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Electronic transport in extended systems: Application to carbon nanotubes (open access)

Electronic transport in extended systems: Application to carbon nanotubes

Article on electronic transport in extended systems and the application to carbon nanotubes.
Date: September 15, 1999
Creator: Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 1999-09-20 Mary Karen Clardy, flute and Mikhail Safarian, piano

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A faculty flute recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: Clardy, Mary Karen & Safarian, Mikhail
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume [52], Number 1, September 1999 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume [52], Number 1, September 1999

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.
Date: September 1999
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Certification Requirements: Guidance Governing Agency Actions Is Limited (open access)

Certification Requirements: Guidance Governing Agency Actions Is Limited

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the certification requirements of federal agencies, focusing on: (1) the extent and variety of certification activities in the federal government; (2) the extent to which any policies, procedures, or guidance exist governing these activities, either governmentwide or within selected agencies; and (3) an agency certification practice that could serve as an example or best practice for other agencies."
Date: September 9, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Health Insurance: Estimates of Effects of Health Insurance Tax Credits and Deductions as Proposed in H.R. 2261 (open access)

Private Health Insurance: Estimates of Effects of Health Insurance Tax Credits and Deductions as Proposed in H.R. 2261

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the health insurance tax credit proposed in H.R. 2261 for individuals who purchased private health insurance, focusing on both the number of people who would potentially be eligible for a tax credit or deduction under this proposal and the potential value of these credits and deductions."
Date: September 13, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Management: Financial Audit Results at GSA, EPA, and DOT (open access)

Financial Management: Financial Audit Results at GSA, EPA, and DOT

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the results of the financial statement audits of the General Services Administration (GSA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Transportation (DOT)."
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Information: EPA Is Taking Steps to Improve Information Management, but Challenges Remain (open access)

Environmental Information: EPA Is Taking Steps to Improve Information Management, but Challenges Remain

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) information management systems, focusing on: (1) recent initiatives designed to help EPA improve the accuracy, completeness, and compatibility of its data; (2) the impact of data gaps and inconsistencies on EPA's ability to evaluate and report on the results of its programs under the Government Performance and Results Act; and (3) the major management challenges facing EPA's new central information office."
Date: September 17, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Education Funding: Allocation to State and Local Agencies for 10 Programs (open access)

Federal Education Funding: Allocation to State and Local Agencies for 10 Programs

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on 10 major Department of Education programs for (FY) 1996, focusing on: (1) the percentage of federal funding spent at the federal level and the uses of these funds; (2) the percentage of federal funding spent at the state level and the uses of these funds; and (3) the amount of time school personnel in a small number of school districts spent fulfilling federal administrative requirements for those programs for which the districts received funds."
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Certification Requirements: New Guidance Should Encourage Transparency in Agency Decisionmaking (open access)

Certification Requirements: New Guidance Should Encourage Transparency in Agency Decisionmaking

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed federal agencies' certification requirements for goods and services, focusing on: (1) the extent and variety of certification activities in the federal government; (2) the extent to which there are policies, procedures, or guidance governing those activities, either governmentwide or within selected agencies; and (3) an agency certification procedure that could serve as an example or best practice for other agencies."
Date: September 24, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: Evaluation of the Navy's 1999 Naval Surface Fire Support Assessment (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: Evaluation of the Navy's 1999 Naval Surface Fire Support Assessment

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided an analysis of the Navy's assessment of the short-term and long-term costs associated with alternative methods for executing the naval surface fire support mission, including the alternative of reactivating two battleships."
Date: September 14, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation: Status of Heavy Fuel Oil Delivered to North Korea Under the Agreed Framework (open access)

Nuclear Nonproliferation: Status of Heavy Fuel Oil Delivered to North Korea Under the Agreed Framework

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO investigated issues related to the implementation of the U.S./North Korean Agreed Framework, focusing on the: (1) status of heavy fuel oil funding and the deliveries to North Korea undertaken pursuant to the Agreed Framework; and (2) controls in place to prevent the diversion of heavy fuel oil from heating and electricity generation to other purposes not specified in the Agreed Framework and any limitations in these controls that would allow North Korea to divert heavy fuel oil."
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Paperwork: General Purpose Statistics and Research Surveys of Businesses (open access)

Federal Paperwork: General Purpose Statistics and Research Surveys of Businesses

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the federal paperwork burden, focusing on the: (1) paperwork burden associated with federal agencies' general purpose statistics and research (GPS/R) surveys that are directed towards businesses; (2) nature, use, and burden of selected GPS/R surveys; and (3) agencies' efforts to reduce the burden associated with the selected surveys."
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Health Care: Appointment Timeliness Goals Not Met; Measurement Tools Need Improvement (open access)

Defense Health Care: Appointment Timeliness Goals Not Met; Measurement Tools Need Improvement

