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Defense Acquisitions: Navy Faces Challenges Constructing the Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford within Budget

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Navy is investing over $3 billion to develop technologies for a new type of aircraft carrier--the Ford class--and it expects to spend almost $11 billion to design and construct the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)--the lead ship of the class. New technologies are to improve the carrier's performance and reduce crew size. The Navy requested authorization of CVN 78 in its fiscal year 2008 budget. GAO was a… more
Date: August 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Project Bioshield: Actions Needed to Avoid Repeating Past Problems with Procuring New Anthrax Vaccine and Managing the Stockpile of Licensed Vaccine

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The anthrax attacks in September and October 2001 highlighted the need to develop medical countermeasures. The Project BioShield Act of 2004 authorized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to procure countermeasures for a Strategic National Stockpile. However, in December 2006, HHS terminated the contract for a recombinant protective antigen (rPA) anthrax vaccine because VaxGen failed to me… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Telecommunications: GSA Has Accumulated Adequate Funding for Transition to New Contracts but Needs Cost Estimation Policy

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The General Services Administration (GSA) and its customer agencies are preparing to transition new governmentwide telecommunications contracts known as the Networx program. GSA estimated the costs for which it is responsible to be $151.5 million. This report addresses (1) the soundness of the analysis GSA used to derive the estimate of funding that would be required for the transition and (2) whether G… more
Date: February 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tax Compliance: Inflation Has Significantly Decreased the Real Value of Some Penalties

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Civil tax penalties are an important tool to encourage taxpayer compliance with the tax laws. A number of civil tax penalties have fixed dollar amounts--a specific dollar amount, a minimum or maximum amount--that are not indexed for inflation. Because of Congress's concerns that civil penalties are not effectively achieving their purposes, we agreed to (1) determine the potential effect of adjusting civ… more
Date: August 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Capital: Three Entities' Implementation of Capital Planning Principles Is Mixed

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In fiscal year 2005, the federal government spent nearly $117 billion on capital investments intended to yield long-term benefits for its operations. Effective capital planning ensures that the sizable investments made by federal agencies result in the most efficient return to taxpayers. Accordingly, GAO evaluated (1) how well selected entities followed the planning phase principles of GAO's Executive G… more
Date: February 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Highway Emergency Relief: Reexamination Needed to Address Fiscal Imbalance and Long-term Sustainability

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1972, Congress has authorized $100 million a year for highway disaster recovery needs through the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Emergency Relief (ER) program. Increasingly, the program's actual costs have exceeded this amount, and Congress has provided additional funding. Because of this fiscal imbalance between program funding and program needs, we reviewed ER under the Comptroller Gene… more
Date: February 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: Significant Internal Control Weaknesses Remain in the Preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For the past 10 years, since GAO's first audit of the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government (CFS), certain material weaknesses in internal control and in selected accounting and financial reporting practices have prevented GAO from expressing an opinion on the CFS. GAO has consistently reported that the U.S. government did not have adequate systems, controls, and procedures to properl… more
Date: July 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Technology: Treasury Needs to Strengthen Its Investment Board Operations and Oversight

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of the Treasury relies extensively on information technology (IT) to carry out its mission. For fiscal year 2007, Treasury requested about $2.8 billion--the third largest planned IT expenditure among civilian agencies. GAO's objectives included (1) assessing Treasury's capabilities for managing its IT investments and (2) determining any plans the agency has for improving its capabilities.… more
Date: July 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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September 11: HHS Needs to Ensure the Availability of Health Screening and Monitoring for All Responders

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) attack were exposed to many hazards, and concerns remain about long-term health effects of the disaster and the availability of health care services for those affected. In 2006, GAO reported on problems with the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) WTC Federal Responder Screening Program and on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) di… more
Date: July 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vocational Rehabilitation: Improved Information and Practices May Enhance State Agency Earnings Outcomes for SSA Beneficiaries

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies, under the Department of Education (Education), play a crucial role in helping individuals with disabilities prepare for and obtain employment, including individuals receiving disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). In a prior report (GAO-05-865), GAO found that state VR agencies varied in the rates of employment achieved for SSA b… more
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ambulance Providers: Costs and Expected Medicare Margins Vary Greatly

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2002, Medicare implemented a national fee schedule designed to standardize payments for ambulance services. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) required GAO to study ambulance service costs. GAO examined providers' costs of ground ambulance transports in 2004 and factors that contributed to cost differences; average Medicare ambulance payments expected unde… more
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Inspectors General: Activities of the Department of State Office of Inspector General

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO was asked to review the Department of State Office of Inspector General (State IG) including its (1) organization, budget levels, and accomplishments; (2) audit and inspection coverage of the department; (3) role of inspections in the oversight of the department; (4) quality assurance process including assurance of independence; and (5) coordination of State IG investigations with the State Departme… more
Date: March 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Operations: The Department of Defense's Use of Solatia and Condolence Payments in Iraq and Afghanistan

