tank analysis system. The assessment, based on the Phase I, 3S6 waste feed scenario, indicated that fo… more
Date: October 16, 2000
Creator: Boger, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Double Shell Tank (DST) Monitor and Control Subsystem Definition Report

Description: The system description of the Double-Shell Tank (DST) Monitor and Control Subsystem establishes the system boundaries and describes the interface of the DST Monitor and Control Subsystem with new and existing systems that are required to accomplish the Waste Feed Delivery (WFD) mission.
Date: March 16, 2000
Creator: Bafus, Ron R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Removal of Separable Organic From Tank 241-C-103 Scoping Study

Description: This study is based on previous evaluations/proposals for removing the floating organic layer in C-103. A practical method is described with assumptions, cost and schedule estimates, and risks. Proposed operational steps include bulk organic removal, phase separation, organic washing and offsite disposal, followed by an in-situ polishing process.
Date: May 16, 2000
Creator: Koch, M. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lessons Learned from Decontamination Experiences

Description: This interim report describes a DOE project currently underway to establish what is known about decontamination of buildings and people and the procedures and protocols used to determine when and how people or buildings are considered ''clean'' following decontamination. To fulfill this objective, the study systematically examined reported decontamination experiences to determine what procedures and protocols are currently employed for decontamination, the timeframe involved to initiate and com… more
Date: November 16, 2000
Creator: Sorensen, JH
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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San Onofre PWR Data for Code Validation of MOX Fuel Depletion Analyses -- Revision 1

Description: The isotopic composition of mixed-oxide fuel (fabricated with both uranium and plutonium isotopes) discharged from reactors is of interest to the Fissile Material Disposition Program. The validation of depletion codes used to predict isotopic compositions of MOX fuel, similar to studies concerning uranium-only fueled reactors, thus, is very important. The EEI-Westinghouse Plutonium Recycle Demonstration Program was conducted to examine the use of MOX fuel in the San Onofre PWR, Unit I, during c… more
Date: March 16, 2000
Creator: Hermann, O.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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EVALUATION OF THE INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC FRACTURE BEHAVIOR OF IRON ALUMINIDES

Description: In this paper, we first present the status of our computational modeling study of the thermal expansion coefficient of Fe{sub 3}Al over a wide range of temperature and evaluate its dependence on selected additives. This will be accomplished by applying an isobaric Monte Carlo technique. The required total energy of the sample will be computed by using a tight-binding (TB) method that allows us to significantly increase the size of the computational data base without reducing the accuracy of the… more
Date: May 16, 2000
Creator: Cooper, B.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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