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2008 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements (open access)

2008 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA) of 2007 amended the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 by doubling the frequency of lobbyists' reporting and increasing criminal and civil penalties. This is GAO's second report in response to the Act's requirement for GAO to annually (1) determine the extent to which lobbyists can demonstrate compliance with the Act by providing support for information on their registrations and reports, (2) describe challenges identified by lobbyists to complying with the Act, and (3) describe the resources and authorities available to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia's efforts to enforce the Act. For this report, GAO placed increased emphasis on written documentation to support disclosure reports. GAO reviewed a random sample of 100 lobbyist disclosure reports filed during the first three quarters of calendar year 2008. GAO also selected a random sample of 100 reports of federal political contributions, filed for the first time, for mid-calendar-year 2008. This methodology allowed GAO to generalize the sample results to the populations of 40,169 lobbying activity disclosure reports and 6,048 reports with contributions filed. GAO met with lobbyists regarding …
Date: April 1, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2009 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements (open access)

2009 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 amended the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA). This is GAO's third report in response to the LDA's requirement for GAO to annually (1) determine the extent to which lobbyists can demonstrate compliance with the LDA by providing support for information on their registrations and reports, (2) identify challenges and potential improvements to compliance for registered lobbyists, and (3) describe the efforts the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (the Office) has made to improve its enforcement of the LDA. GAO reviewed a random sample of 134 lobbying disclosure reports filed from the fourth quarter of calendar year 2008 through the third quarter of calendar year 2009. GAO also selected two random samples of federal political campaign contributions reports from year-end 2008 through midyear 2009. GAO sampled 100 reports listing contributions and 100 reports listing no contributions. This methodology allowed GAO to generalize to the population of 53,756 disclosure reports, 10,928 contributions reports, and 22,572 reports with no contributions. GAO also met with officials from the Office regarding efforts to focus resources on lobbyists who …
Date: April 1, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2010 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements (open access)

2010 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 requires that GAO annually (1) determine the extent to which lobbyists can demonstrate compliance with disclosure requirements, (2) identify any challenges that lobbyists report to compliance, and (3) describe the resources and authorities available to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (the Office), and the efforts the Office has made to improve its enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 as amended (LDA). This is GAO's fourth report under the mandate. GAO reviewed a stratified random sample of 100 lobbying disclosure reports filed from the fourth quarter of calendar year 2009 through the third quarter of calendar year 2010. GAO also selected two random samples totaling 160 reports of federal political campaign contributions from year-end 2009 and midyear 2010. This methodology allowed GAO to generalize to the population of 55,282 disclosure reports with $5,000 or more in lobbying activity. GAO also met with officials from the Office regarding efforts to focus resources on lobbyists who fail to comply. GAO provided a draft of this report to the Attorney General for review and comment. …
Date: April 1, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2012 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements (open access)

2012 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Most lobbyists were able to provide documentation to demonstrate compliance with the disclosure requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA), as amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). For lobbying disclosure reports (LD-2), GAO estimates that"
Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Algae's Potential as a Transportation Biofuel (open access)

Algae's Potential as a Transportation Biofuel

This report discusses the status of algae-based biofuels (ABB) research and development, federal funding, and legislative concerns.
Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Devonian Black Shales in Kentucky for Potential Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Enhanced Natural Gas Production Quarterly Report: January-March 2004 (open access)

Analysis of Devonian Black Shales in Kentucky for Potential Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Enhanced Natural Gas Production Quarterly Report: January-March 2004

CO{sub 2} emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels have been linked to global climate change. Proposed carbon management technologies include geologic sequestration of CO{sub 2}. A possible, but untested, sequestration strategy is to inject CO{sub 2} into organic-rich shales. Devonian black shales underlie approximately two-thirds of Kentucky and are thicker and deeper in the Illinois and Appalachian Basin portions of Kentucky than in central Kentucky. The Devonian black shales serve as both the source and trap for large quantities of natural gas; total gas in place for the shales in Kentucky is estimated to be between 63 and 112 trillion cubic feet. Most of this natural gas is adsorbed on clay and kerogen surfaces, analogous to methane storage in coal beds. In coals, it has been demonstrated that CO{sub 2} is preferentially adsorbed, displacing methane. Black shales may similarly desorb methane in the presence of CO{sub 2}. The concept that black, organic-rich Devonian shales could serve as a significant geologic sink for CO{sub 2} is the subject of current research. To accomplish this investigation, drill cuttings and cores were selected from the Kentucky Geological Survey Well Sample and Core Library. Methane and carbon dioxide adsorption analyses are being performed …
Date: April 1, 2004
Creator: Nuttall, Brandon C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Moon's Surface by Nuclear Reactions (open access)

Analysis of the Moon's Surface by Nuclear Reactions

Introduction. With the imminence of non-destructive landings of small instrumented payloads on the moon, many suggestions are being put forth as to methods of analyzing its surface. It is the purpose of this report to present a body of information which, it is hoped, will be useful in examining the feasibility of an early nuclear experiment to determine the elemental constituents of the lunar surface. The reasons for considering a nuclear approach is that it may be possible to perform an analysis without complex and elaborate manipulations, sample preparation or rigid geometrical constraints. Only those experimental designs which come within the presently-available or very-near-future general boundary conditions on weights, power, vehicles, etc., are discussed. The general approach is to consider the bombardment of the lunar surface with various nuclear beams and to examine the possible nuclear reactions which are know to be dependent on the mass and charge of the irradiated material. Then, those resultant radiations are sought which can be detected with little-or-no loss or distortion of the information which they contain.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: Martina, E. F. & Schrader, Carlton D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1922 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1922

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1922, activities, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1923
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1926 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1926

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1926, activities, ideals, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1927
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1934 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1934

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1934, activities, service reports, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1935
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1939 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1939

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1939, activities, finance, honors, service reports, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1940
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1973 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1973

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1973, activities, membership, finance, public relations, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1974
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1974 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1974

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1974, activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1975
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1956 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1956

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1956, activities, finances, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1957
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1957 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1957

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1957, activities, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1958 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1958

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1958, activities, finances, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1959 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1959

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1959, activities, public relations, service, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1960 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1960

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1960, activities, finance, statistics, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1961
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1961 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1961

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1961, activities, finances, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1962
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1962 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1962

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1962, activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1963
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1963 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1963

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1963, activities, services, public relations, finances, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1964
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1964 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1964

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1964, activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1965
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1965 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1965

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1965, activities, public relations, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1966
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1967 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1967

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1966, activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1967
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
System: The Portal to Texas History