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A study of tau decays of the W boson at CDF (Collider Detector at Fermilab)
A report is given of a search for tau decays of the W boson in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). A description of a hardware trigger specifically designed to enhance the number of events with tau decays is presented along with the results of a preliminary analysis of data taken during the 1988--89 run of CDF. 10 refs., 4 figs.
Date:
January 3, 1990
Creator:
Gladney, L. D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
In situ coal gasification progress on the experimental and calculational Coal Fracture Program, July--November 1974. [Goal of program is to develop physically meaningful model based on experimental data to be used in simulation coals for design of in situ coal gasification experiments]
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Date:
January 3, 1975
Creator:
Larson, D. B.; Anderson, G. D.; Butkovich, T. R. & Hearst, J. R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2014 Budget and Appropriations
This report provides a brief overview of the FY2014 State Department, Foreign Operations and Related Programs funding request, as well as top-line analysis of pending House and Senate State-Foreign Operations appropriations proposals.
Date:
January 3, 2014
Creator:
Epstein, Susan B.; Tiersky, Alex & Lawson, Marian L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United States Fire Administration: An Overview
Report that describes and analyzes the United States Fire Administration's (USFA) FY2011 budget proposal, as well as related information and legislation.
Date:
January 3, 2011
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Inherently Governmental Functions and Other Work Reserved for Performance by Federal Government Employees: The Obama Administration's Proposed Policy Letter
Report regarding the Office of Federal Procurement Policy's (OFPP) proposed policy letter on defining inherently governmental functions and other "work reserved for performance by federal government employees."
Date:
January 3, 2011
Creator:
Halchin, L. Elaine; Manuel, Kate M.; Reese, Shawn & Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hezbollah: Background and Issues for Congress
Report that discusses Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Shiite Islamist militia, political party, social welfare organization, and U. S. State Department-designated terrorist organization. The report also discusses recent Hezbollah-related conflicts, Hezbollah's relationship with other Lebanese political parties, and U. S. policy regarding Hezbollah.
Date:
January 3, 2011
Creator:
Addis, Casey L. & Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dominican Republic: Background and U.S. Relations
Report providing background information on current political and economic conditions in the Dominican Republic, as well as an overview of some of the key issues in U. S.-Dominican relations.
Date:
January 3, 2011
Creator:
Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Disadvantaged" Small Businesses: Definitions and Designations for Purposes of Federal and Federally Funded Contracting Programs
This report discusses what constitutes a "disadvantaged" small business for purposes of federal and federally funded contracting programs and how firms are certified or otherwise designated as such.
Date:
January 3, 2011
Creator:
Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Initiatives to Promote Global Internet Freedom: Issues, Policy, and Technology
Report regarding the role of the United States and other foreign companies in facilitating Internet censorship by repressive regimes overseas.
Date:
January 3, 2011
Creator:
Moloney Figliola, Patricia; Addis, Casey L. & Lum, Thomas
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues
This report discusses the security problem of China's role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the U.S. policy response since the mid-1990s. China has taken some steps to mollify U.S. and other foreign concerns about its role in weapons proliferation.
Date:
January 3, 2014
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons
This report provides basic information about U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons. It begins with a brief discussion of how these weapons have appeared in public debates in the past few decades, then summarizes the differences between strategic and nonstrategic nuclear weapons. It then provides some historical background, describing the numbers and types of nonstrategic nuclear weapons deployed by both nations during the Cold War and in the past decade; the policies that guided the deployment and prospective use of these weapons; and the measures that the two sides have taken to reduce and contain their forces. The report reviews the issues that have been raised with regard to U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons, and summarizes a number of policy options that might be explored by Congress, the United States, Russia, and other nations to address these issues.
Date:
January 3, 2014
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse at the Legal Background
This report reprints the text of the five National Security Letter (NSL) statutes as they now appear and as they appeared prior to amendment by the USA PATRIOT Act (to which form they would be returned under S.1125 and H.R. 1805).
