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Climate Change Assessment: Administration Did Not Meet Reporting Deadline

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For many years, scientists have observed a warming trend in the earth's climate and have projected additional changes in the coming decades, with potential implications for human society. To provide for the development and coordination of a comprehensive and integrated U.S. research program that will assist the nation and the world in understanding, assessing, predicting, and responding to such changes, … more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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National Airspace System: Progress and Ongoing Challenges for the Air Traffic Organization

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress's formation of the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) and the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO), both within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), represent the latest efforts to address the monumental challenges of modernizing the national airspace system (NAS) during the first quarter of the twenty-first century. For more than two decades, FAA has been working to modernize the air traff… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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SBA Disaster Loan Program: Accounting Anomalies Resolved but Additional Steps Would Improve Long-Term Reliability of Cost Estimates

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In response to a January 2003 GAO report that identified significant anomalies in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) disaster loan accounts and raised serious concerns about its ability to account for loan sales and estimate program costs, SBA conducted an extensive analysis to identify causes of the anomalies and implemented a number of corrective actions. In light of SBA's actions, GAO undertoo… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Information Security: Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Statutory Requirements

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For many years, GAO has reported that poor information security is a widespread problem that has potentially devastating consequences. Accordingly, since 1997, GAO has identified information security as a governmentwide high-risk issue in reports to Congress--most recently in January 2005. Concerned with accounts of attacks on commercial systems via the Internet and reports of significant weaknesses in federa… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Immigration Benefits: Twelfth Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report responds to certain requirements of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA) of 1998 that authorized certain Haitian nationals and their dependents to apply to adjust their status to legal permanent residence. Section 902(k) of the act requires the Comptroller General to report every 6 months on the number of Haitian nationals who have applied and been approved to adjust their sta… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Tax Compliance: Reducing the Tax Gap Can Contribute to Fiscal Sustainability but Will Require a Variety of Strategies

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) recent estimate of the difference between what taxpayers timely and accurately paid in taxes and what they owed ranged from $312 billion to $353 billion for tax year 2001. IRS estimates it will eventually recover some of this tax gap, resulting in a net tax gap from $257 billion to $298 billion. The tax gap arises when taxpayers fail to comply with the tax laws by underrep… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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National Flood Insurance Program: Oversight of Policy Issuance and Claims

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "According to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 90 percent of all natural disasters in the United States involve flooding. Because of the catastrophic and unpredictable nature of floods, private insurance companies do not typically cover flood losses. Congress established the NFIP in 1968 to provide an insurance alternative to disaster assistance in response to the escalating costs of repairing floo… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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U.S. Postal Service: Despite Recent Progress, Postal Reform Legislation Is Still Needed

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Both the Presidential Commission on the U.S. Postal Service and GAO's past work have reported that universal postal service is at risk and that comprehensive postal reform legislation is needed to minimize the risk of a significant taxpayer bailout or dramatic postal rate increases. In April 2001, GAO added the Postal Service's (the Service) transformation efforts and long-term outlook to its High-Risk List. … more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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U.S.-China Trade: Opportunities to Improve U.S. Government Efforts to Ensure Open and Fair Markets

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Today's hearing takes place not only at a time of increasing trade between the United States and China but also amidst a period of ongoing concern about the growing U.S. trade deficit with China, which totaled $162 billion in 2004. Managing this relationship with one of the United States' most important trading partners is an effort that calls upon the resources of nearly every aspect of the U.S. trade policy… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Internal Revenue Service: Assessment of Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request and Interim Results of the 2005 Filing Season

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been shifting its priorities from taxpayer service to enforcement and its management of Business Systems Modernization (BSM) from contractors to IRS staff. Although there are sound reasons for these adjustments, they also involve risks. With respect to the fiscal year 2006 budget request, GAO assessed (1) how IRS proposes to balance its resources between taxpayer service… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Unfunded Mandates: Analysis of Reform Act's Coverage and Views on Possible Next Steps

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) was enacted to address concerns about federal statutes and regulations that require nonfederal parties to expend resources to achieve legislative goals without being provided funding to cover the costs. UMRA generates information about the nature and size of potential federal mandates but does not preclude the implementation of such mandates. At various times in… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Development of a large aperture Nb3Sn racetrack quadrupolemagnet

Description: The U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP), a collaboration between BNL, FNAL, LBNL, and SLAC, has among its major objectives the development of advanced magnet technology for an LHC luminosity upgrade. The LBNL Superconducting Magnet Group supports this program with a broad effort involving design studies, Nb{sub 3}Sn conductor development, mechanical models, and basic prototypes. This paper describes the development of a large aperture Nb{sub 3}Sn racetrack quadrupole magnet using four … more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Ferracin, Paolo; Bartlett, Scott E.; Caspi, Shlomo; Dietderich,Daniel R.; Gourlay, Steven A.; Hannaford, Charles R. et al.
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Strontium and Actinide Separations From High Level Nuclear Waste Solutions Using Monosodium Titanate 1. Simulant Testing

