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Nutrition Labeling of Restaurant Menus

Description: Report that provides a brief overview of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to regulate nutrition labeling, modifications to these authorities under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and a discussion of selected aspects of the proposed rule. Concerns regarding the proposed rule raised by industry, Congress, and the public are also discussed.
Date: November 19, 2012
Creator: Corby-Edwards, Amalia K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meetings in Vladivostok, Russia: Postscript

Description: Report that examines the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (APEC) week-long series of senior-level meetings in Vladivostok on September 2-9, 2012, as well as the role of Congress with respect to APEC, including appropriations necessary to finance APEC's secretariat and U.S. support of APEC activities.
Date: November 19, 2012
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NASA: Earned Value Management Implementation across Major Spaceflight Projects Is Uneven

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) 10 major spaceflight projects discussed in this report have not yet fully implemented earned value management (EVM). As a result, NASA is not taking full advantage of opportunities to use an important tool that could help reduce acquisition risk. GAO assessed the 10 projects against three fundamental EVM practices that, according to GAO's best p… more
Date: November 19, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Management: National Technical Information Service's Dissemination of Technical Reports Needs Congressional Attention

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As a component of the Department of Commerce, the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is organized into five primary offices that offer the public and federal agencies a variety of products and services. As of late October 2012, NTIS was supported by 181 staff, all except 6 of which held full-time positions. NTIS reports its progress toward agency goals to the Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and… more
Date: November 19, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Returned Peace Corps Volunteers: Labor and Peace Corps Need Joint Approach to Monitor Access to and Quality of Health Care Benefits

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "From 2009 through 2011, the Department of Labor (DOL) provided a total of about $36 million in Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) benefits--health and other benefits--for Peace Corps volunteers who have returned from service abroad (volunteers). Specifically, DOL provided about $22 million in health care benefits for these volunteers in the form of reimbursements for medical expenses related to … more
Date: November 19, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bonneville Project: CFD of the Spillway Tailrace

Description: US Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (CENWP) operates the Bonneville Lock and Dam Project on the Columbia River. High spill flows that occurred during 2011 moved a large volume of rock from downstream of the spillway apron to the stilling basin and apron. Although 400 cubic yards of rocks were removed from the stilling basin, there are still large volumes of rock downstream of the apron that could, under certain flow conditions, move upstream into the stilling basin. CENWP is investiga… more
Date: November 19, 2012
Creator: Rakowski, Cynthia L.; Serkowski, John A.; Richmond, Marshall C. & Romero Gomez, Pedro DJ
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Does Foreign Aid Work? Efforts to Evaluate U.S. Foreign Assistance

Description: This report focuses primarily on U.S. bilateral assistance, and less on the work of multilateral aid entities, such as the World Bank, to which the United States contributes. This report also provides an overview of the current evaluation policies of the primary implementing agencies, and discusses related issues for Congress, including recent legislation.
Date: November 19, 2012
Creator: Lawson, Marian Leonardo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigations of Possible Low-Level Temperature and Moisture Anomalies During the AMIE Field Campaign on Manus Island

Description: This document discusses results stemming from the investigation of near-surface temperature and moisture “oddities” that were brought to light as part of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) Investigation Experiment (AMIE), Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (DYNAMO), and Cooperative Indian Ocean experiment on intraseasonal variability in the Year 2011 (CINDY2011) campaigns.
Date: November 19, 2012
Creator: Long, C. N. & Holdridge, D. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ensemble: 2012-11-19 – Beginner and Advanced Afro-Cuban Ensemble, Brazilian Ensemble, and Latin Jazz Lab Band

Description: UNT Beginner and Advanced Afro-Cuban Ensemble, UNT Brazilian Ensemble, and UNT Latin Jazz Lab Band performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
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Date: November 19, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Beginner and Advanced Afro-Cuban Ensemble.
Partner: UNT Music Library

Ensemble: 2012-11-19 – Beginner and Advanced Afro-Cuban Ensemble, Brazilian Ensemble, and Latin Jazz Lab Band

Description: Afro-Cuban concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
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Date: November 19, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Beginner and Advanced Afro-Cuban Ensemble.
Partner: UNT Music Library
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