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Preserving Our Collective Digital History

This presentation introduces the mission and the roles of the departments in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and focuses on the infrastructure of the Digital Projects Unit.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service's Fiscal Year 2009 Expenditure Plan (open access)

Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service's Fiscal Year 2009 Expenditure Plan

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Business Systems Modernization (BSM) program is a multi-billion-dollar, high-risk, highly complex effort that involves the development and delivery of a number of modernized systems that are intended to replace the agency's aging business and tax processing systems. As required, IRS submitted its fiscal year 2009 expenditure plan in August 2008 to the congressional appropriations committees, requesting $222 million from the BSM account. GAO's objectives in reviewing the expenditure plan were to (1) determine whether it satisfies the applicable legislative conditions, (2) determine IRS's progress in implementing prior expenditure plan review recommendations, and (3) provide additional observations about the plan and the BSM program. To accomplish the objectives, GAO analyzed the plan, reviewed related documentation, and interviewed IRS officials."
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Coal: DOE Should Prepare a Comprehensive Analysis of the Relative Costs, Benefits, and Risks of a Range of Options for FutureGen (open access)

Clean Coal: DOE Should Prepare a Comprehensive Analysis of the Relative Costs, Benefits, and Risks of a Range of Options for FutureGen

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses our recent report on the Department of Energy's (DOE) decision to restructure the FutureGen program. The original FutureGen plant was to capture and store underground about 90 percent of its CO2 emissions. DOE's cost share was to be 74 percent, and industry partners agreed to fund the rest. Concerned about escalating costs, DOE announced in January 2008 that it had decided to restructure FutureGen. In October 2008, DOE received a small number of applications for the restructured FutureGen; however, some of these applications were for proposals outside the restructured FutureGen's scope. As we reported, DOE is currently assessing proposals received and stated it expected to announce a selection of projects by December 2008; however, as of the beginning of March 2009, it had made no decision. DOE requested supplemental information from restructured FutureGen applicants, which will be reviewed before any selection decision. As Congress may know, the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, known as the stimulus law, provides DOE an additional $3.4 billion for "Fossil Energy Research and Development." Such a substantial amount of funding could significantly impact DOE's decisions about …
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest Service: Emerging Issues Highlight the Need to Address Persistent Management Challenges (open access)

Forest Service: Emerging Issues Highlight the Need to Address Persistent Management Challenges

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Forest Service, within the Department of Agriculture, manages over 190 million acres of forest and grassland. The agency is responsible for managing its lands for various purposes--including recreation, grazing, timber harvesting, and others--while ensuring that such activities do not impair the lands' long-term productivity. Carrying out these often competing responsibilities has been made more difficult by the increasing cost of wildland fires and the budgetary constraints necessitated by our nation's long-term fiscal outlook. This testimony highlights some of the major management challenges the Forest Service faces in carrying out its land management responsibilities. It is based on numerous reports GAO has issued on a wide variety of the agency's activities."
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues (open access)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses our work on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), under which the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has the authority to purchase and insure up to $700 billion in troubled assets held by financial institutions through its Office of Financial Stability (OFS). As Congress may know, Treasury was granted this authority in response to the financial crisis that has threatened the stability of the U.S. banking system and the solvency of numerous financial institutions. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (the act) that authorized TARP on October 3, 2008, requires GAO to report at least every 60 days on findings resulting from our oversight of the actions taken under TARP. This testimony is based primarily on our January 30, 2009 report, the second under the act's mandate, which covers the actions taken as part of TARP through January 23, 2009, and follows up on the nine recommendations we made in our December 2, 2008 report. This testomony also provides additional information on some recent developments related to TARP, including Treasury's new financial stability plan."
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 66, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 66, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 160, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 160, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Nugent, Tiara
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Garcia, Martin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Seller-Funded Downpayment Assistance in FHA-Insured Home Loans (open access)

