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Inspectors General: Information on Resources and Selected Accomplishments of 18 Inspectors General

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information about the resources and selected accomplishments of inspectors general at 18 federal departments and agencies."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Benefits: Third Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the number of Haitian nationals who have applied and been approved to adjust their status to legal permanent residence under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA) of 1998."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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General Services Administration: Leasing Practices in Selected Regions

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the process used by the Public Buildings Service (PBS) to procure leased space for federal agencies, focusing on the: (1) approaches 3 of the General Services Administration's 11 regional offices use to lease space, including how each region determines an agency's space requirements, identifies and assesses potential space, and communicates with actual offerors… more
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tax Administration: IRS' Low-Dollar Notices Sent to Individual Taxpayers

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 Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) computer-generated low-dollar notices, focusing on notices involving: (1) amounts due of less than $5; and (2) refunds of less than $1."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid and SCHIP: Comparisons of Outreach, Enrollment Practices, and Benefits

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Medicaid program and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), focusing on the differences between both programs with regard to outreach, application and eligibility determination, screening and enrollment, and benefits."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Whistleblower Protection: VA Did Little Until Recently to Inform Employees About Their Rights

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 Veterans Affairs' (VA) whistleblower protection, focusing on the: (1) actions VA has taken since October 29, 1994--the enactment of the 1994 Whistleblower Protection Act amendments--to inform its employees about their rights to protection against reprisal when reporting misconduct; (2) extent to which VA employees are aware of t… more
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Government Auditing Standards: Independence (Preliminary Views)

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO presented a draft of its revised government auditing standards to audit officials and others interested in government auditing standards, which summarized the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards' views on the proposed changes to financial auditing standards."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tax Administration: Multiple Collection Notices Sent to Individual Taxpayers

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 Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) multiple collection notices, focusing on: (1) how many individual taxpayers were sent multiple notices to collect the same tax assessment, particularly after IRS received full payment of the assessment; and (2) IRS' reasons for sending collection notices after receiving full payment."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Competitive Contracting: The Understandability of FAIR Act Inventories Was Limited

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 implementation of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998, focusing on: (1) the overall initial implementation of the FAIR Act; (2) the clarity and understandability of five agencies' FAIR Act inventories; (3) the extent to which these agencies exempted commercial activities from competition; and (4) supplemental informatio… more
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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District of Columbia Government: Performance Report's Adherence to Statutory Requirements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed whether the District of Columbia's annual performance report contained all the information required by law and, if not, why. This report transmits GAO's comments on the Mayor's performance report for fiscal year (FY) 1999, which was due on March 1, 2000, but was issued on March 7, 2000."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contract Management: DOD's Anthrax Vaccine Manufacturer Will Continue to Need Financial Assistance

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the contractual relationship between the Department of Defense (DOD) and BioPort Corporation for production of the anthrax vaccine, focusing on: (1) the financial assistance DOD provided BioPort in 1999; and (2) additional financial assistance DOD is providing BioPort in 2000."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SEEPAGE/INVERT INTERACTIONS

Description: As directed by a written development plan (CRWMS M&O 1999a), a conceptual model for water entering the drift and reacting with the invert materials is to be developed. The purpose of this conceptual model is to assist Performance Assessment Operations (PAO) and its Engineered Barrier Performance Department in modeling the geochemical environment within a repository drift, thus allowing PAO to provide a more detailed and complete in-drift geochemical model abstraction, and to answer the key … more
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: Domski, P.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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["Bush Says He Won't Hesitate to Appoint Gays to Jobs" article, April 14, 2000]

Description: An article, written by Terry M. Neal for The Washington Post, that covers the then presidential candidate George W. Bush's opinion and policy surrounding gay and lesbian workers and applicants. The piece notes the work Bush's campaign group did in the lead-up to his meeting with the Log Cabin Republicans and cites Bush's previous interviews and stances on the topics.
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: Neal, Terry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Telecommunications: GSA's Estimates of FTS2001 Revenues Are Reasonable

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the General Services Administration's (GSA) estimates of the Federal Technology Service (FTS) 2001 revenues and the implications of allowing other service providers to compete in the FTS 2001 market, focusing on: (1) the percentage of FTS 2001 contracts that are minimum revenue guarantees (MRG); (2) when MRGs are likely to be satisfied; (3) the factors that cou… more
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Essential Air Service: Changes in Subsidy Levels, Air Carrier Costs, and Passenger Traffic

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Essential Air Service (EAS) program, focusing on: (1) how DOT applied criteria to establish which communities would receive subsidized air service; (2) changes in the level of subsidies provided to EAS-eligible communities in fiscal year 1999 relative to that provided in 1995; (3) why the level of subsidies changed betwe… more
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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["It's Show Time With Kiki Shepard" live event]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "It's Show Time" starring actress and comedian Kiki Shepard. The one-woman show was held on April 14th, 2000 at the Clarence Muse café Theatre. The footage shows Shepard entertaining with the audience with anecdotes, drama, music, and comedy
Date: April 14, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Shepard, Kiki
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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SEEPAGE/BACKFILL INTERACTIONS

Description: As directed by written development plan (CRWMS M&O 1999a), a sub-model of seepage/backfill interactions is developed and presented in this document to support the Engineered Barrier System (EBS) Physical and Chemical Environment Model. The purpose of this analysis is to assist Performance Assessment Operations (PAO) and the Engineered Barrier Performance Department in modeling the geochemical environment within a repository drift. In this analysis, a conceptual model is developed to provide… more
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: Mariner, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clips: George W. Bush and Gay Republicans]

Description: Video recording of a "Fox News Live" broadcast, a broadcast of "The World Today" from CNN, and a "CBS Morning News" broadcast, all covering the George W. Bush presidential campaign. The reporters discuss his upcoming meeting with John McCain, his meeting with gay republicans, and other policy points that Bush is working towards.
Date: April 14, 2000
Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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STREAM2 Revision 1: An aqueous release emergency response model

Description: This report documents the revision for STREAM2 code and its input files. STREAM2 is an aqueous transport module of the WIND system. As requested by the Emergency Response Department, two surface aqueous release locations (McQueen Branch and Tims Branch) were added in the STREAM2 code. In addition, the revised STREAM2 has the capability to vary the channel-segment volume based on channel flow to better represent the open channel hydraulics. Thus, the updated version of STREAM2 improves the conta… more
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: Chen, K.F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Savannah River Site Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Final Environmental Impact Statement

Description: The proposed DOE action considered in this environmental impact statement (EIS) is to implement appropriate processes for the safe and efficient management of spent nuclear fuel and targets at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken County, South Carolina, including placing these materials in forms suitable for ultimate disposition. Options to treat, package, and store this material are discussed. The material included in this EIS consists of approximately 68 metric tons heavy metal (MTHM) of sp… more
Date: April 14, 2000
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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