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Government Printing Office: Advancing GPO's Transformation Effort through Strategic Human Capital Management

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Government Printing Office (GPO) has undertaken the task of transforming itself in response to pressing fiscal and other realities in the 21st century. This report focuses on actions GPO's leaders can take to advance its transformation efforts through strategic human capital management and is a part of GAO's response to a congressional request that GAO conduct a general management review of GPO that focuse… more
Date: October 20, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Direct Student Loan Program: Management Actions Could Enhance Customer Service

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In 1993, Congress authorized the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program as an alternative to the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). While the Direct Loan Program was originally mandated to replace FFELP, Congress revised the law allowing both loan programs to continue. Since that time, competition between the programs has been credited with improving borrower benefits and service for schools. … more
Date: November 20, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Long-Term Care: Federal Oversight of Growing Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers Should Be Strengthened

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Home and community-based settings have become a growing part of states' Medicaid long-term care programs, serving as an alternative to care in institutional settings, such as nursing homes. To cover such services, however, states often obtain waivers from certain federal statutory requirements. GAO was asked to review (1) trends in states' use of Medicaid home and community-based service (HCBS) waivers, partic… more
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transient Scuffing of Candidate Diesel Engine Materials at Temperatures up to 600<sup>o</sup>C

Description: This milestone report summarizes the general characteristics of scuffing damage to solid surfaces, then describes transient effects on scuffing observed during oscillating sliding wear tests of candidate material pairs for high-temperature diesel engine applications, like waste-gate bushings in exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems. It is shown that oxidation and the formation of wear particle layers influence the friction of such components. In the case of metallic materials in cylindrical c… more
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Blau, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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On-Line Measurement of Beryllium, Chromium, and Mercury by Using Aerosol Beam Focused Laser-Induced Plasma Spectrometer and TIme-Integrated Filter Sampling and Reference Method

Description: A novel real-time monitor for aerosol particles has been developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The instrument is designed to perform in-situ measurement for the elemental composition of aerosol particles in flue gas. They had tested this monitor at the Eastman Chemical Company in July 2001 taking advantage of the emissions from a waste incinerator operated by the company as the background. To investigate the behavior and response of the monitor under simulated/known conditions,… more
Date: May 20, 2003
Creator: Cheng, M.-D. & Vannice, R.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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EFFECT OF UNBROKEN LIGAMENTS ON STRESS CORROSION CRACKING BEHAVIOR OF ALLOY 82H WELDS

Description: Previously reported stress corrosion cracking (SCC) rates for Alloy 82H gas-tungsten-arc welds tested in 360 C water showed tremendous variability. The excessive data scatter was attributed to the variations in microstructure, mechanical properties and residual stresses that are common in welds. In the current study, however, re-evaluation of the SCC data revealed that the large data scatter was an anomaly due to erroneous crack growth rates inferred from crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD)… more
Date: February 20, 2003
Creator: Mills, W.J. and Brown, C.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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American National Government: An Overview

Description: This report is about the decentralization of power into three branches.
Date: May 20, 2003
Creator: Kaiser, Frederick M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laser Peening--Strengthening Metals to Improve Fatigue Lifetime and Retard Stress-Induced Corrosion Cracking in Gears, Bolts and Cutter

Description: Laser peening is an emerging modern process that impresses a compressive stress into the surfaces of metals. Treatment can reduce the rate of fatigue cracking and stress-corrosion-cracking in metals (such as gears, bolts and cutters) needed for tunnel boring and other construction & mining applications. Laser peening could also be used to form metals or alloys into a precise shape without yielding and leaving both sulfates in a crack resistant compressive state.
Date: August 20, 2003
Creator: Hackel, L. A. & Chen, H. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance Technolgies for Peta-Scale Systems: A White Paper Prepared by the Performance Evaluation Research Center

Description: Future-looking high end computing initiatives will deploy powerful, large-scale computing platforms that leverage novel component technologies for superior node performance in advanced system architectures with tens or even hundreds of thousands of nodes. Recent advances in performance tools and modeling methodologies suggest that it is feasible to acquire such systems intelligently and achieve excellent performance, while also significantly reducing the user time required to attain high perfor… more
Date: May 20, 2003
Creator: Bailey, D. H.; de Supinski, B. R.; Dongarra, J.; Dunigan, T.; Gao, G.; Hoisie, A. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Plan for Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Area C, Interim Change Notice 2

