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Single particle behavior in plasmas

Description: The paper follows the history of a neutral atom or molecule into a plasma--ionization, dissociation, radiation,--until it becomes a set of charged particles moving in the electromagnetic fields of the plasma system. The various useful forms of the method of averaging are displayed and applied to calculation of constants of motion. The breakdown of these constants is discussed along with some of the implications for fusion systems.
Date: March 10, 1977
Creator: McNamara, B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressure limits of negative ion sources based upon gas efficiency and extracted ion-current density

Description: The nature of the electrical discharge has an obvious impact upon the gas efficiency of an ion source and on the current density whch can be drawn from it. However external factors, such as the conductance of the grids and the background pressure along the beamline, also have an effect. Simple approximations based upon these factors show that there is a lower limit to the pressure of an ion source, which can deliver an ion beam of given current density at a specific gas efficiency. Estimates of… more
Date: March 10, 1982
Creator: Fink, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Feasibility study: PASS computer environment

Description: The Policy Analysis Screening System (PASS) is a computerized information-retrieval system designed to provide analysts in the Department of Energy, Assistant Secretary for Environment, Office of Technology Impacts (DOE-ASEV-OTI) with automated access to articles, computer simulation outputs, energy-environmental statistics, and graphics. Although it is essential that PASS respond quickly to user queries, problems at the computer facility where it was originally installed seriously slowed PASS'… more
Date: March 10, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Distribution of Household Income and the Middle Class

Description: This report provides an analysis of the distribution of household income in the United States and a discussion of "the middle class" in terms of absolute and relative income.
Date: March 10, 2014
Creator: Elwell, Craig K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Joint Professional Military Education: Opportunities Exist for Greater Oversight and Coordination of Associated Research Institutions

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) research institutions, particularly at the National Defense University, experienced growth in number, funding, and size in terms of staffing levels from fiscal year (FY) 2007 through FY 2011, but the number of institutions as well as funding and staffing levels declined over the past 2 years. For example, total funding for JPME research institutions increased… more
Date: March 10, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Countering Overseas Threats: Gaps in State Department Management of Security Training May Increase Risk to U.S. Personnel

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Using data from multiple sources, GAO determined that 675 of 708 Department of State (State) personnel and all 143 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) personnel on assignments longer than 6 months (assigned personnel) in the designated high-threat countries on March 31, 2013, were in compliance with the Foreign Affairs Counter Threat (FACT) training requirement. GAO found that the remainin… more
Date: March 10, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Intercity Passenger Rail: Recording Clearer Reasons for Awards Decisions Would Improve Otherwise Good Grantmaking Practices

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated $8 billion for high and conventional speed passenger rail. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), within the Department of Transportation (the department), was responsible for soliciting applications, evaluating them to determine program eligibility and technical merits, and selecting awards, which were announced in Janua… more
Date: March 10, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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State's Centrally Billed Foreign Affairs Travel: Internal Control Breakdowns and Ineffective Oversight Lost Taxpayers Tens of Millions of Dollars

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The relative size of the Department of State's (State) travel program and continuing concerns about fraud, waste, and abuse in government travel card programs led to this request to audit State's centrally billed travel accounts. GAO was asked to evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls over (1) the authorization and justification of premium-class tickets charged to the centrally billed account a… more
Date: March 10, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2011

Description: This report summarizes the FY2011 budget request for research & development (R&D) funding, including comparisons to R&D funding requests in the FY2010 budget. Congress will play a central role in defining the nation's R&D priorities, especially with respect to two overarching issues: the extent to which the Federal R&D investment can grow in the context of increased pressure on discretionary spending and how available funding will be prioritized and allocated. This report breaks down in detail … more
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Visa Issuances and Grounds for Exclusion: Policy and Trends

Description: This report's review of the legislative developments in visa policy over the past 20 years and analysis of the statistical trends in visa issuances and denials provide a nuanced study of U.S. visa policy and the grounds for exclusion.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Employees' Retirement System: The Role of the Thrift Savings Plan

Description: This report discusses the two retirement systems available to federal employees. The Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) was established in 1920 and covers only employees hired before 1984. The Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) was created to involve Social Security, a basic retirement annuity, and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The TSP is discussed and illustrated.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Isaacs, Katelin P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program

Description: This report discusses the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Act, which authorizes grants to career, volunteer, and combination local fire departments for the purpose of increasing the number of firefighters to help communities meet industry-minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Background and Overview

Description: This report provides background information on the historical circumstances that led to the adoption of the VRA, a summary of its major provisions, and a brief discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court decision and related legislation in the 113th and 114th Congresses. Two identical bills--H.R. 3899 and S. 1945--were introduced in the 113th Congress that would have amended the VRA to add a new coverage formula, among other provisions.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gun Control Legislation

Description: This report provides basic firearms-related statistics, an overview of federal firearms law, and a summary of legislative action in the 111th Congress. The report concludes with salient issues that have generated significant congressional interest, including the 1994-2004 LCAFD ban.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report for LDRD Project 06-ERD-063

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Date: March 10, 2008
Creator: Beller, H R; Chakicherla, A; Coleman, M A; Esser, B K; Kane, S R; Legler, T C et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding

Description: This report discusses the firefighting activities that are traditionally the responsibility of states and local communities. It also talks about funding for firefighters, which is provided mostly by state and local governments. However, during the 106th Congress, many in the fire community asserted that local fire departments require and deserve greater support from the federal government.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nigeria's Boko Haram and the Islamic State

Description: This report discusses the Nigerian Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram, and their statement pledging loyalty to the leader of the Syria/Iraq-based Islamic State (IS/ISIL) organization and the implication for U.S. foreign policy and national security.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Ploch Blanchard, Lauren
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Attack Against the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea

Description: This report briefly discusses the March 5 knife attack on U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Manyin, Mark E. & Tiersky, Alex
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Running Deficits: Positives and Pitfalls

Description: This report discusses how deficit finance can help governments manage their economies and how large and persistent deficits can lead to severe economic problems.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2015

Description: This report is a research aid which lists the Department of Defense authorization bills and appropriations bills for FY1970-FY2015. This report includes all the pertinent information on the passage of these bills through the legislative process: bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and vote tallies, dates of passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes, vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Peace Corps: Current Issues

Description: The report discusses the President's annual funding request for the Peace Corps, efforts to reauthorize the Peace Corps, and related issues. Current issues include the extent to which there is available funding for Peace Corps expansion, whether volunteers are able to function in a safe and secure environment, volunteer access to abortion, and other issues.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program, Entiat River Status and Trend Snorkel Surveys and Rotary Smolt Trap Operations in Nason Creek, March 2007 through March 2008.

Description: The Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program (ISEMP-BPA project No.2003-0017) has been created as a cost effective means of developing protocols and new technologies, novel indicators, sample designs, analytical, data management and communication tools and skills, and restoration experiments that support the development of a region-wide Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) program to assess the status of anadromous salmonid populations, their tributary habitat and restoration… more
Date: March 10, 2008
Creator: Collins, Matthew; Jorgensen, John & Murdock, Keely
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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