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Peace Corps: Initiatives for Addressing Safety and Security Challenges Hold Promise, but Progress Should Be Assessed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "About 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers now serve in 70 countries, often living in areas with limited access to reliable communications, police, or medical services. Moreover, as Americans, they may be viewed as relatively wealthy and hence good targets for criminal activity. The Peace Corps has reported rising numbers of assaults against its volunteers since it began collecting data in 1990. However, the Peace Cor… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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District of Columbia: Planned Funding and Schedule for D.C. Public Schools' Modernization Program Are Unrealistic

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In April 2002, GAO testified on the major challenges facing the District of Columbia Public School system faces in modernizing and renovating the District's schools (see GAO-02-628T). The school system, with the assistance of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has made considerable progress in making emergency repairs during the past few years. However, the school system now faces the more complex task of modern… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Indian Trust Funds: Individual Indian Accounts

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony summarizes previous GAO work that identified gaps in information needed to reconcile Individual Indian Moneys (IIM) trust accounts, and the rationale that led GAO to suggest that the Department of the Interior seek alternatives to reconciliation, such as a negotiated agreement. Congress established an Indian trust fund account reconciliation requirement in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1987 i… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Department of Energy: Observations on Externally Regulating Nuclear and Worker Safety in DOE's Science Laboratories

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the Department of Energy's (DOE) plan for external regulation of nuclear and worker safety at its facilities. DOE's position remains essentially unchanged since the 1999 congressional hearing, when the department decided not to move forward on external regulation until cost uncertainties and implementation issues were resolved. Past regulatory simulations and ongoing work by DOE and its pote… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Supplemental Security Income: Status of Efforts to Improve Overpayment Detection and Recovery

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "As the nation's largest cash assistance program for the poor, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program SSI provided $33 billion in benefits to 6.8 million aged, blind, and disabled persons last year. In 2001, the outstanding SSI debt and newly detected overpayments totaled $4.7 billion. To deter and detect overpayments, the agency obtained legislative authority to use additional tools to verify recipients fina… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Faces Immediate and Long-Term Challenges

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since September 11, the safety and security of the nation's civil aviation system have taken on greater urgency. GAO found that the newly created Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has assumed responsibility for aviation security and has focused on meeting congressionally mandated deadlines for strengthening aviation security. So far, TSA has developed plans and implemented procedures for using federal emp… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Workshop on ENU Mutagenesis: Planning for Saturation, July 25-28, 2002

Description: The goal of the conference is to enhance the development of improved technologies and new approaches to the identification of genes underlying chemically-induced mutant phenotypes. The conference brings together ENU mutagenesis experts from the United States and aborad for a small, intensive workshop to consider these issues.
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Nadeau, Joseph H
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Civics Programs in Washington, D.C.

Description: This report highlights six of the most popular programs among a number of programs in Washington D.C., explain the workings of the national government to a diverse range of Americans, from middle school to senior citizens.
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Greenfield, Susan W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tracking chemical changes in a live cell: Biomedical applications of SR-FTIR spectromicroscopy

Description: Synchrotron radiation-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR) spectromicroscopy is a newly emerging bioanalytical and imaging tool. This unique technique provides mid-infrared (IR) spectra, hence chemical information, with high signal-to-noise at spatial resolutions as fine as 3 to 10 microns. Thus it enables researchers to locate, identify, and track specific chemical events within an individual living mammalian cell. Mid-IR photons are too low in energy (0.05 - 0.5 eV) to either break bond… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Holman, Hoi-Ying N.; Martin, Michael C. & McKinney, Wayne R.
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ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES FOR THREE-PHASE SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS(SBCR)

Description: This report summarizes the accomplishment made during the third year of this cooperative research effort between Washington University, Ohio State University and Air Products and Chemicals. Data processing of the performed Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking (CARPT) experiments in 6 inch column using air-water-glass beads (150 {micro}m) system has been completed. Experimental investigation of time averaged three phases distribution in air-Therminol LT-glass beads (150 {micro}m) sys… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Al-Dahhan, M.H.; Fan, L.S. & Dudukovic, M.P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Notice of Energy RD&D Project

Description: The goal of the project is to develop a premium fuel from the waste materials created from the production of coal and lumber. A specific objective is to achieve a fuel having an energy value around 9,000 to 10,000 Btu/lb from the processed waste material. The fine coal obtained from coal refuse ponds will be cleaned using advanced separation technologies and then dewatered to lower moisture levels than currently realized by adding wood fibers utilizing an enhanced dewatering technique. The clea… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Honaker, Rick & Young, Geoffrey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contract Management: Interagency Contract Program Fees Need More Oversight

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal interagency contract service programs are being used in a wide variety of situations, from those in which a single agency provides limited contracting assistance to an approach in which the provider agency's contracting officer handles all aspects of the procurement. This increased use of interagency contracts is a result of reforms and legislation passed in the 1990s, allowing agencies to streamline t… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fruits and Vegetables: Enhanced Federal Efforts to Increase Consumption Could Yield Health Benefits for Americans

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Fruits and vegetables are a critical source of nutrients and other substances that help protect against chronic diseases. Yet fewer than one in four Americans consumes the 5 to 9 daily servings of fruits and vegetables recommended by the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Fruit and vegetable consumption by the general public as a whole has increased by about half a serving under key federal nutritional … more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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RCRA Groundwater Quality Assessment Report for Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Area T (January 1998 through December 2001)

Description: This report presents the findings of continued groundwater quality assessment at Waste Management Area T in the 200 West Area of the Hanford Site. It covers January 1988 through December 2001.
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Horton, Duane G.; Hodges, Floyd N.; Johnson, V. G. & Chou, Charissa J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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House of Representatives Information Technology Management Issues: An Overview of the Effects on Institutional Operations, the Legislative Process, and Future Planning

Description: This report is an overview of the effects on Institutional operations, the Legislative process, and future planning related to House of Representatives Information Technology Management issues.
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Seifert, Jeffrey W. & Petersen, Jeffrey L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Characterization of the Nonresidential Fenestration Market

Description: The purpose of this report is to characterize the nonresidential fenestration market in order to better understand market barriers to, and opportunities for, energy-efficient fenestration products. In particular, the goal is to: (1) Better understand how glazing products flow between industry groups. (2) Identify major decision makers directing the product flow. (3) Understand industry trends for certain technologies or products. (4) Characterize the role of energy codes and standards in influe… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Shehabi, Arman; Eley, Charles; Arasteh, Dariush & Degens, Phil
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Synthesis and Study of Unconventional f-Electron Metals

Description: Research efforts described in this progress report concentrated on the synthesis and exploration of f-electron based materials exhibiting novel properties at low temperatures and on the development of a new experimental technique for low temperatures and high magnetic fields. Specific problems studied included non-Fermi liquid behavior and experimental verifications of novel theories concerned with strong electron correlations. The discovery of non-Fermi liquid behavior has been one of the majo… more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Andraka, Bohdan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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China's Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Current Policy Issues

Description: This report provides a brief background analysis and recent developments regarding China’s Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles. The report includes topics such as: Recent Proliferation Transfers, chemical, nuclear, and missile technology sales to Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, trade controls, nonproliferation and arms control.
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues

Description: This is one part in the series of reports that provide a background and analysis, and most recent developments regarding broadband or high-speed Internet access. The report starts out by answering questions; what is broadband and why is it important? This report also discusses broadband technologies, the status of broadband deployment and the related policy issues, as well as the legislation in congress.
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A. & Kruger, Lennard G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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