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Federal Aviation Administration: Financial Management Issues

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the financial management issues at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), focusing on: (1) FAA's financial management weaknesses; (2) fundamental problems which FAA must resolve in order to achieve financial accountability; and (3) corrective measures the agency has under way."
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Superfund Program: Activities of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Department of Justice

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the use of Superfund resources by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), focusing on the: (1) amount and purpose of Superfund money provided to ATSDR for fiscal years (FY) 1996 and 1997 and the processes this agency follows to ensure that Superfund funds are used for authorized activities; (2) ways in … more
Date: March 18, 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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Environmental Protection Agency: Difficulties in Comparing Annual Budgets for Science and Technology

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) budget justification for its Science and Technology account, and changes among the justifications for fiscal years (FY) 1998, 1999, and 2000, focusing on: (1) difficulties experienced in comparing EPA's Science and Technology budget justification for FY 1999 with those of previous years; and (2) actions that EPA planned an… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Transportation: Efforts to Improve DOD's Personal Property Program

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to improve its program for relocating military personnel and their families, including the Army's Hunter pilot program, focusing on the: (1) evaluation methodology; and (2) Army Audit Agency's validation of the test and baseline data."
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mechanical design of a high field common coil magnet

Description: A common coil design for high field 2-in-1 accelerator magnets has been previously presented as a 'conductor-friendly' option for high field magnets applicable for a Very Large Hadron Collider. This paper presents the mechanical design for a 14 tesla 2-in-1 dipole based on the common coil design approach. The magnet will use a high current density Nb{sub 3}Sn conductor. The design addresses mechanical issues particular to the common coil geometry: horizontal support against coil edges, vertical… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Caspi, S.; Chow, K.; Dietderich, D.; Gourlay, S.; Gupta, R.; McInturff, A. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A machining parameter study to select best conditions for SPDT of large single-crystal silicon optics

Description: The interdependence of process parameters on diamond turning of single-crystal silicon is poorly understood. An experimental design technique based on methods of statistical analysis permits the determination of a specific parameter's influence and its co-dependence on other factors. This design technique enables the creation of an experimental matrix, considering all input parameters (surface velocity; feed rate; depth of cut; tool radius; tool rake/skew angle; cutting fluid), while substantia… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Carr, J W; Davis, P J; Haack, J K; Krulewich, D A; McClellan, M R & Zimmermann, M
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Controlling the Expansion of Laser-Fusion Plasma to Minimize Impact Damage

Description: I propose to analytically model the rapid, nonequilibrium expansion of laser-fusion plasma from an initial diameter of 1 mm to a final diameter of 10 m. The aim is to devise a counterforce that minimizes the impact damage on optics by laser-plasma debris. This flow model is the basis of an idea for a dynamic target that efficiently converts laser energy to x-rays while minimizing the total mass propelled as debris. Also, the flow model is the basis of an idea to magnetically deflect material aw… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Garcia, M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Web-based document and content management with off-the-shelf software

Description: This, then, is the current status of the project: Since we made the switch to Intradoc, we are now treating the project as a document and image management system. In reality, it could be considered a document and content management system since we can manage almost any file input to the system such as video or audio. At present, however, we are concentrating on images. As mentioned above, my CRADA funding was only targeted at including thumbnails of images in Intradoc. We still had to modify In… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Schuster, J
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nursing Homes: Additional Steps Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Federal Quality Standards

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 enforcement of federal nursing home standards, focusing on: (1) national data on the existence of serious deficiencies in nursing home compliance with Medicare and Medicaid standards; and (2) the use of sanction authority for homes that failed to maintain compliance with the standards."
Date: March 18, 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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Bent Superconducting Solenoids for the Muon Cooling Experiment

Description: This report describes some solenoid design work done for the cooling experiment for the muon collider collaboration. This report describes an analysis section of superconducting solenoids that have a center line induction of 3.0 T. The section is bent in the shape of an S. Each bend in the S bends the muon beam one radian (57.3 degrees). The warm bore diameter of the solenoid bent solenoid is 300 to 320 mm. The radius of the bend at the solenoid center line is 1000 mm. This report shows the res… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Green, M. A.; Eyssa, Y.; Kenney, S.; Miller, J. R.; Prestemon, S. & Wang, S. T.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Operational Characteristics, parameters, and history of a 13T Nb3Sn dipole

Description: The early design and test results have been previously reported. During the subsequent operation of 'D20' the accelerator prototype dipole has provided both additional and more detailed data as to its characteristics and performance. D20's use as a test facility for high field critical current measurements has provided operational experience and history pertammg to accelerator required characteristics. There has been recently obtained data related to field quality, operational reproducibility a… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Benjegerdes, R.; Bish, P.; Caspi, S.; Chow, K.; Dietderich, D.; Hannaford, R. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Single sector supersymmetry breaking

Description: We review recent work on realistic models that break supersymmetry dynamically and give rise to composite quarks and leptons, all in a single sector. These models have a completely natural suppression of flavor-changing neutral currents, and the hierarchy of Yukawa couplings is explained by the dimensionality of composite states. The generic signatures are unification of scalar masses with different quantum numbers at the compositeness scale, and lighter gaugino, Higgsino, and third-generation … more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Luty, Markus A. & Terning, John
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaporation of Enriched Uranium Solutions Containing Organophosphates

