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Privacy: OPM Should Better Monitor Implementation of Privacy-Related Policies and Procedures for Background Investigations

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Approximately 90 percent of all federal background investigations are provided by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Federal Investigative Services (FIS) division. In fiscal year 2009, FIS conducted over 2 million investigations of varying types, making the organization a major steward of personal information on U.S. citizens. GAO was asked to (1) describe how OPM uses personally identifiable in… more
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Older Americans Act: Preliminary Observations on Services Requested by Seniors and Challenges in Providing Assistance

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Administered by the Administration on Aging (AoA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Title III of the Older Americans Act (OAA) is intended to assist individuals age 60 and older by providing supportive services. Title III, Medicaid and Medicare, state, and other sources of funding provide for several types of services, including congregate and home-delivered meals, transportation, and supp… more
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding

Description: This report discusses the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, also known as fire grants of the FIRE Act grant program, which was established by Title XVII of the FY2001 National Defense Authorization Act. The program provides federal grants directly to local fire departments and unaffiliated Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations to help address a variety of equipment, training, and other firefighter-related and EMS needs. This report also discusses the possible reauthorizat… more
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
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Boron-Lined Multichamber and Conventional Neutron Proportional Counter Tests

Description: Radiation portal monitors used for interdiction of illicit materials at borders include highly sensitive neutron detection systems. The main reason for having neutron detection capability is to detect fission neutrons from plutonium. The currently deployed radiation portal monitors (RPMs) from Ludlum and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) use neutron detectors based upon 3He-filled gas proportional counters, which are the most common large neutron detector. There is a declini… more
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: Woodring, Mitchell L.; Ely, James H.; Kouzes, Richard T. & Stromswold, David C.
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Boron-Lined Multitube Neutron Proportional Counter Test

Description: Radiation portal monitors used for interdiction of illicit materials at borders include highly sensitive neutron detection systems. The main reason for having neutron detection capability is to detect fission neutrons from plutonium. The currently deployed radiation portal monitors (RPMs) from Ludlum and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) use neutron detectors based upon 3He-filled gas proportional counters, which are the most common large neutron detector. There is a declini… more
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: Woodring, Mitchell L.; Ely, James H.; Kouzes, Richard T. & Stromswold, David C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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RETENTION OF SULFATE IN HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE GLASS

Description: High level radioactive wastes are being vitrified at the Savannah River Site for long term disposal. Many of the wastes contain sulfate at concentrations that can be difficult to retain in borosilicate glass. This study involves efforts to optimize the composition of a glass frit for combination with the waste to improve sulfate retention while meeting other process and product performance constraints. The fabrication and characterization of several series of simulated waste glasses are describ… more
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: Fox, K.
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SECURITY MODELING FOR MARITIME PORT DEFENSE RESOURCE ALLOCATION

Description: Redeployment of existing law enforcement resources and optimal use of geographic terrain are examined for countering the threat of a maritime based small-vessel radiological or nuclear attack. The evaluation was based on modeling conducted by the Savannah River National Laboratory that involved the development of options for defensive resource allocation that can reduce the risk of a maritime based radiological or nuclear threat. A diverse range of potential attack scenarios has been assessed. … more
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: Harris, S. & Dunn, D.
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Th/U-233 multi-recycle in PWRs.

Description: The use of thorium in current or advanced light water reactors (LWRs) has been of interest in recent years. These interests have been associated with the need to increase nuclear fuel resources and the perceived non-proliferation advantages of the utilization of thorium in the fuel cycle. Various options have been considered for the use of thorium in the LWR fuel cycle including: (1) its use in a once-through fuel cycle to replace non-fissile uranium or to extend fuel burnup due to its attracti… more
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: Yun, D.; Kim, T. K.; Taiwo, T. A. & Division, Nuclear Engineering
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2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5): Designating Nonattainment Areas

Description: This report summarizes and describes the EPA's (Environmental Protection Agency) final revisions to the NAAQS (National Ambient Air Quality Standards). The summary also explores how the revisions are contentious in certain areas that may not be meeting those standards which materializes as congressional oversight.
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 172, September 7, 2010, Pages 54271-54460

Description: Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: September 7, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
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