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Certification Requirements: Guidance Governing Agency Actions Is Limited

Description: A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the certification requirements of federal agencies, focusing on: (1) the extent and variety of certification activities in the federal government; (2) the extent to which any policies, procedures, or guidance exist governing these activities, either governmentwide or within selected agencies; and (3) an agency certification practice that could serve as a… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Welfare Reform: Assessing the Effectiveness of Various Welfare-to-Work Approaches

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed research on the effectiveness of various welfare-to-work approaches, focusing on: (1) the effectiveness of a rapid employment approach, an education-based approach, and a combination of these two approaches in improving employment-related outcomes for welfare recipients and other low-income women with children; and (2) the effect of welfare recipients' educat… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Welfare Reform: States' Implementation and Effects on the Workforce Development System

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed states' efforts to implement welfare reform, focusing on: (1) what is known about the effectiveness of various approaches for moving welfare recipients into jobs; (2) how states are implementing welfare reform; (3) the status of those leaving welfare; and (4) the challenges that lie ahead as welfare reform continues to evolve."
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Export Promotion: U.S. Export Assistance Centers' Efforts to Support U.S. Businesses

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the activities of the U.S. Export Assistance Centers (USEAC), focusing on: (1) USEAC agencies' efforts to improve coordination among federal agencies and nonfederal export service providers; and (2) the challenges USEAC agencies face in their efforts to better meet the needs of the business community--particularly firms that export services and firms that are not ye… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: HCFA Oversight Allows Contractor Improprieties to Continue Undetected

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) efforts to monitor the activities of Medicare fee-for-service claims administration contractors, focusing on: (1) how deceptive activities became a way of doing business at some of HCFA's Medicare fee-for-service contractors; (2) why HCFA did not detect these activities through its oversight; and (3) weaknesses in HC… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Year 2000 Computing Challenge: FAA Continues to Make Important Strides, But Vulnerabilities Remain

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) efforts to address the year 2000 computing problem, focusing on: (1) FAA's progress to date; (2) challenges FAA faces in ensuring that its internal systems will work; (3) risks associated with external organizations--airports, airlines, and international entities; and (4) the critical need for business continuity and conti… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary Report of Laboratory Critical Experiment Analyses Performed for the Disposal Criticality Analysis Methodology

Description: This report, ''Summary Report of Laboratory Critical Experiment Analyses Performed for the Disposal Criticality Analysis Methodology'', contains a summary of the laboratory critical experiment (LCE) analyses used to support the validation of the disposal criticality analysis methodology. The objective of this report is to present a summary of the LCE analyses' results. These results demonstrate the ability of MCNP to accurately predict the critical multiplication factor (keff) for fuel with dif… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Scaglione, J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Scenarios for the Hanford immobilized Low-Activity waste (ILAW) performance assessment

Description: The purpose of the next version of the Hanford Immobilized Low-Activity Tank Waste (ILAW) Performance Assessment (ILAW PA) is to provide an updated estimate of the long-term human health and environmental impact of the disposal of ILAW and to compare these estimates against performance objectives displayed in Tables 1,2, and 3 (Mann 1999a). Such a radiological performance assessment is required by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Orders on radioactive waste management (DOE 1988a and DOE 1999a). … more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Mann, F. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance objectives for the Hanford immobilized low-activity waste (ILAW) performance assessment

Description: Before low-level waste may be disposed of, a performance assessment must be written and then approved by the DOE (DOE 1988a DOE 1999a). The performance assessment is to determine whether ''reasonable assurance'' exists that the performance objectives of the disposal facility will be met. The DOE requirements for waste disposal (DOE 1988a DOE 1999a) require the protection of public health and safety; and the protection of the environment. Although quantitative limits are sometimes stated (for ex… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Mann, F. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Realistic Performance Limits for Tera-Scale Computations

Description: The two key factors affecting the performance of tera-scale computations are the parallel efficiency of the underlying algorithms, and the local performance on a single processor. In the past, most attention was given to parallel efficiency and parallel scalability. This led to algorithms and techniques that provide good scalability and parallel efficiency. However, it was often assumed that local computations, which require no inter-processor communications, could be performed at a high single… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Brummer, T.A. & Hanebutte, U.R
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Master Equipment List for the RAPID Project

Description: The Respond and Pump in Days (RAPID) project was initiated to pump part of the contents of tank 241-SY-101 into tank 241-SY-102. This is the Master Equipment List (MEL) for this project document.
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Hickman, G. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Hanford Site Transuranic (TRU) Waste Characterization QA Project Plan

Description: The Transuranic Waste Characterization Quality Assurance Program Plan required each US Department of Energy (DOE) site that characterizes transuranic waste to be sent the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan that addresses applicable requirements specified in the QAPP.
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Greager, T. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Canister Storage Building (CSB) Design Basis Accident Analysis Documentation

