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Managing for Results: Human Capital Management Discussions in Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plans

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Government Performance and Results Act calls for agencies to address human capital in the context of performance-based management. The act requires that annual performance plans describe how agencies will use their human capital to accomplish their goals and objectives. Designing, implementing, and maintaining a strategic human capital management focus are critical to maximizing performance and ensuring t… more
Date: April 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Management: Better Guidance Needed in Selecting Operating Methods for Name-Brand, Fast-Food Restaurants

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The military exchange services operate a wide range of retail activities, such as department stores, florist shops, barber and beauty shops, gas stations, and restaurants. Hamburger restaurants represent a major segment of the exchange services' name-brand, fast-food sales. The exchange services use either a direct or an indirect method to operate these restaurants. Under the direct method, the exchange servic… more
Date: August 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Trade Adjustment Assistance: Experiences of Six Trade-Impacted Communities

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report reviews trade adjustment assistance and other assistance programs, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA) program, to determine if they have helped distressed communities deal with the adverse impacts of trade. GAO conducted case studies in six such trade-impacted communities, all of which experienced major trade-related plant closures and lay… more
Date: August 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Definition and List of Community Land Grants in New Mexico (Exposure Draft)

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, which formally ended the Mexican-American War, the United States assumed control over vast new territories, including much of what is now the state of New Mexico. The United States agreed to recognize ownership of property, including the ownership of land grants, in the ceded areas. Whether the United States carried out the provisions of the treaty, especially wit… more
Date: January 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coalition Warfare: Gulf War Allies Differed in Chemical and Biological Threats Identified and in Use of Defensive Measures

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO confirmed differences among the United States, the United Kingdom, and France in the rates at which illnesses have been reported among their Gulf War veterans; their assessment of nuclear, biological, and chemical threats in the Gulf; and their preparations to meet them. However, because of differences in the experiences of the three sets of veterans, there is no single, unambiguous cause that can be ident… more
Date: April 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DEA's Mobile Enforcement Teams: Steps Taken to Enhance Program Management, but More Can Be Done

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report discusses the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Mobile Enforcement Team Program. GAO found that since the program was established in 1995, DEA has enhanced its management of the program and provided for greater headquarters oversight and monitoring. In implementing the program and carrying out deployments, the field division METs generally complied with some of the pertinent requirements and… more
Date: May 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Invasive Species: Obstacles Hinder Federal Rapid Response to Growing Threat

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Invasive species--harmful, nonnative plants, animals, and microorganisms--are widespread throughout the United States, causing billions of dollars of damage annually to crops, rangelands, and waterways. An important part of pest control is quick action to eradicate or contain a potentially damaging invasive species. Federal rapid response to invasive species varies: species that threaten agricultural crops or … more
Date: July 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security Reform: Potential Effects on SSA's Disability Programs and Beneficiaries

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "There has been little analysis of how the various Social Security reform proposals might affect the Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) program. This report assesses the potential impact of these proposals on the solvency of the DI trust fund. GAO found that most disabled beneficiaries would receive higher benefits under the various Social Security reform proposals it reviewed than under a solvency scena… more
Date: January 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Security: DOE Needs to Improve Control Over Classified Information

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Energy (DOE) maintains millions of classified documents containing highly sensitive nuclear weapons design and production information. Allegations that the Peoples Republic of China obtained nuclear warhead designs from an employee of DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory, as well as the disappearance of two computer hard drives containing highly sensitive weapons information from that same la… more
Date: August 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Health Care: Across-the-Board Physician Rate Increases Would be Costly and Unnecessary

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report describes the financial and management impact of increasing physician reimbursement rates in TRICARE -- the military's managed health care program. GAO found that changing the TRICARE reimbursement rate nationally to the 70th percentile of billed charges would be costly, inflationary, and largely unnecessary. Such an increase could cost the Defense Department (DOD) and its beneficiaries an addition… more
Date: May 24, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regulatory DQO Test Plan for Determining Method Detection Limits, Estimated Quantitation Limits, and Quality Assurance Criteria for Specified Analytes

Description: The Regulatory Data Quality Objectives (DQO) Supporting Tank Waste Remediation System Privatization Project (Wiemers et al. 1998a) was prepared to address the regulatory data needs for waste currently stored in double-shell and single-shell tanks that was generated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors. In the Regulatory DQO, 125 organic compounds and 48 inorganic constituents were identified as priority regulated constituents requiring additional tank waste characterizati… more
Date: January 24, 2001
Creator: Patello, Gertrude K. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Almeida, Taffy L. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Campbell, James A. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Farmer, Orville T. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Hoppe, Eric W. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Soderquist, Chuck Z. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)) et al.
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Cold Vacuum Drying Facility Stack Air Sampling System Qualification Tests

