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A Proposed Congressional General Counsel

Description: This report is a proposal for a Congressional general counsel in the 89th Congress.
Date: August 27, 1971
Creator: Sharp, Freeman W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The National Defense Authorization Act for FY2012 and Beyond: Detainee Matters

Description: This report offers a brief background of the salient issues raised by the detainee provisions of the FY2012 NDAA, provides a section-by-section analysis, and discusses executive interpretation and implementation of the act's mandatory military detention provision. It also addresses detainee provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013, P.L. 112-239, as well as detainee provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2014 (H.R. 1960, S. 1197).
Date: August 27, 2013
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K. & Garcia, Michael J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides an overview of selected bee species, and discusses importance of bee pollination, changes in bee populations, factors affecting bee health, and identifies future needs.
Date: August 27, 2013
Creator: Johnson, RenƩe & Corn, M. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2014 Overview and Summary

Description: This report provides an overview of appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The first portion of this report provides an overview and historical context for reviewing DHS appropriations, highlighting various aspects including the comparative size of DHS components, the amount of non-appropriated funding the department receives, and trends in the timing and size of the department's appropriations legislation.
Date: August 27, 2013
Creator: Painter, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress

Description: Report concerning the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), which is currently being developed by the Army and the Marine Corps as a successor to the 11 different versions of the High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) that have been in service since 1985. There are concerns about the affordability of JLTVs and its redundancy with other tactical wheeled vehicles.
Date: August 27, 2012
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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D.C. Courts: Staffing Level Determination Could Be More Rigorous

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on personnel management in the District of Columbia (D.C.) courts, focusing on: (1) staffing and workload levels for the courts from 1989 through 1998; (2) how the courts evaluate the sufficiency of the levels of nonjudicial staff who work on processing and disposition of cases; and (3) a comparison of the D.C. courts' staffing methodology to other ā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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District of Columbia Jail: Management Challenges Exist in Improving Facility Conditions

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The District of Columbia's Jail and Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF), which are the District's detention facilities for misdemeanant and pretrial detainees, have been repeatedly cited for violations of health and safety standards. The Jail also has had problems with releasing inmates before or after their official release date, in part, because of inaccuracies in its electronic inmate records. As aā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Department of Homeland Security: Formidable Information and Technology Management Challenge Requires Institutional Approach

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2003 GAO designated the merger of 22 separate federal entities into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a high risk area because of the criticality of the department's mission and the enormous transformation challenges that the department faced. Given that the effective use of information technology (IT) is a critical enabler of this merger, GAO has previously reported on a number of DHS effā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: U.S. Senate Stationery Room Revolving Fund's Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001 Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report presents the results of our audit of the Senate Stationery Room's Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, and Fund Balance for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001. This report also contains our opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's related internal control as of September 30, 2002, and our evaluation of its compliance with selected provision of laws and regulaā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security Reform: Implications of Raising the Retirement Age

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the potential costs and benefits associated with higher retirement ages, focusing on: (1) Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program; (2) the labor market for older workers; and (3) vulnerable population groups such as blue-collar workers and minorities."
Date: August 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: U.S. Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund's Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001 Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report presents the results of our audit of the Senate Gift Shop's Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, and Fund Balance for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001. This report also contains our opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's related internal control as of September 30, 2002, and our evaluation of its compliance with selected provision of laws and regulations ā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

Description: This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, provides an historical overview of debt limits, and explains how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, also discusses the legislation related to these increases.
Date: August 27, 2013
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Levit, Mindy R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SAVANNAH RIVER SITE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FOR 2007

Description: The Savannah River Site Environmental Report for 2007 (WSRC-STI-2008-00057) prepared for the US Department of Energy (DOE) according to requirements of DOE Order 231.1A, 'Environment, Safety and Health Reporting', and DOE Order 5400.5, 'Radiation Protection of the Public and Environment'. The report's purpose is to: (1) present summary environmental data that characterize site environmental management performance; (2) confirm compliance with environmental standards and requirements; (3) highligā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 2008
Creator: Mamatey, A
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydra modeling of experiments to study ICF capsule fill hole dynamics using surrogate targets

Description: In this section the results of HYDRA [1] design simulations will be discussed. The simulations were conducted in two dimensional, RZ geometry, with the fill tube on axis. The radiation transport was treated in the diffusion approximation using 15 energy groups. Opacities were calculated. The equations of state (EOS) for all materials used were from a combined analytic/Thomas-Fermi EOS which uses a modified Cowan model for the ion EOS, and uses a scaled Thomas-Fermi table for the electron EOS.
Date: August 27, 2007
Creator: Elliott, J B
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Undulator Production of Polarized Positrons

Description: E-166 at SLAC has demonstrated the feasibilty of production of polarized positrons for the International Linear Collider using a helical undulator to produce polarized photons which are converted in a thin target to polarized positrons. The success of the experim ent has resulted in the choice of this technique for the baseline design of ILC.
Date: August 27, 2008
Creator: Bugg, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fully Electromagnetic Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Equations for Tokamak Edge Turbulence

