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Tax Shelters: Services Provided by External Auditors

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Recent legislative and regulatory changes have addressed the relationship between auditor-provided tax services and auditor independence. At this time, the federal regulatory community is exploring further changes. To contribute to the discussion surrounding these changes, GAO's objectives were to determine (1) according to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data, how many Fortune 500 companies obtained tax… more
Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Immigrant Investors: Small Number of Participants Attributed to Pending Regulations and Other Factors

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 1990, Congress established an investor visa category, referred to as EB-5, whereby immigrants are granted conditional residence and after 2 years, permanent residence status in the United States if they invest in a commercial enterprise that will benefit the U.S. economy and create at least 10 full-time jobs. The Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-156) mandates that GAO… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Military Bases: Analysis of DOD's 2005 Selection Process and Recommendations for Base Closures and Realignments

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "On May 13, 2005, the Secretary of Defense submitted proposed base realignment and closure (BRAC) actions to an independent commission for its review. The Commission must submit its recommendations to the President by September 8, 2005, for his acceptance or rejection in their entirety. Congress has final action to accept or reject these recommendations in their entirety later this year. The law requires… more
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Social Security Statements: Social Security Administration Should Better Evaluate Whether Workers Understand Their Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Social Security Statement is the federal government's main document for communicating with more than 140 million workers about their Social Security benefits. By law, the statement must show an individual's annual earnings, payments into Social Security and Medicare, and projected benefits. The Social Security Administration also uses the statement to explain the various types of Social Security ben… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Defense Acquisitions: Plans Need to Allow Enough Time to Demonstrate Capability of First Littoral Combat Ships

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "To conduct operations in littorals--shallow coastal waters--the Navy plans to build a new class of surface warship: the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS is being designed to accomplish its missions through systems operating at a distance from the ship, such as helicopters and unmanned vehicles, and that will be contained in interchangeable mission packages. The Navy is using an accelerated approach to bu… more
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Conduct a Data-Driven Analysis of Active Military Personnel Levels Required to Implement the Defense Strategy

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress recently increased active military personnel levels for the Army and the Marine Corps. The Secretary of Defense has undertaken initiatives to use military personnel more efficiently such as rebalancing high-demand skills between active and reserve components. In view of concerns about active personnel, GAO reviewed the ways in which the Department of Defense (DOD) determines personnel requireme… more
Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Financial Audit: American Battle Monuments Commission's Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2004 and 2003

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In accordance with 36 U.S.C. 2103, GAO is responsible for conducting audits of the agencywide financial statements of the American Battle Monuments Commission (the Commission). GAO audited the financial statements of the Commission for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2004, and 2003. The audits were done to determine whether, in all material respects, (1) the Commission's financial statements were r… more
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Risk Series: An Update

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO's audits and evaluations identify federal programs and operations that, in some cases, are high risk due to their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Increasingly, GAO also is identifying high-risk areas to focus on the need for broad-based transformations to address major economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. Since 1990, GAO has periodically reported on go… more
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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System of systems modeling and analysis.

Description: This report documents the results of an LDRD program entitled 'System of Systems Modeling and Analysis' that was conducted during FY 2003 and FY 2004. Systems that themselves consist of multiple systems (referred to here as System of Systems or SoS) introduce a level of complexity to systems performance analysis and optimization that is not readily addressable by existing capabilities. The objective of the 'System of Systems Modeling and Analysis' project was to develop an integrated modeling a… more
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: Campbell, James E.; Anderson, Dennis James; Longsine, Dennis E. & Shirah, Donald N.
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Chemical crosslinking and mass spectrometry studies of the structure and dynamics of membrane proteins and receptors.

Description: Membrane proteins make up a diverse and important subset of proteins for which structural information is limited. In this study, chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry were used to explore the structure of the G-protein-coupled photoreceptor bovine rhodopsin in the dark-state conformation. All experiments were performed in rod outer segment membranes using amino acid 'handles' in the native protein sequence and thus minimizing perturbations to the native protein structure. Cysteine and ly… more
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Haskins, William E.; Leavell, Michael D.; Lane, Pamela; Jacobsen, Richard B.; Hong, Joohee; Ayson, Marites J. et al.
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Control of a high beta maneuvering reentry vehicle using dynamic inversion.