Description: High-level nuclear waste produced from fuel reprocessing operations at the Savannah River Site (SRS) requires pretreatment to remove {sup 137}Cs, {sup 90}Sr and alpha-emitting radionuclides (i.e., actinides) prior to disposal. Separation processes planned at SRS include caustic side solvent extraction, for {sup 137}Cs removal, and ion exchange/sorption of {sup 90}Sr and alpha-emitting radionuclides with an inorganic material, monosodium titanate (MST). The predominant alpha-emitting radionuclid… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Hobbs, D. T.; Barnes, M. J.; Pulmano, R. L.; Marshall, K. M.; Edwards, T. B.; Bronikowski, M. G. et al.
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Space-Time Approximation with Sparse Grids

Description: In this article we introduce approximation spaces for parabolic problems which are based on the tensor product construction of a multiscale basis in space and a multiscale basis in time. Proper truncation then leads to so-called space-time sparse grid spaces. For a uniform discretization of the spatial space of dimension d with O(N{sup d}) degrees of freedom, these spaces involve for d > 1 also only O(N{sup d}) degrees of freedom for the discretization of the whole space-time problem. But th… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Griebel, M; Oeltz, D & Vassilevski, P S
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Argonne Laboratory Computing Resource Center - FY2004 Report.

Description: In the spring of 2002, Argonne National Laboratory founded the Laboratory Computing Resource Center, and in April 2003 LCRC began full operations with Argonne's first teraflops computing cluster. The LCRC's driving mission is to enable and promote computational science and engineering across the Laboratory, primarily by operating computing facilities and supporting application use and development. This report describes the scientific activities, computing facilities, and usage in the first eigh… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Bair, R.
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Determination of Bulk Dimensional Variation in Castings

Description: The purpose of this work is to improve the efficiency of green sand foundries so that they may continue to compete as the most cost-effective method of fabrication while meeting tightening constraints on near-net shape manufacturing. In order to achieve this objective, the study is divided into two major components. The first component concentrated on identifying which processes control surface finish on the castings and which provide potential reductions in variations. The second component ide… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Morse, Dr. James F. Cuttino Dr. Edward P.
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CATEGORIZATION OF EVENT SEQUENCES FOR LICENSE APPLICATION

Description: The purposes of this analysis are: (1) Categorize (as Category 1, Category 2, or Beyond Category 2) internal event sequences that may occur before permanent closure of the repository at Yucca Mountain. (2) Categorize external event sequences that may occur before permanent closure of the repository at Yucca Mountain. This includes examining DBGM-1 seismic classifications and upgrading to DBGM-2, if appropriate, to ensure Beyond Category 2 categorization. (3) State the design and operational req… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Ragan, G.E.; Mecheret, P. & Dexheimer, D.
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Caustic Precipitation of Plutonium and Uranium with Gadolinium as a Neutron Poison

Description: The caustic precipitation of plutonium (Pu) and uranium (U) from Pu and U containing waste solutions has been investigated to determine whether gadolinium (Gd) could be used as a neutron poison for precipitation with greater than a fissile mass containing both Pu and enriched U. Precipitation experiments were performed using both actual samples and simulant solutions with a range of 2.6-5.16 g/L U and 0-4.3 to 1 U to Pu. Analyses were performed on solutions at intermediate pH to determine the p… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Visser, Ann E.; Bronikowski, Michael G. & Rudisill, Tracy S.
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Human Capital: Preliminary Observations on Proposed Regulations for DOD's National Security Personnel System

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense's (DOD) new human resources management system--the National Security Personnel System (NSPS)--will have far-reaching implications for civil service reform across the federal government. The 2004 National Defense Authorization Act gave DOD significant flexibilities for managing more than 700,000 defense civilian employees. Given DOD's massive size, NSPS represents a huge undertaking f… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Telecommunications: Market Developments in the Global Satellite Services Industry and the Implementation of the ORBIT Act

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2000, the Congress passed the Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act (ORBIT Act) to help promote a more competitive global satellite services market. The ORBIT Act called for the full privatization of INTELSAT, a former intergovernmental organization that provided international satellite services. In this testimony, GAO discusses (1) the impetus for the privat… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Mechanical analysis of the Nb3Sn dipole magnet HD1

Description: The Superconducting Magnet Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has recently fabricated and tested HD1, a Nb{sub 3}Sn dipole magnet. The magnet reached a 16 T field, and exhibited training quenches in the end regions and in the straight section. After the test, HD1 was disassembled and inspected, and a detailed 3D finite element mechanical analysis was done to investigate for possible quench triggers. The study led to minor modifications to mechanical structure and assembly pro… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Ferracin, Paolo; Bartlett, Scott E.; Caspi, Shlomo; Dietderich,Daniel R.; Gourlay, Steve A.; Hannaford, Carles R. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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