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South Africa: Politics, Economy, and U.S. Relations

Description: This report discusses the politics and governance of South Africa. South Africa has the largest, most diversified, and highly industrialized economy in Africa. To address diverse challenges, the government is investing billions of dollars to upgrade infrastructure and improve public service delivery, but is likely to face continuing challenges in meeting popular expectations.
Date: December 6, 2013
Creator: Cook, Nicolas
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Majority Cloture for Nominations: Implications and the "Nuclear" Proceedings

Description: This report explains the procedural context within which the precedent was set and addresses the precedent's effects on floor consideration of nominations (as well as noting other potential effects on the nominations process). In addition, since the parliamentary circumstances under which the precedent was set fall within proceedings often called the "nuclear option," the report concludes by briefly noting the precedent's relevance for future proposals to alter or reinterpret Senate rules throu… more
Date: December 6, 2013
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid: CMS Should Ensure That States Clearly Report Overpayments

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "States recovered $9.8 million in Medicaid overpayments, but they did not clearly report the overpayments and the return of the federal share to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Federal audits initially identified about $20.4 million in potential Medicaid overpayments across the 19 states with identified overpayments from June 20… more
Date: December 6, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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In-Car Location-Based Services: Companies Are Taking Steps to Protect Privacy, but Some Risks May Not Be Clear to Consumers

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Representatives from all 10 selected companies--auto manufacturers, portable navigation device (PND) companies, and developers of map and navigation applications for mobile devices--said they collect location data to provide consumers with location-based services. For example, companies collect location data to provide turn-by-turn directions. Nine companies share location data with third-party companie… more
Date: December 6, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bureau of Prisons: Opportunities Exist to Enhance the Transparency of Annual Budget Justifications

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The largest account in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Prisons (BOP) budget justification--its Salaries and Expenses (S&E) account-- is composed mainly of costs associated with Inmate Care and Programs and Institution Security and Administration, both of which have grown steadily since 2008. This growth is due predominantly to increases in prison populations, which are the primary cost drive… more
Date: December 6, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oil And Gas Resources: Actions Needed for Interior to Better Ensure a Fair Return

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Interior has taken some steps intended to help ensure a fair return on federal oil and gas resources but does not have documented procedures for periodically conducting assessments of the fiscal system. Specifically, Interior has taken the following steps:"
Date: December 6, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Final Technical Report - Investigation into the Relationship between Heterogeneity and Heavy-Tailed Solute Transport

Description: The objective of this project was to characterize the influence that naturally complex geologic media has on anomalous dispersion and to determine if the nature of dispersion can be estimated from the underlying heterogeneous media. The UNM portion of this project was to provide detailed representations of aquifer heterogeneity through producing highly-resolved models of outcrop analogs to aquifer materials. This project combined outcrop-scale heterogeneity characterization (conducted at the Un… more
Date: December 6, 2013
Creator: Weissmann, Gary S
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Abrasion Testing of Critical Components of Hydrokinetic Devices

Description: The objective of the Abrasion Testing of Critical Components of Hydrokinetic Devices (Project) was to test critical components of hydrokinetic devices in waters with high levels of suspended sediment – information that is widely applicable to the hydrokinetic industry. Tidal and river sites in Alaska typically have high suspended sediment concentrations. High suspended sediment also occurs in major rivers and estuaries throughout the world and throughout high latitude locations where glacial in… more
Date: December 6, 2013
Creator: Worthington, Monty; Ali, Muhammad & Ravens, Tom
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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