Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report is the release of the database of information collected during research for the report entitled Financial Statement Restatements: Trends, Market Impacts, Regulatory Responses, and Remaining Challenges."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In accordance with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, the Department of Justice (DOJ) provides Congress and the public with an annual performance report. These reports serve as an important measure of DOJ's progress related to its strategic goals and objectives, including statistics on its Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Report. We were asked to review the accuracy of DOJ's terrorism-related conviction statistics. Among other objectives, in this report we (1) identify how DOJ develops its terrorism-related conviction statistics and (2) assess whether DOJ has sufficient management oversight and internal controls in place to ensure the accuracy of terrorism-related statistics included in its annual performance reports."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Bureau of the Census partnered with local governments, advocacy groups, and other organizations to help it enumerate people without conventional housing. Counting this population--which includes shelter residents and the homeless--has been a longstanding challenge for the Bureau. A number of organizations put substantial resources into an operation the Bureau called Service-Based Enumeration. In return, some expected the Bureau to provide data that would help them plan and deliver employment, health, and other services. However, the Bureau did not release the data as planned, which raised questions about the Bureau's decision-making on data quality issues. In response to a congressional request, GAO examined the Bureau's decision-making process behind its change in plans."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The airline industry, facing unprecedented financial losses as a result of the economic downturn and the terrorist attacks, has taken steps to minimize losses, including reducing or eliminating service to some small communities. In March 2002, GAO reported that small communities had almost 20 percent fewer departures in October 2001, as compared to October 2000. GAO was asked to follow up on that work by examining the challenges small communities face in attracting and keeping the air service they desire and what steps they have taken to overcome these challenges."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Over the past 2 years, the Postal Service has experienced growing financial difficulties. In an effort to transform the organization to reduce costs and increase productivity, the Postal Service awarded a national-level office supply contract to Boise Corporation. In addition, the Postal Service required Boise to submit a subcontracting plan, which outlines how small, minority-, and woman-owned businesses will be reached through the contract. GAO was asked to assess the status of the Postal Service's implementation of the Boise contract and Boise's achievement of its subcontracting plan. GAO also reviewed the extent to which the Postal Service is buying office supplies directly from small, minority-, and woman-owned businesses."

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Office of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) plays an important role in supporting the effective functioning of the Congress and its neighboring institutions. With a budget of $426 million, AOC is responsible for the maintenance, renovation, and new construction of all buildings and grounds within the Capitol Hill complex. GAO was mandated by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, to conduct a comprehensive management review of AOC's operations to help identify improvements in strategic planning, organizational alignment, and strategic human capital management to help AOC better achieve its mission and to address long-standing program issues. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed AOC's legislative authority and internal documents, interviewed key AOC officials and senior managers, and conducted employee focus groups."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Never has a results-oriented focus been more critical than today, when the security of America's citizens depends on the outcomes of many federal programs. In response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Congress passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) that created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and made it responsible for transportation security. ATSA requires TSA to implement specific practices that are intended to make it a results-oriented organization."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To help boost response rates of both the general and Hispanic populations, the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) redesigned the 2000 questionnaire, in part by deleting a list of examples of Hispanic subgroups from the question on Hispanic origin. While more Hispanics were counted in 2000 compared to 1990, the counts for Dominicans and other Hispanic subgroups were lower than expected. Concerned that this was caused by the deletion of Hispanic subgroup examples, congressional requesters asked us to investigate the research and management activities behind the changes."

Interview with Aletha Barsanti regarding her experiences as the wife of U. S. Army General Olinto Barsanti. They married in 1942. She remembers their courtship in San Antonio; their assignments in Europe, Japan, and Washington, D.C.; raising their children; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general; military protocol for the wives of general officers; and his one-year tour in the Vietnam War as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died in May 1973.

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating John Younger of Midland on being selected as Top Hand by the Permian Basin Petroleum Association.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to providing for the inauguration of the Lieutenant Governor and the Governor, and to canvass the votes of the general election.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county bail bond board is authorized to adopt a rule providing for the release of some of a license holder’s security when the license holder will continue to engage in the bonding business (RQ-0578-JC)

We define the class of sequentially semi-separable matrices in this paper. Essentially this is the class of matrices which have low numerical rank on their off diagonal blocks. Examples include banded matrices, semi-separable matrices, their sums as well as inverses of these sums. Fast and stable algorithms for solving linear systems of equations involving such matrices and computing Moore-Penrose inverses are presented. Supporting numerical results are also presented. In addition, fast algorithms to construct and update this matrix structure for any given matrix are presented. Finally, numerical results that show that the coefficient matrices resulting from global spectral discretizations of certain integral equations indeed have this matrix structure are given.

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This report briefly discusses each of the nine substantive changes to the standing rules of the House and one standing order that affect the transaction of business on the floor.

This report is on Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs.

Photograph of a group of children, two men, and a woman performing on a stage. The photograph was taken at the Hip-Hop Cabaret event held in the Muse Theatre by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The children are crowded among one another. The man on the left on the stage is in the background, playing the drums. The man standing closer to the middle and towards the front of the stage, is holding a microphone. The woman is standing on the right side of the stage and is turned towards the children on the stage.

Photograph of a woman, with her eyes closed, placing her fists on top of one another. The photograph was taken at the Hip-Hop Cabaret event held in the Muse Theatre by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. A man is standing on the left and the back of a man's head is captured in the bottom right section of the photo.

Photograph of unidentified individuals standing on stage, with two men rapping into microphones as they stare at one another. The photograph was taken at the Hip-Hop Cabaret event held in the Muse Theatre by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. A smiling woman stands behind the rapper positioned at the right of the group. Two other men next to this rapper are also smiling.

Photograph of a man singing into a microphone while staring at the camera and holding a child. The photograph was taken at the Hip-Hop Cabaret event held in the Muse Theatre by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The microphone is held by a microphone stand placed in front of the man. The child is staring towards the left.

Photograph of a man rapping into a microphone, his left arm slightly raised. The photograph was taken at the Hip-Hop Cabaret event held in the Muse Theatre by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. In the background, there is a curtain backdrop and part of a drum kit.

Photograph of an unidentified man holding up a microphone as he talks into it. The photograph was taken at the Hip-Hop Cabaret event held in the Muse Theatre by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. In the background, there is a man behind the performer.

Photograph of two men, a woman, and a group of children standing on a stage. The photograph was taken at the Hip-Hop Cabaret event held in the Muse Theatre by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. Two men standing at the left of the stage, one in gray and the other in white, are approached by three kids. The woman is standing on the right side of the stage, dressed in yellow, and is surrounded by five children.