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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
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
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
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
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Municipal Stormwater Programs (open access)

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Municipal Stormwater Programs

"This document discusses three approaches to the evaluation of municipal Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) effectiveness: assessing program operations, evaluation social indicators, and monitoring water quality."
Date: January 2008
Creator: unknown
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
National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency Vision for 2025: A Framework for Change (open access)

National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency Vision for 2025: A Framework for Change

This publication is the vision for the National Action Plan for energy Efficiency in order to create achievable goals in effective energy efficiency by 2025.
Date: November 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
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
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
Understanding Cost-Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs: Best Practices, Technical Methods, and Emerging Issues for Policy-Makers (open access)

Understanding Cost-Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs: Best Practices, Technical Methods, and Emerging Issues for Policy-Makers

"This paper reviews the issues and approaches involved in considering and adopting cost-effectiveness tests for energy efficiency, including discussing each perspective represented by the five standard cost-effectiveness tests and clarifying key terms."
Date: November 2008
Creator: National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
North American Continental Margins : a Synthesis and Planning Workshop : Report of the North American Continental Margins Working Group for the U.S. Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group and Interagency Working Group (open access)

North American Continental Margins : a Synthesis and Planning Workshop : Report of the North American Continental Margins Working Group for the U.S. Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group and Interagency Working Group

Report of the findings and recommendations of the North American Continental Margins workshop held in Boulder Colorado in September of 2005 to assess the state of carbon cycle science in the margins surrounding North America.
Date: 2008
Creator: United States Carbon Cycle Science Program
Object Type: Report
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
Understanding Cost-Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs: Best Practices Technical Methods and Emerging Issues For Policy-Makers (open access)

Understanding Cost-Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs: Best Practices Technical Methods and Emerging Issues For Policy-Makers

"This paper reviews the issues and approaches involved in considering and adopting cost-effectiveness tests for energy efficiency."
Date: November 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I (open access)

Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I

A report assessing climate change and its potential impacts on transportation systems located in the Central Gulf Coast between Galveston, Texas and Mobile, Alabama.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States (open access)

Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States

"This report summarizes what is currently known about effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States."
Date: February 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications (open access)

Global Climate Change: National Security Implications

A report about climate change becoming a national security threat.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Pumphrey, Carolyn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library