Description: An energy conserving set of the fully electromagnetic nonlinear gyrokinetic Vlasov equation and Maxwell's equations, which is applicable to both L-mode turbulence with large amplitude and H-mode turbulence in the presence of high E Ī§ B shear has been derived. The phase-space action variational Lie perturbation method ensures the preservation of the conservation laws of the underlying Vlasov-Maxwell system. Our generalized ordering takes Ļ[sub ]i [\sub]<< ĻĻ‘Ā” ~ LE ~ Lp << R (here Ļ[sub ]i [\sub]ā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 2008
Creator: Hahm, T.S.; Wang, Lu, & Madsen, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structure and thermochemical kinetic studies of coal pyrolysis

Description: The overall objectives of this project is an intensive effort on the application of laser to the microscopic structure and thermochemical kinetic studies of coal particles pyrolysis, char combustion and ash transformation at combustion level that fluxes in a laser beam. Research emphasis in FY91 is placed on setup and calibration of the laser pyrolysis system, preparation and mass loss studies of Beulah lignite and subbituminous coals. The task is therefore divided into three subtasks. 4 figs.,ā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 1991
Creator: Dodoo, J.N.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measurement of outdoor noise levels adjacent to K-25 facility, ORGDP

Description: In order to obtain baseline data on environmental sound for a report on the expected environmental effects of constructing an incinerator adjacent to the ORGDP, an abbreviated measurement program was carried out. Ten measurement locations were selected for the measurements, six being representative of the ORGDP fenceline, and four representative of the surrounding area. Measurements consisted of short-term octave-band measurements and one-half hour A-weighted exceedance levels. It had been prevā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 1981
Creator: Rodman, C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Susanville Geothermal Energy Project. Summary Report

Description: The follow up on the Susanville geothermal energy project workshop is described. A post-conference survey was conducted and pertinent reports collected. Copies of available pertinent letter reports are included in the appendices. A proposed preliminary draft of a local ordinance structured for the protection of the resource is included in an appendix. The City Council of Susanville adopted a preliminary city of Susanville Geothermal policy. A copy of the objectives, guidelines, and criteria areā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 1976
Creator: Longyear, A. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Neutron-induced fission-cross-section measurements and calculations of selected transplutonic isotopes

Description: The neutron-induced fission cross sections of /sup 242m/Am and /sup 245/Cm have been measured over an energy range of 10/sup -4/ eV to approx. 20 MeV in a series of experiments at three facilities during the past several years. The combined results of these measurements, in which only sub-milligram quantities of enriched isotopes were used, yield cross sections with uncertainties of approximately 5% below 10 MeV relative to the /sup 235/U standard cross section used to normalize the data. We suā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 1982
Creator: White, R. M. & Browne, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CANVAS: C++ objects for easy graphics on an Evans and Sutherland PS390 terminal

Description: The C++ classes described in this note comprise an attempt to provide an object-oriented approach, and if there was ever a graphics terminal naturally suited to object-oriented programming, the PS390 is it. Since a canvas is not a program but a variable to be used in programs, users can write software to suit their particular needs. By simply declaring canvas variables the application program is provided with an object which accepts data and displays it automatically. Any number of canvases canā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 1990
Creator: Michelotti, Leo & Kick, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 110th Congress

Description: The report starts out with a brief overview and analysis of Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Other issues discussed briefly include roadless areas in the National Forest System, national forest planning, national forest county payments, BLM land sales, and grazing management.
Date: August 27, 2008
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.; Vincent, Carol Hardy; Humphries, Marc & Alexander, Kristina
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dual-band infrared (DBIR) imaging inspections of Boeing 737 and KC-135 aircraft panels

Description: We apply dual-band infrared (DBIR) imaging as a dynamic thermal tomography tool for wide area inspection of a Boeing 737 aircraft, and several Boeing KC-135 aircraft panels. Our analyses are discussed in this report. After flash-heating the aircraft skin, we record synchronized DBIR images every 40 ms, from onset to 8 seconds after the heat flash. We analyze selective DBIR image ratios which enhance surface temperature contrast and remove surface-emissivity clutter (from dirt, dents, tape, markā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 1993
Creator: Del Grande, N. K.; Dolan, K. W.; Durbin, P. F.; Gorvad, M. R. & Shapiro, A. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nitrogen oxide abatement by distributed fuel addition. Quarterly report No. 12, May 1, 1990--July 31, 1990

Description: The research reported here is concerned with the application of secondary fuel addition, otherwise known as reburning, as a means of NO{sub x} destruction downstream of the primary flame zone in boilers. This paper consists of two parts: First, results from a statistically correct design of parametric experiments on a laboratory coal combustor are presented. These allow the effects of the most important variables to be isolated and identified. Second, mechanisms governing the inter-conversion aā€¦ more
Date: August 27, 1990
Creator: Wendt, J. O. L. & Mereb, J. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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