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Department of Energy: Status of Carryover Balances in the Energy Conservation Program

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed: (1) the level of carryover balances held by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Conservation Program and the trend of these balances since fiscal year (FY) 1997; and (2) its methodology for determining the amount of carryover balances that may be available to reduce DOE's budget requests and how it differs from the methodology used by DOE."
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Forests: Funding the Sawtooth National Recreation Area

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 Sawtooth National Recreation Area's (SNRA) funding, its accomplishments and unmet needs, and on agency actions that have adverse impacts on the area, focusing on: (1) the funds allocated to the SNRA for fiscal years 1993 through 1997; (2) spending for fiscal years 1993 through 1997 to enhance recreation, to preserve conservation values, such … more
Date: February 11, 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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Customs Service Modernization: Ineffective Software Development Processes Increase Customs System Development Risks

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Customs Service's software development maturity and improvement activities, focusing on: (1) the maturity of Customs' software development processes; and (2) whether Customs has an effective software process improvement program."
Date: February 11, 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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Coast Guard: Key Budget Issues for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Coast Guard's budgets for fiscal years 1999 and 2000, focusing on the: (1) Coast Guard's progress in justifying the Deepwater Replacement Project and addressing GAO's concerns about its affordability; (2) Coast Guard's plans for spending its fiscal year (FY) 1999 emergency funds; and (3) budget strategies the agency may have to consider in the future to address … more
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HCFA Management: Agency Faces Multiple Challenges in Managing Its Transition to the 21st Century

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) progress in: (1) addressing its most immediate priorities; and (2) strengthening its internal management to effectively discharge its major implementation and oversight responsibilities."
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Communications Commission: Direct Broadcast Satellite Public Interest Obligations

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) new rule on direct broadcast satellite public interest obligations. GAO noted that: (1) the rule would impose requirements on direct broadcast satellite service (DBS) providers to comply with the political broadcast rules of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and mandates that the DBS providers reserv… more
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The kinetic tandem concept: theory and computer simulations of the potential barriers

Description: The Kinetic Tandem fusion plasma confinement concept is a member of the class of open magnetic confinement systems whose magnetic topology is that of a tube of magnetic flux open at both ends. In open-ended systems the central problem is that of limiting the rate of plasma losses out the ends. In a conventional tandem mirror system end-plugging is accomplished by the generation of positive potential barriers within special short mirror cells located at each end of a long central confinement cel… more
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: Byers, J A & Post, R F
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High honors School of Visual Arts named among top schools in North America

Description: An article written by Thomas Dodson, staff writer for the North Texas Daily, titled "High honors School of Visual Arts named among top schools in North America." North Texas' School of Visual Arts was recognized as one of the top art education graduate programs in North America. The study was conduced by Stanford University and Florida State University, who studied the critiqued graduate level art education in the United States, out of 124 universities, NT was ranked at 13. Dr. Jack Davis, dean… more
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: Dodson, Thomas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Parametric Instabilities in Laser/Matter Interaction: From Noise Levels to Relativistic Regimes

Description: The purpose of this LDRD was the study of parametric instabilities on a laser-produced plasma, addressing crucial issues affecting the coupling between the laser and the plasma. We have made very good progress during these three years, in advancing our understanding in many different fronts. Progress was made in both theoretical and experimental areas. The coupling of high-power laser light to a plasma through scattering instabilities is still one of the most complex processes in laser-plasma i… more
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: Baldis, H. A.; Kruer, W. L. & Labaune, C. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Weather]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about
Date: February 11, 1999, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Weather report]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 11, 1999, 12:00 p.m.
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Earmarks and Limitations in Appropriations Bills

Description: An annual appropriations act is generally made up of separate paragraphs, each of which provides funding for specific agencies and programs. Generally, each paragraph corresponds to a unique account and provides appropriations for multiple projects and purposes as a single lump sum. Earmarks and limitations are two devices regularly used in annual appropriations acts to restrict, or more precisely direct, the availability of funds for specific projects or purposes of an account. Sometimes an ea… more
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appropriations Bills: What are "General Provisions"?

Description: An annual appropriations act generally consists of two parts – paragraphs providing funding, and general provisions focusing on non-funding as well as funding issues. Discussed on this brief fact sheet are what is found in general provisions of appropriations bills.
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Risk Analysis and Decision-Making Software Package (1997 Version) User Manual

Description: This manual provides instructions for using the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) risk analysis and decision making software (1997 version) developed at BDM Petroleum Technologies by BDM-Oklahoma, Inc. for DOE, under contract No. DE-AC22-94PC91OO8. This software provides petroleum producers with a simple, handy tool for exploration and production risk analysis and decision-making. It collects useful risk analysis tools in one package so that users do not have to use several programs separately.… more
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: Chung, F. T. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Large Area Deposition of Field Emission Cathodes for Flat Panel Displays

Description: The convention for field emission cathode (FEC) synthesis involves coating with a very-high tolerance in thickness uniformity using a planetary substrate fixture and a large source-to-substrate separation. New criteria for a deposition process must facilitate a reduction in the operating voltage by increasing the density of emitters through a reduction of cathode size and spacing. The objective of scaling the substrate size from small (less than 30 cm{sup 2}) to large (greater than 500 cm{sup 2… more
Date: February 11, 1999
Creator: Ferreira, J.; Hayes, J.; Jankowski, Alan Frederic & Morse, J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Widening Trench 36 of the 218-E-12B Low-Level Burial Ground, Hanford Site, Richland, Washington

Description: This environmental assessment was prepared to assess potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed action to widen and operate unused Trench 36 in the 218-E-12B Low-Level Burial Ground for disposal of low-level waste. Information contained herein will be used by the Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, to determine if the Proposed Action is a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. If the Proposed Action is det… more
Date: February 11, 1999
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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