Defense Computers: DOD's Plan for Execution of Simulated Year 2000 Exercises (open access)

Defense Computers: DOD's Plan for Execution of Simulated Year 2000 Exercises

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's plan to execute simulated year 2000 exercises, focusing on: (1) the methodology to be used to simulate the year 2000; (2) the potential information that will be collected as a result of implementing the plan; (3) the adequacy of the planned tests; and (4) assessing the impact that the plan will have on military readiness."
Date: January 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Pseudorabies in Swine and Payment of Indemnity (open access)

Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Pseudorabies in Swine and Payment of Indemnity

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) new rule concerning containing pseudorabies in swine. GAO noted that: (1) the rule would establish the animal health regulations to provide for the payment of indemnity for the voluntary depopulation of herds of swine known to be infected with pseudorabies; (2) APHIS states that the payment of indemnity will encourage depopulation of infected herds and, therefore, will reduce the risk of other swine becoming infected with the disease; and (4) APHIS complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: January 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection: Allegations by EPA Employees (open access)

Environmental Protection: Allegations by EPA Employees

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on a letter published in the Washington Times by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees and others having business with the agency alleging mismanagement by EPA and retaliation against whistleblowers, focusing on: (1) providing specific information on the allegations made by the 20 individuals and EPA's response to the allegations; and (2) whether these and other individuals sought relief under whistleblower statutory provisions and, if so, the resolution or status of the cases and whether the 20 individuals are still employed by or have business with the agency."
Date: January 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest Service: Accounting Treatment of Roadbed Costs (open access)

Forest Service: Accounting Treatment of Roadbed Costs

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Forest Service's change in accounting for roadbed costs recorded in its Timber Sales Program Information Reporting System, focusing on: (1) how federal accounting standards are developed; (2) the rationale behind the treatment of stewardship land in federal accounting standards; (3) the rationale behind the Forest Service's accounting change; and (4) whether the Forest Service appropriately implemented the Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standard (SFFAS) No. 6as it relates to timber roadbed costs."
Date: January 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Airspace System: Observations on American Airlines' 1997 Study of Future Air Traffic Congestion (open access)

National Airspace System: Observations on American Airlines' 1997 Study of Future Air Traffic Congestion

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the American Airlines' study on air traffic congestion focusing on: (1) providing observations on its findings; and (2) reviewing other studies of air traffic congestion, assessing the limitations of these types of studies, and identifying the next steps in addressing the problem of air traffic congestion."
Date: January 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Travel System Requirements (Exposure Draft) (open access)

Travel System Requirements (Exposure Draft)

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the mandatory and value-added functional requirements for system administration and major elements of the travel process, including travel authorization, travel advances, travel voucher, local travel, non-federal sponsored travel, temporary/permanent change of station, interface requirements, and reports."
Date: January 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Airports: Selected Airports' Views on Federal Requirements (open access)

U.S. Airports: Selected Airports' Views on Federal Requirements

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on airports' complaints concerning Federal Aviation Administration requirements, focusing on: (1) which federal laws, regulations, and administrative requirements potentially affect airports' development, operations, and financing; and (2) which federal requirements airport officials view as having a positive or negative effect on their airports and why."
Date: January 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: Testing of F-15 and F-16 Radomes (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: Testing of F-15 and F-16 Radomes

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the potential for shortfalls in the performance of two radomes, one for the F-15 Eagle and one for the F-16 Falcon, focusing on whether replacement radomes, bought for spares and supplied by vendors other than the original manufacturer, met the Air Force's specifications for the original radomes."
Date: January 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Randy Mallory to Mike Murphy, January 28, 1999] (open access)

[Letter from Randy Mallory to Mike Murphy, January 28, 1999]

Letter from Randy Mallory to Mike Murphy dated January 28, 1999 regarding images taken by Guy Gillette to be used for a photo essay on life in East Texas.
Date: January 28, 1999
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Park Service: Flood Recovery Efforts at Yosemite National Park, California (open access)

National Park Service: Flood Recovery Efforts at Yosemite National Park, California

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the use of the disaster recovery funds provided for Yosemite National Park, following the January 1997 flood, focusing on whether: (1) planned and actual expenditures are consistent with the park's planning documents; (2) the costs of the disaster recovery projects appear reasonable; and (3) there is any merit to the allegations about the misuse of some of the disaster recovery funds."
Date: January 27, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Homework Assignment, January 23, 1999] (open access)

[Homework Assignment, January 23, 1999]

2-page Homework Assignment Understanding Organizations, January 23, 1999. The assignment includes instructions for the unnamed participant to answer questions and consult their mentors.
Date: January 23, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from President Bill Clinton to Gary Lanham] (open access)

