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Patent and Trademark Office: New User Fee Design Presents Opportunities to Build on Transparency and Communication Success
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "To successfully manage AIA implementation, USPTO must consider a number of trade-offs as it sets and uses its over 340 fees, as well as maintain an effective fee review process. USPTO officials have stated that the agencys limited fee-setting authority prior to the AIA and uncertainty about the extent to which its collections would be available contributed to a number of the agencys operational challenges, such as the current backlog of over 640,000 patent applications and patent application processing time of over 30 months. They said fees that generated over 80 percent of USPTOs revenues were set in statute, limiting the agencys ability to ensure that total collections kept pace with total costs as its workload has grown. USPTO can only use its fee collections to the extent that Congress makes them available. In the past, Congress has in some years made available less than the total amount collected; there has been significant debate about the status and use of these fees collected in excess of amounts appropriated."
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Postal Service: Field Offices' Role in Cost-Reduction and Revenue-Generation Efforts
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Field employees have key roles in the U.S. Postal Services (USPS) efforts to reduce costs and generate revenue. For example, these employees evaluate the feasibility of closing or consolidating facilities, such as post offices and mail- processing facilities; carry out the closures and consolidations of these facilities; and evaluate and consolidate delivery routes. These roles support USPSs plans to save, by 2016, about $9 billion annually by improving its operational efficiency and realigning its retail, mail processing, and delivery networks with declining mail use. These plans include evaluating about half of its approximately 31,000 post offices to identify cost-reduction opportunities, closing or reducing operations at about half of its 461 mail-processing facilities, and consolidating about 20,000 of its 144,000 city delivery routes. Area and district employees also have a significant role in USPSs efforts to generate additional revenue by (1) promoting the value of mail to businesses, (2) maintaining and increasing its customer base through customer service, and (3) growing the package business."
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Missile Defense: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Acquisitions by Reducing Concurrency and Improving Parts Quality
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unemployed Older Workers: Many Experience Challenges Regaining Employment and Face Reduced Retirement Security
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As with many other demographic groups, older workers unemployment overall and long-term unemployment rates have increased dramatically since the recession began in 2007. In December 2011, the unemployment rate for older workers was 6.0 percent, up from 3.1 at the start of the recession, but down from its peak of 7.6 percent in February 2010. In particular, long-term unemployment rose substantially, and at a greater rate for older than younger workers. By 2011, 55 percent of unemployed older workers had been actively seeking a job for more than half a year (27 weeks or more). Meanwhile, the long-term trend of rising labor force participation rates among older workers has continued, with the recession possibly amplifying this trend."
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: Federal Oversight of Payments and Program Integrity Needs Improvement
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Oversight of managed care rate-setting has been inconsistent. In August 2010, GAO reported that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had not ensured that all states were complying with the managed care actuarial soundness requirements that rates be developed in accordance with actuarial principles, appropriate for the population and services, and certified by actuaries. For example, GAO found significant gaps in CMSs oversight of 2 of the 26 states reviewedCMS had not reviewed one states rates in multiple years and had not completed a full review of another states rates since the actuarial soundness requirements became effective. Variation in practices across CMS regional offices contributed to these gaps and other inconsistencies in the agencys oversight of states rate setting. GAOs previous work also found that CMSs efforts to ensure the quality of the data used to set rates were generally limited to requiring assurances from states and health plansefforts that did not provide the agency with enough information to ensure the quality of the data used. With limited information on data quality, CMS cannot ensure that states managed care rates are appropriate, which places billions of …
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agency Operations: Agencies Must Continue to Comply with Fiscal Laws Despite the Possibility of Sequestration
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Budget Control Act of 2011, amending the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, establishes limits on discretionary spending for fiscal years 2012 through 2021. In addition, the Act specifies additional limits on discretionary spending and automatic reductions in direct spending because legislation was not enacted that would reduce projected deficits by at least $1.2 trillion by the end of fiscal year 2021. Among other things, the Budget Control Act requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to calculate, and the President to order, a sequestration of discretionary and direct spending on January 2, 2013, to achieve reductions for that fiscal year."
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Safety: FAA Is Taking Steps to Improve Data, but Challenges for Managing Safety Risks Remain
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses data reactively and proactively to prevent accidents and manage safety risks. For instance, since 1998, FAA has partnered with the airline industry to identify precursors and contributing factors, and ensure that efforts to improve safety focus on the most prevalent categories of accidents and formulate an intervention strategy designed to reduce recurrences. Although FAA plans to continue using data reactively to understand the causes of accidents and incidents, as part of its adoption of Safety Management Systems (SMS), it is shifting to a proactive approach in which it analyzes data to identify and mitigate risks before they result in accidents."
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 150, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 53, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Authorization, Operation, and Drawdown Policy
This report looks at the history, purpose, and current status of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
Andrews, Anthony & Pirog, Robert
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 149, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Edna, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 54, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
Gorman, Sean
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 085, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
Mann, Rick
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ensemble: 2012-04-25 – Symphony Orchestra and Grand Chorus
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Orchestra and Chorus concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
University of North Texas. Symphony Orchestra.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ensemble: 2012-04-25 – Symphony Orchestra and Grand Chorus
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Symphonic and choral concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
University of North Texas. Symphony Orchestra.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 271, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
Bush, Michael
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Doctoral Recital: 2012-04-25 - Lucas Rego Borges, trombone
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
Borges, Lucas Rego
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 165, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Weekly newspaper from Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
Deason, Gene
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Daily newspaper from Ennis, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
Todaro, Nick
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Domestic Content Legislation: The Buy American Act and Complementary Little Buy American Provisions
Congress has broad authority to place conditions on the purchases made by the federal government or with federal dollars. One of many conditions that it has placed on direct government purchases is a requirement that they be produced in the United States. The most well-known of these requirements is the Buy American Act, which is the major domestic preference statute governing procurement by the federal government. This report summarizes (1) the Buy American Act, what it does and does not cover; (2) the Little Buy American Acts found in permanent law, emphasizing what they govern, major exceptions and why Congress felt them necessary in light of the requirements of the Buy American Act; and (3) the temporary Little Buy American provision found in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Date:
April 25, 2012
Creator:
Luckey, John R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library