Treatment of Seller-Funded Downpayment Assistance in FHA-Insured Home Loans

This report discusses the seller-funded down-payment assistance that qualify for FHA-insured home loans.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Foote, Bruce E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus internet domain] (open access)

[Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus internet domain]

Payment record for Karl-Thomas Musselman of $59.70 made on March 11, 2009. An invoice for domains to Daniel Graney and Allen J. Daniels of $59.70 from Karl-Thomas Musselman on February 5, 2009. A payment record for Texas Young Democrats PAC of $100.00 made on March 26, 2009. An email from Daniel Graney to Al Daniels discussing invoice for domains. An email correspondence between Daniel Graney, John McClelland, Jace Reeder, and Erica Contreras regarding ad space in the Texas Young Democrats convention program and ad costs. Print out of Texas Young Democrats contribution web pages. Another email from Dan Graney to Al Daniels, Erin Moore, Kaye Gooch, discussing Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus ad. Also, a photocopy of the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus ad listing organizations and the website domain.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Email from Daniel Graney to members] (open access)

[Email from Daniel Graney to members]

Email from Daniel Graney to multiple recipients on March 11, 2009, forwarding Eli Olivarez's email discussing Stonewall Democrats of the Rio Grande Valley's first mixer, and recruitment of new members.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 337, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 337, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 65, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 65, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Millikelvin thermal and electrical performance of lossy transmission line filters (open access)

Millikelvin thermal and electrical performance of lossy transmission line filters

We report on the scattering parameters and Johnson noise emission of low-pass stripline filters employing a magnetically loaded silicone dielectric down to 25 mK. The transmission characteristic of a device with f-3dB=1.3 GHz remains essentially unchanged upon cooling. Another device with f-edB=0.4 GHz, measured in its stopband, exhibits a steady state noise power emission consistent with a temperature difference of a few mK relative to a well-anchored cryogenic microwave attenuator at temperatures down to 25 mK, thus presenting a matched thermal load.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Slichter, Daniel; Naaman, Ofer & Siddiqi, Irfan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 2009 Phased Construction Completion Report for EU Z2-36 in Zone 2, East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (open access)

Fiscal Year 2009 Phased Construction Completion Report for EU Z2-36 in Zone 2, East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Bechtel Jacobs
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Four Critical Needs to Change the Hydrate Energy Paradigm from Assessment to Production: The 2007 Report to Congress by the U.S. Federal methane Hydrate Advisory Committee (open access)

Four Critical Needs to Change the Hydrate Energy Paradigm from Assessment to Production: The 2007 Report to Congress by the U.S. Federal methane Hydrate Advisory Committee

This work summarizes a two-year study by the U.S. Federal Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee recommending the future needs for federally-supported hydrate research. The Report was submitted to the US Congress on August 14, 2007 and includes four recommendations regarding (a) permafrost hydrate production testing, (b) marine hydrate viability assessment (c) climate effect of hydrates, and (d) international cooperation. A secure supply of natural gas is a vital goal of the U.S. national energy policy because natural gas is the cleanest and most widely used of all fossil fuels. The inherent cleanliness of natural gas, with the lowest CO2 emission per unit of heat energy of any fossil fuel, means substituting gas for coal and fuel oil will reduce emissions that can exacerbate the greenhouse effect. Both a fuel and a feedstock, a secure and reasonably priced supply of natural gas is important to industry, electric power generators, large and small commercial enterprises, and homeowners. Because each volume of solid gas hydrate contains as much as 164 standard volumes of methane, hydrates can be viewed as a concentrated form of natural gas equivalent to compressed gas but less concentrated than liquefied natural gas (LNG). Natural hydrate accumulations worldwide are estimated to …
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Mahajan,D.; Sloan, D.; Brewer, P.; Dutta, N.; Johnson, A.; Jones, E. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
PTC, ITC, or Cash Grant? An Analysis of the Choice Facing Renewable Power Projects in the United States (open access)

PTC, ITC, or Cash Grant? An Analysis of the Choice Facing Renewable Power Projects in the United States