Description: This report documents tests that were conducted to verify that the air monitoring system for the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility ventilation exhaust stack meets the applicable regulatory criteria regarding the placement of the air sampling probe, sample transport, and stack flow measurement accuracy.
Date: January 24, 2001
Creator: Glissmeyer, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Diffusion and Leaching of Selected Radionuclides (Iodine-129, Technetium-99, and Uranium) Through Category 3 Waste Encasement Concrete and Soil Fill Material

Description: An assessment of long-term performance of Category 3 waste-enclosing cement grouts requires data about the leachability/diffusion of radionuclide species (iodine-129, technetium-99, and uranium) when the waste forms come in contact with groundwater. Leachability data were collected by conducting dynamic (ANS-16.1) and static leach tests on radionuclide-containing cement specimens. The diffusivity of radionuclides in soil and concrete media was collected by conducting soil-soil and concrete-soil… more
Date: September 24, 2001
Creator: Mattigod, Shas V.; Whyatt, Greg A.; Serne, R. Jeffrey; Martin, P. F.; Schwab, Kristen E. & Wood, Marcus I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Catalog of Vadose Zone Hydraulic Properties for the Hanford Site

Description: The purpose of this catalog is to integrate all available soil physics data and information from vadose zone characterization and performance assessments into one useable, scientifically defensible document.
Date: September 24, 2001
Creator: Freeman, Eugene J.; Khaleel, Raziuddin & Heller, Paula R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Simultaneously Extracted Metals/Acid-Volatile Sulfide and Total Metals in Surface Sediment from the Hanford Reach of the Columbia RIver and the Lower Snake River

Description: Metals have been identified as contaminants of concern for the Hanford Reach because of upriver mining, industrial activities, and past nuclear material production at the US Department of Energy's Hanford Site. This study was undertaken to better understand the occurrence and fate of metals in sediment disposition areas in the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
Date: January 24, 2001
Creator: Patton, Gregory W. & Crecelius, Eric A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Independent Evaluation of The Lepestok Filtering Facepiece Respirator

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the protection factor of the Lepestok-200 filtering facepiece respirator by conducting a standard quantitative fit test on a panel of 25 representative adults (14 males and 11 females) using the TSI Incorporated PortaCount PlusTM quantitative fit-testing system. Each subject was tested four times. In the total of 100 tests, 95% of the overall fit factors were greater than 3, more than 80% of the overall fit factors were greater than 14, approximately 5… more
Date: July 24, 2001
Creator: Hoover, Mark D.; Lackey, Jack R. & Vargo, George J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Database and Interim Glass Property Models for Hanford HLW Glasses

Description: The purpose of this report is to provide a methodology for an increase in the efficiency and a decrease in the cost of vitrifying high-level waste (HLW) by optimizing HLW glass formulation. This methodology consists in collecting and generating a database of glass properties that determine HLW glass processability and acceptability and relating these properties to glass composition. The report explains how the property-composition models are developed, fitted to data, used for glass formulation… more
Date: July 24, 2001
Creator: Hrma, Pavel R.; Piepel, Gregory F.; Vienna, John D.; Cooley, Scott K.; Kim, Dong-Sang & Russell, Renee L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposal for Construction/Demonstration/Implementation of A Material Handling System

Description: Vortec Corporation, the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) and DOE/Paducah propose to complete the technology demonstration and the implementation of the Material Handling System developed under Contract Number DE-AC21-92MC29120. The demonstration testing and operational implementation will be done at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The scope of work, schedule and cost for the activities are included in this proposal. A description of the facility to be constructed and tested is p… more
Date: August 24, 2001
Creator: Jnatt, Jim
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Science Manager's Guide to Case Studies

Description: This guide takes the science manager through the steps of planning, implementing, validating, communicating, and using case studies. It outlines the major methods of analysis, describing their relative merits and applicability while providing relevant examples and sources of additional information. Well-designed case studies can provide a combination of rich qualitative and quantitative information, offering valuable insights into the nature, outputs, and longer-term impacts of the research. An… more
Date: September 24, 2001
Creator: Branch, Kristi M.; Peffers, Melissa S.; Ruegg, Rosalie T. & Vallario, Robert W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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In-Drift Microbial Communities Model Validation Calculations

Description: The objective and scope of this calculation is to create the appropriate parameter input for MING 1.0 (CSCI 30018 V1.0, CRWMS M&O 1998b) that will allow the testing of the results from the MING software code with both scientific measurements of microbial populations at the site and laboratory and with natural analogs to the site. This set of calculations provides results that will be used in model validation for the ''In-Drift Microbial Communities'' model (CRWMS M&O 2000) which is part… more
Date: September 24, 2001
Creator: Jolley, D. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Commercial Applications of a FAPY Alloy

Description: The Fe-16 at. (8.5 wt) % Al alloy, known as FAPY, has been identified as a superior material for heating element applications. However, while the 15-lb heats melted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) could be processed into wire, the large heat melted at Hoskins Manufacturing Company (Hoskins) could not be processed under commercial processing conditions. The primary objective of the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) was to demonstrate that wire of the FAPY alloy c… more
Date: August 24, 2001
Creator: Sikka, VK
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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