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Adoption Tax Credit: IRS Can Reduce Audits and Refund Delays (open access)

Adoption Tax Credit: IRS Can Reduce Audits and Refund Delays

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The federal adoption tax credit, established in 1996, was amended in 2010. These amendments included making the credit refundable (meaning taxpayers could receive payments in excess of their tax liability) and increasing the maximum allowable credit to $13,170 of qualified adoption expenses for tax year 2010. As of August 20, 2011, taxpayers filed just under 100,000 returns, claiming about $1.2 billion in adoption credits. Following these changes, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) developed a strategy for processing adoption credit claims. GAO was asked to (1) describe IRS's strategy for ensuring compliance with the adoption credit for the 2011 filing season, (2) assess IRS's related communication with taxpayers and stakeholders, and (3) assess its processing and audit of claims. To conduct its analysis, GAO analyzed IRS data and documents, interviewed IRS officials, observed IRS examiners, and interviewed other stakeholders."
Date: October 20, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tariff Modifications: Miscellaneous Tariff Bills (open access)

Tariff Modifications: Miscellaneous Tariff Bills

This report discusses the current process by which duty suspension bills and other provisions are introduced, reviewed by several government agencies and committee staff, made available for public comment, and finally included in omnibus miscellaneous trade and technical corrections bills (MTBs) legislation reported out by the committees of jurisdiction.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
False Patent Marking: Litigation and Legislation (open access)

False Patent Marking: Litigation and Legislation

This report will describe and analyze the Federal Circuit's 2009 decision that requires a per-article penalty for false marking, as well as two subsequent Federal Circuit decisions in 2010 that answer several questions that have arisen during the recent false patent marking litigation. It also identifies and discusses legislation in the 111th Congress that would amend § 292 in order to retroactively end qui tam false marking suits and with the intent of reducing the number of false marking suits filed in the future.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intragovernmental Revolving Funds: NIST's Interagency Agreements and Workload Require Management Attention (open access)

Intragovernmental Revolving Funds: NIST's Interagency Agreements and Workload Require Management Attention

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO previously found that a significant portion of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) working capital fund contained a growing carryover balance. Almost all of the fund's resources come from appropriations advanced from federal clients for NIST's technical services through interagency agreements. Monitoring and tracking key information about agreements and the funds advanced for them is critical for both NIST and its clients to make well-informed budget decisions, comply with applicable fiscal laws and internal controls, and ensure the proper use of federal funds. GAO was asked to review (1) the factors contributing to the working capital fund's carryover balance and (2) NIST's processes for managing its interagency agreements and workload. To do so, GAO reviewed laws and fiscal requirements, analyzed NIST budget data and policies related to its interagency agreements, analyzed a random sample of agreements, and interviewed NIST officials."
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of U.S. Response to the Honduran Political Crisis of 2009 (open access)

Review of U.S. Response to the Honduran Political Crisis of 2009

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "On June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was detained by his country's military and flown to Costa Rica. Zelaya's removal from Honduras followed several months of political polarization within Honduras in response to a number of controversial actions taken by Zelaya, including efforts to hold a national poll on June 28, 2009. Zelaya's stated purpose for the poll was to ask Hondurans if there should be a referendum on whether the country should convoke a national constituent assembly to approve a new constitution. However, Honduran officials from other government institutions stated that they believed Zelaya would use the results of the poll to suspend the Honduran constitution. Immediately following the removal of Zelaya, the Honduran National Congress voted in Roberto Micheletti, President of the National Congress at the time, to replace Zelaya as President of Honduras. U.S. policy toward Honduras in the months preceding Zelaya's removal was to support the rule of law and the Honduran constitution, and to encourage Honduras' political actors to resolve their differences consensually and within Honduran law. In response to Zelaya's removal, U.S. officials characterized the events of June 28, 2009, as …
Date: October 20, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Financial Effect on the U.S. Postal Service of Increased Voting by Mail (open access)

Potential Financial Effect on the U.S. Postal Service of Increased Voting by Mail

