A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Departments of Defense (DOD) and State (State) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have collectively obligated billions of dollars for contracts and assistance to support U.S. efforts in Afghanistan. There are concerns that U.S. funds are being diverted to fund insurgent and criminal activity in Afghanistan. In light of these concerns, under the authority of the Comptroller General of the United States, we initiated a review to identify DOD, State, and USAID efforts to vet non-U.S. contractors and assistance recipients in Afghanistan. GAO examined (1) the extent to which DOD has established a process to vet non-U.S. vendors to ensure that resources are not used to support insurgents; (2) the extent to which State and USAID have established processes to vet vendors and assistance recipients; and (3) the extent to which vetting information is shared among DOD, State, and USAID. GAO reviewed documents and met with a variety of agency officials to address the report's objectives."

This document provides information on the distribution of $468 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Mannford, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

This report covers concerns that Congress has expresses over U.S. acquisition of rare earth elements, particularly those used in various components of defense weapon systems. Specific concerns are the acquisition of these elements, especially from foreign sources such as China; how dependence of foreign sources affects national security; and methods for decreasing the relationship between reliance on foreign sources and national security.

The report discusses the question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, that has emerged as a key issue in U.S. defense planning. Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, stated in June 2010 that "I have moved from being curious to being genuinely concerned" about China's military programs. The question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort is of particular importance to the U.S. Navy, because many U.S. military programs for countering improved Chinese military forces would fall within the Navy's budget.

This report looks at Japan-U.S. relations since WWII. The report focuses on some problems which can be addressed by Congress, including the earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan in March, 2011, the Futenma Marine Air Station in Okinawa, bilateral trade, and economic issues resulting from the recent credit crisis and related economic recession.

The report discusses the question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, that has emerged as a key issue in U.S. defense planning. The question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort is of particular importance to the U.S. Navy, because many U.S. military programs for countering improved Chinese military forces would fall within the Navy's budget.

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Photograph of three Teach North Texas program members sitting at a picnic table during the group's Spring Picnic. They are in an open park and are under a pavilion.

Photograph of six members of the Teach North Texas program in the offices and workroom space at the UNT College of Education. The two closest are sitting at a table with computers and behind them another four are seated around a collection of tables and one has a laptop open in front of her.

Photograph of three Teach North Texas program members standing on a sand volleyball court at a park during the group's Spring Picnic. The one in the back is reaching for the volleyball.

Photograph of two Teach North Texas program members standing on a sand volleyball court at a park during the group's Spring Picnic. They are in position waiting for the ball to make it over the net.

Photograph of two Teach North Texas program members sitting at a picnic table during the group's Spring Picnic. They are in an open park and are under a pavilion. There are plates with food in front of them and the parking lot is visible behind them.

Photograph of two Teach North Texas program members sitting at a picnic table during the group's Spring Picnic. They are in an open park and there are plates with food in front of them and the parking lot is visible behind them. There is also a child on the other side of the table.

Photograph of four members of the Teach North Texas program in the offices and workroom space at the UNT College of Education. They are seated at a group of desks with computers in front of them.

Photograph of three Teach North Texas program members standing on a sand volleyball court at a park during the group's Spring Picnic. The one in the back is holding the volleyball and in the background a car is driving past.

Photograph of four members of the Teach North Texas program in the offices and workroom space at the UNT College of Education. They are seated around a collection of tables and one has a laptop open in front of her. Behind them another member of the group is working at a desk.

Photograph of a Teach North Texas program member standing in a park during the group's Spring Picnic. He is holding a volleyball in his hands and a car is driving past behind him.

Photograph of five members of the Teach North Texas program in the offices and workroom space at the UNT College of Education. They are seated at a group of desks with computers in front of them.

Photograph of two Teach North Texas program members during the group's Spring Picnic. They are standing just outside of the picnic table pavilion where others are seated.

Photograph of a Teach North Texas program member standing with Dr. John Quintanilla, the co-director of TNT, during the group's Spring Picnic. They are in the field and the pavilion is behind them.

Photograph of three Teach North Texas program members standing on a sand volleyball court at a park during the group's Spring Picnic. They are in position waiting for the ball to make it over the net.

This report documents the preparation of three actual Hanford tank waste samples for shipment to the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). Two of the samples were dissolved saltcakes from tank 241-AN-103 (hereafter AN-103) and tank 241-SX-105 (hereafter SX-105); one sample was a supernate composite from tanks 241-AZ-101 and 241-AZ-102 (hereafter AZ-101/102). The preparation of the samples was executed following the test plans LAB-PLAN-10-00006, Test Plan for the Preparation of Samples from Hanford Tanks 241-SX-105, 241-AN-103, 241-AN-107, and LAB-PLN-10-00014, Test Plan for the Preparation of a Composite Sample from Hanford Tanks 241-AZ-101 and 241-AZ-102 for Steam Reformer Testing at the Savannah River National Laboratory. All procedural steps were recorded in laboratory notebook HNF-N-274 3. Sample breakdown diagrams for AN-103 and SX-105 are presented in Appendix A. The tank samples were prepared in support of a series of treatability studies of the Fluidized Bed Steam Reforming (FBSR) process using a Bench-Scale Reformer (BSR) at SRNL. Tests with simulants have shown that the FBSR mineralized waste form is comparable to low-activity waste glass with respect to environmental durability (WSRC-STI-2008-00268, Mineralization of Radioactive Wastes by Fluidized Bed Steam Reforming (FBSR): Comparisons to Vitreous Waste Forms and Pertinent Durability Testing). However, a rigorous assessment requires …