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Highway Projects: Extent of Unobligated Balances for Demonstration Projects

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress has funded many highway demonstration projects either through legislation authorizing surface transportation programs or annual appropriations for the Department of Transportation. As of April 2001, 28 highway demonstration projects with unobligated balances were no longer needed by the states because, according to the Federal Highway Administration, the projects are completed. These projects accounted… more
Date: August 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Forest Service: Appeals and Litigation of Fuel Reduction Projects

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The nation's forests have undergone significant changes during the last century and a half. Human activities, especially the federal government's decades-old practice of suppressing all wildland fires, have resulted in the dangerous accumulation of hazardous fuel on federal lands. To help address this problem, Congress provided the Forest Service with more than $205 million in fiscal year 2001 to reduce these a… more
Date: August 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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NASA: International Space Station and Shuttle Support Cost Limits

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 set cost limits on the international space station and space shuttle programs. Under the act, NASA may not obligate more than $25 billion for space station development or more than $17.7 billion for shuttle launches in connection with space station assembly. The act also stipulates that for the purpose of calculating… more
Date: August 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Human Capital: Building the Information Technology Workforce to Achieve Results

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the federal government's strategic human capital management challenges, particularly in the information technology (IT) area. No management issue facing federal agencies could be more critical to the nation than their approach to attracting, retaining, and motivating people. Having enough people with the right mix of knowledge and skills will make the difference between success and failure. … more
Date: July 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Homeland Security: A Risk Management Approach Can Guide Preparedness Efforts

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Because of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11 and the subsequent appearance of letters containing anthrax, terrorism rose to the top of the national agenda. The Attorney General has indicated that the country needs to be prepared for still more terrorist incidents. The Department of Justice is working with state and local governments to complete risk management tool… more
Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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The National Fire Plan: Federal Agencies Are Not Organized to Effectively and Efficiently Implement the Plan

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses how federal agencies conduct fire management under the National Fire Plan. Effective fire management requires coordination, consistency, and agreement among five federal land management agencies in two departments--the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service … more
Date: July 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Advanced Emissions Control Development Program

Description: The primary objective of the Advanced Emissions Control Development Program (AECDP) is to develop practical, cost-effective strategies for reducing the emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs, or air toxics) from coal-fired boilers. This objective is being met by identifying ways to effectively control air toxic emissions through the use of conventional flue gas cleanup equipment such as electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), fabric filters (fabric filters), and wet flue gas desulfurization (w… more
Date: March 31, 2001
Creator: Farthing, G. A.; Amrhein, G. T.; Kudlac, G. A.; Yurchison, D. A.; McDonald, D. K. & Milobowski, M. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Feasibility of In Situ Redox Manipulation of Subsurface Sediments for RDX Remediation at Pantex

Description: This laboratory study was conducted to assess RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5 triazine) abiotic degradation by chemically reduced sediments and other geochemical aspects of the application of this technology to remediation of RDX contamination in groundwater at the U.S. DOE Pantex facility...
Date: December 31, 2001
Creator: Szecsody, James E.; Fruchter, Jonathan S.; Mckinley, Mark A.; Resch, Charles T. & Gilmore, Tyler J.
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Fish and Wildlife Service: Challenges to Managing the Carlsbad, California, Field Office's Endangered Species Workload

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) Carlesbad office is developing a computerized project-tracking system for its consultation and habitat conservation planning (HCP) projects. This system, if properly implemented, should improve the office's record keeping and its ability to track the status of projects and help determine why they are in that status. The new system could also improve project management by a… more
Date: January 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Insurance Regulation: The NAIC Accreditation Program Can Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) evaluates a state's program for regulating insurer solvency about once every five years to determine if it meets the association's minimum standards. The accreditation program has been in place for about 10 years. During that time, NAIC expanded the standards and modified the process for evaluating the adequacy of states' solvency regulation. Weakness… more
Date: August 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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VA Health Care: More National Action Needed to Reduce Waiting Times, but Some Clinics Have Made Progress

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) runs one of the nation's largest health care systems. In fiscal year 2000, roughly four million patients made 39 million outpatient visits to more than 700 VA health care facilities nationwide. However, excessive waiting times for outpatient care have been a long-standing problem. To ensure timely access to care, VA established a goal that all nonurgent primary and speci… more
Date: August 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Security: Weak Controls Place DC Highway Trust Fund and Other Data at Risk

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed information system general controls over the financial systems that process and account for the financial activities of the District of Columbia's Highway Trust Fund. GAO identified serious computer security weaknesses that place District information at risk of deliberate or inadvertent misuse. These general control problems affected the District's ability to (1) prevent or detect unauthorized cha… more
Date: January 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Human Capital: Implementing an Effective Workforce Strategy Would Help EPA to Achieve Its Strategic Goals

