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Export Controls: Processes for Determining Proper Control of Defense-Related Items Needs Improvement

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. government controls the export of defense-related items to minimize the risk such exports may pose to its interests. The U.S. export control system is primarily divided between two regulatory regimes, one managed by the Department of State for defense items and another managed by the Department of Commerce for dual-use items that have both military and commercial applications. Companies are responsibl… more
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Purchase Cards: Control Weaknesses Leave the Air Force Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In July 2001 and March 2002, GAO testified on significant breakdowns in internal controls over purchase card transactions at two Navy sites that resulted in fraud, waste, and abuse. As a result, the Congress asked GAO to audit purchase card controls at DOD. This report focuses on Air Force purchase card controls and addresses whether the overall management control environment and key internal controls were eff… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Labor Market Information: Trends and Issues in Funding of State Programs

Description: A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Labor market information is used to help make and assess social and monetary policies, tax and budget projections, and private investment decisions. Produced under cooperative agreements between states and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), labor market information helps provide an up-to-date picture of the U.S. economy and generate closely watched economic indicators, such as unemployment rates and the G… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Intercity Passenger Rail: Potential Financial Issues in the Event That Amtrak Undergoes Liquidation

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), the nation's intercity passenger rail operator, was created by Congress in 1970 after the nation's railroads found passenger service to be unprofitable. It is a private corporation. Its financial situation has never been strong, and it has been on the edge of bankruptcy several times. Early this year, Amtrak stated that federal financial assistance would ha… more
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation Security: Vulnerabilities and Potential Improvements for the Air Cargo System

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "U.S. air carriers transport billions of tons of cargo each year in both passenger planes and all-cargo planes. Typically, about one-half of the hull of each passenger aircraft is filled with cargo. As a result, any vulnerabilities in the air cargo security system potentially threaten the entire air transport system. GAO agreed to determine the security vulnerabilities that have been identified in the air cargo… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regulatory Programs: Balancing Federal and State Responsibilities for Standard Setting and Implementation

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Both federal and state governments exercise regulatory authority in many of the same policy areas. In enacting new legislation in these shared areas, Congress must provide federal protections, guarantees, or benefits while preserving an appropriate balance between federal and state regulatory authority and responsibility. State efforts can be directed toward federal or nationally shared regulatory objectives t… more
Date: March 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Travel Cards: Air Force Management Focus Has Reduced Delinquencies, but Improvements in Controls Are Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Poor oversight and management of the Department of Defense (DOD) travel card program has led to high delinquency rates costing DOD millions in lost rebates and increased ATM fees. As a result, Congress asked GAO to report on (1) the magnitude, impact, and cause of delinquencies, (2) the types of fraudulent and abusive uses of travel cards, and (3) the effectiveness of internal controls over DOD's travel card p… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Results-Oriented Management: Agency Crosscutting Actions and Plans in Drug Control, Family Poverty, Financial Institution Regulation, and Public Health Systems

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO's work has repeatedly shown that mission fragmentation and program overlap are widespread in the federal government. Implementation of federal crosscutting programs is often characterized by numerous individual agency efforts that are implemented with little apparent regard for the presence and efforts of related activities. GAO has in the past offered possible approaches for managing crosscutting programs… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOE Contractor Management: Opportunities to Promote Initiatives That Could Reduce Support-Related Costs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Energy (DOE) has 30 major research, development, production, and environmental cleanup sites around the country that account for three-fourths of DOE's over-$20 billion annual budget. DOE manages these sites largely through contractors, which can be either industrial firms or educational institutions. Since fiscal year 1999, DOE's major contractors have spent $6 billion each year on support-r… more
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Skill Training: Grants from H-1B Visa Fees Meet Specific Workforce Needs, but at Varying Skill Levels

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In recent years, U.S. employers have complained of shortages of workers with higher-level skills in information technology, the sciences, and other fields. To find workers with these skills, employers often turn to foreign workers who enter the United States with H-1B visas to work in specialty occupations. Despite the recent economic downturn, employers report that they continue to need higher-skilled workers… more
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bureau of Reclamation: Opportunities Exist to Improve Managerial Cost Information and Cost Recovery

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In a previous report (GAO/AIMD-00-127, May 2000), GAO identified reimbursable project costs that were not being recovered by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. In this report, GAO reviewed the Bureau of Reclamation's managerial cost accounting and cost recovery practices. The Bureau does not currently identify and distribute all of the costs it incurs to its specific projects and activitie… more
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Assistance: Reporting of Defense Articles and Services Provided through Drawdowns Needs to Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1961, the President has had special statutory authority to order the "drawdown" of defense articles--such as aircraft, vehicles, various weapons, and spare parts--and services or military education and training from Department of Defense (DOD) and military service inventories and transfer them to foreign countries or international organizations. Drawdowns give the President the ability to respond to U.S.… more
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Results-Oriented Management: Agency Crosscutting Actions and Plans in Border Control, Flood Mitigation and Insurance, Wetlands, and Wildland Fire Management