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) administration of its health maintenance organization, TRICARE Prime, focusing on: (1) DOD's performance in scheduling appointments; and (2) possible reasons why Prime enrollees might not obtain appointments within the appointment timeliness goals."
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Energy: Fiscal Year 1998 Obligations for Fossil Energy Programs (open access)

Department of Energy: Fiscal Year 1998 Obligations for Fossil Energy Programs

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared the actual fiscal year (FY) 1998 obligations for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Fossil Energy Research and Development (R&D) Program and the Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program with the estimated obligations that were previously reported."
Date: September 14, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration: Information on the Women's Business Center Program (open access)

Small Business Administration: Information on the Women's Business Center Program

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Women's Business Center Program, focusing on: (1) a description of the women's business centers, including their funding status, their experiences in raising matching funds, the types of services offered in a women's business center's first and last year of grant funding, and the differences between parent and satellite centers; (2) the extent to which SBA's award criteria predict long-term success or failure of women's business centers; and (3) the Office of Women's Business Ownership's compliance with legislative reporting requirements and the inherent difficulties with obtaining the required data from the women's business centers."
Date: September 2, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
DOD T&A System Controls: Military Leave Records and Approval of Leave Requests (open access)

DOD T&A System Controls: Military Leave Records and Approval of Leave Requests

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the internal control requirements in Title 6, "Pay, Leave, and Allowances of the GAO Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies" as they relate to the Air Force's Air Mobility Command's employee time and attendance (T&A) system, focusing on whether: (1) military leave records must be maintained in paper form containing handwritten signatures; and (2) it is permissible to have the supervisor approve staff leave requests on the Air Force's proposed T&A system by using an user identification code or a password in lieu of the electronic signature required in Title 6."
Date: September 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Capital: A Self-Assessment Checklist for Agency Leaders (open access)

Human Capital: A Self-Assessment Checklist for Agency Leaders

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a self-assessment checklist to assist agency leaders in designing, implementing, and maintaining an effective human capital strategy. GAO's approach to self-assessment: (1) emphasizes investment in enhancing the value of individual employees and of the agency workforce as a whole; and (2) asks whether the agency has established and clearly defined and communicated a shared vision and aligned its components and systems to support them."
Date: September 1, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combating Terrorism: Need for Comprehensive Threat and Risk Assessments of Chemical and Biological Attacks (open access)

Combating Terrorism: Need for Comprehensive Threat and Risk Assessments of Chemical and Biological Attacks

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the scientific and practical aspects of a terrorist carrying out large-scale chemical or biological attacks on U.S. soil, focusing on the: (1) technical ease or difficulty for terrorists to acquire, process, improvise, and disseminate certain chemical and biological agents; and (2) extent to which the U.S. government has assessed the threats and risks posed by chemical and biological terrorism in the United States to serve as a basis for planned investments."
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Development: Businesses' Use of Empowerment Zone Tax Incentives (open access)

Community Development: Businesses' Use of Empowerment Zone Tax Incentives

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the extent to which businesses used: (1) Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program's three tax incentives; and (2) three other tax incentives that are targeted to help businesses, including those in distressed areas."
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gender Issues: Trends in the Occupational Distribution of Military Women (open access)

Gender Issues: Trends in the Occupational Distribution of Military Women

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the trends in the occupational distribution of military women, focusing on: (1) all occupations women were in during fiscal years 1990 and 1998, particularly those with the highest percentage of women; and (2) systemic barriers, if any, that limit women entering certain occupations."
Date: September 14, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
USDA T&A System Controls: Recording Deviations From Preapproved Work Schedules (open access)

USDA T&A System Controls: Recording Deviations From Preapproved Work Schedules

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the internal control requirements in Title 6, "Pay, Leave, and Allowances," of GAO's Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies, as they relate to the Department of Agriculture's Marketing and Regulatory Programs' staff time and attendance (T&A) records, focusing on: (1) if employees are required to sign for their arrival/departure time when recording deviations from their preapproved declared schedule; and (2) in lieu of signing in/out times for deviations to the preapproved work schedule, whether employees could use electronic mail (e-mail) or phone in their actual pay period schedule."
Date: September 14, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Career Appointments of Political Appointees (open access)

Career Appointments of Political Appointees

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO clarified when it is appropriate for a political appointee to receive a career position in the federal government."
Date: September 29, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Health Care: Fiscal Year 2000 Budget (open access)

Veterans' Health Care: Fiscal Year 2000 Budget

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) plans to spend an additional $900 million requested for veterans' medical care and the likelihood of VHA's achieving its proposed management efficiency savings."
Date: September 14, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development: Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center's Process for Funding Projects (open access)

Research and Development: Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center's Process for Funding Projects

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the process that the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC) uses to fund research and development (R&D) projects."
Date: September 24, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library