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Air Force B-21 Raider Long-Range Strike Bomber

Description: This report discusses the development of a new long-range bomber aircraft, the B-21 Raider (previously known as LRS-B). The U.S. Department of Defense proposes to acquire at least 100 of them, initially to replace the fleets of B-1 and B-2 bombers, and possibly to replace B-52s in the future.
Date: October 12, 2018
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Peace Corps: Current Issues

Description: This report discuses the Peace Corps functions and funding as well as current issues, including: the available funding for Peace Corps expansion, whether volunteers are able to function in a safe and secure environment, and volunteer access to abortion.
Date: October 12, 2018
Creator: Lawson, Marian L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[TXSSAR Committee Reports: October 12 -14, 2018]

Description: Committee Reports for the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution October 12 - 14, 2018 Board of Managers meeting.
Date: 2018-10-12/2018-10-14
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TXSSAR Officer Reports: October 12 - 14, 2018]

Description: Officer Reports for the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution October 12 - 14, 2018 Board of Managers meeting.
Date: 2018-10-12/2018-10-14
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations for the Department of Justice

Description: This report discusses proposed appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the 2018 fiscal year divided into each department of the DOJ. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 115-31) appropriated $28.962 billion for DOJ while President Trump's proposed 2018 budget requests $28.205 billion for DOJ which amounts to 2.6% less than the FY2017-enacted appropriation.
Date: October 12, 2017
Creator: James, Nathan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2017

Description: This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad, without reference to the magnitude of the given instance noted.
Date: October 12, 2017
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition: Background and Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides background information and issues for Congress on multiyear procurement (MYP) and block buy contracting (BBC),1 which are special contracting mechanisms that Congress permits the Department of Defense (DOD) to use for a limited number of defense acquisition programs. Compared to the standard or default approach of annual contracting, MYP and BBC have the potential for reducing weapon procurement costs by several percent.
Date: October 12, 2017
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald & Schwartz, Moshe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NAFTA Renegotiation and Modernization

Description: This report provides a brief overview of The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the role of Congress in the renegotiation process. It discusses key issues that are likely to be discussed during the current negotiations, and it provides a discussion of policy implications for Congress going forward.
Date: October 12, 2017
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles & Fergusson, Ian F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP): Issues in Brief

Description: This report discusses the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program which is made up of four agencies (FEMA, The National Science Foundation, USGS, and National Institute of Standards and Technology) who are responsible for monitoring, reporting, and studying earthquakes and increasing resiliency to earthquakes through means such as stronger infrastructure, early warning systems, and recovery plans.
Date: October 12, 2017
Creator: Folger, Peter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Private Flood Insurance in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

Description: This report briefly discusses federal law regarding flood insurance. By law or regulation, federal agencies, federally-regulated lending institutions, and government-sponsored enterprises must require certain property owners to purchase flood insurance as a condition of any mortgage that these entities make, guarantee, or purchase.
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Webel, Baird & Horn, Diane P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[TXSSAR Officer Reports: October 12 - 13, 2013]

Description: Officer Reports for the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, compiled October 12 - 13, 2013.
Date: 2013-10-12/2013-10-13
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The "8(a) Program" for Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Legal Requirements and Issues

Description: This report provides a brief history of the 8(a) Program, summarizes key requirements, and discusses legal challenges alleging that the program's presumption that members of certain racial and ethnic groups are socially disadvantaged violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection.
Date: October 12, 2012
Creator: Manuel, Kate M. & Luckey, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aircraft Integration and Flight Testing of 4STAR

Description: Under funding from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, in conjunction with a funded NASA 2008 ROSES proposal, with internal support from Battelle Pacific Northwest Division (PNWD), and in collaboration with NASA Ames Research Center, we successfully integrated the Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research (4STAR-Air) instrument for flight operation aboard Battelle’s G-1 aircraft and conducted a series of airborne and ground-based intensive measurement campaigns (hereafter referred … more
Date: October 12, 2012
Creator: Flynn, C. J.; Kassianov, E.; Russell, P.; Redemann, J.; Dunagan, S. & Holben, B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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April 2012 Groundwater and Surface Water Sampling at the Salmon, Mississippi, Site (Data Validation Package)

Description: Sampling and analysis were conducted on April 16-19, 2012, as specified in the Sampling and Analysis Plan for U.S. Department of Energy Office Of Legacy Management Sites (LMS/PLN/S04351, continually updated). Duplicate samples were collected from locations SA1-1-H, HMH-5R, SA3-4-H, SA1-2-H, Pond W of GZ, and SA5-4-4. One trip blank was collected during this sampling event.
Date: October 12, 2012
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Beam-beam effects in RHIC

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Date: October 12, 2012
Creator: Y., Luo; Bai, M.; Fischer, W.; Montag, C. & White, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final report for DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-07ER64404 - Field Investigations of Microbially Facilitated Calcite Precipitation for Immobilization of Strontium-90 and Other Trace Metals in the Subsurface

Description: Subsurface radionuclide and metal contaminants throughout the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex pose one of DOE’s greatest challenges for long-term stewardship. One promising stabilization mechanism for divalent ions, such as the short-lived radionuclide 90Sr, is co-precipitation in calcite. We have previously found that that nutrient addition can stimulate microbial ureolytic activity that this activity accelerates calcite precipitation and co-precipitation of Sr, and that hig… more
Date: October 12, 2012
Creator: Smith, Robert W.; Fujita, Yoshiko; Ginn, Timothy R. & Hubbard, Susan S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Religious Compensatory Time: Office of Personnel Management Action Needed to Clarify Policies for Agencies

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "All seven of the agencies in GAO's review--U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Transportation Security Administration--have written policies supporting an employee's ability to earn and use compensatory time off for religio… more
Date: October 12, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Superconductivity for Large Scale Wind Turbines

Description: A conceptual design has been completed for a 10MW superconducting direct drive wind turbine generator employing low temperature superconductors for the field winding. Key technology building blocks from the GE Wind and GE Healthcare businesses have been transferred across to the design of this concept machine. Wherever possible, conventional technology and production techniques have been used in order to support the case for commercialization of such a machine. Appendices A and B provide furthe… more
Date: October 12, 2012
Creator: Fair, R.; Stautner, W.; Douglass, M.; Rajput-Ghoshal, R.; Moscinski, M.; Riley, P. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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