Interpretive Guide to: Fort Leaton State Historic Site (open access)

Interpretive Guide to: Fort Leaton State Historic Site

Pamphlet describing story and history of Fort Leaton site. Map of site's general location in Texas as well as nearby highways included on back.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interpretive Guide to: Fort Leaton State Historic Site (open access)

Interpretive Guide to: Fort Leaton State Historic Site

Pamphlet describing story and history of Fort Leaton site. Map of site's general location in Texas as well as nearby highways included on back.
Date: 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Financial Status: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Financial Status: Frequently Asked Questions

Report that presents the major issues surrounding Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's financial conditions as well as various public policy options under discussion.
Date: August 13, 2013
Creator: Weiss, N. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedures Manual For Joint Committees, 83rd Legislative Interim (open access)

Procedures Manual For Joint Committees, 83rd Legislative Interim

A manual to procedures for joint committees authorized by the 83rd Legislature of Texas.
Date: 2013
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Age Dating of SRM U050: LLNL Results (open access)

Age Dating of SRM U050: LLNL Results

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Date: August 23, 2013
Creator: Williams, R. W.; Gaffney, A. M.; Schorzman, K. C. & Villa, A. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural Outlook, July 2013 (open access)

Natural Outlook, July 2013

Newsletter discussing environmental issues and policies in Texas. This issue presents information about the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Library.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The DEA Postion on Marijuana (open access)

The DEA Postion on Marijuana

Explains DEA's position on the campaign to legitimize medical marijuana
Date: April 2013
Creator: United States. Drug Enforcement Administration
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Guide to the Research and Documentation of Local Texas Bridges (open access)

A Guide to the Research and Documentation of Local Texas Bridges

Report discussing historic Texas bridges including a brief history of roads and bridges in the state of Texas, a guide for conducting related research, an overview of bridge types, some resources, a list of bridges in the National Register of Historic Places, and a glossary of terms for features and conditions of bridges, engineering, and other related vocabulary.
Date: October 2013
Creator: Knight, Lila
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Status Report of the DPHEP Study Group: Towards a Global Effort for Sustainable Data Preservation in High Energy Physics (open access)

Status Report of the DPHEP Study Group: Towards a Global Effort for Sustainable Data Preservation in High Energy Physics

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Date: March 27, 2013
Creator: Akopov, Zaven; Amerio, Silvia; Asner, David; Avetisyan, Eduard; Barring, Olof; Beacham, James et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. (open access)

Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis.

This report presents clear and robust conclusions in a global assessment of climate change science. The report confirms that warming in the climate system is unequivocal, with many of the observed changes unprecedented over decades to millennia.
Date: 2013
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flexible Data Driven Experimental Data Analysis At The National Ignition Facility* (open access)

Flexible Data Driven Experimental Data Analysis At The National Ignition Facility*

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Date: September 24, 2013
Creator: Casey, A.; Bettenhausen, R.; Bond, E.; Fallejo, R.; Hutton, M.; Liebman, J. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights

This report discusses the state of Iraqi politics, governance, and human rights. Topics include the worsening relations between local Sunni and Shiite populations.
Date: March 26, 2013
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights

This report discusses the state of Iraqi politics, governance, and human rights. Topics include the worsening relations between local Sunni and Shiite populations.
Date: February 20, 2013
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights

This report discusses the state of Iraqi politics, governance, ethnic tension, and human rights in the wake of American withdrawal.
Date: January 15, 2013
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addendum to the Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 165: Area 25 and 26 Dry Well and Washdown Areas, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 0 (open access)

Addendum to the Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 165: Area 25 and 26 Dry Well and Washdown Areas, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 0

This document constitutes an addendum to the Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 165: Area 25 and 26 Dry Well and Washdown Areas, Nevada Test Site, Nevada as described in the document Recommendations and Justifications To Remove Use Restrictions Established under the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order dated September 2013. The Use Restriction Removal document was approved by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection on October 16, 2013. The approval of the UR Removal document constituted approval of each of the recommended UR removals. In conformance with the UR Removal document, this addendum consists of: This page that refers the reader to the UR Removal document for additional information The cover, title, and signature pages of the UR Removal document The NDEP approval letter The corresponding section of the UR Removal document This addendum provides the documentation justifying the cancellation of the UR for CAS 25-20-01, Lab Drain Dry Well. This UR was established as part of FFACO corrective actions and was based on the presence of tetrachloroethene contamination at concentrations greater than the action level established at the time of the initial investigation. Although total petroleum hydrocarbon …
Date: October 1, 2013
Creator: Krauss, Mark J
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Software Tool Leverages Existing Image Analysis Results To Provide In-situ Transmission Of The NIF Disposable Debris Shields (open access)

Software Tool Leverages Existing Image Analysis Results To Provide In-situ Transmission Of The NIF Disposable Debris Shields

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Date: September 30, 2013
Creator: Kamm, V. M.; Awwal, A.; Nicola, J. D.; Nicola, P. D.; Dixit, S.; Lowe-Webb, R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Security Strategy: Mandates, Execution to Date, and Issues for Congress (open access)

National Security Strategy: Mandates, Execution to Date, and Issues for Congress

Report containing a brief overview of the role of strategy in conducting the business of national security. It reviews the major statutory and non-statutory mandates for national security activities as well as other key issues relating to executive strategy-making
Date: August 6, 2013
Creator: Dale, Catherine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DOD Financial Management: Ineffective Risk Management Could Impair Progress toward Audit-Ready Financial Statements (open access)

DOD Financial Management: Ineffective Risk Management Could Impair Progress toward Audit-Ready Financial Statements

