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Financial Audit: Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 2001 and 2000 Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO audited the financial statements of the Capitol Preservation Fund for fiscal years 2001 and 2000. GAO found that the financial statements (1) were presented fairly in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, (2) contained no material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and compliance with laws and regulations, and (3) complied with the provisions of laws and regul… more
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Transformation: Army Actions Needed to Enhance Formation of Future Interim Brigade Combat Teams

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In 1999, the Army announced its plans to transform its forces during the next 30 years to enable them to deploy more rapidly and operate more effectively during all types of military conflicts, from small-scale contingencies to major wars. The Army's goal is to be able to deploy a brigade anywhere in the world within 96 hours, a division within 120 hours, and five divisions within 30 days. The first step is to… more
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Accounting Profession: Status of Panel on Audit Effectiveness Recommendations to Enhance the Self-Regulatory System

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The accounting profession maintains a voluntary, self-regulatory system through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) that includes establishing professional standards, monitoring compliance with professional standards, disciplining members for improper acts and substandard performance, and conducting oversight. The Panel of Audit Effectiveness, set up to examine the AICPA's methods, m… more
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Food and Drug Administration: Effect of User Fees on Drug Approval Times, Withdrawals, and Other Agency Activities

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Ten years ago, Congress passed the Prescription Drug User Fee Act to speed up the review process used to ensure that new drugs and biological products are safe and effective. GAO found that the act has provided the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the funding needed to hire more drug reviewers, which has led to faster availability of new drugs to the United States. Approval times have shortened both for… more
Date: September 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Single-Family Housing: Opportunities to Improve Federal Foreclosure and Property Sale Processes

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal programs in the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Rural Housing Service (RHS) promote mortgage financing for low-income, first-time, minority, veteran, and rural home buyers. Congress has also chartered private corporations--Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--to provide mortgage lending and to promote homeownership opportunities. Many homeowners fall behind… more
Date: April 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Airspace System: Status of FAA's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since September 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been developing the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) project to replace the outdated computer equipment that air traffic controllers currently use in some facilities to control air traffic within 5 to 50 nautical miles of an airport. Comparing the currently projected cost and deployment schedule for STARS with the origin… more
Date: September 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Coins: Public Views on Changing Coin Design

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The designs on three of the most common U.S. coins, the penny, nickel, and dime, have remained largely unchanged for over 50 years. The 50 State Quarters Program, involving a set of recurring designs commemorating each state, has been credited with generating renewed interest in the quarter by collectors and the public. A recent redesign of the new dollar coin has also increased the public's interest in collec… more
Date: December 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Space Station: Actions Under Way to Manage Cost, but Significant Challenges Remain

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed that the cost to complete assembly of the international space station has risen from $25 billion to $30 billion. Much of that cost growth is due to inadequate definition of requirements, changes in program content, schedule delays, and poor program oversight. Weaknesses in the program's cost-estimating process call into question the credibility … more
Date: July 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Great Lakes: EPA Needs to Define Organizational Responsibilities Better for Effective Oversight and Cleanup of Contaminated Areas

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To protect the Great Lakes and to address common water quality problems, the United States and Canada entered into the bilateral Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1972. The agreement has been amended several times, most recently in 1987. That year, the two countries agreed to cooperate with state and provincial governments to develop and implement remedial action plans (RAPs) for designated areas in the G… more
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International Trade: Federal Action Needed to Help Small Businesses Address Foreign Patent Challenges

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Small and start-up businesses are principal sources of innovation and are vital to U.S. economic growth. Statistics show that small business created more than 5.5 million new jobs in the United States during the 1990s. In the current global economy, protecting innovations in the United States and abroad is an important component of small businesses' ability to develop overseas markets. The cost of obtaining, m… more
Date: July 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Political Organizations: Data Disclosure and IRS's Oversight of Organizations Should Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Tax-exempt organizations seeking to influence political elections--called Section 527 organizations--are estimated to spend millions of dollars annually in federal elections. These organizations use unregulated "soft money" for issue advocacy, such as sponsoring an advertisement that supports or opposes a candidate's position on an issue. Although all states require these groups to publicly release data on the… more
Date: July 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lessons Learned From Electricity Restructuring: Transition to Competitive Markets Underway, but Full Benefits Will Take Time and Effort to Achieve

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The electricity industry in the United States is undergoing major change, the outcomes of which will affect every consumer. The industry is restructuring from one where electricity prices are set by regulation to one in which competitive markets set the price. GAO was asked to report on the extent to which federal and state actions, to date, have achieved the goal of restructuring. GAO discusses lessons learn… more
Date: December 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Building Security: Interagency Security Committee Has Had Limited Success in Fulfilling Its Responsibilities

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed efforts by the Interagency Security Committee (ISC) to protect critical federal infrastructure since the committee was created in 1995. ISC is chaired by the General Services Administration (GSA) and comprises 14 department-level agencies and other executive agencies and officials. ISC's primary responsibilities are to (1) establish policies for security in and protection of federal facilities; (2… more
Date: September 17, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Superior Sorbents for Separation of CO2 from Flue Gas at a Wide Temperature range during Coal Combustion

