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81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 731, Chapter 3 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 731, Chapter 3

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the sale of certain alcoholic beverages to private club registration permit holders.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acquisition Workforce: DOD Can Improve Its Management and Oversight by Tracking Data on Contractor Personnel and Taking Additional Actions (open access)

Acquisition Workforce: DOD Can Improve Its Management and Oversight by Tracking Data on Contractor Personnel and Taking Additional Actions

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 2001, Department of Defense's (DOD) spending on goods and services has more than doubled to $388 billion in 2008, while the number of civilian and military acquisition personnel has remained relatively stable. To supplement its in-house workforce, DOD relies heavily on contractor personnel. If it does not maintain an adequate workforce, DOD places its billion-dollar acquisitions at an increased risk of poor outcomes and vulnerability to fraud, waste, and abuse. This testimony is based on GAO's March 2009 report and addresses DOD's efforts to assess the sufficiency of the total acquisition workforce and to improve its management and oversight of that workforce. It also discusses selected practices of leading organizations that may provide DOD with insights for its efforts."
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advance Appropriations for Veterans' Health Care: Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Advance Appropriations for Veterans' Health Care: Issues and Options for Congress

This report discusses issues regarding authorization of an advanced appropriation for certain medical care accounts of the Veterans Health Administration.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Panangala, Sidath V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ALTERNATE APPROACH TO HAZARD CATEGORIZATION FOR SALTSTONE FACILITY AT SRS (open access)

ALTERNATE APPROACH TO HAZARD CATEGORIZATION FOR SALTSTONE FACILITY AT SRS

The Saltstone Facility at Savannah River Site (SRS) was originally segmented into two segments: the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF) and the Saltstone Disposal Facility (SDF). Based on the inventory of radionuclides available for release the SPF and SDF were categorized as Nonreactor Hazard Category (HC)-3. The hazard categorization recognized the SDF will contain contributions of radionuclides which would exceed the HC-2 Threshold Quantity (TQ) in the form of grout. However it was determined not to impact the facility hazard categorization based on the grout being in a solid, monolithic form which was not easily dispersible. But, the impact of a quantity of unset grout expected to be present at the vault following operation of the process was not addressed. A Potential Inadequacy in Safety Analysis (PISA) was later issued based on the hazard categorization determination for the facility not addressing unset grout. This initiated a re-evaluation of the accident scenarios within the hazards analysis. During this re-evaluation, the segmentation of the facility was challenged based on the potential interaction between facility segments; specifically, the leachate return line and the grout transfer line, which were considered separate segments, are located in close proximity at one point. such that for certain events …
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Roy, B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 209, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 209, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 116, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 116, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Cartwright, Brian & Velvin, Candace E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Koe, Crystal
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bureau of Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Security Controls (open access)

Bureau of Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Security Controls

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In connection with fulfilling our requirement to audit the financial statements of the U.S. government, we audited and reported on the Schedules of Federal Debt Managed by the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007. As part of these audits, we performed a review of the general and application information security controls over key BPD financial systems. As we reported in connection with our audit of the Schedules of Federal Debt for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, we concluded that BPD maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control relevant to the Schedule of Federal Debt related to financial reporting and compliance with applicable laws and regulations as of September 30, 2008, that provided reasonable assurance that misstatements, losses, or noncompliance material in relation to the Schedule of Federal Debt would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. However, we found deficiencies involving information security controls that we do not consider to be significant deficiencies. With regard to financial reporting and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, BPD mitigated the potential effect of such …
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
DEMONSTRATION OF THE DWPF FLOWSHEET IN THE SRNL SHIELDED CELLS WITH TANK 40 AND H CANYON NEPTUNIUM (open access)

DEMONSTRATION OF THE DWPF FLOWSHEET IN THE SRNL SHIELDED CELLS WITH TANK 40 AND H CANYON NEPTUNIUM

The Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) is currently processing Sludge Batch 5 (SB5) from Tank 40. SB5 contains the contents of Tank 51 from November 2008, qualified by the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the heel in Tank 40 remaining from Sludge Batch 4. Current Liquid Waste Operations (LWO) plans are to (1) decant supernatant from Tank 40 to remove excess liquid caused by a leaking slurry pump and (2) receive a Np stream from H Canyon It should be noted that the Np stream contains significant nitrate requiring addition of nitrite to Tank 40 to maintain a high nitrite to nitrate ratio for corrosion control. SRNL has been requested to qualify the proposed changes; determine the impact on DWPF processability in terms of hydrogen generation, rheology, etc.; evaluate antifoam addition strategy; and evaluate mercury stripping. Therefore, SRNL received a 3 L sample of Tank 40 following the transfer of Tank 51 to Tank 40 (Tank Farm Sample HTF-40-08-157 to be used in testing and to perform the required Waste Acceptance Product Specifications radionuclide analyses). Based on Tank Farm projections, SRNL decanted a portion* of the sample, added sodium nitrite, and added a Np solution from H Canyon representative …
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Pareizs, J; Bradley Pickenheim, B; Cj Bannochie, C & Michael Stone, M
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Designing Neutralized Drift Compression for Focusing of Intense Ion Beam Pulses in a Background Plasma (open access)

