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8(a) Program: The Importance of Effective Fraud Prevention Controls

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the results of our prior investigation of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program. SBA's 8(a) program, named for a section of the Small Business Act, is a development program created to help small, disadvantaged businesses compete in the American economy and access the federal procurement market. To participate in the program, a firm must be certifi… more
Date: March 3, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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401(k) Plans: Issues Involving Securities Lending in Plan Investments

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Securities lending can be a relatively straightforward way for plan sponsors and participants to increase their return on 401(k) investments. However, securities lending can also present a number of challenges to plan participants and plan sponsors. GAO was asked to explain how securities lending with cash collateral reinvestment works in relation to 401(k) plan investments, who bears the risks, and what are … more
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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1981-2010 U. S. Hourly Normals

Description: This is the hourly normals meteorological data.
Date: 2012
Creator: Applequest, Scott; Arguez, Anthoney; Durre, Imke; Squares, Michael F. & Yin, Xungang
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2010-2012 Hestec Bowl

Description: This is the Financial Status Report for this project for the period from May 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012.
Date: October 29, 2012
Creator: De La Rosa Ortiz, Stacey
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2010 Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting Summary

Description: This document contains the summaries of papers presented in poster format at the March 2010 Atmospheric System Research Science Team Meeting held in Bethesda, Maryland. More than 260 posters were presented during the Science Team Meeting. Posters were sorted into the following subject areas: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions, aerosol properties, atmospheric state and surface, cloud properties, field campaigns, infrastructure and outreach, instruments, modeling, and radiation. To put these po… more
Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Dupont, D. L.
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2010 Census: Cooperation with Enumerators Is Critical to a Successful Headcount

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "On May 1, 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) will launch its massive follow-up effort with the roughly 48 million households that did not mail back their census forms (130 million forms were delivered). As part of this nonresponse follow-up effort, over 600,000 enumerators will fan out across the country, personally contacting nonresponding housing units as many as six times in an effort to ensure everyone… more
Date: April 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2010 Census: Data Collection Is Under Way, but Reliability of Key Information Technology Systems Remains a Risk

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In March 2008, GAO designated the 2010 Census a high-risk area in part because of information technology (IT) shortcomings and uncertainty over the ultimate cost of the census, now estimated at around $15 billion. The U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) has since made improvements to various IT systems and taken other steps to mitigate the risks to a successful census. However, last year, GAO noted that a number of c… more
Date: March 25, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2010 Census: Key Enumeration Activities Are Moving Forward, but Information Technology Systems Remain a Concern

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In March 2008, GAO designated the 2010 Census a high-risk area in part because of information technology (IT) shortcomings and uncertainty over the ultimate cost of the census, now estimated at around $15 billion. The U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) has since made improvements to various IT systems and taken other steps to mitigate the risks of a successful census. However, last year, GAO noted that a number of c… more
Date: February 23, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2010 Census: Operational Changes Made for 2010 Position the U.S. Census Bureau to More Accurately Classify and Identify Group Quarters

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) is tasked with conducting an accurate count of people living in dwellings known as group quarters as part of the 2010 Census. Group quarters consist of college dormitories, prisons, nursing homes, and other facilities typically owned or managed by an entity providing housing, services, or both for the residents. During the 2000 Census, for a variety of reasons, group quarters w… more
Date: February 22, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2010 Census: Preliminary Lessons Learned Highlight the Need for Fundamental Reforms

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO added the 2010 Census to its list of high-risk programs in 2008 in part because of (1) long-standing weaknesses in the Census Bureau's (Bureau) information technology (IT) acquisition and contract management function, (2) difficulties in developing reliable life-cycle cost estimates, and (3) key operations that were not tested under operational conditions. These issues jeopardized the Bureau's readiness f… more
Date: April 6, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2010 Resubmission of the U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Further Actions Needed by State and Other Agencies to Improve the Review of the Classified Nuclear Proliferation Assessment

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "On May 10, 2010, the President resubmitted to Congress a proposed Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (henceforth referred to as the U.S.-Russia nuclear cooperation agreement or the agreement) in accordance with the review requirements established under section 123 of … more
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2011 Dynamics at Surfaces Gordon Research Conference (August 7-12, 2011, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island)

Description: The 2011 Gordon Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces is the 32nd anniversary of a meeting held every two years that is attended by leading researchers in the area of experimental and theoretical dynamics at liquid and solid surfaces. The conference focuses on the dynamics of the interaction of molecules with either liquid or solid surfaces, the dynamics of the outermost layer of liquid and solid surfaces and the dynamics at the liquid-solid interface. Specific topics that are featured include sta… more
Date: August 12, 2011
Creator: Sitz, Greg
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2011 Government Auditing Standards Listing of Technical Changes

Description: Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This document is a listing of technical changes related to the 2011 Government Auditing Standards."
Date: December 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2011 Government Auditing Standards Summary of Major Changes

Description: Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This document summarizes major changes in the 2011 Government Auditing Standards."
Date: December 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2011 Photosynthesis Gordon Research Conference & Seminar (June 11-17, 2011, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina)

Description: Photosynthesis is the biological process that converts solar energy into chemical energy. Elucidation of the mechanisms of photosynthetic energy conversion at a molecular level is fundamentally important for understanding the biology of photosynthetic organisms, for optimizing biological solar fuels production, and for developing biologically inspired approaches to solar energy conversion. The 2011 Gordon Conference on Photosynthesis will present cutting-edge research focusing on the biochemica… more
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Niyogi, Prof. Krishna
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2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

Description: This is the 2012 strategic sustainability performance plan in order to reduce the reliance on nonrenewable energy, promote water conservation, waste management strategies, and other issues as well.
Date: 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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2014 Environmental Justice Implementation Progress Report

Description: "This report highlights some of HHS's significant contributions to environmental justice in the areas of stakeholder engagement; policy development and dissemination; education and training, research and data collection, analysis, and utilization; and services."
Date: 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
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2015 CASTNET Annual Network Plan

Description: This is the 2015 Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) measurements. These sites managed measure acidic pollutants and ambient ozone concentrations in rural settings.
Date: June 30, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Atmospheric Programs. Clean Air Markets Division.
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2016 USAID Staffing Report to Congress

Description: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to provide the following report pursuant to House Report 114-154 accompanying H.R. 2772, which details “the number of people employed by USAID, the category of employment (direct hire, personal service contractor, Participating Agency Service Agreement, and similar categories), the veteran status of direct hires employed by USAID, the office or overseas post to which they are assigned or detailed, the appropriation accoun… more
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
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2020 Census: Progress Report on the Census Bureau's Efforts to Contain Enumeration Costs

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In preparing for the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) has launched several initiatives aimed at organizational transformation, some of which show particular promise. For example, the Bureau is attempting to develop Bureau-wide, or "enterprise," standards, guidance, or tools in areas such as risk management and information technology (IT) investment management to reduce duplicative efforts across t… more
Date: September 11, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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2020 Census: Sustaining Current Reform Efforts Will Be Key to a More Cost-Effective Enumeration

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Overall, the U.S. Census Bureau’s (Bureau) planning efforts for 2020 are off to a good start, as the Bureau made noteworthy progress within each of the four lessons learned from the 2010 Census. Still, additional steps will be needed within each of the lessons learned in order to sustain those reforms."
Date: July 18, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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