Description: The design of flight control systems for high performance maneuvering reentry vehicles presents a significant challenge to the control systems designer. These vehicles typically have a much higher ballistic coefficient than crewed vehicles like as the Space Shuttle or proposed crew return vehicles such as the X-38. Moreover, the missions of high performance vehicles usually require a steeper reentry flight path angle, followed by a pull-out into level flight. These vehicles then must transit th… more
Date: May 1, 2005
Creator: Watts, Alfred Chapman
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Calendar Year 2004 Groundwater Monitoring Report, U.S. Department of Energy Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Description: This report contains the groundwater and surface water monitoring data that were obtained during calendar year (CY) 2004 at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Y-12 National Security Complex (hereafter referenced as Y-12) on the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The CY 2004 monitoring data were obtained from groundwater and surface water sampling locations in three hydrogeologic regimes at Y-12 (Figure A.1). The Bear Creek Hydrogeologic Regime (Bear Creek Regime) encompas… more
Date: September 1, 2005
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Dipole radiation from a cylindrical hole in the earth.

Description: This report examines the problem of an antenna radiating from a cylindrical hole in the earth and the subsequent far-zone field produced in the upper air half space. The approach used for this analysis was to first examine propagation characteristics along the hole for surrounding geologic material properties. Three cases of sand with various levels of moisture content were considered as the surrounding material to the hole. For the hole diameters and sand cases examined, the radiation through … more
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Warne, Larry Kevin; Johnson, William Arthur & Basilio, Lorena I.
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PACFEST 2004 : enabling technologies for maritime security in the Pacific region.

Description: In October of 2003 experts involved in various aspects of homeland security from the Pacific region met to engage in a free-wheeling discussion and brainstorming (a 'fest') on the role that technology could play in winning the war on terrorism in the Pacific region. The result was a concise and relatively thorough definition of the terrorism problem in the Pacific region, emphasizing the issues unique to Island nations in the Pacific setting, along with an action plan for developing working dem… more
Date: June 1, 2005
Creator: Moore, Judy Hennessey; Whitley, John B. & Chellis, Craig (Pacific Disaster Center, Kihei, HI)
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Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) Report : Oxbow Conservation Area, 2002-2005 Technical Report.

Description: This Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) study was performed to determine baseline habitat units on the Oxbow Conservation Area in Grant County, Oregon. The evaluation is a required part of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) relating to the acquisition and management of the Oxbow Conservation Area. The HEP team was comprised of individuals from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Confederate… more
Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Cochran, Brian
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External Second Gate-Fourier Transform Ion Mobility Spectrometry.

Description: Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is recognized as one of the most sensitive and versatile techniques for the detection of trace levels of organic vapors. IMS is widely used for detecting contraband narcotics, explosives, toxic industrial compounds and chemical warfare agents. Increasing threat of terrorist attacks, the proliferation of narcotics, Chemical Weapons Convention treaty verification as well as humanitarian de-mining efforts has mandated that equal importance be placed on the analysis … more
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: Tarver, Edward E., III
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2005 Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) Report for the Calispell Creek Project

Description: On July 13, 2004, the Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) was used to determine baseline habitat suitability on the Calispell Creek property, an acquisition completed by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians in February 2004. Evaluation species and appropriate models include Canada goose, mallard, muskrat, yellow warbler, and white-tailed deer. Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) values were visually estimated and agreed upon by all HEP team members. The Calispell Creek Project provides a total of 138.17 Ha… more
Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Entz, Ray
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CFEST Coupled Flow, Energy & Solute Transport Version CFEST005 Theory Guide

Description: This document presents the mathematical theory implemented in the CFEST (Coupled Flow, Energy, and Solute Transport) simulator. The simulator is a three-dimensional finite element model that can be used for evaluating flow and solute mass transport. Although the theory for thermal transport is presented in this guide, it has not yet been fully implemented in the simulator. The flow module is capable of simulating both confined and unconfined aquifer systems, as well as constant and variable den… more
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Freedman, Vicky L.; Chen, Yousu & Gupta, Sumant K.
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Multi-unit operations considerations.