Designing Neutralized Drift Compression for Focusing of Intense Ion Beam Pulses in a Background Plasma

Neutralized drift compression offers an effective method for particle beam focusing and current amplification. In neutralized drift compression, a linear radial and longitudinal velocity drift is applied to a beam pulse, so that the beam pulse compresses as it drifts in the drift-compression section. The beam intensity can increase more than a factor of 100 in both the radial and longitudinal directions, resulting in more than 10,000 times increase in the beam number density during this process. The self-electric and self-magnetic fields can prevent tight ballistic focusing and have to be neutralized by supplying neutralizing electrons. This paper presents a survey of the present theoretical understanding of the drift compression process and plasma neutralization of intense particle beams. The optimal configuration of focusing and neutralizing elements is discussed in this paper.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Kaganovich, I. D.; Davidson, R. C.; Dorf, M.; Startsev, E. A.; Barnard, J. J.; Friedman, A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2009-04-28 - Sophia Misuk Ro, violin

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Ro, Sophia Misuk
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2009-04-28 – Flute Choir

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
UNT Flute Choir performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Flute Choir.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 80, April 28, 2009, Pages 19125-19370 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 80, April 28, 2009, Pages 19125-19370

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office (open access)

Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discuss the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) budget request for fiscal year 2010. In fiscal year 2008 GAO delivered advice and analyses to the Congress in response to requests from all of the standing committees of the House and the Senate and over 80 percent of their subcommittees. The hard work of our staff yielded significant results across the government, including expert testimony at over 300 congressional hearings, hundreds of improvements in government operations, and billions in financial benefits. While we will strive to make progress in responding to new congressional requests sooner with our fiscal year 2009 funding level, our fiscal year 2010 request would enable GAO to make more progress in addressing the issues of greatest interest to the Congress and the American public during these challenging times."
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 146, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 146, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Information Technology: Management and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars Need Attention (open access)

Information Technology: Management and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars Need Attention

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Billions of taxpayer dollars are spent on federal information technology (IT) projects each year; for fiscal year 2009, federal IT spending has risen to an estimated $71 billion. Given the size of these investments and their significance to the health, economy, and security of the nation, it is important that that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and federal agencies are providing adequate oversight and ensuring transparency of these programs. Appropriate oversight and transparency will help ensure that programs are delivered on time, within budget, and with the promised capabilities. During the past several years, GAO has issued numerous reports and testimonies on OMB's initiatives to highlight troubled projects, justify IT investments, and use project management tools. For example, OMB has used a Management Watch List to identify major projects that were poorly planned and has required agencies to identify high-risk projects that have performance shortfalls. GAO made many recommendations to improve these initiatives and further enhance oversight and transparency of IT projects. GAO was asked to testify on key OMB efforts to improve the oversight and transparency of federal IT projects. In preparing this testimony, GAO …
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Junior Recital: 2009-04-28 - Logan Walsh, baritone

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) degree.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Walsh, Logan
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Limits on a muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the Sun with the IceCube 22-string detector (open access)

Limits on a muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the Sun with the IceCube 22-string detector

A search for muon neutrinos from neutralino annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the IceCube 22-string neutrino detector using data collected in 104.3 days of live-time in 2007. No excess over the expected atmospheric background has been observed. Upper limits have been obtained on the annihilation rate of captured neutralinos in the Sun and converted to limits on the WIMP-proton cross-sections for WIMP masses in the range 250-5000 GeV. These results are the most stringent limits to date on neutralino annihilation in the Sun.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Collaboration, IceCube & Klein, Spencer
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
MANHATTAN PROJECT B REACTOR HANFORD WASHINGTON [HANFORD'S HISTORIC B REACTOR (12-PAGE BOOKLET)] (open access)

MANHATTAN PROJECT B REACTOR HANFORD WASHINGTON [HANFORD'S HISTORIC B REACTOR (12-PAGE BOOKLET)]

The Hanford Site began as part of the United States Manhattan Project to research, test and build atomic weapons during World War II. The original 670-square mile Hanford Site, then known as the Hanford Engineer Works, was the last of three top-secret sites constructed in order to produce enriched uranium and plutonium for the world's first nuclear weapons. B Reactor, located about 45 miles northwest of Richland, Washington, is the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor. Not only was B Reactor a first-of-a-kind engineering structure, it was built and fully functional in just 11 months. Eventually, the shoreline of the Columbia River in southeastern Washington State held nine nuclear reactors at the height of Hanford's nuclear defense production during the Cold War era. The B Reactor was shut down in 1968. During the 1980's, the U.S. Department of Energy began removing B Reactor's support facilities. The reactor building, the river pumphouse and the reactor stack are the only facilities that remain. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Richland Operations Office offers escorted public access to B Reactor along a designated tour route. The National Park Service (NPS) is studying preservation and interpretation options for sites associated with the Manhattan Project. …
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: MS, GERBER
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): Federal Legal Authority (open access)

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): Federal Legal Authority

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Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Vann, Adam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2009-04-28 - Benjamin Haugland, piano

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Haugland, Benjamin
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library