Renewable power technologies are inherently capital-intensive, often (but not always) with relatively high construction costs and low operating costs. For this reason, renewable power technologies are typically more sensitive to the availability and cost of financing than are natural gas power plants, for example. In the United States, the bulk of renewable project finance in recent years has been provided by 'tax equity investors' (typically large investment banks and insurance companies) who partner with project developers through highly specialized financing structures (Bolinger, 2009; Cory et al., 2008; Harper et al., 2007). These structures have been designed primarily to capitalize on federal support for renewable power technologies, which has historically come in the form of tax credits and accelerated depreciation deductions. The number of tax equity investors active in the renewable power market has declined precipitously, however, as a result of the financial crisis that began unfolding across the globe in the summer of 2008. The resulting shortage and increased cost of project financing has, in turn, slowed the development of new renewable power projects, leading to layoffs throughout the entire industry supply chain. In recognition of the fact that tax-based policy incentives are not particularly effective when tax burdens are …
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Bolinger, Mark; Wiser, Ryan; Cory, Karlynn & James, Ted
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Ernie Boyette to Helen Wyatt Snapp, March 11, 2009] (open access)

[Letter from Ernie Boyette to Helen Wyatt Snapp, March 11, 2009]

Letter from Ernie Boyette to Helen Wyatt Snapp discussing the publication of Boyette's book, which Snapp contributed to with her own story as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Boyette, Ernie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mercury Calibration System (open access)

Mercury Calibration System

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Performance Specification 12 in the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) states that a mercury CEM must be calibrated with National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)-traceable standards. In early 2009, a NIST traceable standard for elemental mercury CEM calibration still does not exist. Despite the vacature of CAMR by a Federal appeals court in early 2008, a NIST traceable standard is still needed for whatever regulation is implemented in the future. Thermo Fisher is a major vendor providing complete integrated mercury continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) systems to the industry. WRI is participating with EPA, EPRI, NIST, and Thermo Fisher towards the development of the criteria that will be used in the traceability protocols to be issued by EPA. An initial draft of an elemental mercury calibration traceability protocol was distributed for comment to the participating research groups and vendors on a limited basis in early May 2007. In August 2007, EPA issued an interim traceability protocol for elemental mercury calibrators. Various working drafts of the new interim traceability protocols were distributed in late 2008 and early 2009 to participants in the Mercury Standards Working Committee project. The protocols include sections on qualification and certification. The …
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Schabron, John; Kalberer, Eric; Rovani, Joseph; Sanderson, Mark; Boysen, Ryan & Schuster, William
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mercury Calibration System (open access)

Mercury Calibration System

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Performance Specification 12 in the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) states that a mercury CEM must be calibrated with National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)-traceable standards. In early 2009, a NIST traceable standard for elemental mercury CEM calibration still does not exist. Despite the vacature of CAMR by a Federal appeals court in early 2008, a NIST traceable standard is still needed for whatever regulation is implemented in the future. Thermo Fisher is a major vendor providing complete integrated mercury continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) systems to the industry. WRI is participating with EPA, EPRI, NIST, and Thermo Fisher towards the development of the criteria that will be used in the traceability protocols to be issued by EPA. An initial draft of an elemental mercury calibration traceability protocol was distributed for comment to the participating research groups and vendors on a limited basis in early May 2007. In August 2007, EPA issued an interim traceability protocol for elemental mercury calibrators. Various working drafts of the new interim traceability protocols were distributed in late 2008 and early 2009 to participants in the Mercury Standards Working Committee project. The protocols include sections on qualification and certification. The …
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Schabron, John; Kalberer, Eric; Rovani, Joseph; Sanderson, Mark; Boysen, Ryan & Schuster, William
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress (open access)

The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress

This report provides historical background of the Council, including the role of the previous Commission. It discusses the Council's current mandate and structure, as well as U.S. policy and congressional actions.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library