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What OTA Is, What OTA Does, How OTA Works

Description: Document describing the purpose, function, and makeup of the Office of Technology Assessment. Includes organization chart with handwritten annotations.
Date: March 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
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[MACCS Output Listings]

Description: Data listing for three sample problems are provided to illustrate the use of MACCS (MELCOR [We84] Accident Consequence Code System developed by Sandia National Laboratories) referred to in the accompanying report as Problems A, B, and C.
Date: February 1990
Creator: Sandia National Laboratories
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The Payment-in-Kind (PIK) Program

Description: Despite Federal efforts last year to curb production and dispose of surpluses, record production and continued high carryover stock levels for most commodities have depressed farm prices and significantly increased expected Federal outlays for agricultural price support programs. In an attempt to bring supply in line with demand, President Reagan announced on January 11, 1983, that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would implement a payment-in-kind (PIK) program for the 1983 wheat, rice… more
Date: November 9, 1983
Creator: McMinimy, Mark
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Social Security: Alien Beneficiaries

Description: Mounting concern about the payment of social security Benefits to aliens living abroad resulted in the enactment of legislation this year adding new restrictions on the payment of benefits to certain aliens, P.L. 98-21.
Date: November 1, 1983
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart
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Environmental Research Division Annual Report: Part 2, Center for Human Radiobiology, July 1982-June 1983

Description: Annual report of the Argonne National Laboratory Radiological and Environmental Research Division regarding the activities and research of the Center for Human Radiobiology.
Date: March 1984
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Radiological and Environmental Research Division.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program and Homeless Assistance

Description: This report examines the administrative history of the program, the evolution of its award process, and the issues that Congress may consider as the EFS program approaches its fourth decade. In particular, the report highlights recent program delays in funding and, in general, how the EFS program and its emphasis on emergency services fit into the context of the federal government's approach to addressing homelessness.
Date: October 5, 2012
Creator: McCarthy, Francis X.
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The Pigford Case: USDA Settlement of a Discrimination Suit by Black Farmers

Description: This report highlights some of the events that led up to the Pigford class action suit and outlines the structure of the settlement agreement. It also discusses the number of claims reviewed, denied, and awarded, and some of the issues raised by various parties.
Date: April 18, 2006
Creator: Vina, Stephen R. & Cowan, Tadlock
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Appendix G. Bulk Density of Water Factor (WF) Model

Description: Appendix to report "Grade Assignments for Models Used for Calibration of Gross-Count Gamma-Ray Logging Systems" discussing hardware and collection methods for the total-count gamma-ray water-factor model described in the report.
Date: December 1983
Creator: George, D. C.; Heistand, B. E. & Krabacher, J. E.
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Social Security Financing

Description: The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program, the largest of the social security programs, will not have sufficient resources to meet its benefit payments on time in July 1983. Even if the program were permitted to continue to borrow from the other social security programs, the financial the shortfall would re-emerge in 1984.
Date: January 25, 1983
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart; Kollmann, Geoffrey & Miller, Nancy
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Merit Pay for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers: Background Discussion and Analysis of Issues

Description: Considerable national interest has centered on merit pay for elementary and secondary school teachers since the recent release of the educational reform reports. This merit pay paper contains a background discussion, description of alternatives, summary of current and proposed programs, and analysis of evaluation and implementation implications.
Date: September 14, 1983
Creator: Jordan, K. Forbis & Borkow, Nancy B.
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Space Shuttle

Description: The national Aeronautics an6 Space Administration's major manner program of the post-Apollo era is the development of a space transportation system (STS) based on a reusable space shuttle launch vehicle. Funded since FY71, the shuttle program is coming to fruition: the space shuttle successfully completed its series of four test flights on July 4, 1982. The first operational f1ig; fit was successfully completed in November 1982. The next shuttle flight has been delayed because of leaks in one o… more
Date: March 21, 1983
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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Natural Gas Policy Act

Description: The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) culminated decades of dispute over natural gas policy and was the "centerpiece of President Carter's National Energy Act. Now there are many issues of both regulatory and legislative concerns under discussion. These items were unanticipated by the framers of this difficult and delicate compromise. Generally speaking, they all stem from the fact that oil prices more than doubled in 1979 and 1980. The NGPA1s framers set wellhead gas prices within the new … more
Date: January 20, 1983
Creator: Kumins, Lawrence C.
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Social Security Benefits for Prisoners

Description: On Mar. 24, 1983, the Congress adopted, as part of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 (P.L. 98-21), a measure to preclude virtually all incarcerated felons from receiving social security benefits of any kind, including retirement and survivor benefits. This action expanded previous legislation. In October 1980, legislation had been enacted (P.L. 96-473) that denied only social security disability benefits and student benefits to prisoners convicted of a felony.
Date: November 1, 1983
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart
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Sri Lanka: Background and U.S. Relations

Description: Sri Lanka is a constitutional democracy with relatively high educational and social standards. Under Sri Lanka’s hybrid parliamentary model, an elected president appoints the cabinet in consultation with the prime minister. The country’s political, social, and economic development has been seriously constrained by ethnic conflict between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil ethnic groups.
Date: August 1, 2006
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
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House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-115th Congresses

Description: This report documents, in tabular form, House committee party ratios for 18 Congresses -- covering the period from the 98th Congress (1983-1985) through February 2017, the first part of the 115th Congress (2017-2019).
Date: November 8, 2018
Creator: Eckman, Sarah J.
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Numerical Simulation of Ground-Water Flow in Lower Satus Creek Basin, Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington

Description: From abstract: "A multilayer numerical model of steady-state ground-water flow in lower Satus Creek basin was constructed, calibrated using time-avenged data, and used to estimate the long-term effects of proposed irrigation-water management plans on ground-water levels in the area." It contains maps, graphs, and tables.
Date: 1983
Creator: Prych, Edmund A.
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