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) has taken some actions to manage its department-level risks associated with preparing auditable financial statements through its Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Plan. However, its actions were not fully in accordance with widely recognized guiding principles for effective risk management, which include (1) identifying risks that could prevent it from achieving its goals, (2) assessing the magnitude of those risks, (3) developing risk mitigation plans, (4) implementing mitigating actions to address the risks, and (5) monitoring the effectiveness of those mitigating actions. DOD did not have documented policies and procedures for following these guiding principles to effectively manage risks to the implementation of the FIAR Plan."
Date: August 2, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education Research: Further Improvements Needed to Ensure Relevance and Assess Dissemination Efforts (open access)

Education Research: Further Improvements Needed to Ensure Relevance and Assess Dissemination Efforts

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Education's (Education) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) supports high-quality research, but lacks certain key procedures needed to fulfill other aspects of its mission. According to stakeholders, IES has substantially improved the quality of education research since its inception over a decade ago. However, GAO identified concerns with IES's ability to produce timely and relevant research. For example, IES's efforts are slow to respond to stakeholders' needs, in part, because the time IES's products have spent in peer review has substantially increased in recent years--from an average of 117 days in fiscal year 2011 to 150 days in fiscal year 2013--and IES does not monitor some aspects of these timeframes. In addition, IES does not have a structured process for incorporating stakeholder input into its research agenda, which previous GAO work has shown to be key to sound federal research programs. Lastly, IES's performance measures do not fully reflect its current programs, which is not consistent with leading practices GAO has identified for performance management. For example, IES does not publicly report on the overall performance of the Regional Educational Laboratories (REL) program, which …
Date: December 5, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addendum to the Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 529: Area 25 Contaminated Materials, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 1 (open access)

Addendum to the Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 529: Area 25 Contaminated Materials, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 1

This document constitutes an addendum to the Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 529: Area 25 Contaminated Materials, Nevada Test Site, Nevada as described in the document Recommendations and Justifications To Remove Use Restrictions Established under the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order dated September 2013. The Use Restriction (UR) Removal document was approved by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection on October 16, 2013. The approval of the UR Removal document constituted approval of each of the recommended UR removals. In conformance with the UR Removal document, this addendum consists of: This page that refers the reader to the UR Removal document for additional information The cover, title, and signature pages of the UR Removal document The NDEP approval letter The corresponding section of the UR Removal document This addendum provides the documentation justifying the cancellation of the UR for CAS 25-23-17, Contaminated Wash (Parcel H). This UR was established as part of FFACO corrective actions and was based on the presence of total petroleum hydrocarbon diesel-range organics contamination at concentrations greater than the NDEP action level at the time of the initial investigation.
Date: October 1, 2013
Creator: Krauss, Mark J
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addendum to the Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 357: Mud Pits and Waste Dump, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 0 (open access)

Addendum to the Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 357: Mud Pits and Waste Dump, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 0

This document constitutes an addendum to the Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 357: Mud Pits and Waste Dump, Nevada Test Site, Nevada as described in the document Recommendations and Justifications To Remove Use Restrictions Established under the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order dated September 2013. The Use Restriction Removal document was approved by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection on October 16, 2013. The approval of the UR Removal document constituted approval of each of the recommended UR removals. In conformance with the UR Removal document, this addendum consists of: This page that refers the reader to the UR Removal document for additional information The cover, title, and signature pages of the UR Removal document The NDEP approval letter The corresponding section of the UR Removal document This addendum provides the documentation justifying the cancellation of the UR for CAS 04-26-03, Lead Bricks. This UR was established as part of FFACO corrective actions and was based on the presence of lead contamination at concentrations greater than the action level established at the time of the initial investigation.
Date: October 1, 2013
Creator: Krauss, Mark J
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Firms Reported to Have Engaged in Activities Related to Iran's Energy and Communications Sectors While Having Had U.S. Government Contracts (open access)

Firms Reported to Have Engaged in Activities Related to Iran's Energy and Communications Sectors While Having Had U.S. Government Contracts

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Of the seven foreign firms we identified in December 2012 as having been reported to have engaged in commercial activity in Iran's energy sector at some point between June 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012, we found that one--Daelim--had U.S. government contracts. Our review of open sources did not identify any foreign firms that exported technologies to the Iranian government for monitoring, filtering, or disrupting information and communications flows."
Date: February 25, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Situ Statistical Analysis of Autotune Simulation Data using Graphical Processing Units (open access)

In-Situ Statistical Analysis of Autotune Simulation Data using Graphical Processing Units

Developing accurate building energy simulation models to assist energy efficiency at speed and scale is one of the research goals of the Whole-Building and Community Integration group, which is a part of Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The aim of the Autotune project is to speed up the automated calibration of building energy models to match measured utility or sensor data. The workflow of this project takes input parameters and runs EnergyPlus simulations on Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility s (OLCF) computing resources such as Titan, the world s second fastest supercomputer. Multiple simulations run in parallel on nodes having 16 processors each and a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). Each node produces a 5.7 GB output file comprising 256 files from 64 simulations. Four types of output data covering monthly, daily, hourly, and 15-minute time steps for each annual simulation is produced. A total of 270TB+ of data has been produced. In this project, the simulation data is statistically analyzed in-situ using GPUs while annual simulations are being computed on the traditional processors. Titan, with its recent addition of 18,688 Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) capable NVIDIA GPUs, has greatly extended its …
Date: August 1, 2013
Creator: Ranjan, Niloo; Sanyal, Jibonananda & New, Joshua Ryan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monitoring Of The National Ignition Facility Integrated Computer Control System* (open access)

Monitoring Of The National Ignition Facility Integrated Computer Control System*

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Date: September 24, 2013
Creator: Fisher, J; Arrowsmith, M & Stout, E
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library