Date:
January 3, 2014
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities
This report discusses the physical security at nuclear power plants and concerns of radiological sabotage, a deliberate act against a plant that could directly or indirectly endanger public health and safety through exposure to radiation.
Date:
January 3, 2014
Creator:
Holt, Mark & Andrews, Anthony
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse at the Legal Background
This report discusses the USA PATRIOT Act (107-56) and its expanded authority to issue national security letters (NSLs). A report by the Department of Justice's Inspector General (IG) found that in its pre-amendment use of expanded USA PATRIOT Act authority the FBI had "used NSLs in violation of applicable NSL statutes, Attorney General Guidelines, and internal FBI policies," but that no criminal laws had been broken.
Date:
January 3, 2014
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Minimizing Inappropriate Levies in IRS's Federal Payment Levy Program
Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Each year, thousands of taxpayers who owe delinquent federal taxes receive billions of dollars in federal payments. To help the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collect these delinquent taxes more effectively, the Congress passed the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the provisions of which authorized the establishment of the Federal Payment Levy Program (FPLP), which allows IRS to continuously levy up to 15 percent of the payments made to delinquent taxpayers. The Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service (FMS), which receives payment records from and makes payments on behalf of most federal agencies, collects the continuous levy from the federal payment after IRS has authorized the levy. Subsequent payments are continuously levied until such time that the tax debt is paid or IRS releases the levy. In a prior report, we noted that inappropriate levies--which subsequently must be refunded--could undermine support for the continuous levy authority, by generating negative public reaction to the program and frustrating taxpayers whose payments are inappropriately levied. Since October of 2001, the inclusion of Social Security recipients and others in the levy program has extended levy use substantially. This expansion heightens the importance …
Date:
January 3, 2003
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Despite Progress, Weaknesses in Traveler Inspections Exist at Our Nation's Ports of Entry
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for keeping terrorists and other dangerous people from entering the country while also facilitating the cross-border movement of millions of travelers. CBP carries out this responsibility at 326 air, sea, and land ports of entry. In response to a congressional request, GAO examined CBP traveler inspection efforts, the progress made, and the challenges that remain in staffing and training at ports of entry, and the progress CBP has made in developing strategic plans and performance measures for its traveler inspection program. To conduct its work, GAO reviewed and analyzed CBP data and documents related to inspections, staffing, and training, interviewed managers and officers, observed inspections at eight major air and land ports of entry, and tested inspection controls at eight small land ports of entry. GAO's testimony is based on a report GAO issued November 5, 2007."
Date:
January 3, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Financial Institutions: Causes and Consequences of Recent Bank Failures
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Ten states concentrated in the western, midwestern, and southeastern United Statesall areas where the housing market had experienced strong growth in the prior decadeexperienced 10 or more commercial bank or thrift (bank) failures between 2008 and 2011. The failures of the smaller banks (those with less than $1 billion in assets) in these states were largely driven by credit losses on commercial real estate (CRE) loans. The failed banks also had often pursued aggressive growth strategies using nontraditional, riskier funding sources and exhibited weak underwriting and credit administration practices. The rapid growth of CRE portfolios led to high concentrations that increased the banks exposure to the sustained real estate and economic downturn that began in 2007. GAOs econometric model revealed that CRE concentrations and the use of brokered deposits, a funding source carrying higher risk than core deposits, were associated with an increased likelihood of failure for banks across all states during the period. Several state regulatory and community banking association officials told GAO that in some cases, the losses failed banks incurred on their CRE loans were caused by declines in the value of the …
Date:
January 3, 2013
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues
This report discusses the Domain Name System (DNS), which is the distributed set of databases that contain address numbers mapped to corresponding domain names, making it possible to send and receive messages and to access information on the Internet. The report includes background on the DNS and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that manages the servies, as well as related issues for the 113th Congress.
