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TANF and Child Welfare Programs: Increased Data Sharing Could Improve Access to Benefits and Services (open access)

TANF and Child Welfare Programs: Increased Data Sharing Could Improve Access to Benefits and Services

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2010, over 40 percent of families receiving cash assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program were "child-only," meaning the adults in the household were not included in the benefit calculation, and aid was provided only for the children. TANF and child welfare programs provide cash assistance and other services that support children living with nonparent caregivers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) oversees TANF and child welfare programs, which are administered by states. GAO was asked to examine the (1) trends and composition of the child-only caseload, (2) characteristics of caregivers and children in nonparent child-only cases, (3) factors influencing the level of benefits and services for children with non-parent caregivers, and (4) coordination efforts between state TANF and child welfare programs. GAO analyzed federal TANF and child welfare data; surveyed states; interviewed HHS officials and researchers; and conducted site visits in Tennessee, Texas, and Washington, selected for variation in TANF caseload characteristics and implementation of programs to support relative caregivers."
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Warfighter Support: DOD Has Made Progress, but Supply and Distribution Challenges Remain in Afghanistan (open access)

Warfighter Support: DOD Has Made Progress, but Supply and Distribution Challenges Remain in Afghanistan

A publication issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In fiscal year 2010, the Department of Defense (DOD) spent billions of dollars to move troops and materiel into Afghanistan, a mountainous, land-locked country with poorly developed infrastructure. The increase of 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan as of August 2010, along with thousands of civilians and contractors supporting U.S. efforts, have required further development of DOD's already-complex distribution network to support and sustain U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. GAO conducted this review to assess distribution issues in Afghanistan, including (1) DOD's oversight of distribution operations; (2) DOD's performance in providing supplies and equipment; and (3) challenges that have affected DOD's ability to provide supplies and equipment. GAO reviewed joint doctrine and DOD policies on distribution, analyzed DOD delivery data, and interviewed DOD officials in the United States and in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain."
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges (open access)

National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges

A publication issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Every year, many people diagnosed with diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma require transplants of stem cells from umbilical cord blood or other sources. The Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 authorized funding for banking 150,000 new units of high quality and genetically diverse cord blood and directed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with cord blood banks to assist in cord blood collection. HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), established the National Cord Blood Inventory (NCBI) program to support banking of cord blood units and contracted with 13 cord blood banks to bank these units. The 2010 reauthorization required GAO to report on efforts to increase cord blood unit collection for the NCBI. As of May 2011, HRSA had reimbursed banks for over 41,000 units banked for the NCBI. In this report, GAO describes (1) practices identified to increase banking of cord blood units for the NCBI and related challenges and (2) practices cord blood banks are using to lower costs and improve the efficiency of cord blood banking and associated challenges. To do so, GAO reviewed …
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 430, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 430, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 432, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 432, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Analysis of the “Buffett Rule” (open access)

An Analysis of the “Buffett Rule”

This report examines the Buffett rule, but uses a measure of income that captures the ability to pay taxes and incorporates the effect of the corporate income tax in addition to the individual income tax and the payroll tax. The Buffet rule states that "no household making over $1 million annually should pay a smaller share of its income in taxes than middle-class families pay" and is named after Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. The report includes figures, tables, and appendices to illustrate calculations and issues involved with the topic.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Hungerford, Thomas L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 36, Number 40, Pages 6575-6816, October 7, 2011 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 36, Number 40, Pages 6575-6816, October 7, 2011

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues (open access)

Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

None
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experience With Low-Energy Gold-Gold Operations in RHIC During FY 2010 (open access)