Description: The Savannah River Site has enriched uranium (EU) solution which has been stored for almost 10 years since being purified in the second uranium cycle of the H area solvent extraction process. The preliminary SRTC data, in conjunction with information in the literature, is promising. However, very few experiments have been run, and none of the results have been confirmed with repeat tests. As a result, it is believed that insufficient data exists at this time to warrant Separations making any pr… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Pierce, R. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical Basis for Safe Operations with Pu-239 in NMS and S Facilities (F and H Areas)

Description: Plutonium-239 is now being processed in HB-Line and H-Canyon as well as FB-Line and F-Canyon. As part of the effort to upgrade the Authorization Basis for H Area facilities relative to nuclear criticality, a literature review of Pu polymer characteristics was conducted to establish a more quantitative vs. qualitative technical basis for safe operations. The results are also applicable to processing in F Area facilities.The chemistry of Pu polymer formation, precipitation, and depolymerization i… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Bronikowski, M.G.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemometric Analysis of Two Dimensional Decay Data: Application to {sup 17}O NMR Relaxation Matrices

Description: The use of {sup 17}O NMR spectroscopy as a tool to investigate aging in polymer systems has recently been demonstrated. Because the natural abundance of {sup 17}O is extremely low (0.037%), the use of labeled {sup 17}O{sub 2} during the oxidation of polymers produces {sup 17}O NMR spectra whose signals arise entirely from the degradation species (i.e. signals from the bulk or unaged material are not observed). This selective isotopic labeling eliminates the impact of interference from the unage… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Alam, M. K. & Alam, T. M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oxidation Effects on the Friction of Lubricants and Self-Lubricating Materials in the Enduring Stockpile

Description: Predictive models of solid lubricant performance are needed to determine the dynamic behavior of electromechanical devices after long periods of storage. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to determine the kinetics of oxidation and sulfate formation for solid lubricants and self-lubricating materials containing MoS{sub 2}, exposed to a variety of oxidation conditions. The frictional performance of the lubricant has then been determined as a fi.mction of its surface chemistry and the… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Dugger, M. T.; Peebles, D. E.; Ohlhausen, J. A.; Robinson, J. A.; Sorroche, E. H. & Fanska, J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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BTFS: The Border Trade Facilitation System

Description: The author demonstrates the Border Trade Facilitation System (BTFS), an agent-based bilingual e-commerce system built to expedite the regulation, control, and execution of commercial trans-border shipments during the delivery phase. The system was built to serve maquila industries at the US/Mexican border. The BTFS uses foundation technology developed here at Sandia Laboratories' Advanced Information Systems Lab (AISL), including a distributed object substrate, a general-purpose agent developme… more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Phillips, L.R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tritium Permeation Estimate from APT and CLWR-TEF Waste Packages

Description: The amount of tritium permeating out of waste containers has been estimated for the Accelerator Production of Tritium project (APT) and for the Commercial Light Water Reactor - Tritium Extraction Facility project (CLWR-TEF). The waste packages analyzed include the Aluminum, Window, Tungsten, Lead, and Steel packages for the APT project, and the overpack of extracted Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods (TPBARs) for the CLWR-TEF project. All of the tritium contained in the waste was assumed … more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Clark, E.A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim Sanitary Landfill Groundwater Monitoring Report (1998 Annual Report)

Description: The SRS Interim Sanitary Landfill opened in Mid-1992 and operated until 1998 under Domestic Waste Permit No. 025500-1120. Several contaminants have been detected in the groundwater beneath the unit.The well sampling and analyses were conducted in accordance with Procedure 3Q5, Hydrogeologic Data Collection.
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Wells, D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Multi-Attribute Utility Decision Analysis for Treatment Alternatives for the DOE/SR Aluminum-Based Spent Nuclear Fuel

Description: A multi-attribute utility analysis is applied to a decision process to select a treatment method for the management of aluminum-based spent nuclear fuel (Al-SNF) owned by the US Department of Energy (DOE). DOE will receive, treat, and temporarily store Al-SNF, most of which is composed of highly enriched uranium, at its Savannah River Site in South Carolina. DOE intends ultimately to send the treated Al-SNF to a geologic repository for permanent disposal. DOE initially considered ten treatment … more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Davis, F.; Weiner, R.; Wheeler, T.; Sorenson, K. & Kuzio, K.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AX Tank farm process impacts study

Description: This study provides facility and process concepts and costs for partial decontamination of the most heavily contaminated debris from the demolition of the four AX tanks and ancillary equipment items. This debris would likely be classified as high-level and/or remote handle TRU waste based on source and radiological inventory. A process flow sheet was developed to treat contaminated metal wastes such as pipes and tank liners as well as contaminated concrete and the residual waste and grout left … more
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: SKELLY, W.A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Puzzle Recall]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a children's puzzle.
Date: March 18, 1999, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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