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SSA Disability Decision Making: Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Accuracy and Fairness of Decisions at the Hearing Level

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Historically, the proportion of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability benefits claims that were approved has been lower for African-Americans than for whites. In 1992, GAO found that racial differences, largely at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level, could not be completely explained by factors related to the decision-making process. This report examines how race and other factors influenc… more
Date: November 12, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Employer Stock in Retirement Plans: Investment Risk and Retirement Security

Description: This CRS Report begins by describing the shift from traditional defined benefit pensions to defined contribution plans – like the 401(k) – that has occurred over the last 20 to 25 years. It then summarizes recent research findings on the extent to which employees’ retirement savings are invested in employer stock. The third section of the report outlines the provisions of federal law that define an employer’s duty to manage its retirement plan in the best interest of the plan’s participants. Th… more
Date: January 28, 2003
Creator: Purcell, Patrick J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Global climate change and international security.

Description: This report originates in a workshop held at Sandia National Laboratories, bringing together a variety of external experts with Sandia personnel to discuss 'The Implications of Global Climate Change for International Security.' Whatever the future of the current global warming trend, paleoclimatic history shows that climate change happens, sometimes abruptly. These changes can severely impact human water supplies, agriculture, migration patterns, infrastructure, financial flows, disease prevale… more
Date: November 1, 2003
Creator: Karas, Thomas H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Enron: A Select Chronology of Congressional, Corporate, and Government Activities

Description: This report presents basic background information on the collapse of the Enron Corporation, identifying public policy issues in financial market oversight. This report briefly summarizes some federal laws carrying criminal penalties which may be implicated in the events surrounding the collapse of the Enron Corp. This report compares the auditing and accounting reform measures passed by the House (H.R. 3763) and reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. This repor… more
Date: January 10, 2003
Creator: Anderson, J. Michael
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Enron: A Select Chronology of Congressional, Corporate, and Government Activities

Description: This report presents basic background information on the collapse of the Enron Corporation, identifying public policy issues in financial market oversight. This report briefly summarizes some federal laws carrying criminal penalties which may be implicated in the events surrounding the collapse of the Enron Corp. This report compares the auditing and accounting reform measures passed by the House (H.R. 3763) and reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. This repor… more
Date: March 18, 2003
Creator: Anderson, J. Michael
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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University of North Texas Schedule of Classes: May Mini-mester 2003

Description: Schedule of classes at the University of North Texas for the May interim semester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: May 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Registrar.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Trans-boundary river basins: a discourse on water scarcity, conflict, and water resource management.

Description: This thesis is an inquiry regarding the interconnections between water scarcity, geopolitics, resource management, and the strategies for developing effective ways to resolve conflict and encourage sustainable water resource use in developing countries. The ecological services of trans-boundary rivers are explored in conjunction with the potential impacts to freshwater availability due to economic modernization, water resource development, and decision making regimes that determine how water is… more
Date: December 2003
Creator: Riley, Timothy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Planning Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Draft U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan

Description: A draft strategic plan for the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) was released to the scientific community and the public in November 2002. At the request of the CCSP, the National Academies formed a committee to review this draft strategic plan; the results of this review are reported herein.
Date: 2003
Creator: Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Catalog of the University of North Texas, 2003-2004, Graduate

Description: The UNT Graduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 439.
Date: July 2003
Creator: University of North Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An expanded framework for the advanced computational testing and simulation toolkit

Description: The Advanced Computational Testing and Simulation (ACTS) Toolkit is a set of computational tools developed primarily at DOE laboratories and is aimed at simplifying the solution of common and important computational problems. The use of the tools reduces the development time for new codes and the tools provide functionality that might not otherwise be available. This document outlines an agenda for expanding the scope of the ACTS Project based on lessons learned from current activities. Highlig… more
Date: November 9, 2003
Creator: Marques, Osni A. & Drummond, Leroy A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proceedings of the Agent 2002 Conference on Social Agents : Ecology, Exchange, and Evolution

Description: Welcome to the ''Proceedings'' of the third in a series of agent simulation conferences cosponsored by Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago. The theme of this year's conference, ''Social Agents: Ecology, Exchange and Evolution'', was selected to foster the exchange of ideas on some of the most important social processes addressed by agent simulation models, namely: (1) The translation of ecology and ecological constraints into social dynamics; (2) The role of exchange proce… more
Date: April 10, 2003
Creator: Macal, C., ed. & Sallach, D., ed.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Policy modeling for industrial energy use

Description: The international workshop on Policy Modeling for Industrial Energy Use was jointly organized by EETA (Professional Network for Engineering Economic Technology Analysis) and INEDIS (International Network for Energy Demand Analysis in the Industrial Sector). The workshop has helped to layout the needs and challenges to include policy more explicitly in energy-efficiency modeling. The current state-of-the-art models have a proven track record in forecasting future trends under conditions similar … more
Date: March 1, 2003
Creator: Worrell, Ernst; Park, Hi-Chun; Lee, Sang-Gon; Jung, Yonghun; Kato, Hiroyuki; Ramesohl, Stephan et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Catalog of the University of North Texas, 2003-2004, Undergraduate

Description: The UNT Undergraduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 523.
Date: July 2003
Creator: University of North Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries
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University of North Texas Schedule of Classes: Summer 2003

Description: Schedule of classes at the University of North Texas for the Summer semester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: Summer 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Registrar.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Agent 2003 Conference on Challenges in Social Simulation

Description: Welcome to the Proceedings of the fourth in a series of agent simulation conferences cosponsored by Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago. Agent 2003 is the second conference in which three Special Interest Groups from the North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Science (NAACSOS) have been involved in planning the program--Computational Social Theory; Simulation Applications; and Methods, Toolkits and Techniques. The theme of Agent 2003, Challe… more
Date: January 1, 2003
Creator: Clemmons, Margaret
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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University of North Texas Schedule of Classes: Spring 2003

Description: Schedule of classes at the University of North Texas for the Spring emester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: Spring 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Registrar.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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University of North Texas Schedule of Classes: Fall 2003

Description: Schedule of classes at the University of North Texas for the Fall semester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Registrar.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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