Experience With Low-Energy Gold-Gold Operations in RHIC During FY 2010

During Run-10, RHIC operated at several different Au-Au collision energies, as requested mainly by the STAR collaboration in a quest to search for the critical point in the QGP phase diagram. The center-of-mass energies {radical}s{sub NN} are listed in Table 1, together with the respective start and end dates and the duration of the respective run at each energy. While STAR defines 'low energy' as anything below {radical}s{sub NN} = 39 GeV, we focus in the scope of this paper on energies below the regular RHIC injection energy of {radical}s{sub NN} {approx} 20 GeV, since this energy regime is particularly challenging for stable RHIC operations. Figures 1 and 2 show the evolution of beam intensity and luminosity during the course of the {radical}s{sub NN} = 7.7 GeV and 11.5 GeV run. In the following sections we will recapitulate the modifications during the run that led to significant performance improvements, and summarize what was learned at the various energies for possible application in future runs.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Montag, C.; Satogata, T.; Ahrens, L. A.; Bai, M.; Beebe-Wang, J.; Blacker, I. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Controls system developments for the ERL facility (open access)

Controls system developments for the ERL facility

The BNL Energy Recovery LINAC (ERL) is a high beam current, superconducting RF electron accelerator that is being commissioned to serve as a research and development prototype for a RHIC facility upgrade for electron-ion collision (eRHIC). Key components of the machine include a laser, photocathode, and 5-cell superconducting RF cavity operating at a frequency of 703 MHz. Starting with a foundation based on existing ADO software running on Linux servers and on the VME/VxWorks platforms developed for RHIC, we are developing a controls system that incorporates a wide range of hardware I/O interfaces that are needed for machine R&D. Details of the system layout, specifications, and user interfaces are provided.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Jamilkowski, J.; Altinbas, Z.; Gassner, D.; Hoff, L.; Kankiya, P.; Kayran, D. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 431, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 431, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analytical Data Report for Sediment Samples Collected From 100-NR-2 Operable Unit (open access)

Analytical Data Report for Sediment Samples Collected From 100-NR-2 Operable Unit

This is an analytical data report for sediment samples received from CHPRC.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Lindberg, Michael J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final technical report (open access)

Final technical report

Our overarching goals in this project were to: Develop and improve high-throughput sequencing methods and analytical approaches for quantitative analyses of microbial gene expression at the Hawaii Ocean Time Series Station and the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Station; Conduct field analyses following gene expression patterns in picoplankton microbial communities in general, and Prochlorococcus flow sorted from that community, as they respond to different environmental variables (light, macronutrients, dissolved organic carbon), that are predicted to influence activity, productivity, and carbon cycling; Use the expression analyses of flow sorted Prochlorococcus to identify horizontally transferred genes and gene products, in particular those that are located in genomic islands and likely to confer habitat-specific fitness advantages; Use the microbial community gene expression data that we generate to gain insights, and test hypotheses, about the variability, genomic context, activity and function of as yet uncharacterized gene products, that appear highly expressed in the environment. We achieved the above goals, and even more over the course of the project. This includes a number of novel methodological developments, as well as the standardization of microbial community gene expression analyses in both field surveys, and experimental modalities. The availability of these methods, tools and approaches is changing current …
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: DeLong, Edward
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An optimized hadrontherapy installation based on multiple-extraction, ultra-fast cycling FFAG (open access)

An optimized hadrontherapy installation based on multiple-extraction, ultra-fast cycling FFAG

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Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: F., Meot; Mori, Y.; Brebant, E.; Cappai, G.; Collot, J.; Mammar, H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Email from Evans Harris to William Waybourn, October 7, 2011] (open access)

[Email from Evans Harris to William Waybourn, October 7, 2011]

Email from Evans Harris to William Waybourn discussing the Dallas Way Dallas LGBT history project.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Evans, Jack & Harris, George E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 277, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 277, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2011

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Pherigo, Josh
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commercial Building Energy Alliance Exterior Lighting Scoping Study (open access)

Commercial Building Energy Alliance Exterior Lighting Scoping Study

This report is a scoping study about challenges and energy saving potential regarding exterior lighting.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Myer, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Its Role in U.S. Trade Policy (open access)

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Its Role in U.S. Trade Policy

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Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress (open access)

Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress

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Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antipoverty Effects of Unemployment Insurance (open access)

Antipoverty Effects of Unemployment Insurance

This report examines the antipoverty effects of unemployment insurance, benefits during the past recession, and the economic recovery.
Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: Gabe, Thomas & Whittaker, Julie M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Access Cable Television Channels: Issues for Congress (open access)

Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Access Cable Television Channels: Issues for Congress

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Date: October 7, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library