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Homeless Women Veterans: Actions Needed to Ensure Safe and Appropriate Housing (open access)

Homeless Women Veterans: Actions Needed to Ensure Safe and Appropriate Housing

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Limited VA data show the number of women veterans it has identified as homeless more than doubled, from 1,380 in fiscal year 2006 to 3,328 in fiscal year 2010. Although these data are not generalizable to the overall population of homeless women veterans, we identified some characteristics of these women. For example, almost two-thirds were between 40 and 59 years old and over one-third had disabilities. In addition, many of these women resided with their minor children."
Date: December 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: More States Counting Third Party Maintenance of Effort Spending (open access)

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: More States Counting Third Party Maintenance of Effort Spending

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: July 23, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grants Management: Improved Planning, Coordination, and Communication Needed to Strengthen Reform Efforts (open access)

Grants Management: Improved Planning, Coordination, and Communication Needed to Strengthen Reform Efforts

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In the past 14 years, since the passage of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-107), there has been a series of legislative- and executive-sponsored initiatives aimed at reforming aspects of the grants management life cycle. Recently, a new grants reform governance body, the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR), replaced two former federal boards--the Grants Policy Committee (GPC) and Grants Executive Board (GEB). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) created COFAR and charged it with identifying emerging issues, challenges, and opportunities in grants management and policy and providing recommendations to OMB on policies and actions to improve grants administration."
Date: May 23, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2010 Census: Plans for Census Coverage Measurement Are on Track, but Additional Steps Will Improve Its Usefulness (open access)

2010 Census: Plans for Census Coverage Measurement Are on Track, but Additional Steps Will Improve Its Usefulness

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Assessing the accuracy of the census is essential given that census data are used to apportion seats in Congress, to redraw congressional districts, and for many other public and private purposes. The U.S. Census Bureau's (Bureau) Census Coverage Measurement program (CCM) is to assess the accuracy of the 2010 Census and improve the design of operations for the 2020 Census. In April 2008, GAO recommended that the Bureau identify how it would relate CCM results--where the 2010 Census was accurate and inaccurate--to census operations to improve future censuses. Knowing where the 2010 Census was inaccurate can help inform research to improve the 2020 Census. GAO was asked to examine (1) the status of CCM planning and (2) the effects of design decisions since GAO issued its April 2008 report. GAO reviewed Bureau documents related to CCM design and National Academy of Sciences reports, and interviewed responsible Bureau officials."
Date: April 23, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Employment, Earnings, and Status of Key Industries Since Minimum Wage Increases Began (open access)

American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Employment, Earnings, and Status of Key Industries Since Minimum Wage Increases Began

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2007, the United States enacted a law incrementally raising the minimum wages in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) until they equal the U.S. minimum wage. American Samoa's minimum wage increased by $.50 three times, and the CNMI's four times before legislation delayed the increases, providing for no increase in American Samoa in 2010 or 2011 and none in the CNMI in 2011. As scheduled, American Samoa's minimum wage will equal the current U.S. minimum wage of $7.25 in 2018, and the CNMI's will reach it in 2016. Recent economic declines in both areas reflect the closure of one of two tuna canneries in American Samoa and the departure of the garment industry in the CNMI. GAO is required to report in 2010, 2011, 2013, and biennially thereafter on the impact of the minimum wage increases. This report updates GAO's 2010 report and describes, since the increases began, (1) employment and earnings, and (2) the status of key industries. GAO reviewed federal and local information; collected data from employers through a questionnaire and from employers and workers through discussion groups; …
Date: June 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care Price Transparency: Meaningful Price Information Is Difficult for Consumers to Obtain Prior to Receiving Care (open access)

Health Care Price Transparency: Meaningful Price Information Is Difficult for Consumers to Obtain Prior to Receiving Care

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In recent years, consumers have become responsible for a growing proportion of the costs of their health care. Health care price information that is transparent--available before consumers receive care--may help consumers anticipate these costs. Research identifies meaningful types of health care price information, such as estimates of what the complete cost will be to the consumer for a service. GAO defines an estimate of a consumer's complete health care cost as price information on a service that identifies a consumer's out-of-pocket cost, including any negotiated discounts, and all costs associated with a service or services. GAO examined (1) how various factors affect the availability of health care price information for consumers and (2) the information selected public and private health care price transparency initiatives make available to consumers. To do this work, GAO reviewed price transparency literature; interviewed experts; and examined a total of eight selected federal, state, and private insurance company health care price transparency initiatives. In addition, GAO anonymously contacted providers and requested the price of selected services to gain a consumer's perspective."
Date: September 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood Insurance: Public Policy Goals Provide a Framework for Reform (open access)

