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Radiation effects on structural materials

Description: This report discusses the following topics on the effect radiation has on thermonuclear reactor materials: Atomic Displacements; Microstructure Evolution; Materials Engineering, Mechanics, and Design; Research on Low-Activation Steels; and Research Motivated by Grant Support.
Date: June 28, 1991
Creator: Ghoniem, N. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adult Fishway Inspections on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, 1984-1985 Annual Report.

Description: Mainstream projects which have adult fish passage facilities are inspected by project operators, fishway attendants, and state and federal fishery agencies. The overall movement of upstream migrants in 1984 appeared to be satisfactory with few delays. Special efforts were made by fishery agencies and Corps personnel to check on potential problems which appeared to exist at The Dalles and John Day Dams this year. However, adult passage facilities were operating ''in criteria'' and fish may have … more
Date: June 28, 1985
Creator: Basham, Larry R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Security: Agencies Need to Implement Consistent Processes In Authorizing Systems for Operation

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires agencies to certify the security controls of their information systems and to formally authorize and accept the risk associated with their operation (a process known as accreditation). These processes support requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA). Further, OMB requires agencies to report the number of systems authorize… more
Date: June 28, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid Financing: States' Use of Contingency-Fee Consultants to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlights Need for Improved Federal Oversight

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Medicaid--the federal-state health care financing program covering nearly 54 million low-income people at a cost of $276 billion in fiscal year 2003--is by its size and structure at risk of waste and exploitation. Because of challenges inherent in overseeing the program, administered federally by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), GAO in 2003 added Medicaid to its list of high-risk fede… more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Freedom of Information Act: Key Website Is Generally Reliable, but Action Is Needed to Ensure Completeness of Its Reports

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Justice’s (Justice) website called FOIA.gov presents data from agencies’ annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reports. Agencies submit their annual reports to Justice in print and in electronic form and Justice posts the electronic data onto the website. For fiscal year 2010, the data GAO reviewed on the website were generally consistent with the data in the agencies’ print version… more
Date: June 28, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare Ultrasound Procedures: Consideration of Payment Reforms and Technician Qualification Requirements

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Medicare spending on imaging services, among which are ultrasound procedures that use sound waves to facilitate diagnosis, nearly doubled from 1999 to 2004. The Congress required GAO to examine Medicare's payment methods for ultrasound procedures and whether the technicians that conduct them--called sonographers--should be subject to qualification standards, such as having to undergo a certification pro… more
Date: June 28, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation Security: TSA Has Made Progress but Faces Challenges in Meeting the Statutory Mandate for Screening Air Cargo on Passenger Aircraft

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Billions of pounds of cargo are transported on U.S. passenger flights annually. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is the primary federal agency responsible for securing the air cargo system. The 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 mandated DHS to establish a system to screen 100 percent of cargo flown on passenger aircraft by August 2010. As requested, GAO … more
Date: June 28, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Internal Revenue Service: Status of GAO Financial Audit and Related Financial Management Recommendations

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made significant progress in improving its internal controls and financial management since its first financial statement audit in 1992, as evidenced by 12 consecutive years of clean audit opinions on its financial statements, the resolution of several material control deficiencies, and actions resulting in the closure of over 300 financial management recommendatio… more
Date: June 28, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Nuclear Security Administration: Laboratories' Indirect Cost Management Has Improved, but Additional Opportunities Exist

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) management and operating (M&O) contractors differ in how they classify and allocate indirect costs at NNSA laboratories. Although different approaches are allowed by Cost Accounting Standards, these differences limit the ability to compare program costs across the laboratories. Recognizing the limitations of its current cost data, the Department of E… more
Date: June 28, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Operations: Recent Campaigns Benefited from Improved Communications and Technology, but Barriers to Continued Progress Remain

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Recent U.S. combat operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq benefited from new Department of Defense (DOD) strategies and technologies, such as improvements in force networks and increased use of precision weapons, designed to address changes in the security environment resulting from the continuing terrorist threat and the advent of the information age. Based on the authority of the Comptroller General, GA… more
Date: June 28, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid: States Reported That Citizenship Documentation Requirement Resulted in Enrollment Declines for Eligible Citizens and Posed Administrative Burdens

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) included a provision that requires states to obtain documentary evidence of U.S. citizenship or nationality when determining eligibility of Medicaid applicants and current beneficiaries; self-attestation of citizenship and nationality is no longer acceptable. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued regulations states must follow in obtaining this… more
Date: June 28, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Differential Thermal Analysis of Uranium Tetrafluoride-Uranium Dioxide Mixtures