Date:
January 3, 2013
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Warfare: Comprehensive Strategy Needed for Suppressing Enemy Air Defenses
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To suppress enemy air defenses, U.S. armed forces use specialized aircraft designed to neutralize, destroy, or temporarily degrade enemy air defense systems through either physical attack or electronic warfare. Concerns have been raised that the Air Force's decision to retire EF-111 and F-4G suppression aircraft, combined with a growing threat from increasingly sophisticated enemy air defenses, has created a gap between the services' suppression capabilities and their needs. GAO (1) examined the steps that the military has taken since 1996 to improve its ability to suppress enemy air defenses and (2) evaluated the services' plans to eliminate any gap between their suppression capabilities and needs. GAO found that the services have improved their suppression capabilities, such as increasing the size of their fleets of F-16CJ and EA-6B suppression aircraft, improving the electronic warfare and missile systems on these aircraft, studying cost-effective alternatives for suppression in the future, and reviewing electronic warfare programs to determine if these programs are adequately managed, prioritized, and funded. However, GAO also found that current suppression capabilities are not adequate and that no comprehensive, cross-service strategy exists for achieving the suppression mission."
Date:
January 3, 2001
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Government: Progress in Promoting Adoption of Smart Card Technology
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Smart cards--credit-card-like devices that use integrated circuit chips to store and process data--offer a range of potential uses for the federal government, particularly in increasing security for its many physical and information assets. GAO was asked to review the use of smart cards across the federal government (including identifying potential challenges), as well as the effectiveness of the General Services Administration (GSA) in promoting government adoption of smart card technologies."
Date:
January 3, 2003
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
El Salvador: Political, Economic, and Social Conditions and U.S. Relations
This report discusses the state of the El Salvadoran government and recently elected President Mauricio Funes. This report also discusses the relationship between El Salvador and the United States, notably U.S. efforts to restore democracy and initiate economic reform in El Salvador. This report also briefly addresses the effects of the current financial crisis on El Salvador's economy, poverty levels, and crime rates.
Date:
January 3, 2011
Creator:
Seelke, Clare Ribando
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Solar energy school heating augmentation experiment. Sections I, II, and III. ITC report No. 281076
The Fauquier High School Solar Heating System utilizes a solar collector array of 2415 square feet active area. The collectors are mounted in a single plane which is tilted at a 53/sup 0/ angle from the horizontal. The latitude of Warrenton, Virginia is 38.6/sup 0/. Thermal storage is provided by water stored in two concrete tanks, each of 5500 gallon capacity. The tanks are insulated with 4'' of polyurethane and have a temperature loss of 1/sup 0/F per day at a temperature of 140/sup 0/F. Piping to the tanks is arranged so they can be used separately for maximum efficiency. A drain-down mode is used to provide freeze protection for the collectors. No antifreeze is used in the system. There are no heat exchangers in the system except for the classrooms where two water--air convectors are used for space heating. The convectors are equipped with a two speed fan and are sized to provide the heating requirements of the classrooms with 100/sup 0/F water storage temperatures. Back-up heating is provided with the electric resistance heaters originally installed in the classrooms. One classroom has, in addition, an oil heater. The operation, performance, maintenance, and modifications to the system over the 1974-75 …
Date:
January 3, 1977
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Meeting Record for FFA Working Meeting of November 15, 1991
This document provides a meeting record of the Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) working meeting to discuss progress on old issues and further required actions regarding environmental impacts of the Savannah River Facility. (FI)
Date:
January 3, 1992
Creator:
Stejskal, G. F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Generalized System of Preferences: Agricultural Imports
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) provides duty-free tariff treatment for certain products from designated developing countries. Some in Congress have continued to call for changes to the program that could limit GSP benefits to certain countries, among other changes. Opinion within the U.S. agriculture industry is mixed, reflecting both support for and opposition to the current program. In the past few years, Congress has extended GSP through a series of short-term extensions. However, the 111th Congress did not extend the GSP in 2010, and it was set to expire December 31, 2010. The expiration of the GSP will likely become a legislative issues in the 112th Congress.
Date:
January 3, 2011
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library