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Environmental Protection: EPA Needs to Follow Best Practices and Procedures When Reorganizing Its Library Network (open access)

Environmental Protection: EPA Needs to Follow Best Practices and Procedures When Reorganizing Its Library Network

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Established in 1971, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) library network provides access to critical environmental information that the agency needs to fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the environment. The library network also provides information and services to the public. In fiscal year 2006, the network included 26 libraries across headquarters, regional offices, research centers, and laboratories. These libraries were independently operated by several different EPA program offices, depending on the nature of the libraries' collections. In 2006, facing proposed budget cuts, EPA issued a plan to reorganize the network beginning in fiscal year 2007. The plan proposed a phased approach to closing libraries and dispersing, disposing of, and digitizing library materials. GAO was asked to summarize the findings in its report being released today, Environmental Protection: EPA Needs to Ensure That Best Practices and Procedures Are Followed When Making Further Changes to Its Library Network (GAO-08-304). GAO made four recommendations in this report aimed at best practices and procedures that EPA should follow when continuing to reorganize its library network. The agency agreed with the recommendations."
Date: March 13, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols (open access)

Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols

"The stated purpose for this report is to provide information to those who use climate model outputs to assess the potential effects of human activities on climate, air quality, and ecosystem behavior."
Date: September 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations (open access)

Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations

"This report assesses the strengths and limitations of climate models."
Date: July 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2009 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2009

Annual report of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program documenting activities and research, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2009.
Date: 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances, Ozone Layer Recovery, and Implications for Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure (open access)

Trends in Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances, Ozone Layer Recovery, and Implications for Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure

This report discusses Earth's climate change and its causes.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congressional Defense Committees (open access)

Annual Report to the Congressional Defense Committees

2008 Annual Report measuring and updating the accomplishments and priorities of the Department of Defense (DoD) in regards to business transformation and the Military Health System. The report offers extensive documentation of the DoD Business Enterprise Priorities, reporting on milestones, modernization, property accountability, and visibility in regards to personnel, acquisitions, and finances.
Date: March 15, 2008
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Implementation Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (open access)

Final Implementation Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

This report on the implementation of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008, section 904 "Management of the Department of Defense," presents the consensus recommendations of the Department's senior management team on the assignment of duties for the Chief Management Office (CMO), the Deputy Chief Management Office, and the Military Department CMO's, as well as summarizing the Department's inaugural Strategic Management Plan.
Date: July 25, 2008
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building an Americanization Movement for the Twenty-first Century (open access)

Building an Americanization Movement for the Twenty-first Century

A document detailing the Task Force on New Americans impact and constitution. It details information about immigration and diversity.
Date: 2008
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana

A report detailing the history of the offshore oil and gas industry in Southern Louisiana, including a compilation of photographs, diagrams, and other visual images that were collected during the study.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Austin, Diane E. & Gaines, Justin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Observation of Deep Water Manifestation of Loop Current Rings] (open access)

[Project Summary: Observation of Deep Water Manifestation of Loop Current Rings]

Summary describing the work completed at the Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute for Observation of Deep Water Manifestation of Loop Current Rings. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral] (open access)

[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral]

Summary describing the work completed at Florida Integrated Science Center US Geological Survey for 'Deepwater Program: Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Florida Integrated Science Center, US Geological Survey
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Benefits and Burdens of Deepwater OCS Activities on Selected Communities and Local Public Institutions] (open access)

[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Benefits and Burdens of Deepwater OCS Activities on Selected Communities and Local Public Institutions]

Summary describing the work completed at Impact Assessment, Inc. for 'Deepwater Program: Benefits and Burdens of Deepwater OCS Activities on Selected Communities and Local Public Institutions.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Impact Assessment, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Viosca Knoll Wreck: Discovery and Investigation of an Early Nineteenth-Century Wooden Sailing Vessel in 2,000 Feet of Water (open access)

Viosca Knoll Wreck: Discovery and Investigation of an Early Nineteenth-Century Wooden Sailing Vessel in 2,000 Feet of Water

Report of the initial investigation of a shipwreck discovered in 2,000 feet of water during a 2003 deeptow survey for a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: April 2008
Creator: Church, Robert A. & Warren, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor Needs Survey (open access)

Labor Needs Survey

This report details the efforts to create a statistically sound and standardized survey methodology for labor needs that could be repeated every five years.
Date: December 2008
Creator: ICF Consulting
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks 2004] (open access)

[Project Summary: Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks 2004]

Summary describing the work completed at PBS&J for 'Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks 2004.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 2008
Creator: PBS&J
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tribal Identifier Data Standard (open access)

Tribal Identifier Data Standard

This standard specifies the set of tribal names and codes necessary to constitute consistent and unambiguous identification of federally-recognized American Indian and Alaska Native entities.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Exchange Network Leadership Council
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2007 (open access)

Clean Air Status and Trends Network Annual Report: 2007

Annual report of the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) describing the program and data collection. It also presents information on air quality and recorded concentrations of pollutants such as ozone, sulfur, gases, and other elements of concern.
Date: December 2008
Creator: MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Americans With Disabilities: 2005 (open access)

Americans With Disabilities: 2005

"This report presents information on the number and characteristics of individuals with disabilities and is based on data collected in wave 5 of the 2004 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)."
Date: December 2008
Creator: Brault, Matthew W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2008 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2008

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on the environmental effects of natural disasters that occur along the border.
Date: March 2008
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ESpotlite (open access)

ESpotlite

This document focuses attention on emissions trading and greenhouse gases by providing internet links to governmental sites affiliated with emissions trading, government agencies, and other miscellaneous sites.
Date: February 2008
Creator: American Reference Center United States Embassy Wellington
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Form CJ-8, Annual Probation Survey: 2008 (open access)

Form CJ-8, Annual Probation Survey: 2008

Blank probation data survey containing a series of questions related to the probationary population in a particular location, with instructions for filling out the survey.
Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Milford Wind Corridor Project Millard and Beaver Counties, Utah (open access)

Milford Wind Corridor Project Millard and Beaver Counties, Utah

A report which analyses the environmental consequences of the Milford Wind Corridor Project. The information inside the paper assists the Bureau of Land Management in evaluating whether to grant a right-of-way (ROW) on public lands.
Date: October 15, 2008
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Coastal Condition Report III (open access)

National Coastal Condition Report III

A report which assess the condition of the nation's estuaries and coastal embayments, including the coastal waters of Hawaii and Southcentral Alaska, based mainly on the EPA's National Coastal Assessment (NCA) data collected primarily in 2001 and 2002.
Date: December 2008
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water and Office of Research and Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
USAID Health-Related Research and Development Progress Report: 2008 (open access)

USAID Health-Related Research and Development Progress Report: 2008

Annual progress report describing programs and funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) health-related research and development.
Date: September 2008
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library