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO's work has repeatedly shown that mission fragmentation and program overlap are widespread in the federal government. Implementation of federal crosscutting programs is often characterized by numerous individual agency efforts that are implemented with little apparent regard for the presence and efforts of related activities. GAO has in the past offered possible approaches for managing crosscutting programs… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Homeland Security: Management Challenges Facing Federal Leadership

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To understand the federal government's response since the September 11 terrorist attacks, GAO was asked to review governmentwide changes and challenges prevalent in the missions and activities of agencies involved in homeland security, including the coordination and collaboration required to meet overall goals and needs, and government's efforts in planning and implementing strategic, transitional, and human c… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Anthrax Vaccine: GAO's Survey of Guard and Reserve Pilots and Aircrew

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed the views of pilots and aircrew members of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve regarding the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) of the Department of Defense (DOD). In December 1997, the Secretary of Defense announced a plan to inoculate U.S. forces against the potential battlefield use of anthrax as a biological warfare (BW) agent. In the context of the conventional battlefield, … more
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security's Treatment Under the Federal Budget: A Summary

Description: The treatment of Social Security in the federal budget is often confusing. In legislation enacted in 1983, 1985, and 1990, Social Security was excluded from official budget calculations and largely exempted it from congressional procedures for controlling budget revenues and expenditures. However, because Social Security represents more than a fifth of federal revenues and expenditures, it often is included in summaries of the government's financial flows, or what is referred to as the "unified… more
Date: March 20, 2002
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The refrigeration and cryogenic distribution system for the shortpulse x-ray source

Description: This report describes the essential elements of the cryogenic system. The cryogenic distribution system starts at the level of the linac superconducting RF cavities [1] and moves out through the cryogenic piping to the liquid helium refrigeration plant that will be used to cool the RF cavities and the undulator magnets. For this report, the cryogenic distribution system and cryogenic refrigerator includes the following elements: (1) The piping within the linac cryogenic modules will influence t… more
Date: October 20, 2002
Creator: Green, Michael A. & Corlett, John N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Induced Gas Released During Retrieval of Hanford Double-Shell Tank Waste

Description: Radioactive waste is scheduled to be retrieved from Hanford double-shell tanks AN-103, AN-104, AN-105 and AW-101 to the vitrification plant beginning about 2009. Retrieval may involve decanting the supernatant liquid and/or mixing the waste with jet pumps. In these four tanks, which contain relatively large volumes of retained gas, both of these operations are expected to induce buoyant displacement gas releases that can potentially raise the tank headspace hydrogen concentration to very near t… more
Date: March 20, 2002
Creator: Wells, Beric E. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Cuta, Judith M. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Hartley, Stacey A. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Mahoney, Lenna A. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)); Meyer, Perry A. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)) & Stewart, Charles W. (BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB))
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Final Report: Deconvolution of Adaptive Optics Images of Titan, Neptune, and Uranus

Description: This project involved images of Titan, Neptune, and Uranus obtained using the 10-meter W.M. Keck II Telescope and its adaptive optics system. An adaptive optics system corrects for turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere by sampling the wavefront and applying a correction based on the distortion measured for a known source within the same isoplanatic patch as the science target (for example, a point source such as a star). Adaptive optics can achieve a 10-fold increase in resolution over that obta… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: Gibbard, S & Marchis, F
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Iraq: Weapons Threat, Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy

Description: This report includes information regarding Iraq, specifically weapons threat, compliance, sanctions, and U.S. policy. Weapons of mass destruction, human rights, and Iraqi issues with Kuwait are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Projected Response of Typical Detonators to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Environments

Description: The purpose of this discussion is to indicate the threshold values for low-order detonator response by using first principles applied to pin-to-pin configurations and associated limits in pin-to-case scenarios. In addition an attempt to define the electrical environment by first principles is shown to be inadequate and indicates the need to define the electrical insult by reasonable standards. A comparison of two accepted electrical models and a combination of the extreme reported levels from b… more
Date: December 20, 2002
Creator: Wilson, M. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Iraqi Challenges and U.S. Responses: March 1991 through October 2002

Description: This report is designed as a source of ready reference for congressional offices interested in instances of use of force by the United States against Iraq from the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf war until October 11, 2002.
Date: November 20, 2002
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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