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An Evaluation of the Federal Government's Implementation of the Government Information Locator Service (GILS): Final Report
This document reports the results of the evaluation study commissioned in response to the Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Board's request for an assessment of GILS. The study began in September 1996, data collection ended in March 1997, and the final report was completed in June 1997. The goal of the study was to understand how: GILS serves various user groups, GILS improves public access to government information, agencies are progressing with their implementations, and GILS works as a tool for information resources management.
Date:
June 30, 1997
Creator:
Moen, William E. & McClure, Charles R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
DOD's Dual-Use Strategy
In an effort to reduce the costs of its military systems and gain greater access to state-of-the-art technologies, the Department of Defense is pursuing what is being called a "dual-use" strategy. This strategy seeks to make greater use of the commercial sector in developing and manufacturing military goods. This report discusses issues raised over the implementation of this strategy.
Date:
July 3, 1997
Creator:
Moteff, John D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Tank 17 Residual Waste
Plans are to close Tank 17, a type IV waste tank in the F-area Tank Farm, by filling it with pumpable backfills. Most of the waste was removed from the tank in the late 1980s, and the remainder of the waste was removed in a short spray washing campaign that began on 11 April 1997. More details on the planned closure can be found in the Closure Plan for the High-Level Waste (HLW) Tanks and the specific closure module for Tank 17. To show that closure of the tank is environmentally sound, a performance evaluation has been performed for Tank 17. The performance evaluation projected the concentration of contaminants at various locations and times after closure. This report documents the basis for the inventories of contaminants that were used in the Tank 17 performance evaluation.
Date:
September 22, 1997
Creator:
D'Entremont, P. & Thomas Caldwell, T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of the Psi' -> Psi Pi+ Pi- Branching Ratio in the 835 Experiment at Fermilab (Appendix: Beam Energy Measurement Using the Orbit Length as the Main Parameter)
None
Date:
January 1, 1997
Creator:
Bertini, Federico & U., /Turin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pacific Lamprey Research and Restoration : Annual Report 1996.
The once abundant stocks of Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) above Bonneville Dam are currently depressed (Close et al. 1995). It is likely that many of the same factors that led to the decline of wild stocks of Columbia River Pacific salmon and steelhead have impacted Pacific lamprey populations. The Pacific lamprey is an important part of the food web of North Pacific ecosystems, both as predator and prey. Lamprey (a.k.a. eels) are also a valuable food and culture resource for American Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest. Depressed Pacific lamprey runs have impacted treaty secured fishing opportunities by forcing tribal members to gather this traditional food in lower Columbia River locations. The Pacific Lamprey Research and Restoration Project, funded by Bonneville Power Administration, is a cooperative effort between the Confederated Tribes of The Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, and Oregon State University with the goal to increase Pacific lamprey stocks above Bonneville Dam. The initial objectives of the project are to determine the past and current abundance of Pacific lamprey stocks in major mid Columbia tributaries and at various hydroelectric facilities, and to determine factors limiting Pacific lamprey abundance and distribution. Ultimately, Pacific lamprey restoration plans …
Date:
January 1, 1997
Creator:
Jackson, Aaron D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Meteorological Monitoring Program, Particulate Matter Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Report, January Through December 1996
None
Date:
April 16, 1997
Creator:
TRW Environmental Safety Systems, Inc.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Geothermal Heat Pump Benchmarking Report
A benchmarking study was conducted on behalf of the Department of Energy to determine the critical factors in successful utility geothermal heat pump programs. A Successful program is one that has achieved significant market penetration. Successfully marketing geothermal heat pumps has presented some major challenges to the utility industry. However, select utilities have developed programs that generate significant GHP sales. This benchmarking study concludes that there are three factors critical to the success of utility GHP marking programs: (1) Top management marketing commitment; (2) An understanding of the fundamentals of marketing and business development; and (3) An aggressive competitive posture. To generate significant GHP sales, competitive market forces must by used. However, because utilities have functioned only in a regulated arena, these companies and their leaders are unschooled in competitive business practices. Therefore, a lack of experience coupled with an intrinsically non-competitive culture yields an industry environment that impedes the generation of significant GHP sales in many, but not all, utilities.
