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Informing Our Nation: Improving How to Understand and Assess the USA's Position and Progress (open access)

Informing Our Nation: Improving How to Understand and Assess the USA's Position and Progress

A chapter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "There has been growing activity and interest in developing a system of key national indicators that would provide an independent, trusted, reliable, widely available, and usable source of information. Such a system would facilitate fact-based assessments of the position and progress of the United States, on both an absolute and relative basis. This interest emerges from the following perspectives. The nation's complex challenges and decisions require more sophisticated information resources than are now available. Large investments have been made in indicators on a variety of topics ranging from health and education to the economy and the environment that could be aggregated and disseminated in ways to better inform the nation. The United States does not have a national system that assembles key information on economic, environmental, and social and cultural issues. Congressional and other leaders recognized that they could benefit from the experiences of others who have already developed and implemented such key indicator systems. GAO was asked to conduct a study on: (1) The state of the practice in these systems in the United States and around the world, (2) Lessons learned and implications for …
Date: November 10, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Stand Fast": The Story of Surry Eaton "White Sut" Beck (open access)

"Stand Fast": The Story of Surry Eaton "White Sut" Beck

Article written by Pamela White, the great-granddaughter of White Sut Beck, examines Beck's life and place in history. White Sut Beck's place in history has been defined by what came to be known as the Going Snake Massacre, a shoot-out during the 1872 trial of Zeke Proctor for the murder of Beck's sister. In truth, White Sut lived a full life of adventure and service to his family, community, and the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: White, Pamela
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

'Zur Sache Deutschland.' Volker Braun Takes Stock

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Article discussing "Zur Sache Deutschland" and Volker Braun taking stock of his life.
Date: 2004
Creator: Costabile-Heming, Carol Anne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
GAO Strategic Plan 2004-2009 (Superseded by GAO-07-1SP) (open access)

GAO Strategic Plan 2004-2009 (Superseded by GAO-07-1SP)

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication has been superceded by GAO-07-1SP, GAO Strategic Plan, 2007-2012, April 2007. GAO presented its strategic plan for serving the Congress for fiscal years 2004 through 2009. In keeping with its commitment to update our plan every 2 years, with each new Congress, this plan describes our proposed goals and strategies for supporting the Congress and the nation in facing the challenges of a rapidly changing world while addressing the nation's large and growing long-term fiscal imbalance. Indeed, even since the last plan, much has changed. Policymakers are therefore increasingly being called on to distinguish wants from needs and to judge what the nation can afford, both now and in the longer term. Policymakers also face a world in which national boundaries are becoming less relevant when addressing a range of economic, security, social, and environmental issues. These broad themes--security, the changing economy, global interconnectedness, an aging and more diverse population, scientific and technological change, concern for quality of life, and evolving governance structures--provide the context for GAO's plan. The broad goals and objectives of the plan have not altered dramatically since the last plan, …
Date: March 1, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress

This report is the superfund program for cleaning up the nation's worst hazardous waste sites that was created by the comprehensive environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERLA.
Date: July 21, 2004
Creator: Reisch, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the Superfund program for cleaning up the nation's worst hazardous waste sites, created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA (P.L. 96-510, as amended). It includes recent development and background issues, superfund issues, revenue issues, comprehensive reauthorization, and legislation regarding superfund program.
Date: October 27, 2004
Creator: Reisch, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Isn't Jesus the Only Way? transcript

Isn't Jesus the Only Way?

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "The U. S. is now the most religiously diverse nation in the world. How should Christians respond? Since Jesus is the only way, can Christians honor religious diversity? Can Christians grow spiritually through the encounter with other religions?"
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Patty, Stacy L.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress

The Superfund program for cleaning up the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites was created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA (P.L. 96-510, as amended). This report discusses recent development and background issues, superfund issues, revenue issues, comprehensive reauthorization, and legislation regarding superfund program.
Date: October 19, 2004
Creator: Reisch, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Regimes' Assets: The United States Faces Challenges in Recovering Assets, but Has Mechanisms That Could Guide Future Efforts (open access)

Foreign Regimes' Assets: The United States Faces Challenges in Recovering Assets, but Has Mechanisms That Could Guide Future Efforts

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For many years, the United States has used economic sanctions, including the freezing of foreign regimes' assets, when such regimes have been determined to be a threat to the nation. In light of recent efforts to "recover"--or target, identify, freeze, and transfer--Iraqi assets, GAO was asked to examine overall U.S. efforts to recover foreign regimes' assets. This report (1) describes the approach the U.S. government uses to recover foreign regimes' assets, (2) examines the challenges the United States faces in recovering foreign regimes' assets, and (3) examines the mechanisms the United States has used to recover Iraqi assets and their applicability to future efforts."
Date: September 14, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Special Education: Improved Timeliness and Better Use of Enforcement Actions Could Strengthen Education's Monitoring System (open access)