Flood Insurance: Public Policy Goals Provide a Framework for Reform

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been on GAO's high-risk list since 2006, when the program had to borrow from the U.S. Treasury to cover losses from the 2005 hurricanes. The outstanding debt is $17.8 billion as of June 2011. This sizeable debt, plus operational and management challenges that GAO has identified at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers NFIP, have combined to keep the program on the high-risk list. NFIP's need to borrow to cover claims in years of catastrophic flooding has raised concerns about the program's long-term financial solvency. This testimony (1) discusses ways to place NFIP on a sounder financial footing in light of public policy goals for federal involvement in natural catastrophe insurance and (2) highlights operational and management challenges at FEMA that affect the program. In preparing this statement, GAO relied on its past work on NFIP, including a June 2011 report on FEMA's management of NFIP, which focused on its planning, policies, processes, and systems. The management review included areas such as strategic and human capital planning, acquisition management, and intra-agency collaboration."
Date: June 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands (open access)

Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands

This report discusses the requirements of commercial filming and photography in federal lands, such as national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, ranges, and other landscapes that are popular locations for motion pictures and commercial photography.
Date: April 23, 2014
Creator: Comay, Laura B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: DOD Could Achieve Greater Commonality and Efficiencies among Its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: DOD Could Achieve Greater Commonality and Efficiencies among Its Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For the last several years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has planned to invest billions of dollars in development and procurement of unmanned aircraft systems. In its fiscal year 2011 budget request the department indicated a significant increase in these investments, expecting to need more than $24 billion from 2010 through 2015. DOD recognizes that to leverage its resources more effectively, it must achieve greater commonality among the military services' unmanned aircraft system acquisition programs. This testimony is based primarily on GAO's July 2009 report (GAO-09-520) which examined 10 unmanned aircraft acquisition programs: eight unmanned aircraft systems--Global Hawk, Reaper, Shadow, Predator, Sky Warrior, Fire Scout, Broad Area Maritime Surveillance, and Unmanned Combat Aircraft System-Demonstration; and two payload development programs--Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program, and Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload. The testimony focuses on: 1) the cost, schedule, and performance progress of the 10 programs as of July 2009; 2) the extent to which the military services collaborated and identified commonality among the programs; 3) factors influencing the effectiveness of the collaboration; and, 4) recent DOD investment decisions related to these acquisitions."
Date: March 23, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mortgage Financing: Financial Condition of FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (open access)

Mortgage Financing: Financial Condition of FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony is on the financial condition of the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (Fund). FHA has helped millions of families purchase homes through its single-family mortgage insurance programs and in recent years, has experienced a dramatic increase in its market role. FHA insures almost all of its single-family mortgages under the Fund, which is reviewed from both an actuarial and budgetary perspective each year. On the basis of an independent actuarial review, FHA reported in November 2009 that the Fund was not meeting the statutory 2 percent capital reserve requirement as of the end of fiscal year 2009, as measured by the Fund's estimated capital ratio--that is, the Fund's economic value divided by the insurance-in-force. Additionally, although the Fund historically has produced budgetary receipts for the federal government, a weakening in the performance of FHA-insured loans has heightened the possibility that FHA will require additional funds to help cover its costs on insurance issued to date. This statement today is based on a report released yesterday, titled Mortgage Financing: Opportunities to Enhance Management and Oversight of FHA's Financial Condition. This statement discusses (1) how …
Date: September 23, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 1495: Gold Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 (open access)

H.R. 1495: Gold Reserve Transparency Act of 2011

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses H.R. 1495, the Gold Reserve Transparency Act of 2011. This proposed legislation, which was recently referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, House Committee on Financial Services, provides for an audit of the gold reserves of the United States. Specifically, the bill calls for the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct and complete, not later than 6 months after passage of the act, a full assay, inventory, and audit of gold reserves of the United States at the place or places where such reserves are kept, together with an analysis of the sufficiency of the measures taken for the security of such reserves. The bill also calls for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the results of such assay, inventory, audit, and analysis and, not later than 9 months after passage of the act, prepare and transmit to the Congress a report of GAO's findings together with the results of the work performed by the Secretary of the Treasury. This testimony focuses on (1) the reported holdings of gold reserves of the United States as of September 30, 2010; (2) past …
Date: June 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Uniform Procurement: Questions and Answers (open access)