Description: Several nuclear weapons programs have or are pursuing the implementation of multi-unit operations for tasks such as disassembly and inspection, and rebuild. A multi-unit operation is interpreted to mean the execution of nuclear explosive operating procedures in a single facility by two separate teams of technicians. The institution of a multi-unit operations program requires careful consideration of the tools, resources, and environment provided to the technicians carrying out the work. Therefo… more
Date: September 1, 2005
Creator: Gilmore, Walter E. (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM); Bennett, Thomas C. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM) & Brannon, Nathan Gregory
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Technology Gap Analysis for the Detection of Process Signatures Using Less Than Remote Methods

Description: Although remote sensing methods offer advantages for monitoring important illicit process activities, remote and stand-off technologies cannot successfully detect all important processes with the sensitivity and certainty that is desired. The main scope of the program is observables, with a primary focus on chemical signatures. A number of key process signatures elude remote or stand-off detection for a variety of reasons (e.g., heavy particulate emissions that do not propagate far enough for d… more
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: Hartman, John S.; Atkinson, David A.; Lind, Michael A.; Maughan, A. D. & Kelly, James F.
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Validation of a simple turbulence model suitable for closure of temporally-filtered Navier-Stokes equations using a helium plume.

Description: A validation study has been conducted for a turbulence model used to close the temporally filtered Navier Stokes (TFNS) equations. A turbulence model was purposely built to support fire simulations under the Accelerated Strategic Computing (ASC) program. The model was developed so that fire transients could be simulated and it has been implemented in SIERRA/Fuego. The model is validated using helium plume data acquired for the Weapon System Certification Campaign (C6) program in the Fire Labora… more
Date: June 1, 2005
Creator: Tieszen, Sheldon Robert; Domino, Stefan Paul & Black, Amalia Rebecca
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Characterization of soot properties in two-meter JP-8 pool fires.

Description: The thermal hazard posed by large hydrocarbon fires is dominated by the radiative emission from high temperature soot. Since the optical properties of soot, especially in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, as well as its morphological properties, are not well known, efforts are underway to characterize these properties. Measurements of these soot properties in large fires are important for heat transfer calculations, for interpretation of laser-based diagnostics, and for devel… more
Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Suo-Anttila, Jill Marie; Jensen, Kirk A. & Blevins, Linda Gail (Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA)
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Synthesis of a photoresponsive polymer and its incorporation into an organic superlattice.

Description: The synthesis of a photoswitchable polymer by grafting an azobenzene dye to methacrylate followed by polymerization is presented. The azobenzene dye undergoes a trans-cis photoisomerization that causes a persistent change in the refractive index of cast polymer films. This novel polymer was incorporated into superlattices prepared by spin casting and the optical activity of the polymer was maintained. A modified coextruder that allows the rapid production of soft matter superlattices was design… more
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: Morales, Alfredo Martin; Rondeau, Chris J. (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM); McElhanon, James Ross & Cole, Phillip James (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM)
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Toxin studies using an integrated biophysical and structural biology approach.

Description: Clostridial neurotoxins, such as botulinum and tetanus, are generally thought to invade neural cells through a process of high affinity binding mediated by gangliosides, internalization via endosome formation, and subsequent membrane penetration of the catalytic domain activated by a pH drop in the endosome. This surface recognition and internalization process is still not well understood with regard to what specific membrane features the toxins target, the intermolecular interactions between b… more
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Last, Julie A.; Schroeder, Anne E.; Slade, Andrea Lynn; Sasaki, Darryl Yoshio; Yip, Christopher M. (University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) & Schoeniger, Joseph S. (Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA)
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