A publication issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The United States Postal Service (USPS) is in a serious financial crisis and has not generated sufficient revenue to cover its expenses and financial obligations as mail volume continues to decline. Congress requested that we examine how much additional revenue could result from the increased use of voting by mail--that is, more registered voters receiving and casting ballots through the mail. Currently, all states use voting by mail to some degree, most commonly in the form of absentee ballots mailed to registered voters who cannot, or choose not to, vote in person on Election Day. However, Oregon and Washington now administer elections solely through mail voting. According to a 2009 U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) study, about 23.7 million ballots, or 17.7 percent of all votes, were cast by mail in the 2008 presidential election. This report documents information on the revenue potential of increased use of voting by mail that we presented to your office on August 17, 2011."
Date: October 20, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 453, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 453, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 20, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 452, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 452, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 20, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2011 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 20, 2011
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 450, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 450, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
An efficient and accurate framework for calculating lattice thermal conductivity of solids: AFLOW—AAPL Automatic Anharmonic Phonon Library (open access)

An efficient and accurate framework for calculating lattice thermal conductivity of solids: AFLOW—AAPL Automatic Anharmonic Phonon Library

This article presents the Automatic Anharmonic Phonon Library.
Date: November 17, 2016
Creator: Plata, Jose J.; Nath, Pinku; Usanmaz, Demet; Carrete, JesĂşs; Toher, Cormac; de Jong, Maarten et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Panoramic image of the entrance to Galveston Bay from the Fort San Jacinto Historic Point.

Photograph of the entrance to Galveston Bay from the Fort San Jacinto Historic Point on the east end of Galveston Island, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.
Date: October 20, 2017
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 20, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 42, Pages 5747-5912, October 20, 2017 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 42, Pages 5747-5912, October 20, 2017

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 20, 2017
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Resendez, Jonathan
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Resendez, Jonathan
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
False Patent Marking: Litigation and Legislation (open access)

False Patent Marking: Litigation and Legislation

This report will describe and analyze the Federal Circuit's 2009 decision that requires a per-article penalty for false marking, as well as two subsequent Federal Circuit decisions in 2010 that answer several questions that have arisen during the recent false patent marking litigation.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comment on "Wall Forces Produced During ITER Disruptions" by H. R. Strauss, R. Paccagnella, and J. Breslau (PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 17, 082505 (2010) (open access)

Comment on "Wall Forces Produced During ITER Disruptions" by H. R. Strauss, R. Paccagnella, and J. Breslau (PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 17, 082505 (2010)

The paper by H.R. Strauss presents numerical simulations, which pretend to describe the disruption instability in ITER device. The simulations were performed with numerical code M3D, described in Ref.[7] of the paper.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Zakharov, Leonid E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT REPORT FY2011 (open access)

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT REPORT FY2011

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Date: October 20, 2011
Creator: Bush, S. & Douglas, B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
TOXNET and Beyond: Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal (open access)

TOXNET and Beyond: Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal

The National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal provides access to numerous databases that can help you explore environmental chemicals and risks. TOXNET and Beyond: Using NLM's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal conveys the fundamentals of searching the NLM's TOXNET system of databases in chemistry, toxicology, environmental health, and related fields. In addition to TOXNET, the course will highlight various resources available through the Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Templin-Branner, W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerosol Mass Spectrometry via Laser-Induced Incandescence Particle Vaporization Final Report (open access)

Aerosol Mass Spectrometry via Laser-Induced Incandescence Particle Vaporization Final Report

We have successfully developed and commercialized a soot particle aerosol mass spectrometer (SP-AMS) instrument to measure mass, size, and chemical information of soot particles in ambient environments. The SP-AMS instrument has been calibrated and extensively tested in the laboratory and during initial field studies. The first instrument paper describing the SP-AMS has been submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal and there are several related papers covering initial field studies and laboratory studies that are in preparation. We have currently sold 5 SP-AMS instruments (either as complete systems or as SP modules to existing AMS instrument operators).
Date: October 20, 2011
Creator: Onasch, Timothy B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comment on "Wall Forces Produced During ITER Disruptions" by H. R. Strauss, R. Paccagnella, and J. Breslau (PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 17, 082505 (2010) (open access)

Comment on "Wall Forces Produced During ITER Disruptions" by H. R. Strauss, R. Paccagnella, and J. Breslau (PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 17, 082505 (2010)

The paper by H.R. Strauss presents numerical simulations, which pretend to describe the disruption instability in ITER device. The simulations were performed with numerical code M3D, described in Ref.[7] of the paper.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Zakharov, Leonid E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library