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Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues

Description: This report discusses the issue of U.S. economic assistance to sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of continued assistance in light of U.S. national security and also various U.S.-led efforts to promote reform amongst African citizens themselves. U.S. assistance finds its way to Africa through a variety of channels, including the USAID-administered DA program, food aid programs, and indirect aid provided through international financial institutions and the United Nations.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation and the Environment: Strategic Framework Needed to Address Challenges Posed by Aircraft Emissions

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Although noise has long been a problem around airports, the anticipated growth in demand for air travel has also raised questions about the effect of airport operations on air quality. Aviation-related emissions of nitrogen oxides, which contribute to the formation of ozone, have been of particular concern to many airport operators. A federal study at 19 airports estimated that, by 2010, aircraft emissions hav… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conference Reports and Joint Explanatory Statements

Description: The conference report presents the formal legislative language on which the conference committee has agreed. The joint explanatory statement explains the various elements of the conferees agreement in relation to the positions that the House and Senate had committed to the conference committee.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Bach, Stanley & Davis, Christopher M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conference Reports and Joint Explanatory Statements

Description: The conference report presents the formal legislative language on which the conference committee has agreed. The joint explanatory statement explains the various elements of the conferees’ agreement in relation to the positions that the House and Senate had committed to the conference committee.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Bach, Stanley & Davis, Christopher M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Continuous Emissions Monitoring System Monitoring Plan for the Y-12 Steam Plant

Description: The Oak Ridge Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12), managed by BWXT, is submitting this Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) Monitoring Plan in conformance with the requirements of Title 40 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 75. The state of Tennessee identified the Y-12 Steam Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as a non-electrical generation unit (EGU) nitrogen oxides (NO{sub x}) budget source as a result of the NO{sub x} State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the Tennessee… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contract Management: DLA Properly Implemented Best Value Contracting for Clothing and Textiles and Views the Supplier Base as Uncertain

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) supplies the nation's military services and certain civilian agencies with critical resources needed to accomplish their worldwide missions. During fiscal year 2001, DLA contracts totaled $14.8 billion--$1.2 billion of which was for clothing and textiles. The House Committee on Armed Services directed GAO to determine whether DLA is properly implementing applicable statutory … more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges for Selected Agencies and Industry Sectors

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The explosive growth of computer interconnectivity is transforming the workings of our nation, its government, and its critical infrastructures. But with the enormous benefits of this interconnectivity comes a threat: both physical and cyber assets are potentially vulnerable to computer-based attack. In response, Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD 63, May 1998) called for a range of actions to improve the… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Customs Service Modernization: Automated Commercial Environment Progressing, but Further Acquisition Management Improvements Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Customs Service is conducting a multiyear, multibillion dollar project, the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), a new trade processing system that is planned to support effective and efficient movement of goods into the United States. By congressional mandate, Customs' expenditure plans for ACE must meet certain conditions, including being reviewed by GAO. This study addresses whether Customs' lat… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Disadvantaged Students: Fiscal Oversight of Title I Could Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "New resources for education come at a time when states are struggling to address budget shortfalls. Two provisions in Title I--maintenance of effort (MOE) and supplement not supplant (SNS)--are designed to limit the extent to which federal funds could be used to replace state and local resources. To assess the quality of oversight of these provisions, GAO determined (1) how 6 states--Arizona, California, Flori… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Business Systems Modernization: Improvements to Enterprise Architecture Development and Implementation Efforts Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) is developing an enterprise architecture, or corporate modernization blueprint, to guide and constrain its ongoing and planned business system investments. GAO was asked to review DOD's processes and controls for developing the enterprise architecture and ensuring that ongoing IT investments are consistent with its enterprise architecture development efforts."
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic Analysis of the Charitable Contribution Deduction for Non-Itemizers

Description: This report summarizes the provisions affecting charitable contribution deductions of individuals, and then analyzes the incentive such a deduction would create for increased charitable giving beginning with the original proposal for a relatively low cap and then considering other approaches including the current one. It does not attempt to estimate other types of societal impacts. The non-itemizer’s charitable deduction was the single most important tax provision in the original version of H.R… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Eliminating International Child Labor: U.S. and International Initiatives

