A document encapsulating a personalized Mentor Review, delving into the journey of a remarkable teachers for all the schools associated with TETAC. Offering a rich tapestry of insights into the educator's accomplishments, professional metamorphosis, and influence within the school's fabric, this assessment celebrates strengths while charting a path for refinement.

In preparation of the Green Paper on greenhouse gas emissions trading within the European Union, the cost implications of EU-wide emissions trading carbon dioxide were estimated by E3-Lab with their PRIMES energy systems model. According to the report, if each EU member States implemented its target under the Burden sharing agreement individually, the total annual cost for the EU to reach the Kyoto target would be 9.0 billion Pound.

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO provided information on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board's statement of federal financial accounting standards (SFFAS). The statement presents amendments to SSFAS No. 2 and provides accounting standards for direct loans and loan guarantees."

Handwritten note listing names of active officers with duties and responsibilities.

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on tax-motivated expatriation, focusing on: (1) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) procedures relevant to the enforcement of tax-motivated expatriate rules related to income, estate, and gift taxes; (2) IRS' procedures for using the private letter ruling process; and (3) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and Department of State procedures for preventing tax-motivated expatriates from reentering the United States."

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication has been superseded by GAO-04-394G, Information Technology Investment Management: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Process Maturity, March 2004. GAO published a document on the Information Technology Investment Management (ITIM) framework, which identifies critical processes for successful information technology (IT) investment and organizes these processes into a framework of increasingly mature stages. ITIM establishes three key benefits: (1) a rigorous, standardized tool for internal and external evaluations of an agency's IT management process; (2) a consistent and understandable mechanism for reporting the results of these assessments to agency executives, Congress, and other interested parties; and (3) a road map agencies can use for improving their IT investment management process."

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a framework for information technology (IT) investment management, which provided a unified basis for communication and evaluation of agency IT investment practices."

This document details the ecological and economic effects of low oxygen (hypoxic) conditions in the Gulf of Mexico. This condition is caused by deforestation, river channelization, and the overuse of nitrogen in agricultural fertilizer. This document summarizes scientific evidence for the causes of hypoxia, the negative impact on Gulf of Mexico fisheries, and long-term national strategies for managing and mitigating the problem.

Report describing a study of the genotypes two plants (Spartina Patens and Spartina Alterniflora) that are tolerant to oil spills that have occurred in the coastal marshes of Louisiana. The research was to determine if these two plants could utilized for restoration and bioremediation of areas effected by oil spills. A plants tolerance to oil is determined by three factors: growth response and plant production, superior vegetative regrowth in soil effected by oil, and superior oil degradation potential.

Summary describing the work completed at Southeastern Louisiana University for 'Potential for Accelerated Bioremediation and Restoration of Oil-Impacted Marshes Through the Selection of Superior Oil-Tolerant Vegetation.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

This meeting focused on the future of the IPCC. Among other isues, the Panel considered the budget and assessed the National greenhouse gas inventories program (IPCC NGGIP).

A cover page that reads, "Please cost share the following travel expense," for Pam Stephens and Nancy Walkup Reynolds. Attached is the request for approval to travel form from the University of North Texas, filled out by Reynolds as Reynolds and Stephens are traveling to Los Angeles to partake in the National Art Education Association conference. There is also a bill from The Westin Bonaventure hotel and suites in Los Angels for a total of $437.94 and airline tickets that Reynolds and Stephens would like reimbursed.

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a guide to assist agencies in maintaining effective internal control while streamlining the operations of their payment systems and reducing costs."

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This publication supersedes AIMD-00-21.2.8, Travel System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems Under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996, December 1999. GAO published a functional requirements document to assist: (1) agencies in implementing and monitoring their travel systems; and (2) management and auditors in reviewing their travel systems to determine if they substantially comply with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996."

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on national water efficiency standards, focusing on the impact of: (1) the national water efficiency standards on water consumption levels and wastewater flows; and (2) repealing the national standards on projected infrastructure investments for drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities."

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) authority to award severable service contracts in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 under section 801 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, focusing on: (1) the extent to which DOD used the authority in the last month of the fiscal year; and (2) whether contracts reportedly valued at about $1 million or more and whose work was performed entirely in the following fiscal year were abuses of section 801."

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the National Environmental Performance Partnership System (NEPPS), focusing on: (1) grants and agreements made under NEPPS between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and states; (2) progress that EPA and the states have made in developing results-oriented performance measures to be incorporated into NEPPS agreements and grants to the states; (3) how EPA oversight may or may not have been changing in states that were participating in NEPPS; and (4) the extent to which the use of these performance partnership agreements and grants had achieved the benefits envisioned for the states and the public."

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the role of incentive programs in motivating and rewarding federal employees to achieve high performance that supports agency missions and goals."

Handwritten notes about buttons ordered with prices listed on yellow lined paper.

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the white-collar exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), focusing on: (1) how shifts in the American economy have affected the exemptions in today's work place; (2) how the regulations underpinning the exemptions have changed in the decades since the enactment of the FLSA; (3) why both employer and employee representatives believe that adjustments are needed to update the regulatory structure; and (4) why the need to balance the interests of both employers and employees suggests that comprehensive review is key to equitable regulatory reform."

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) progress in implementing its modernization effort and the challenges that remain."

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Terrorism Preparedness Act of 2000 (H.R. 4210), focusing on the new office it created to manage selected counterterrorist programs."

Handwritten note with prices written on it and activities related to Mike Stewart.

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on software change controls at federal agencies, focusing on: (1) whether key controls as described in documented policies and procedures regarding software change authorization, testing, and approval comply with federal guidance; and (2) the extent to which agencies contracted for year 2000 remediation of mission-critical systems and the extent to which foreign nationals were involved in these efforts."