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "During the last decade, as most federal agencies downsized, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) workforce grew by about 18 percent. Much of this growth occurred in EPA's 10 regional offices, which carry out most of the agency's efforts to encourage industry compliance with environmental regulations. Currently, EPA's workforce of 17,000 individuals includes scientists, engineers, lawyers, environmental … more
Date: July 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sulfur Partitioning During Vitrification of INEEL Sodium Bearing Waste: Status Report

Description: The sodium bearing tank waste (SBW) at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) contains high concentrations of sulfur (roughly 5 mass% of SO3 on a nonvolatile oxide basis). The amount of sulfur that can be feed to the melter will ultimately determine the loading of SBW in glass produced by the baseline (low-temperature, joule-heated, liquid-fed, ceramic-lined) melter. The amount of sulfur which can be fed to the melter is determined by several major factors including: th… more
Date: July 31, 2001
Creator: Darab, John G.; Graham, Dennis D.; Macisaac, Brett D.; Russell, Renee L.; Smith, Harry D.; Vienna, John D. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation Competition: Restricting Airline Ticketing Rules Unlikely to Help Consumers

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Passengers on the same commercial airline flight may pay very different fares. This situation has led to dissatisfaction among some passengers who believe that airline ticketing practices are unfair. To reduce their cost of flying, some passengers have tried to use "hidden-city" and "back-to-back" ticketing. Hidden-city ticketing occurs when a passenger books a flight to one city but purposely deplanes at an i… more
Date: July 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Information on Oil and Gas Activities in the National Wildlife Refuge System

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report provides information on oil and gas activities in the National Wildlife Refuge System. GAO focuses on (1) how many units produced or had oil or gas activities on their lands in 2000, (2) why these activities took place in these units, (3) the number of these units for which the federal government owned the oil and gas mineral rights, (4) resources available to these units to manage oil and gas activ… more
Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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2000 Census: Coverage Evaluation Interviewing Overcame Challenges, but Further Research Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "As part of its Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (ACE), the U.S. Census Bureau interviewed people across the country to develop an estimate of the number of persons missed, counted more than once, or otherwise improperly counted in the 2000 census. In conducting the interviews, which took place in person or over the phone, Census faced several challenges, including (1) completing the operation on schedule, (2) … more
Date: December 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare Subvention Demonstration: Greater Access Improved Enrollee Satisfaction but Raised DOD Costs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress established a three-year demonstration, called Medicare subvention, to improve the access of Medicare-eligible military retirees to care at military treatment facilities (MTF). The demonstration allowed Medicare-eligible retirees to get their health care largely at MTFs by enrolling in a Department of Defense (DOD) Medicare managed care organization known as TRICARE… more
Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Export Controls: Reengineering Business Processes Can Improve Efficiency of State Department License Reviews

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. defense industry and some foreign government purchasers have expressed concern that the U.S. export control process is unnecessarily burdensome. Defense industry officials contend that extended reviews of export license applications by the State Department have resulted in lost sales and are harming the nation's defense industry. The State Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls is responsible f… more
Date: December 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigative Techniques: Federal Agency Views on the Potential Application of 'Brain Fingerprinting'

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies are seeking to add new techniques to their arsenal of investigative tools. "Brain fingerprinting" measures brain wave responses to determine whether an individual recognizes certain details of an event or activity. Because the technique requires specific information about the event that would be known only to the perpetrator and the investigator, Brain Fingerpr… more
Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NASA: Status of Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) fiscal year 2000 performance report to assess the agency's progress in achieving selected key outcomes important to NASA's mission. The selected key outcomes are to (1) expand scientific knowledge of the Earth system, (2) expand the commercial development of space, and (3) deploy and operate the International Space Station safely and cost … more
Date: July 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Veterans Benefits: Training for Claims Processors Needs Evaluation

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) developed a computer-assisted training program, known as the Training and Performance Support System (TPSS), to help its employees become more accurate in processing disability compensation and pension claims. The program seeks to provide uniform and consistent training to employees in 57 regional offices. Although VBA's long-term goal is to attain a 96 percent accura… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Export-Import Bank: The U.S. Export-Import Bank's Financing of Dual-Use Exports

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since October 1994, the Export-Import Bank of the United States has had statutory authority to provide loans, guarantees, and insurance to help finance U.S. exports of dual-use defense articles and services, provided that these items are nonlethal and meant primarily for civilian use. These dual-use exports include air traffic control systems. The U.S. Export-Import Bank used $153.2 million during fiscal year 1… more
Date: August 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Export Controls: Regulatory Change Needed to Comply with Missile Technology Licensing Requirements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The United States and several major trading partners created the Missile Technology Control Regime in 1987 to control the spread of missile technology. To carry out the U.S. commitment to the agreement, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1991, which amended two U.S. export control statutes: the Export Administration Act and the Arms Export Control Act. Two federal agencies, t… more
Date: May 31, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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