Description: This document provides the detailed accident analysis to support ''HNF-3553, Spent Nuclear Fuel Project Final Safety, Analysis Report, Annex A,'' ''Canister Storage Building Final Safety Analysis Report.'' All assumptions, parameters, and models used to provide the analysis of the design basis accidents are documented to support the conclusions in the Canister Storage Building Final Safety Analysis Report.
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: CROWE, R.D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drawing Evaluation Report for Sampling Equipment

Description: This document presents the results of a task to update the evaluation of River Protection Project (WP) sampling equipment drawings and updates the assigned drawings category as either essential, support, or general drawings. This report updates the drawing evaluation that was originally done per Engineering Task Plan For Truck 3 & 4 Drawing Compliance and Evaluation. The scope of this report is limited to updating the evaluation and identification of drawing category for drawings of certain tan… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Boger, R. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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241-SY-101 DACS High hydrogen abort limit reduction (SCR 473) acceptance test report

Description: The capability of the 241-SY-101 Data Acquisition and Control System (DACS) computer system to provide proper control and monitoring of the 241-SY-101 underground storage tank hydrogen monitoring system utilizing the reduced hydrogen abort limit of 0.69% was systematically evaluated by the performance of ATP HNF-4927. This document reports the results of the ATP.
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: ERMI, A.M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Site Transuranic (TRU) Waste Certification Plan

Description: The Hanford Site Transuranic Waste Certification Plan establishes the programmatic framework and criteria within which the Hanford Site ensures that contract-handled TRU wastes can be certified as compliant with the WIPP WAC and TRUPACT-II SARP.
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Greager, T. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Acquisitions: Challenges Associated With Implementing the Joint Tactical Radio System

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) acquisition strategy and management plans, focusing on the: (1) status of the JTRS program, including DOD development plans; and (2) challenges program officials will face in implementing the JTRS acquisition strategy."
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Willingness to Pay for Renewable Electricity: A Review of Utility Market Research

Description: As competition in the electric utility industry has become more widespread and federal legislation deregulating the utility industry more likely, utilities have become more concerned about actions they can take to help ensure the loyalty of their customers. National polls have, for 20 years, found majority preferences for renewable energy over other energy sources. This issue brief compiles and analyzes recent market research conducted by utility companies on customer interest in and willingnes… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Farhar, B. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Increasing the Strength of Adhesively Bonded Joints by Tapering the Adherends

Description: Wind turbine blades are often fabricated with composite materials. These composite blades are frequently attached to a metallic structure with an adhesive bond. For the baseline composite-to-steel joint considered in this study, failure typically occurs when the adhesive debonds from the steel adherend. Previous efforts established that the adhesive peel stresses strongly influence the strength of these joints for both single-cycle and fatigue loading. This study focused on reducing the adhesiv… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Guess, Tommy R. & Metzinger, Kurt E.
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Implementation of a Two-Axis Servo-Hydraulic System for Full-Scale Fatigue Testing of Wind Turbine Blades

Description: Recently, the blade fatigue testing capabilities at NREL were upgraded from single-axis to two-axis loading. To implement this, several practical challenges were addressed, as hardware complexity increased dramatically with two actuators applying the loads at right angles to each other. A custom bellcrank was designed and implemented to minimize the load angle errors and to prevent actuator side loading. The control system was upgraded to accept load and displacement feedback from two actuators… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Hughes, S. D.; Musial, W. D. & Stensland, T.
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Kinetics of Reactive Wetting

Description: The importance of interfacial processes in materials joining has a long history. A significant amount of work has suggested that processes collateral to wetting can affect the extent of wetting and moderate or retard wetting rate. Even very small additions of a constituent, known to react with the substrate, cause pronounced improvement in wetting and are exploited in braze alloys, especially those used for joining to ceramics. The wide diversity of processes, such as diffusion, chemical reacti… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: YOST, FREDERICK G.
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Wind Power Quality Test for Comparison of Power Quality Standards

Description: Power quality testing is important to wind power applications for several reasons. The nature of wind turbine generation is different from conventional power plants. Although windfarms are growing in capacity and diversifying in nature in the U.S. and throughout the globe, there is no standard that addresses the power quality of wind turbines or wind farms. The International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC) has convened Working Group 10 (WG10) to address testing and assessment of power quality … more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Jacobson, R. & Gregory, B. (National Wind Technology Center)
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Advances in Photovoltaics at NREL

Description: This paper discusses the critical strategic research and development issues in the development of next-generation photovoltaic technologies, emphasizing thin-film technologies that are believed to ultimately lead to lower production costs. The critical research and development issues for each technology are identified. An attempt is made to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the different technologies, and to identify opportunities for fundamental research activities suited to advance the… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: von Roedern, Bolko
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Intranet Development and Design that Works

Description: Making information available and easy to find is the objective of designing a good web site. A company's Intranet typically provides a great deal of information to its employees in an effort to help them better perform their jobs. If the information is available but is difficult to locate, the usefulness of this information is diminished. Sandia National Laboratories performed a redesign of its home page and has obtained a successful design which enables its employees to locate information quic… more
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: Baca, Bobby G. & Cassidy, Andrea L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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