Description: This interim change notice makes changes in the original groundwater monitoring plan. This ICN documents the deferral of statistical upgradient/downgradient comparisons for WMA C until conductivity stabilized in upgradient well 299-E27-7 or a new upgradient well is installed and stable and upgradient values for specific conductance are obtained.
Date: May 20, 2003
Creator: Narbutovskih, Susan M. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)) & Chou, Charissa J. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB))
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Campaign Finance: Issues Before the U.S. Supreme Court in McConnell v. FEC

Description: This report provides a summary of Issues, as presented by 12 groups of appellant in their jurisdictional statements before the U.S. Supreme Court in McConnell v. FEC related to Campaign Finance.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

Description: This report includes information regarding U.S. relations and bilateral issues within Syria. External relations, Syria's role in Lebanon, and U.S. aid are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: October 20, 2003
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Literature Review and Assessment of Plant and Animal Transfer Factors Used in Performance Assessment Modeling

Description: A literature review and assessment was conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to update information on plant and animal radionuclide transfer factors used in performance-assessment modeling. A group of 15 radionuclides was included in this review and assessment. The review is composed of four main sections, not including the Introduction. Section 2.0 provides a review of the critically important issue of physicochemical speciation and geochemistry of the radionuclides in natu… more
Date: July 20, 2003
Creator: Robertson, David E.; Cataldo, Dominic A.; Napier, Bruce A.; Krupka, Kenneth M. & Sasser, Lyle B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ultra-Trace Chemical Sensing with Long-Wave Infrared Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopic Sensors

Description: The infrared sensors task of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's (PNNL's) Remote Spectroscopy Project (Task B of Project PL211) is focused on the science and technology of remote and in-situ spectroscopic chemical sensors for detecting proliferation and coun-tering terrorism. Missions to be addressed by remote chemical sensor development in-clude detecting proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons, and providing warning of terrorist use of chemical weapons. Missions to be addressed by in… more
Date: February 20, 2003
Creator: Taubman, Matthew S.; Myers, Tanya L.; Cannon, Bret D.; Williams, Richard M. & Schultz, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Amtrak Issues in the 108th Congress

Description: This report discusses a number of issues connected with Amtrak that Congress may consider. Amtrak does not earn enough revenue, or receive enough assistance, to cover its operating costs and capital needs. As a result, Amtrak is regularly on the verge of insolvency.
Date: February 20, 2003
Creator: Peterman, D. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research Administration Benchmarking Project

Description: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is conducting a collection of baseline data that will serve as an index for describing the way in which grant applications/proposals are developed and tracked at grant recipient organizations. The type of information to be collected includes (1) estimate of burden, both time and cost, to the applicant organization (2) descriptiion of the overall development and tracking systems used by the applicant, and (3) data that can be compared after the implementatio… more
Date: April 20, 2003
Creator: Arnest, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Gamma-Emitting Receptor Binding Radiopharmace

Description: The long-term objective is to develop blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeable m2-selective (relative to m1, m3, and m4) receptor-binding radiotracers and utilize these radiotracers for quantifying receptor concentrations obtained from PET or SPECT images of human brain. In initial studies, we concluded that the lipophilicity and high affinity prevented (R,S)-I-QNB from reaching a flow-independent and receptor-dependent state in a reasonable time. Thus, it was clear that (R,S)-I-QNB should be modifi… more
Date: February 20, 2003
Creator: Reba, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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BOILER MATERIALS FOR ULTRASUPERCRITICAL COAL POWER PLANTS

Description: The principal objective of this project is to develop materials technology for use in ultrasupercritical (USC) plant boilers capable of operating with 760 C (1400 F), 35 MPa (5000 psi) steam. This project has established a government/industry consortium to undertake a five-year effort to evaluate and develop of advanced materials that allow the use of advanced steam cycles in coal-based power plants. These advanced cycles, with steam temperatures up to 760 C, will increase the efficiency of coa… more
Date: October 20, 2003
Creator: Viswanathan, R.; Coleman, K.; Swindeman, R.W.; Sarver, J.; Blough, J.; Mohn, W. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strategies and Technology for Managing High-Carbon Ash

Description: The overall objective of the present project is to identify and assess strategies and solutions for the management of industry problems related to carbon in ash. Specific research issues to be addressed include: (1) the effect of parent fuel selection on ash properties and adsorptivity, including a first ever examination of the air entrainment behavior of ashes from alternative (non-coal) fuels; (2) the effect of various low-NOx firing modes on ash properties and adsorptivity; and (3) the kinet… more
Date: May 20, 2003
Creator: Hurt, Robert; Suuberg, Eric; Veranth, John & Chen, Xu
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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