Description: In November 1999, during the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference in Seattle, hundreds of protestors took to the street to protest a number of issues, including the international use of child labor, which has become increasingly important in discussions on international trade, human rights and international assistance. While awareness of the issue has increased, the ability to address the complex problem has been complicated by a number of related factors including rising poverty, surging … more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Salaam, Tiaji
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Evaluation of DOE-EM Public Participation Programs

Description: This report evaluates the scope and effectiveness of the public participation pr ograms, including Site-Specific Advisory Boards (SSABs), at seven U.S. Departmen t of Energy (DOE) sites: Fernald, Hanford, Los Alamos, Nevada, Oak Ridge, Paduc ah, and Savannah River. The primary purpose of the study is to assist both DOE Field and Headquarters managers in reviewing and understanding lessons learned o ver the past decade concerning public participation programs administered by the DOE Office of En… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Bradbury, Judith A.; Branch, Kristi M. & Malone, Elizabeth L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evolution of the Sensor Fish Device for Measuring Physical Conditions in Severe Hydraulic Environments

Description: To assist in deriving biological specifications for design of turbine rehabilitation measures, new ''fish-friendly'' turbines, and spillway designs and operations, scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed and tested an autonomous multi-sensor device called a Sensor Fish that can acquire pressure and tri-axial linear acceleration data during passage through severe hydraulic conditions. The purpose of the Sensor Fish is to characterize physical conditions fish… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Carlson, Thomas J. & Duncan, Joanne P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiments in intermediate energy physics

Description: Research in experimental nuclear physics was done from 1979 to 2002 primarily at intermediate energy facilities that provide pion, proton, and kaon beams. Particularly successful has been the work at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) on unraveling the neutron and proton contributions to nuclear ground state and transition densities. This work was done on a wide variety of nuclei and with great detail on the carbon, oxygen, and helium isotopes. Some of the investigations involved the… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Dehnhard, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fact Sheet on Congressional Tax Proposals in the 108th Congress

Description: After passing a major multi-year tax cut in Mid-2001 (which was sunsetted after ten years) and a stimulus bill in 2002, Congress is considering energy tax subsidies, tax incentives for charitable giving deductions, pension diversification in the wake of the ENRON problems, and tax shelters. The House has passed several bills that would make the multiyear tax cut permanent as well as a bill to speed up certain provisions.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Richards, Don C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Audit: American Battle Monuments Commission's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In accordance with 36 U.S.C. 2103, we are responsible for conducting audits of the agencywide financial statements of the American Battle Monuments Commission. We audited the financial statements of the Commission for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2002, and 2001. The audits were done to determine whether, in all material respects, (1) the Commission's financial statements were reliable, (2) Commission m… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Regulation: Review of Selected Operations of the Federal Housing Finance Board

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Home Loan Bank System (System) faces additional risks due to the development of new products such as direct mortgage purchase programs. Responding to concern about the methods used for administrative decisionmaking, and the ability of the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB) to fulfill its critical mission to regulate the safety and soundness of the System, GAO was asked to (1) compare the FHFB cha… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Site Annual Treatability Studies Report, Calendar Year 2002

Description: This report provides information required to be reported annually by the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173-303-071 (3)(r)(ii)(F) and (3)(s)(ix) on the treatability studies conducted on the Hanford Site in 2002. These studies were conducted as required by WAC 173-303-071, “Excluded Categories of Waste,” sections (3)(r) and (s). Unless otherwise noted, the waste samples were provided by and the treatability studies were performed for the U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Offic… more
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Grohs, Eugene L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Site Groundwater Monitoring for Fiscal Year 2002

Description: This report presents the results of groundwater and vadose zone monitoring and remediation for fiscal year 2002 on the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site in Washington State. This report is written to meet the requirements in CERCLA, RCRA, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and Washington State Administrative Code.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Hartman, Mary J.; Morasch, Launa F. & Webber, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Homeland Security Act of 2002: Critical Infrastructure Information Act

Description: This report discusses about Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002, Protection of Voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information, Congressional Disclosure and other provisions.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Stevens, Gina Marie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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House Rules Affecting Committees

Description: This report identifies and summarizes the provisions of the House's standing rules and certain other directives that affect committee powers, authority, activities, and operations.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Bach, Stanley & Davis, Christopher M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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