Description: A number basic sorbents based on CaO were synthesized, characterized with novel techniques and tested for sorption of CO{sub 2} and selected gas mixtures simulating flue gas from coal fired boilers. Our studies resulted in highly promising sorbents which demonstrated zero affinity for N{sub 2}, O{sub 2}, SO{sub 2}, and NO very low affinity for water, ultrahigh CO{sub 2} sorption capacities, and rapid sorption characteristics, CO{sub 2} sorption at a very wide temperature range, durability, and … more
Date: September 17, 2002
Creator: Smirniotis, Panagiotis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of Irradiation Embrittlement of A508 Gr 4N and Comparison to Other Low-Alloy Steels

Description: A508 Gr 4N has improved fracture toughness because of the addition of 3% nickel, compared to typical low alloy steels which have less than 1% nickel. However, there is an expectation in much of the recent literature, based mostly on low-alloy steels with nickel below 1%, that irradiation embrittlement will increase with increasing nickel (Ni) content. In contrast, the raw irradiation test data show that ASTM A508 Grade 4N containing up to 3.7% nickel, 0.1% Cu and 0.01% P does not show enhanced … more
Date: June 17, 2002
Creator: G.L. Wire, W. J. Beggs and T.R. Leax
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The SX Solver: A Computer Program for Analyzing Solvent-Extraction Equilibria: Version 3.0

Description: A new computer program, the SX Solver, has been developed to analyze solvent-extraction equilibria. The program operates out of Microsoft Excel and uses the built-in Solver function to minimize the sum of the square of the residuals between measured and calculated distribution coefficients. The extraction of nitric acid by tributyl phosphate has been modeled to illustrate the programs use.
Date: January 17, 2002
Creator: Lumetta, Gregg J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Israeli-United States Relations

Description: This report includes information regarding the relationship between Israel and the United States. Relations with U.S. administrations (beginning with the Carter Administration through the Bush Administration) and issues within Israeli-U.S. relations are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: October 17, 2002
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structured Extended Finite Element Methods of Solids Defined by Implicit Surfaces

Description: A paradigm is developed for generating structured finite element models from solid models by means of implicit surface definitions. The implicit surfaces are defined by radial basis functions. Internal features, such as material interfaces, sliding interfaces and cracks are treated by enrichment techniques developed in the extended finite element method (X-FEM). Methods for integrating the weak form for such models are proposed. These methods simplify the generation of finite element models. Re… more
Date: November 17, 2002
Creator: Belytschko, T; Mish, K; Moes, N & Parimi, C
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Deposit Summary

Description: Deposit summary of $1,000.00 made on October 17, 2002.
Date: October 17, 2002
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Modeling of Syngas Reactions and Hydrogen Generation Over Sulfides

Description: The objective of the research is to analyze pathways of reactions of hydrogen with oxides of carbon over sulfides, and to predict which characteristics of the sulfide catalyst (nature of metal, defect structure) give rise to the lowest barriers toward oxygenated hydrocarbon product. Reversal of these pathways entails the generation of hydrogen, which is also proposed for study. In this first year of study, adsorption reactions of H atoms and H{sub 2} molecules with MoS{sub 2}, both in molecular… more
Date: September 17, 2002
Creator: Klier, Kamil; Spirko, Jeffery A. & Neiman, Michael L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Novel Method for the Removal of Trace Concentration of Elemental Mercury From Utility Emissions

Description: A new technique for removal of elemental mercury from emissions of coal-fired utilities was investigated. The key idea is to selectively photo ionize the mercury atoms. A strong electric field gradient then drags them to the negative plate where they can be collected and removed.
Date: September 17, 2002
Creator: Katz, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Miniature Chemical Sensor Combining Molecular Recognition with Evanescent Wave Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

Description: To address the chemical sensing needs of DOE, a new class of chemical sensors is being developed that enables qualitative and quantitative, remote, real-time, optical diagnostics of chemical species in hazardous gas, liquid, and semi-solid phases by employing evanescent wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy (EW-CRDS). The sensitivity of EW-CRDS was demonstrated previously under Project No.60231. The objective of this project is to enhance the range of application and selectivity of the technique by… more
Date: June 17, 2002
Creator: Pipino, Andrew C. R. & Meuse, Curtis W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metracker version 1.5: Life-cycle performance metricstracking

Description: Buildings often do not perform as well in practice as expected during pre-design planning, nor as intended at the design stage, nor even as measured during commissioning and maintenance operations. While this statement is generally considered to be true, it is difficult to quantify the impacts and long-term economic implications of a building in which performance does not meet expectations. This leads to a building process that is devoid of quantitative feedback that could be used to detect and… more
Date: January 17, 2002
Creator: Hitchcock, Robert J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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