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Indian Irrigation Projects: Numerous Issues Need to Be Addressed to Improve Project Management and Financial Sustainability

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) manages 16 irrigation projects on Indian reservations in the western United States. These projects, which were generally constructed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, include water storage facilities and delivery structures for agricultural purposes. Serious concerns have arisen about their maintenance and management. GAO was asked to exam… more
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rural Economic Development: More Assurance Is Needed That Grant Funding Information Is Accurately Reported

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO was asked to update its 1989 report on the distribution of economic development funding using newer tools now available for measuring the distribution of federal funds to rural areas. GAO agreed to (1) identify federal economic development programs, (2) determine the best way to identify rural areas for this report, (3) determine the amount and share of economic development funding that rural areas … more
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Employee Compensation: Employer Spending on Benefits Has Grown Faster Than Wages, Due Largely to Rising Costs for Health Insurance and Retirement Benefits

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Because most workers rely primarily on their employers to provide both wages and benefits as part of a total compensation package, the trends in the costs and availability of employer-sponsored compensation have a significant bearing on workers' well-being. Through tax preferences and payroll taxes, federal government policy also has a bearing on employees' access to benefits and on the costs carried by… more
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agriculture Production: USDA Needs to Build on 2005 Experience to Minimize the Effects of Asian Soybean Rust in the Future

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2005, U.S. agriculture faced potentially devastating losses from Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), a fungal disease that spreads airborne spores. Fungicides approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can protect against ASR. In 2005, growers in 31 states planted about 72.2 million soybean acres worth about $17 billion. While favorable weather conditions limited losses due to ASR, it still threaten… more
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Security: Department of Health and Human Services Needs to Fully Implement Its Program

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the nation's largest health insurer and the largest grant-making agency in the federal government. HHS programs impact all Americans, whether through direct services, scientific advances, or information that helps them choose medical care, medicine, or even food. For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a major operating divisi… more
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Giving testimony]

Description: 500 people who were present on Thursday night in a Fort Worth church gave testimonies on the inequality in the health services available in Tarrant county and asked several candidates for public office to commit themselves to fighting for equality in health services. In the photo, Kay Singleton narrated his ordeal while receiving services at John Peter Smith hospital.
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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EUV testing of multilayer mirrors: critical issues

Description: Recently, while performing extensive EUV irradiation endurance testing on Ru-capped multilayer mirrors in the presence of elevated partial pressures of water and hydrocarbons, NIST has observed that the amount of EUV-induced damage actually decreases with increasing levels of water vapor above {approx} 5 x 10{sup -7} Torr. It is thought that the admitted water vapor may interact with otherwise stable, condensed carbonaceous species in an UHV vacuum system to increase the background levels of si… more
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: Hill, S B; Ermanoski, I; Grantham, S; Tarrio, C; Lucatorto, T B; Madey, T E et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The New York Times headquarters daylighting mockup: Monitoredperformance of the daylighting control system

Description: A nine-month monitored field study of the performance of automated roller shades and daylighting controls was conducted in a 401 m{sup 2} unoccupied, furnished daylighting mockup. The mockup mimicked the southwest corner of a new 110 km{sub 2} commercial building in New York, New York, where The New York Times will be the major tenant. This paper focuses on evaluating the performance of two daylighting control systems installed in separate areas of an open plan office with 1.2-m high workstatio… more
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: Lee, Eleanor S. & Selkowitz, Stephen E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PRESERVATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS IN ARID ENVIRONMENTS RELEVANT TO YUCCA MOUNTAIN

Description: The objective of this study was to evaluate archaeological materials from underground openings or shallow burial in arid environments relevant to Yucca Mountain and to draw conclusions about how their state and their environment of preservation could be of relevance to design and operational aspects of the high-level waste repository. The study has evaluated materials from cultures in the arid regions of the ancient Middle East and compared them with the preservation of ancient materials in dry… more
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: N. Chapman, A. Dansie, C. McCombie
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Listening to the speeches]

Description: A man pays attention to the positions being articulated by various potential candidates at a town hall meeting in Fort Worth sponsored by the Allied Communities of Tarrant (ACT).
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Verbal exchange]

Description: Jose Aguilar, one of the leaders of the Allied Communities of Tarrant (ACT), takes issue with French Haralson, a candidate for the post of Sheriff, when commented that there was equality in health care.
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Baseline Budget Projections Under Alternative Assumptions

Description: The Congressional Budget Office (SBO) estimates a baseline budget based on simple rules prescribed by law. Statute requires CBO to project a baseline of revenues and outlays under current law over the next 10 years. This report estimates the baseline budget based on current policy alternatives including changes in discretionary spending, extending expiring tax provisions, and altering the minimum tax as well as discussing effects of alternative assumptions on the baseline.
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A. & Labonte, Marc
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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