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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico: Interim Report 1 (open access)

Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico: Interim Report 1

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Date: June 2008
Creator: Brooks, James M.; Fisher, Charles; Roberts, Harry; Bernard, Bernie; MacDonald, Ian; Carney, Robert et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 1: Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 1: Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry

This study examines the expansion of offshore oil and gas development and its effects on shaping Louisiana's culture, geography, society and economy.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Austin, Diane; Priest, Tyler; Penney, Lauren; Pratt, Joseph; Pulsipher, Allan G. & Abel, Joseph
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Five-Year Meteorological Datasets for CALMET/CALPUFF and OCD5 Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico Region (open access)

Five-Year Meteorological Datasets for CALMET/CALPUFF and OCD5 Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico Region

This report contains meteorological data collected over five years concerning the air quality and other environmental assessments of the Gulf of Mexico utilizing the Offshore and Coastal Dispersion (OCD5) model and the CALMET/CALPUFF modeling system.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Douglas, Sharon G. & Hudischewskyj, A. Belle
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. International Food Assistance Report 2008 (open access)

U.S. International Food Assistance Report 2008

A report about the U.S. providing foreign aid. A focus is placed on U.S. food assistance allocated by legislative authority for FY 2008.
Date: 2008
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model (open access)

EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model

This publication by the EPA addresses strategies and the citizens intended to aid through the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model.
Date: June 2008
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Utility Best Practices Guidance for Providing Business Customers with Energy Use and Cost Data (open access)

Utility Best Practices Guidance for Providing Business Customers with Energy Use and Cost Data

This publication is the major findings on activity of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency. The document addresses the need for utility practices to provide customers with use and cost information.
Date: October 2008
Creator: National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources (open access)

Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources

A report which focuses on federally managed lands and waters to provide a "Preliminary Review of Adaption Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources."
Date: June 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate (open access)

Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate

A report which discusses extreme weather and how their impacts are changing due to human pollution and global warming.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment: Fact Sheet (open access)

EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment: Fact Sheet

Fact sheet that introduces the National Wetlands Condition Assessment, a multi-year plan to statistically assess the quality of wetlands across the United States. The objectives of the assessment are briefly outlined, partnership with the Fish and Wildlife Service is acknowledged, and a timeline is given with target goals for years 2007 - 2013.
Date: January 2008
Creator: Scozzafava, Michael; Engle, Virginia; Faulkner, Chris & Kentula, Mary
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Form CJ-7, Annual Parole Survey: 2008 (open access)

Form CJ-7, Annual Parole Survey: 2008

Blank parole data survey containing a series of questions related to the parole 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
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States (open access)

The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States

A report which provides an assessment of the effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States: Summary and Findings (open access)

Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States: Summary and Findings

This is a fact-sheet for U. S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). Information relates to the scientific assessment of the effects of global change on the United States.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement; Final Rule (open access)

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement; Final Rule

Section of the Federal Register related to rules and regulations established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as of November 2008. This text addresses the final rule for 42 CFR part 3: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.
Date: November 21, 2008
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library