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Maritime Security: Progress Made in Implementing Maritime Transportation Security Act, but Concerns Remain (open access)

Maritime Security: Progress Made in Implementing Maritime Transportation Security Act, but Concerns Remain

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "After the events of September 11, 2001, concerns were raised over the security of U.S. ports and waterways. In response to the concerns over port security, Congress passed the Maritime Transportation Security Act in November 2002. The act created a broad range of programs to improve the security conditions at the ports and along American waterways, such as identifying and tracking vessels, assessing security preparedness, and limiting access to sensitive areas. A number of executive agencies were delegated responsibilities to implement these programs and other provisions of the act. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation asked GAO to conduct a review of the status of the agencies' efforts to implement the security requirements of the act. This testimony reflects GAO's preliminary findings; much of GAO's work in the area is still under way."
Date: September 9, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Security: Challenges in Using Biometrics (open access)

Information Security: Challenges in Using Biometrics

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "One of the primary functions of any security system is the control of people into or out of protected areas, such as physical buildings, information systems, and our national border. Technologies called biometrics can automate the identification of people by one or more of their distinct physical or behavioral characteristics. The term biometrics covers a wide range of technologies that can be used to verify identity by measuring and analyzing human characteristics--relying on attributes of the individual instead of things the individual may have or know. In the last 2 years, laws have been passed that will require a more extensive use of biometric technologies in the federal government. Last year, GAO conducted a technology assessment on the use of biometrics for border security. GAO was asked to testify about the issues that it raised in the report, the use of biometrics in the federal government, and the current state of the technology."
Date: September 9, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine Transportation: Federal Financing and an Infrastructure Investment Framework (open access)

Marine Transportation: Federal Financing and an Infrastructure Investment Framework

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses challenges in defining the federal role with respect to freight transportation issues. There are concerns that the projected increases in freight tonnage for all transportation modes will place pressures on the marine, aviation, and highway transportation systems. As a result, there is growing awareness of the need to view various transportation modes, and freight movement in particular, from an integrated standpoint, particularly for the purposes of developing and implementing a federal investment strategy and considering alternative funding approaches. The federal approach for funding the marine transportation system relies heavily on general revenues, although the approach for funding the aviation and highway systems relies almost exclusively on collections from users of the systems. During fiscal years 1999 through 2001, customs duties on imported goods transported through the transportation systems averaged $15 billion each year for the marine transportation system, $4 billion each year for the aviation system, and $900 million each year for the highway system. Customs duties are taxes on the value of imported goods and have traditionally been viewed as revenues to be used for the support of the general activities of the federal …
Date: September 9, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Pensions: Questions Concerning the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's Practices Regarding Single-Employer Probable Claims (open access)

Private Pensions: Questions Concerning the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's Practices Regarding Single-Employer Probable Claims

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) single-employer insurance program is a federal program that insures certain benefits of the more than 34 million worker, retiree, and separated vested participants of over 29,000 private sector defined benefit pension plans. In 2003, we placed PBGC's single-employer insurance program on our high-risk list of agencies and programs that need broad-based transformations to address major challenges because of our concerns about the program's long-term viability. In recent years, because of unfavorable economic conditions and the collapse of large underfunded pension plans sponsored by well-known firms like Bethlehem Steel, U.S. Airways, and United Airlines, the program's financial condition has worsened significantly. From a $9.7 billion surplus at the end of fiscal year 2000, the program reported a $23.3 billion deficit as of September 2004, including a $12.1 billion loss for fiscal year 2004. While 73 percent ($16.9 billion) of this deficit is due to PBGC's estimated liability for its probable claims (claims from plans that PBGC deems likely to terminate in the future), historically over 95 percent of claims so classified by the PBGC have subsequently terminated and become direct obligations of the …
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Options Exist to Enhance Transportation Planning Capacity and Federal Oversight (open access)

Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Options Exist to Enhance Transportation Planning Capacity and Federal Oversight

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) are responsible for transportation planning in metropolitan areas; however, little is known about what has been achieved by the planning efforts. This congressionally requested report describes (1) the characteristics and responsibilities of MPOs, (2) the challenges that MPOs face in carrying out their responsibilities, (3) how the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides oversight for MPOs and the extent to which this improves transportation planning, and (4) the options that have been proposed to enhance transportation planning. To address these objectives, GAO surveyed all 381 MPOs (with an 86 percent response rate) and conducted case studies of eight metropolitan areas and conducted a survey of program managers."
Date: September 9, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Rulemaking: Progress Made in Developing Centralized E-Rulemaking System (open access)

Electronic Rulemaking: Progress Made in Developing Centralized E-Rulemaking System

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The E-Government Act of 2002 requires regulatory agencies, to the extent practicable, to ensure there is a Web site the public can use to comment on the numerous proposed regulations that affect them. To accomplish this, the Office of Management and Budget named the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the managing partner for developing a governmentwide e-Rulemaking system that the public can use for these purposes. Issues GAO was asked to address include: (1) EPA's basis for selecting a centralized system, (2) how EPA collaborated with other agencies and agency views of that collaboration, and (3) whether EPA used key management practices when developing the system."
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History Engine: Doing History with Digital Tools (open access)

The History Engine: Doing History with Digital Tools

Article on the History Engine Project, an online archive consisting of thousands of narratives written and contributed by undergraduates.
Date: September 9, 2009
Creator: Nelson, Robert K.; Nesbit, Scott & Torget, Andrew J., 1978-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Staff Summary Sheet (Michael A. Aimone); Dep. Sec Def. Action Memo, Selection Criteria dtd 1 Dec 03; DepSecDef Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 1 Dec 03; SAF/IE Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 4 nov 03; AF/CVA Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 20 Nov 03 (open access)