[Letter from President Bill Clinton to Gary Lanham]

Letter from President Bill Clinton to Gary Lanham, in regards to the passing of John Thomas. In the letter President Bill Clinton gives his sympathy, stating that Thomas was a staple of the lesbian and gay community.
Date: January 22, 1999
Creator: Clinton, Bill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Administration: Compliance With Presidential Directive to Reduce Management-to-Staff Ratio (open access)

Social Security Administration: Compliance With Presidential Directive to Reduce Management-to-Staff Ratio

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Social Security Administration's (SSA) efforts to implement a National Performance Review (NPR) recommendation to reduce its management-to-staff ratio, focusing on the: (1) progress SSA has made to date in achieving the directive to reduce its management-to-staff ratio, particularly for staff graded GS-12 and above; and (2) steps SSA has taken to reduce the number of supervisory positions."
Date: January 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Comments on Whether EPA Interim Guidance Is a Rule Under the Congressional Review Act] (open access)

[Comments on Whether EPA Interim Guidance Is a Rule Under the Congressional Review Act]

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on whether interim guidance for investigating Title VI administrative complaints challenging permits issued by the Environmental Protection Agency is a rule under the Congressional Review Act portion of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act (SBREFA). GAO held that, irrespective of whether or not in isolation the second portion of the interim guidance is properly viewed as procedural, considered as a whole, the interim guidance clearly affects the rights of non-agency parties. Thus, it constitutes a rule under SBREFA subject to congressional review."
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Aviation Administration: Issues Concerning the Reauthorization of Aviation Programs (open access)

Federal Aviation Administration: Issues Concerning the Reauthorization of Aviation Programs

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the issues being considered in the proposed legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) aviation programs, focusing on: (1) air traffic control modernization program; (2) efforts to make its computer systems ready for the year 2000; (3) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding; (4) aviation safety and security measures; and (5) efforts to enhance aviation competition."
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[John David Thomas, memorial program] (open access)

[John David Thomas, memorial program]

Memorial program for John David Thomas, who lived from June 20, 1947 - January 20, 1999.
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[John Thomas obituary] (open access)

[John Thomas obituary]

An obituary for John Thomas by Resource Center Dallas.
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: Resource Center Dallas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Pollution: Proposed Pretreatment Standards for Industrial Laundries (open access)

Water Pollution: Proposed Pretreatment Standards for Industrial Laundries

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the industrial laundry industry regarding EPA's cost benefit analyses of its proposed pretreatment standards, focusing on: (1) EPA's implementation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA); (2) the significant differences between EPA's and the industry's cost estimates of this proposed regulation; (3) ascertaining how EPA estimated the benefits of the proposed rule and disclosed the uncertainties associated with the accuracy of its estimates; and (4) how EPA's analysis supports its belief that the agency has chosen the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome regulatory alternative."
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Working draft of the funeral program for John Thomas] (open access)

[Working draft of the funeral program for John Thomas]

A working draft of the funeral program for John Thomas' memorial service to commemorate his life.
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness Improving, But Critical Risks Remain (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness Improving, But Critical Risks Remain

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the progress being made in addressing the year 2000 computing challenge and outlined the actions that need to be taken to ensure a smooth conversion to the next century."
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Readiness Improving, But Much Work Remains to Avoid Major Disruptions (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Readiness Improving, But Much Work Remains to Avoid Major Disruptions

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed: (1) the year 2000 risks facing the nation; (2) the federal government's progress and remaining challenges in correcting its systems; (3) state and local government year 2000 issues; and (4) the readiness of key public infrastructures and economic sectors."
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. in Conjunction with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Presents Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis] (open access)

[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. in Conjunction with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Presents Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing a one-woman show hosted on February 12-14, 1999 at the Naomi Bruton Theater.
Date: January 19, 1999
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
System: The UNT Digital Library
Award of Indian Health Professions Scholarships (open access)

Award of Indian Health Professions Scholarships

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO investigated: (1) the Indian Health Service (IHS) award of Indian Health Professions Scholarships (graduate scholarships) pursuant to 25 U.S.C. section 1613a of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act."
Date: January 15, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Event Preparation Chronicles: Dan Dipert's Travel World Marketplace Compilation] (open access)

[Event Preparation Chronicles: Dan Dipert's Travel World Marketplace Compilation]

A carefully curated collection bringing together a handwritten to-do list, a detailed document highlighting the Travel World Marketplace advertisement, procedures for door prize drawings and giveaways, insights into screen room presentations, and an exclusive invitation to the Dan Dipert Tours & Travel Exhibitor Luncheon.
Date: [1999-01-15,1999-01-16]
Creator: Denton Chamber of Commerce
System: The UNT Digital Library