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Army Corps of Engineers: Organizational Realignment Could Enhance Effectiveness, but Several Challenges Would Have to Be Overcome (open access)

Army Corps of Engineers: Organizational Realignment Could Enhance Effectiveness, but Several Challenges Would Have to Be Overcome

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers' (Corps) civil works mission has grown over the years, while its three-tiered headquarters, division, and district structure has remained the same since it was created in 1893. GAO was asked to examine for the Civil Works Program (1) over time, how the Corps has realigned its organization to take into account its changing mission, budget, staffing, and workload; (2) the challenges that the Corps has faced in realigning its organization; and (3) areas where officials and stakeholders believe changes to organizational alignment, if any, could enhance the Corps' civil works mission. Organizational alignment refers to, among other things, changes in structure, roles and responsibilities, and technical and policy guidance. GAO completed a historical and legislative review of the Corps' mission and past realignment efforts, reviewed budget, staffing, and workload data, and interviewed current and former officials and stakeholders."
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites: Improvements Needed in Continuity Planning and Involvement of Key Users (open access)

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites: Improvements Needed in Continuity Planning and Involvement of Key Users

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with the aid of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is to procure the next generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites, called Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) series. The GOES-R series is to replace the current series of satellites, which will likely begin to reach the end of their useful lives in approximately 2015. This new series is considered critical to the United States' ability to maintain the continuity of data required for weather forecasting through the year 2028. GAO was asked to (1) determine the status of the GOES-R acquisition; (2) evaluate whether NOAA has established adequate contingency plans in the event of delays; and (3) assess NOAA's efforts to identify GOES data users, prioritize their data needs, and communicate with them about the program's status. To do so, GAO analyzed contractor and program data and interviewed officials from NOAA, NASA, and other federal agencies that rely on GOES data."
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 369, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 369, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 368, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 368, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2011 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Securities Act, State of Texas (open access)

The Securities Act, State of Texas

This document contains updated information about the State of Texas Securities Act for the year 2011.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Texas. State Securities Board.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
PINS Testing and Modification for Explosive Identification (open access)

PINS Testing and Modification for Explosive Identification

The INL's Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy System (PINS)1 non-intrusively identifies the chemical fill of munitions and sealed containers. PINS is used routinely by the U.S. Army, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and foreign military units to determine the contents of munitions and other containers suspected to contain explosives, smoke-generating chemicals, and chemical warfare agents such as mustard and nerve gas. The objects assayed with PINS range from softball-sized M139 chemical bomblets to 200 gallon DOT 500X ton containers. INL had previously examined2 the feasibility of using a similar system for the identification of explosives, and based on this proof-of-principle test, the development of a dedicated system for the identification of explosives in an improvised nuclear device appears entirely feasible. INL has been tasked by NNSA NA-42 Render Safe Research and Development with the development of such a system.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Seabury, E. H. & Caffrey, A. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 366, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 366, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Synthesis and Characterization of Oxide Feedstock Powders for the Fuel Cycle R&D Program (open access)

Synthesis and Characterization of Oxide Feedstock Powders for the Fuel Cycle R&D Program

Nuclear fuel feedstock properties, such as physical, chemical, and isotopic characteristics, have a significant impact on the fuel fabrication process and, by extension, the in-reactor fuel performance. This has been demonstrated through studies with UO{sub 2} spanning greater than 50 years. The Fuel Cycle R&D Program with The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy has initiated an effort to develop a better understanding of the relationships between oxide feedstock, fresh fuel properties, and in-reactor fuel performance for advanced mixed oxide compositions. Powder conditioning studies to enable the use of less than ideal powders for ceramic fuel pellet processing are ongoing at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and an understanding of methods to increase the green density and homogeneity of pressed pellets has been gained for certain powders. Furthermore, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is developing methods for the co-conversion of mixed oxides along with techniques to analyze the degree of mixing. Experience with the fabrication of fuel pellets using co-synthesized multi-constituent materials is limited. In instances where atomically mixed solid solutions of two or more species are needed, traditional ceramic processing methods have been employed. Solution-based processes may be considered viable synthesis options, including co-precipitation (AUPuC), direct precipitation, direct-conversion …
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: Voit, Stewart L.; Vedder, Raymond James & Johnson, Jared A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2016 (open access)

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

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and Current Developments (open access)

The Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and Current Developments

This report discusses in brief the current political state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the crisis situation in eastern Congo that has displaced more than 250,000 civilians. It also describes U.S., U.N., and other international efforts to aid in resolving the crisis.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Dagne, Ted
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster Relief and Recovery (open access)

Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster Relief and Recovery

This report discusses how Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs are funded by Congress and what they have been used for in recent years: recovery efforts following terrorist attacks, riots, and natural disasters. The 111th Congress has approved $100 million in CDBG funds to help states and communities undertake disaster recovery activities in presidentially declared disaster areas affected by severe storms and flooding during the period from March 2010 through May 2010. The act limited distribution of these funds to states where the entire state was declared a disaster area (Rhode Island) and to states where at least 20 counties within the state were declared disaster areas (Tennessee, Kentucky, and Nebraska).
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
India: Domestic Issues, Strategic Dynamics, and U.S. Relations (open access)

India: Domestic Issues, Strategic Dynamics, and U.S. Relations

This report discusses the relationship between U.S. and India, particularly regarding the following: India as a counterweight to China; arms sales from the U.S. to India; Indian students in U.S. universities; nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan; India's economy.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan; Kerr, Paul K.; Martin, Michael F. & Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2011 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2011

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Wisch-Ray, Sharon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: Resendez, Jonathan
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: Resendez, Jonathan
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress

This report examines U.S. policy toward Cuba in the 115th Congress in three sections: Cuba's political and economic environment; U.S. policy toward Cuba; and selected issues in U.S.-Cuban relations, including restrictions on travel and trade, funding for democracy and human rights projects in Cuba and for U.S. government-sponsored radio and television broadcasting, migration, anti-drug cooperation, U.S. property claims, and U.S. fugitives from justice in Cuba.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues (open access)

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues

This report provides information about The Federal Funding and Issues of Corporation for Public Broadcasting.CPB receives all of its funding through federal appropriations.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: McLoughlin, Glenn J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation (open access)

Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation

The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) authorization is due to expire on September 30, 2010. The SBA administers several programs to support small businesses, including loan guarantees to help small businesses gain access to capital. This report addresses a core issue facing Congress during the SBA’s reauthorization process: what, if any, additional action should the federal government take to enhance small business access to capital?
Date: September 1, 2010
Creator: Dilger, Robert J. & Gonzales, Oscar R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Single-Employer Plan Terminations (open access)

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Single-Employer Plan Terminations

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Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Covalently crosslinked diels-alder polymer networks. (open access)

Covalently crosslinked diels-alder polymer networks.

This project examines the utility of cycloaddition reactions for the synthesis of polymer networks. Cycloaddition reactions are desirable because they produce no unwanted side reactions or small molecules, allowing for the formation of high molecular weight species and glassy crosslinked networks. Both the Diels-Alder reaction and the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) were studied. Accomplishments include externally triggered healing of a thermoreversible covalent network via self-limited hysteresis heating, the creation of Diels-Alder based photoresists, and the successful photochemical catalysis of CuAAC as an alternative to the use of ascorbic acid for the generation of Cu(I) in click reactions. An analysis of the results reveals that these new methods offer the promise of efficiently creating robust, high molecular weight species and delicate three dimensional structures that incorporate chemical functionality in the patterned material. This work was performed under a Strategic Partnerships LDRD during FY10 and FY11 as part of a Sandia National Laboratories/University of Colorado-Boulder Excellence in Science and Engineering Fellowship awarded to Brian J. Adzima, a graduate student at UC-Boulder. Benjamin J. Anderson (Org. 1833) was the Sandia National Laboratories point-of-contact for this fellowship.
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Bowman, Christopher (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO); Adzima, Brian J. (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO) & Anderson, Benjamin John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the US-Japan collaborative investigation on hydrogen isotope retention in neutron-irradiated and ion-damaged tungsten (open access)

Overview of the US-Japan collaborative investigation on hydrogen isotope retention in neutron-irradiated and ion-damaged tungsten

Plasma-facing components (PFCs) will be exposed to 14 MeV neutrons from deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reactions, and tungsten, a candidate PFC for the divertor in ITER, is expected to receive a neutron dose of 0.7 displacement per atom (dpa) by the end of operation in ITER. The effect of neutron-irradiation damage has been mainly simulated using high-energy ion bombardment. While this prior database of results is quite valuable for understanding the behavior of hydrogen isotopes in PFCs, it does not encompass the full range of effects that must be considered in a practical fusion environment due to short penetration depth, damage gradient, high damage rate, and high PKA energy spectrum of the ion bombardment. In addition, neutrons change the elemental composition via transmutations, and create a high radiation environment inside PFCs, which influence the behavior of hydrogen isotope in PFCs, suggesting the utilization of fission reactors is necessary for neutron irradiation. Therefore, the effort to correlate among high-energy ions, fission neutrons, and fusion neutrons is crucial for accurately estimating tritium retention under a neutron-irradiation environment. Under the framework of the US-Japan TITAN program, tungsten samples (99.99 at. % purity from A.L.M.T. Co.) were irradiated by neutron in the High Flux Isotope …
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Shimada, Masashi; Hatano, Y.; Oya, Y.; Oda, T.; Hara, M.; Cao, G. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library