Staff Summary Sheet (Michael A. Aimone); Dep. Sec Def. Action Memo, Selection Criteria dtd 1 Dec 03; DepSecDef Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 1 Dec 03; SAF/IE Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 4 nov 03; AF/CVA Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 20 Nov 03

Staff Summary Sheet (Michael A. Aimone); Dep. Sec Def. Action Memo, Selection Criteria dtd 1 Dec 03; DepSecDef Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 1 Dec 03; SAF/IE Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 4 nov 03; AF/CVA Memo, Selection Criteria, dtd 20 Nov 03
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memorandum: Basing Decision Constraints With-in BRAC 05 dtd 2 Dec 03 (open access)

Memorandum: Basing Decision Constraints With-in BRAC 05 dtd 2 Dec 03

Memorandum: Basing Decision Constraints With-in BRAC 05 dtd 2 Dec 03
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memorandum: Beddown Actions on Air Force Installations dtd 07 Aug 03 (open access)

Memorandum: Beddown Actions on Air Force Installations dtd 07 Aug 03

Memorandum: Beddown Actions on Air Force Installations dtd 07 Aug 03
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memorandum: BRAC 05, Joint Strick Fighter Minimum Beddown Requirements dtd 09 Dec 03 (open access)

Memorandum: BRAC 05, Joint Strick Fighter Minimum Beddown Requirements dtd 09 Dec 03

Memorandum: BRAC 05, Joint Strick Fighter Minimum Beddown Requirements dtd 09 Dec 03
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 05, SECAF Kickoff Memo dtd 26 Nov 02 (open access)

BRAC 05, SECAF Kickoff Memo dtd 26 Nov 02

BRAC 05, SECAF Kickoff Memo dtd 26 Nov 02
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Candidate Recommendation Integration Memo to OSD (open access)

Candidate Recommendation Integration Memo to OSD

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Candidate Recommendation Integration Memo to OSD
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capacity Data Call # 1 Questionnaire (Yr CD-ROM, 12 Dec 03)  dtd 22 Dec 03.pdf (open access)

Capacity Data Call # 1 Questionnaire (Yr CD-ROM, 12 Dec 03) dtd 22 Dec 03.pdf

Capacity Data Call # 1 Questionnaire (Yr CD-ROM, 12 Dec 03) dtd 22 Dec 03.pdf
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coordination and Objectivity of BRAC 2005, dtd 14 Apr 03 (open access)

Coordination and Objectivity of BRAC 2005, dtd 14 Apr 03

Coordination and Objectivity of BRAC 2005, dtd 14 Apr 03
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coordination of Draft Selection Criteria Yr Memo 22 Oct 03, dtd 20 Nov 03 (open access)

Coordination of Draft Selection Criteria Yr Memo 22 Oct 03, dtd 20 Nov 03

Coordination of Draft Selection Criteria Yr Memo 22 Oct 03, dtd 20 Nov 03
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coordination of Draft Selection Criteria, dtd 10 Nov 03 (open access)

Coordination of Draft Selection Criteria, dtd 10 Nov 03

Coordination of Draft Selection Criteria, dtd 10 Nov 03
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from M. Jodi Rell,  Christopher Dodd, Joseph Lieberman, and Rob Simmons to BRAC Commissioners - September 9, 2005] (open access)

[Letters from M. Jodi Rell, Christopher Dodd, Joseph Lieberman, and Rob Simmons to BRAC Commissioners - September 9, 2005]

Letters from the Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Senator Joseph Lieberman, and Congressman Rob Simmons to each member of the BRAC Commission in recognition and gratitude for the Commission's work.
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: Rell, M. Jodi, 1946-; Dodd, Christopher J. (Christopher John), 1944-; Lieberman, Joseph. & Simmons, Rob (Robert Ruhl), 1943-
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mapping AF Imperatives to OSD Overaching Principles, Mr. Gibbs ltr dtd 21 Jun 04 (open access)

Mapping AF Imperatives to OSD Overaching Principles, Mr. Gibbs ltr dtd 21 Jun 04

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Mapping AF Imperatives to OSD Overaching Principles, Mr. Gibbs ltr dtd 21 Jun 04
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
JCSG Analysis within BRAC 2005 SECAF-CSAF Memo dtd 1 May 03 (open access)

JCSG Analysis within BRAC 2005 SECAF-CSAF Memo dtd 1 May 03

JCSG Analysis within BRAC 2005 SECAF-CSAF Memo dtd 1 May 03
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
ISG Memo dtd 8 July 04, Mil Val Principles, Mr. Orr signed (open access)

ISG Memo dtd 8 July 04, Mil Val Principles, Mr. Orr signed

ISG Memo dtd 8 July 04, Mil Val Principles, Mr. Orr signed
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Graduate Flight Training within BRAC 2005,  dtd 12 Dec 03 CV  Memo (open access)

Graduate Flight Training within BRAC 2005, dtd 12 Dec 03 CV Memo

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Graduate Flight Training within BRAC 2005, dtd 12 Dec 03 CV Memo
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Draft Federal Register Notice Regarding Final BRAC Selection Criteria Your Memo, 30 Jan 04 (open access)

Draft Federal Register Notice Regarding Final BRAC Selection Criteria Your Memo, 30 Jan 04

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Draft Federal Register Notice Regarding Final BRAC Selection Criteria Your Memo, 30 Jan 04
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter dated 15 Feb 2005 from Mississippi Governor Barbour to SECDEF (open access)

Letter dated 15 Feb 2005 from Mississippi Governor Barbour to SECDEF

Letter from Mississippi Governor Barbour to SECDEF recommending the closure of the Mississippi Army Ammuntion Plant at Stennis Space Center
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library