Date:
January 17, 1997
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of the Psi' Branching Ratios in P Anti-P Annihilations
None
Date:
January 1, 1997
Creator:
Cardarelli, Mara & U., /Genoa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Study of anti-p p -> J/psi ->e+e- angular distribution
None
Date:
January 1, 1997
Creator:
Bassetti, Valerio & U., /Genoa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Study of the radiative decay of the charmonium chi1 and chi2 states in the 835 experiment at Fermilab and use of this data for the calibration of the new forward calorimeter
None
Date:
January 1, 1997
Creator:
Obertino, Margherita & U., /Turin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Luminosity Lifetime
In a symmetric or 'energy transparent' relativistic collider, the luminosity is given by L = N{sup 2}f{sub c}/4{pi}{sigma}*{sub x}{sigma}*{sub y} where N is the number of electrons or positrons per bunch, {sigma}*{sub x} ({sigma}*{sub y}) is the horizontal (vertical) rms beam size at the interaction point (IP), and f{sub c} is the collision frequency. If the beam sizes remain constant as the luminosity decreases, then the time dependence of luminosity is contained entirely in the time dependence of the beam currents, i.e., N O N(t), and we can rewrite the equation as L(t) = N{sup 2}(t)f{sub c}/4{pi}{sigma}*{sub x}{sigma}*{sub y}. There are two distinct categories for luminosity loss. In the first category are loss processes due to collisions between the two beams, that is, processes associated directly with the luminosity. In the second category (see below) are single-beam loss processes. The processes in the first category relevant to a high-energy collider are Bhabha scattering (e{sup +}e{sup -} O e{sup +}e{sup -}) and 'radiative' Bhabha scattering (e{sup +}e{sup -} O e{sup +}e{sup -}{gamma}). In the first process, a beam particle is lost if its angular deflection is beyond the ring's transverse acceptance; in the second process, loss occurs if the beam particle's …
Date:
April 1, 1997
Creator:
Zisman, M. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
REPOSITORY RADIATION SHIELDING DESIGN GUIDE
The scope of this document includes radiation safety considerations used in the design of facilities for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP). The purpose of the Repository Radiation Shielding Design Guide is to document the approach used in the radiological design of the Mined Geologic Disposal System (MGDS) surface and subsurface facilities for the protection of workers, the public, and the environment. This document is intended to ensure that a common methodology is used by all groups that may be involved with Radiological Design. This document will also assist in ensuring the long term survivability of the information basis used for radiological safety design and will assist in satisfying the documentation requirements of the licensing body, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This design guide provides referenceable information that is current and maintained under the YMP Quality Assurance (QA) Program. Furthermore, this approach is consistent with maintaining continuity in spite of a changing design environment. This approach also serves to ensure common inter-disciplinary interpretation and application of data.
Date:
September 12, 1997
Creator:
Haas, M. & Fortsch, E. M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
TDPP FOR THE RETRIEVABILITY STRATEGY REPORT
The objective of this systems study is to produce a waste removability strategy document that contains sufficient details, recommended design alternatives, and the technical rationale (a) to support Licensing in the development of the License Application Plan, and (b) to provide input in the form of design requirements, for the FY 97 Retrieval Design & Operation activity in support of viability assessment. The intent of this systems study is to support a decision on how to proceed with design with respect to retrievability, regarding the extent to which the repository/waste package designs should accommodate the retrieval option.
Date:
January 28, 1997
Creator:
Gehner, P. D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monitoring and Evaluation of Smolt Migration in the Columbia River Basin, Volume IV : Evaluation of the 1998 Predictions of the Run-timing of Wild Migrant Yearling and Subyearling Chinook and Steelhead, and Hatchery Salmon in the Snake River Basin Using Program RealTime.