Special Education: Improved Timeliness and Better Use of Enforcement Actions Could Strengthen Education's Monitoring System

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensures the education of the nation's disabled children. As a condition of receiving IDEA funds, states must provide educational and related services that facilitate learning to students with disabilities based on their individual needs. The Department of Education (Education) is responsible for ensuring state compliance with the law. In recent years, questions have been raised about Education's oversight of IDEA. GAO agreed to determine how Education monitors state compliance with IDEA for children aged 3-21, the extent and nature of noncompliance found, and how Education has ensured that noncompliance is resolved once identified. GAO analyzed Education monitoring documents, interviewed state and federal officials, and visited 5 state special education offices."
Date: September 9, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Security R&D: TSA and DHS Are Researching and Developing Technologies, but Need to Improve R&D Management (open access)

Transportation Security R&D: TSA and DHS Are Researching and Developing Technologies, but Need to Improve R&D Management

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Conducting research and development (R&D) on technologies for detecting, preventing, and mitigating terrorist threats is vital to enhancing the security of the nation's transportation system. Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Congress enacted legislation to strengthen homeland security, in part by enhancing R&D. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are the two federal agencies with primary responsibility for transportation security. GAO was asked to assess the transportation security R&D projects that TSA, DHS, and other agencies have funded and assess how TSA and DHS are managing their transportation security R&D programs according to applicable laws and best practices."
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
GridWise Standards Mapping Overview (open access)

GridWise Standards Mapping Overview

''GridWise'' is a concept of how advanced communications, information and controls technology can transform the nation's energy system--across the spectrum of large scale, central generation to common consumer appliances and equipment--into a collaborative network, rich in the exchange of decision making information and an abundance of market-based opportunities (Widergren and Bosquet 2003) accompanying the electric transmission and distribution system fully into the information and telecommunication age. This report summarizes a broad review of standards efforts which are related to GridWise--those which could ultimately contribute significantly to advancements toward the GridWise vision, or those which represent today's current technological basis upon which this vision must build.
Date: April 1, 2004
Creator: Bosquet, Mia L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Socialism from the Bottom Up: Local Activists and the Socialist Party of Oklahoma, 1900-1920 (open access)

Socialism from the Bottom Up: Local Activists and the Socialist Party of Oklahoma, 1900-1920

Article uses information found in socialist newspapers and the manuscript census to uncover the lives and experiences of local party members of the Socialist Party of Oklahoma with a focus on Marshall and Roger Mills counties.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Bissett, Jim
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 82, Number 1, Spring 2004 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 82, Number 1, Spring 2004

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2004
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Renewable Energy: Wind Power's Contribution to Electric Power Generation and Impact on Farms and Rural Communities (open access)

Renewable Energy: Wind Power's Contribution to Electric Power Generation and Impact on Farms and Rural Communities

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Wind-generated electricity--wind power--has the potential to provide electricity to homes and businesses without causing air pollution or depleting nonrenewable resources, unlike electricity generated by fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil). Furthermore, because wind power has no fuel costs--wind power depends on the energy of the wind--its operating costs are lower than the costs for power produced from fossil fuels, although its capital costs are greater. Wind power relies on frequent, strong winds to turn the blades of power-generating turbines. In the United States, a wind turbine with generating capacity of 2 megawatts (MW), placed on a tower situated on a farm, ranch, or other rural land, can generate enough electricity in a year--about 6 million kilowatt hours (kWh)--to serve the needs of 500 to 600 average U.S. households. In addition to environmental benefits, wind power has the potential to contribute significantly to America's growing energy needs while providing economic benefits to farms and communities in rural America. In this connection, the Department of Energy's (DOE) "Wind Powering America" program has set a goal of producing 5 percent of the nation's electricity from wind by 2020. …
Date: September 3, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: A Panel Discussion with Dr. Raymond Winbush] (open access)

[Program: A Panel Discussion with Dr. Raymond Winbush]

Program for a lecture on parenting featuring author Dr. Raymond Winbush, Ph. D. and produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on November 20, 2004 at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex.
Date: November 2004
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 217, Ed. 1 Monday, July 5, 2004 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 217, Ed. 1 Monday, July 5, 2004

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2004
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 85, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 85, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 8, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Tim Reid] captions transcript

[Tim Reid]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Tim Reid event in 2004. This video features dialogue between actor, director, and producer Tim Reid and an audience for the 24-Hour Film Feast live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.
Date: March 13, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 58, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 2004 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 58, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 2004

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 25, 2004
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 139, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 20, 2004 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 139, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 20, 2004
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 187, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 187, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 12, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 59, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 25, 2004 (open access)

Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 59, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 25, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 25, 2004
Creator: Schwind, Jim & Looby, Edward
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 2004 (open access)

Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 2004

Weekly newspaper published in Duncanville, Texas that includes local Cedar Hill, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2004
Creator: Gooch, Robin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History