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "There are a number of ways that the U.S. government provides assistance to Iraqi or Afghan civilians who are killed, injured, or suffer property damage as a result of U.S. and coalition forces' actions. For instance, the U.S. Agency for International Development funds projects to assist Iraqi and Afghan civilians and communities directly impacted by actions of U.S. or coalition forces. Also, the Departm… more
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites: Progress Has Been Made, but Improvements Are Needed to Effectively Manage Risks

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with the aid of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), plans to procure the next generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites, called the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R). This series is considered critical to the United States' ability to mainta… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DHS Student Report

Description: Throughout this project I have been involved in every step of the protocol. After proper training, I was introduced to the necessary lab techniques for the project. From then on it has been my responsibility to perform the necessary tasks to identify and isolate the mutants. This includes carrying out a detailed protocol of mixing reagents, streaking and incubating plates, inoculating cultures and evaluating any results in order to guide my actions for the next antibiotic concentration level. S… more
Date: July 23, 2007
Creator: Wynne, Elizabeth K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of Polymer-Filler Interaction Characteristics by Force Microscopy

Description: Silicone polymers are frequently used as cushions and inserts between load bearing parts. In this capacity, they must act to position their associated parts and distribute mechanical force as appropriate. One type of failure is specific to silicones that are filled with high surface area particulates for purposes of tailoring the polymer compressive properties. Additives such as fumed silicon oxide are presumed to have a high degree of surface interaction with the polymer matrix, thus causing t… more
Date: April 23, 2007
Creator: Ratto, T & Saab, A
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2003 Sandia National Laboratories--Albuquerque Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report

Description: Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Program report for 2003 for Sandia National Laboratories-Albuquerque. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) commitment to assuring the health and safety of its workers includes the conduct of epidemiologic surveillance activities that provide an early warning system for health problems among workers. The IISP monitors illnesses and health conditions that result in an absence of workdays, occupational injuries and illnesses, and disabilities and deaths amon… more
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Illness and Injury Prevention Programs.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2003 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report

Description: Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Program report for 2003 for ORNL. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) commitment to assuring the health and safety of its workers includes the conduct of epidemiologic surveillance activities that provide an early warning system for health problems among workers. The Illness and Injury Surveillance Program monitors illnesses and health conditions that result in an absence of workdays, occupational injuries and illnesses, and disabilities and deaths among… more
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Illness and Injury Prevention Programs.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Columbia River Component Data Gap Analysis

Description: This Data Gap Analysis report documents the results of a study conducted by Washington Closure Hanford (WCH) to compile and reivew the currently available surface water and sediment data for the Columbia River near and downstream of the Hanford Site. This Data Gap Analysis study was conducted to review the adequacy of the existing surface water and sediment data set from the Columbia River, with specific reference to the use of the data in future site characterization and screening level risk a… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Creator: Hulstrom, L. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Site Near-Facility Environmental Monitoring Data Report for Calendar Year 2006

Description: This document contains brief discussions, specific sampling location information, and complete analytical data for Hanford Site near-facility environmental monitoring efforts in 2006.
Date: October 23, 2007
Creator: Perkins, Craig J.; Dorsey, Michael C.; Mckinney, Stephen M. & Roos, Richard C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2003 Nevada Test Site Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report

Description: Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Program report for 2003 for the Nevada Test Site. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) commitment to assuring the health and safety of its workers includes the conduct of epidemiologic surveillance activities that provide an early warning system for health problems among workers. The Illness and Injury Surveillance Program monitors illnesses and health conditions that result in an absence of workdays, occupational injuries and illnesses, and disabilities … more
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Illness and Injury Prevention Programs.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geologic Descriptions for the Solid-Waste Low Level Burial Grounds

Description: This document provides the stratigraphic framework and six hydrogeologic cross sections and interpretations for the solid-waste Low Level Burial Grounds on the Hanford Site. Four of the new cross sections are located in the 200 West Area while the other two are located within the 200 East Area. The cross sections display sediments of the vadose zone and uppermost unconfined aquifer.
Date: September 23, 2007
Creator: Bjornstad, Bruce N. & Lanigan, David C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2003 East Tennessee Technology Park Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report

Description: Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Program report for 2003 for the East Tennessee Technology Park (K-25).The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) commitment to assuring the health and safety of its workers includes the conduct of epidemiologic surveillance activities that provide an early warning system for health problems among workers. The Illness and Injury Surveillance Program monitors illnesses and health conditions that result in an absence of workdays, occupational injuries and illnesse… more
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Illness and Injury Prevention Programs.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2003 Y-12 National Security Complex Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Report

Description: Annual Illness and Injury Surveillance Program report for 2003 for Y-12. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) commitment to assuring the health and safety of its workers includes the conduct of epidemiologic surveillance activities that provide an early warning system for health problems among workers. The IISP monitors illnesses and health conditions that result in an absence of workdays, occupational injuries and illnesses, and disabilities and deaths among current workers.
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Illness and Injury Prevention Programs.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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