Program RealTime provided tracking and forecasting of the 1998 inseason outmigration via the internet for stocks of wild PIT-tagged spring/summer chinook. These stocks were from eight release sites above Lower Granite dam, including Bear Valley Creek, Catherine Creek, Elk Creek, Lake Creek, Imnaha River, Minam River, South Fork Salmon River, and Secesh River. Forecasts were also provided for a stock of hatchery-reared PIT-tagged summer-run sockeye from Redfish Lake and for the runs-at-large of Snake River wild yearling and subyearling chinook salmon, and steelhead. The 1998 Program RealTime performance was comparable to its performance in previous years for the whole-season evaluations for every stock tracked. Relative to 1997, performance improved for the yearling chinook run-at-large, and for predictions for last-half of the season for every other stock. Performance compared poorly with 1997 predictions for the first half of the runs of PIT-tagged yearling spring/summer chinook stocks and the run-at-large of fall subyearling chinook, and was slightly worse for the first half of the Redfish Lake sockeye run and the steelhead run-at-large. Poor first-half performance was likely due to the unusually large (and in some cases short) outmigrations in 1998. Utilization in 1998 of a different method of adjusting smolt counts at …
Date:
January 1, 1997
Creator:
Burgess, Caitlin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Design and Analysis of Salmonid Tagging Studies in the Columbia Basin. Volume III, Experiment Designs and Statistical Models to Estimate the Effect of Transportation on Survival of Columbia River System Salmonids.
Experiment designs to estimate the effect of transportation on survival and return rates of Columbia River system salmonids are discussed along with statistical modeling techniques. Besides transportation, river flow and dam spill are necessary components in the design and analysis, otherwise questions as to the effects of reservoir drawdowns and increased dam spill may never be satisfactorily answered. Four criteria for comparing different experiment designs are: (1) feasibility; (2) clarity of results; (3) scope of inference; and (4) time to learn. A controlled experiment with treatments that are a combination of transport status (transported or left in-river), river flow level, and dam spill level should provide the clearest results of transport effect. The potential for bias due to interactions between year effects and the treatments is minimized by running as many treatments as possible within a single outmigration year. Relatedly, the most rapid learning will occur if several different treatments are implemented at randomly chosen time periods within thesame outmigration season. If the range of flow and dam manipulation includes scenarios of interest to managers, the scope of inference should be satisfactory. On the other hand these designs may be the least feasible; trying to manage the river system under …
Date:
June 1, 1997
Creator:
Newman, Ken
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Results of a Limited Program Effectiveness Audit of the Texas Workforce Commission's Communities in Schools Program
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the results of a limited program effectiveness audit of the Texas Workforce Commission's Communities in Schools program.
Date:
December 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Review of The Caseload Management Process Among the 14 Court of Appeals
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating caseload management within the State Courts of Appeals, focusing on efficiency and compliance with established equalization procedures.
Date:
August 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Management Controls at Stephen F. Austin State University
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to major deficiencies in Stephen F. Austin State University's (University) design or implementation of management controls in several areas, which collectively reduce the University's ability to safeguard assets and ensure its mission and objectives will be fully accomplished.
Date:
August 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit of the Financial Statements of the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner Year Ended August 31, 1996
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the financial statements of the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner (Commission). This report reviews and evaluates significant internal controls for the Commission in order to verify compliance with laws and regulations that have a material effect on the Commission's financial statements.
Date:
October 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Report on Statutory Audit of Liquidation Oversight at the Texas Department of Insurance
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Department of Insurance and its liquidation of insolvent insurance companies and its monitoring of the insurance guaranty associations.
Date:
August 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Management Controls at the Texas Correctional Industries
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Correctional Industries' (TCI) insufficient management controls to ensure that inmates are provided with effective vocational training or that operations contribute to recovering the cost of confining inmates.
Date:
November 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Follow-Up Audit at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to following up on recommendations made in "An Audit Report on Management Controls at Texas A&M University System Research and Service Agencies," limited to issues of accounts receivable, revenue, and automation at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
Date:
January 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Management Controls at the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Commissioner and Board of Trustees of the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner's (Commission) inability to establish effective control over critical Commission function; external intervention may be necessary to establish adequate control over the $20 million Texas Statewide Volunteer Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund.
Date:
October 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Services Commission - The Effectiveness of Internal Audit
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the effectiveness of the State's internal audit departments, and determining whether internal audit departments meet the key objectives of internal auditing and assist agency administrators in carrying out their assigned responsibilities.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System:
The Portal to Texas History