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Ocean energy systems. Quarterly report, January-March 1983

Description: Progress is reported on the development of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems that will provide synthetic fuels (e.g., methanol), energy-intensive products such as ammonia (for fertilizers and chemicals), and aluminum. The work also includes assessment and design concepts for hybrid plants, such as geothermal-OTEC (GEOTEC) plants. Another effort that began in the spring of 1982 is a technical advisory role to DOE with respect to their management of the conceptual and preliminary des… more
Date: March 30, 1983
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ocean energy systems. Quarterly report, July-September 1982

Description: This quarterly report summarizes work on the following tasks as of September 30, 1982: (1) OTEC pilot plant conceptual design review; (2) OTEC methanol; (3) financial and legal considerations in OTEC implementation; (4) GEOTEC resource exploration at Adak, Alaska, and Lualualei, Hawaii; (5) preliminary GEOTEC plant cost estimates; and (6) supervision of testing of pneumatic wave energy conversion system.
Date: September 30, 1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Rolling of Uranium

Description: The following report discusses the method of rolling uranium rods and strips under various rolling conditions and the roll-separating force measured.
Date: December 30, 1952
Creator: Saller, Henry A.; Keeler, J. R. & Donley, R. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Portrait: Steve Stevenson]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. The story aired at 10pm.
Date: July 30, 1988, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Program Evaluation: Strategies for Assessing How Information Dissemination Contributes to Agency Goals

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal agencies are increasingly expected to focus on achieving results and to demonstrate, in annual performance reports and budget requests, how their activities will help achieve agency or governmentwide goals. Assessing a program's impact or benefit is often difficult, but the dissemination programs GAO reviewed faced a number of evaluation challenges--either individually or in common. The breadth and fle… more
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public Housing: HUD's Oversight of HOPE VI Sites Needs to Be More Consistent

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress established the HOPE VI program to revitalize severely distressed public housing. In fiscal years 1993 to 2001, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded approximately $4.5 billion in HOPE VI revitalization grants. The Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban\ Affairs, asked GAO to examine HUD's process for… more
Date: May 30, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[EFFTV Team Building]

Description: A video of a slide show on effective team building, voice over narration on team building, and a commencement graduation ceremony.
Date: September 30, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 01 second
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Media Production.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Quarterly Progress Report on Reactor Development 400 Program

Description: Physics calculations have been made for various combinations of the four types of fuel assemblies to be used in the EBWR core. Two thicknesses of plates, 0.205 in. and 0.274 in., including the two 0.020-in. cladding layers, are to be made of both natural U and U containing 1.44% U235. A total of 148 assemblies, 74 natural and 74 enriched, are to be fabricated with six identical plates each. Various configurations of these fuel assemblies will be used to (1) change the critical size of the core,… more
Date: April 30, 1956
Creator: Stuart McLain & Members of the Laboratory Staff
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Small Business: Workforce Development Consortia Provide Needed Services

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Small businesses often have serious difficulty finding skilled employees, upgrading the skills of their existing employees, and identifying strategies to meet future workforce needs. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 seeks to address these workforce development issues and give federal training programs a greater employer focus. Although these problems are common throughout the country, small businesses in s… more
Date: October 30, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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GAO Bid Protests: An Overview of Time Frames and Procedures

Description: This report provides an overview of the time frames and procedures in a Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protest, including (1) what issues can be protested with GAO; (2) who can file or be a party to a GAO protest; (3) the procedures for bringing and resolving GAO protests; (4) the time frames involved in GAO protests; (5) the automatic stay of contract award or performance triggered by a GAO protest, as well as the basis for agency overrides of automatic stays and judicial review of… more
Date: June 30, 2011
Creator: Manuel, Kate M. & Schwartz, Moshe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the Fortieth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1955

Description: Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date: September 30, 1955
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Global Positioning System: Significant Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Widely Used Capabilities

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Global Positioning System (GPS), which provides positioning, navigation, and timing data to users worldwide, has become essential to U.S. national security and a key tool in an expanding array of public service and commercial applications at home and abroad. The United States provides GPS data free of charge. The Air Force, which is responsible for GPS acquisition, is in the process of modernizing G… more
Date: April 30, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Contract Management: Overpayments Continue and Management and Accounting Issues Remain

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since GAO reported on Department of Defense (DOD) contractor overpayments in 1994, additional reports have been issued highlighting billions of dollars of overpayments to Defense contractors. In December 2001, Congress amended Title 31 of the United States Code to require a federal agency with contracts totaling over $500 million in a fiscal year to have a cost-effective program for identifying payment errors … more
Date: May 30, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ocean thermal energy. Quarterly report, January-March 1982

Description: This quarterly report summarizes work of the following tasks as of March 31, 1982: OTEC pilot plant conceptual design review; OTEC methanol; review of electrolyzer development programs and requirements; financial and legal considerations in OTEC implementation; potential Navy sites for GEOTEC systems; hybrid geothermal-OTEC power plants: single-cycle performance estimates; and supervision of testing of pneumatic wave energy conversion system.
Date: March 30, 1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rio Blanco Hydrologic Testing Through January 30, 1973

Description: "CER Geonuclear has developed, in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission, a set of detailed plans utilizing nuclear explosives for an underground engineering experiment called project Rio Blanco. The overall objective is to prove the commercial feasibility of using nuclear explosives to recover commercial quantities of tightly held natural gas in the Piceance Basin."
Date: January 30, 1973
Creator: Knutson, Carroll Field
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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