Military Uniform Procurement: Questions and Answers

Military uniforms are procured through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), an agency of the Department of Defense (DOD). DLA is DOD's largest combat support agency, providing worldwide logistics support for the United States (U.S.) military services, civilian agencies, and foreign countries. With headquarters in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, DLA operates three supply centers, one of which is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), in Philadelphia, PA. DSCP is responsible for procuring nearly all of the food, clothing, and medical supplies used by the military; about 90% of the construction material used by troops in the field, as well as repair parts for aircraft, combat vehicles, and other weapons system platforms. According to DLA Troop Support's website, sales of goods exceeded $14.5 billion during 2009.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Federal Procurement Process and Resources (open access)

Overview of the Federal Procurement Process and Resources

he federal government's basic procurement or acquisition process involves an agency identifying the goods and services it needs (also known as the agency's "requirements"), determining the most appropriate method for purchasing these items, and carrying out the acquisition. Although this process is simple in theory, any given procurement can be complex, involving a multitude of decisions and actions. This report describes the most common elements of the federal procurement process and resources that may be used in that process.
Date: February 23, 2011
Creator: Halchin, L. Elaine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the largest procurement program in the Department of Defense (DOD), the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lightning II. This is a new aircraft being procured in different versions for the United States Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. Current DOD plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 JSFs. This report also discusses issues related to the F-35 procurement program within the FY2011 defense budget.
Date: September 23, 2010
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Attendees of Literary Lights Dinner standing together]

Photograph of two attendees of the Literary Lights Dinner during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. They are standing together in the Vineyard dining area at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX where the events were held.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mike Giglio speaking at panel discussion for reporting about]

Photograph of Mike Giglio speaking as a panelist during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The panel was titled "Drink This Kool-Aid: Reporting Narrative Stories About Cults". To Giglio's right is fellow-panelist Sydney Freedberg. The event was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dr. Seema Yasmin speaking during panel]

Photograph of Dr. Seema Yasmin, a staff writer at The Dallas Morning News and former officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaking to the people who have gathered for the panel "Covering Health and Medical Crises". The event was held as a part of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mike Mooney and Tara Mooney]

Photograph of Mike Mooney and Tara Mooney standing in front of a Mayborn themed backdrop. They are attending the Literary Lights Dinner that was held as a part of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event was held in the International Ballroom at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Eli Sanders signing a book]

Photograph of Eli Sanders signing a copy of his book, "While the City Slept", for an attendee of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Attendees of Literary Lights Dinner mingling]

Photograph of some attendees mingling with one another after the Literary Lights Dinner at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. They are standing in the halls of the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX where the conference was held.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Guests seated in the Val Verde room during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference]

Photograph of attendees of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference seated in the Val Verde room for a panel called "Drink This Kool-Aid: Reporting Narrative Stories About Cults". The conference was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emily Charrier, Keri Mitchell and an unidentified guest at Literary Lights Dinner]

Photograph of Emily Charrier, Kerri Mitchell and an unidentified guest stand in a 'Charlie's Angels' pose at the Literary Lights Dinner. The dinner was held as a part of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in the International Ballroom at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Krys Boyd and Sheryl WuDunn sitting on stage during Literary Lights Dinner]

Photograph of Krys Boyd (yellow) and Sheryl WuDunn (black), the first Asian American reporter to win a Pulitzer Prize, sitting on stage at the Literary Lights Dinner. WuDunn is speaking to those it attendance and is also gesturing with her hands. She was invited to be the Keynote Speaker at the event held by the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. There is a screen next to them that is displaying an enlarged image of the two sitting down. The dinner took place in the International Ballroom at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Charles Johnson's book]

Photograph of Dr. Charles Johnson, a professor emeritus at the University of Washington and author of the book "The Way of the Writer", standing at a podium during his keynote. The event was held during the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.
Date: July 23, 2017
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library