Description: Abstract: "Approximate melting points have been determined for five samples of uranium tetrafluoride representing incompletely converted uranium dioxide and covering the range from about 2 to 20 w/o UO2, using the method of differential thermal analysis. The results indicate the melting temperatures are in the range of 920 to 980 C. No significant correlation between melting point and UO2 content was observed, possibly because of calcite formation. Similar results were obtained on synthetic mis… more
Date: June 28, 1956
Creator: Ewing, Robert A. & Bearse, Arthur E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced Amine Solvent Formulations and Process Integration for Near-Term CO2 Capture Success

Description: This Phase I SBIR project investigated the economic and technical feasibility of advanced amine scrubbing systems for post-combustion CO2 capture at coal-fired power plants. Numerous combinations of advanced solvent formulations and process configurations were screened for energy requirements, and three cases were selected for detailed analysis: a monoethanolamine (MEA) base case and two “advanced” cases: an MEA/Piperazine (PZ) case, and a methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) / PZ case. The MEA/PZ and M… more
Date: June 28, 2007
Creator: Fisher, Kevin S.; Searcy, Katherine; Rochelle, Gary T.; Ziaii, Sepideh & Schubert, Craig
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Grant Workforce: Agency Training Practices Should Inform Future Government-wide Efforts

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Identifying the federal grant workforce presents challenges due to differences in how agencies manage grants and the wide range of job series that make up the grant workforce. Some agencies manage grants by using a combination of program specialists (subject-matter experts) and grants management specialists, while other agencies use program specialists to manage the entire grant process. In the four age… more
Date: June 28, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security: Capital Markets and Educational Issues Associated With Individual Accounts

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the issues associated with individual social security accounts, focusing on how such accounts could affect: (1) private capital and annuities markets as well as national savings; (2) potential returns and risks to individuals; and (3) the disclosure and educational efforts needed to inform the public about such a program."
Date: June 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Internal Revenue Service: Improving Adequacy of Information Systems Budget Justification

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "On April 9, 2002, GAO testified on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) fiscal year 2003 budget request. Although IRS had adequately justified its $450 million Business Systems Modernization request, it did not develop its $1.63 billion information systems operations and maintenance request in accordance with the best practices of leading private- and public-sector information technology organizations. See GAO… more
Date: June 28, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Literacy: A Federal Certification Process for Providers Would Pose Challenges

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Financial literacy plays an important role in helping ensure the financial health and stability of individuals and families, and efforts to improve consumers' financial literacy have grown in recent years. Currently, hundreds of nonprofit, private, and governmental entities provide some form of financial education to Americans. The federal government does not certify or approve organizations in general … more
Date: June 28, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Personnel Practices: Conversions of Employees from Political to Career Positions May 2005-May 2009

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Political appointees in the federal government sometimes seek appointments to career competitive and other positions which, unlike political appointments, do not terminate at the end of an administration. Federal agencies must use appropriate authorities and follow proper procedures in making these conversions. GAO was asked to determine for departments and selected agencies (1) the number and character… more
Date: June 28, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Identity Theft: Greater Awareness and Use of Existing Data Are Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Identity theft or identity fraud generally involves "stealing" another person's personal identifying information--such as Social Security Number (SSN), date of birth, and mother's maiden name--and then using the information to fraudulently establish credit, run up debt, or take away existing financial accounts. The Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 made identity theft a separate crime agains… more
Date: June 28, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SSI Children: Multiple Factors Affect Families' Costs for Disability-Related Services

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the factors affecting families' costs for disability-related services, focusing on: (1) the disability-related expenses incurred by families of children on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) that are not covered by federal, state, and local programs serving children with disabilities and the factors that influence the level of such costs; and … more
Date: June 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Management Report: Improvements Needed in Controls over the Preparation of the U.S. Consolidated Financial Statements

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "During its audit of the fiscal year 2012 consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government (CFS), GAO identified new and continuing control deficiencies in the Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) and the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) processes used to prepare the CFS. These control deficiencies contributed to material weaknesses in internal control over the federal government's abil… more
Date: June 28, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Medical Schools: Education Should Improve Monitoring of Schools That Participate in the Federal Student Loan Program

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Each year, the federal government makes a significant financial investment in the education and training of the U.S. physician workforce. A quarter of that physician workforce is composed of international medical graduates (IMG) and they include both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals. In fiscal year 2008, the federal government loaned $633 million to U.S. students enrolled in foreign institutions--inc… more
Date: June 28, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Weapons: DOE Needs to Improve Oversight of the $5 Billion Strategic Computing Initiative

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the status of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI), focusing on: (1) whether the program is meeting its key milestones and whether hardware and software developments are adequate to date; (2) whether the program is within its projected budget; and (3) what key technical risks the program faces."
Date: June 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public Transportation: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Communication and Transparency of Changes Made to the New Starts Program

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and subsequent legislation authorized about $13.5 billion in guaranteed funding for the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New Starts program, which is used to select fixed guideway transit projects, such as rail and trolley projects, and to award full funding grant agreements (FFGA). GAO assessed the New Starts process for the fiscal year … more
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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