Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO responded to congressional concerns regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) efforts to address the year 2000 computer problem, focusing on: (1) VA's ability to achieve year 2000 compliance; (2) VA's work to date on the year 2000 challenge; (3) what areas VA should concentrate on over the next six months to ensure that its highest risks areas are addressed prior to January 1, 2000; (4) identifying any areas where VA has misdirected its efforts; and (5) VA's greatest strengths in the effort to surmount the year 2000 challenge."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the impact of operations other than war (OOTW) on the military services, focusing on the: (1) impact of OOTW on the warfighting capability of each of the services, including the time to recover warfighting skills; (2) extent to which reporting systems fully capture the impacts; (3) available information on the effect of OOTW on morale and retention; (4) ability of U.S. forces to respond to a major theater war while engaged in OOTW; (5) Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to alleviate any adverse impacts; and (6) funding provided by Congress for OOTW."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on alleged misconduct by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees in their treatment of other IRS employees and taxpayers, focusing on: (1) the specific allegations made at the Senate Committee on Finance hearings; and (2) any underlying systemic or programmatic problems that need to be resolved to protect the rights of taxpayers and IRS employees."

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Alternative fuels may be an effective means for decreasing America's dependence on imported oil; creating new jobs; and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, exhaust toxics, and ozone-forming hydrocarbons. However, data regarding in-use fuel economy and maintenance characteristics of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) have been limited in availability. This study was undertaken to compare the operating and maintenance characteristics of bi-fuel vehicles (which use liquefied petroleum gas, or propane, as the primary fuel) to those of nominally identical gasoline vehicles. In Texas, liquefied petroleum gas is one of the most widely used alternative fuels. The largest fleet in Texas, operated by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), has hundred of bi-fuel (LPG and gasoline) vehicles operating in normal daily service. The project was conducted over a 2-year period, including 18 months (April 1997-September 1998) of data collection on operations, maintenance, and fuel consumption of the vehicles under study. This report summarizes the project and its results.

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) year 2000 business continuity and contingency planning activities, focusing on OPM's efforts to: (1) develop an overall planning strategy for ensuring the continuity of agency operations; (2) assess the risk and impact of system failures on the agency's core business processes; (3) prepare contingency plans that include procedures and timetables for continuing agency operations in the event that critical systems fail; and (4) test the contingency plans to determine their effectiveness."

We present measurements of Z{sup 0} to heavy-quark coupling electroweak parameters, R{sub b}, R{sub c}, and parity-violation parameter A{sub c}, from SLD. The measurements are based on approximately 550k hadronic Z{sup 0} events collected in 1993-98. Obtained preliminary results of R{sub b} and R{sub c} measurements are R{sub b} = 0.2159 {+-} 0.0014 {+-} 0.0014 and R{sub c} = 0.1685 {+-} 0.0047 {+-} 0.0043. In the A{sub c} measurement, we use four methods to determine the initial-quark charge: combined Kaon charge and Vertex charge, lepton, exclusively reconstructed D*, D-mesons, and a new method using inclusive soft-pion from D*. The preliminary results of these four methods were combined to give A{sub c} = 0.634 {+-} 0.027.

Funeral program for Sister Bettye Mae Wright, born January 30, 1921 and died May 17, 1999. The funeral was held May 24, 1999 at West End Baptist Church, officiated by Dr. A. B. Devers, I, Pastor. Funeral arrangements were made through the Lewis Funeral Home, and she was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.

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Photograph of the McConnell Memorial Tower at the Hurley Administration Building. The top portion of the tower is peeking out from behind a row of trees; the rest of the building is covered. Tree branches and leaves can be seen above the tower in the foreground of the photograph.

Photograph of the McConnell Memorial Tower and Hurley Administration Building. Tree branches and leaves are framing the tower in the foreground of the photograph. The right and bottom portions of the Administration Building are covered by trees.

Photograph of the Murchison Performing Arts Center. A large tree trunk can be seen in the center foreground of the photograph, out of focus. Three more trees are covering sight of the building in the background.

Photograph of the Murchison Performing Arts Center. The pentagonal structure on the building can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera. A tree can be seen in the foreground on the left side of the photograph, shading the lawn to the right of it.

Photograph of the front left side of the Murchison Performing Arts Center. A glass wall can be seen in the center of the photograph, underneath a pentagonal structure facing to the right. Tree branches and leaves can be seen in the foreground in the top portion of the photograph.

Photograph of the pentagonal structure on the Murchison Performing Arts Center. A glass wall can be seen to the left of the structure, with front entrance doors.

Photograph of the front right corner of the Murchison Performing Arts Center. A pentagonal structure can be seen on the top portion of the building, facing to the left of the camera. A sunlight glare can be seen on the left side of the photograph. Light is reflecting off of the pentagon.

Photograph of the Murchison Performing Arts Center. Two trees can be seen in the center foreground of the photograph, partially obstructing view of the building. A pentagonal structure is attached to the building, to the right of a glass wall with entrance doors.

Photograph of the Murchison Performing Arts Center. A pentagonal structure is attached to the building, to the right of a glass wall with entrance doors. Tree branches and leaves can be seen in the foreground at the top of the photograph.

Photograph of an entrance with multiple double doors near the northeast corner of the Coliseum at UNT. Trees and shrubs are partially obstructing view of the building.

Photograph of the Physical Education Building at UNT. A tree can be seen in front of the building in the foreground of the photograph. A sign in front of the building reads, "Physical Education Building."

Photograph of the Physical Education Building at UNT. Tree branches and leaves are hanging in the foreground in the top portion of the photograph. A tree can be seen in the center of the photograph, in front of the building. A building sign is standing to the right of the tree.