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A Journey to Inspire, Innovate, and Discover

Description: On January 14, 2004, President George W. Bush announced a new vision for America’s civil space program that calls for human and robotic missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This vision set forth goals of: returning the Space Shuttle safely to flight; completing the International Space Station (ISS); phasing out the Space Shuttle when the ISS is complete (about 2010); sending a robotic orbiter and lander to the Moon; sending a human expedition to the Moon as early as 2015, but no later than 2… more
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rebooting the Government Printing Office: Keeping America Informed in the Digital Age

Description: The conference report to the 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act mandated that the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) conduct a broad operational review of GPO to (1) update past studies of GPO operations; (2) examine the feasibility of GPO continuing to perform executive branch printing; and (3) identify additional cost saving operational alternatives beyond those that GPO has already implemented.The Academy formed a five-member Panel of Fellows to conduct a ten-month stu… more
Date: January 2013
Creator: National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wastebook 2012

Description: Senator Tom Coburn released his Wastebook 2012, a report outlining wasteful federal policies that cost taxpayers more than $19 billion dollars a year.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Coburn, Tom
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap: Fiscal Years 2011-2036 [Corrected Copy]

Description: Biennial report describing progress and changes in unmanned systems technology used by the military, with a 25-year strategic plan to describe goals for the continued development, production, testing, training, operation, and sustainment of the technologies.
Date: October 2011
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Deep Water: the Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling

Description: On May 22, 2010, President Barack Obama announced the creation of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: an independent,nonpartisan entity, directed to provide a thorough analysis and impartial judgment. The President charged the Commission to determine the causes of the disaster, and to improve the country’s ability to respond to spills, and to recommend reforms to make offshore energy production safer. This report is the result of an intense six-m… more
Date: January 2011
Creator: National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings

Description: From Foreword: "These guidelines offer specific guidance on how to make historic buildings more sustainable in a manner that will preserve their historic character and that will meet The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. The written guidance is illustrated with examples of appropriate or 'recommended' treatments and some that are 'not recommended' or could negatively impact the building's historic character" (p. v).
Date: 2011
Creator: Grimmer, Anne E. & Hensley, Jo Ellen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap: Fiscal Years 2009-2034

Description: Biennial report describing progress and changes in unmanned systems technology used by the military, with a 25-year strategic plan to describe goals for the continued development, production, testing, training, operation, and sustainment of the technologies. "This is the second edition of the integrated Office of the Secretary of Defense Unmanned Systems Roadmap (2009-2034) that includes Unmanned Aircraft systems, Unmanned Ground systems and Unmanned Maritime Systems. This Roadmap provides De… more
Date: April 20, 2009
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism

Description: This book outlines the findings of the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, established to build on the work of the 9/11 Commission. The Commission's report examines the government's current policies and programs, identifies gaps in prevention strategy and recommends ways to close them. It sets forth the possible threats to the United States if terrorists acquire weapons of mass destruction and provides thirteen recommendations fo… more
Date: December 2008
Creator: Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Antitrust Modernization Commission: Report and Recommendations

Description: Final report of the Antitrust Modernization Commission, established by Congress to examine whether there is a need to modernize U.S. antitrust laws and to identify and study-related issues. It includes an overview of the topic and summary of the Commission's recommendations, with sections on substantive standards of antitrust law, enforcement instittutions and processes, civil and criminal remedies, and government exceptions to free-market competition, as well as individual statements from the … more
Date: April 2007
Creator: United States. Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unmanned Systems Roadmap: [Fiscal Years] 2007-2032

Description: Biennial report describing progress and changes in unmanned systems technology used by the military, with a 25-year strategic plan to describe goals for the continued development, production, testing, training, operation, and sustainment of the technologies. "This is the first edition of the integrated Office of the Secretary of Defense Unmanned Systems Roadmap (2007-2032) which includes Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Unmanned Ground Systems, and Unmanned Maritime Systems. This roadmap provides D… more
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap: [Fiscal Years] 2005-2030

Description: Biennial report describing progress and changes in unmanned systems technology used by the military, with a 25-year strategic plan to describe goals for the continued development, production, testing, training, operation, and sustainment of the technologies. "The overarching goal of this Roadmap is to guide the Department toward a logical, systematic migration of UAS mission capabilities focused on the most urgent warfighter needs" (Memorandum).
Date: 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Management Advisory Report: Enhancing the Electronic Tax Law Assistance Program

Description: Final report documenting the results of an audit review to identify enhancements and "best practices" to assist the Internal Revenue Service with replying to taxpayer questions more accurately and efficiently.
Date: September 2000
Creator: United States. Office of the Inspector General for Tax Administration.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set: Assigned Serial Numbers Not Used

Description: This document provide compiled list of U.S. Congressional Serial Set that were assigned serial numbers but not used. The list compiled to account for missing numbers from the U.S. Congressional Serial Set. Much of the information was extracted from old hand-written records and notations in copies of the Indexes to Reports and Documents and the Numerical Lists and Schedules of Volumes of the various Congresses maintained by the U.S. Government Printing office.
Date: November 30, 1998
Creator: Saunders, Virginia & Imholtz, August
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ready Schools

Description: To the National Education Goals Panel, ensuring that children start school ready to learn is vitally important. But ensuring that schools are ready for children is important as well. Recognizing that good education means both ready children and ready schools, the Goals Panel convened a special group of advisors and asked them to identify what makes a ready school. This report, Ready Schools, is the result of their efforts. It recommends ten specific approaches found in successful elementary sch… more
Date: February 1998
Creator: National Education Goals Panel (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Atlanta Campaign Staff Ride Briefing Book

Description: USARC Staff Ride Briefing Books are produced by the Office of the Command Historian (OCH) to provide a systematic approach to the analysis of significant campaigns and battle in the history of the military art and the profession of arms. This volume "provides a concise but detailed account of Major General William T. Sherman's operational art and tactical prowess in maneuvering his army group, composed of three separate Union armies, from Chattanooga, Tennessee to the Confederate rail hub of A… more
Date: June 1995
Creator: Shanahan, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Atlanta Campaign Staff Ride Briefing Book

Description: United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) Staff Ride Briefing Books are produced by the Office of the Command Historian (OCH) to provide a systematic approach to the analysis of significant campaigns and battle in the history of the military art and the profession of arms. The contents of this specific series (OCH Pub 1-2) include: Campaign overview -- Dalton (8-9 May) -- Resaca (13-15 May) -- Resaca to Cassville (16-18 May) -- Cassville (18-19 May) -- Cassville to Dallas (20-25 May) -- … more
Date: June 1995
Creator: Shanahan, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Common Sense Government: Works Better and Costs Less

Description: The National Performance Review is about change---historic change---in the way the government works. As the title makes clear, the National Performance Review is about moving from red tape to results to create a government that works better and costs less. This third report of the National Performance Review describes the impact of reinvention on the American people and their government and presents more than 300 new recommendations. The National Performance Review focused primarily on how gove… more
Date: 1995
Creator: Gore, Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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