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Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress
None
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight
This report mainly discusses about Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight where DHS is mandated to coordinate total federal agency homeland security R&D, which was requested at $5.1 billion. Policy issues include waste in research and technology programs.
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Instructing Senate Conferees
None
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Care Insurance: Federal Program Has a Unique Profit Structure and Faced a Significant Marketing Challenge
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Spending on long-term care services--about $193 billion in 2004--is expected to rise. In 2000, Congress passed the Long-Term Care Security Act, requiring the federal government to offer long-term care insurance. To do so, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) contracted with Long Term Care Partners LLC (Partners) to create the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program. This is the second of two reports required by the act on the competitiveness of the federal program. GAO's March 31, 2006, report, Long-Term Care Insurance: Federal Program Compared Favorably with Other Products, and Analysis of Claims Trend Could Inform Future Decisions (GAO-06-401), found that the federal program's benefits and premiums compared favorably with other plans, but enrollment and claims experience--the amount and number of claims payments--were lower than Partners expected. In this report, GAO compared the federal program's profit structure and marketing efforts with those of other plans and updated its analysis of the program's claims experience. GAO reviewed the contract between OPM and Partners and interviewed OPM, Partners, and insurance carrier officials, as well as actuaries and industry experts. GAO also analyzed data on claim payments for the …
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recovery of Fresh Water Resources from Desalination of Brine Produced During Oil and Gas Production Operations
Management and disposal of produced water is one of the most important problems associated with oil and gas (O&G) production. O&G production operations generate large volumes of brine water along with the petroleum resource. Currently, produced water is treated as a waste and is not available for any beneficial purposes for the communities where oil and gas is produced. Produced water contains different contaminants that must be removed before it can be used for any beneficial surface applications. Arid areas like west Texas produce large amount of oil, but, at the same time, have a shortage of potable water. A multidisciplinary team headed by researchers from Texas A&M University has spent more than six years is developing advanced membrane filtration processes for treating oil field produced brines The government-industry cooperative joint venture has been managed by the Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI). The goal of the project has been to demonstrate that treatment of oil field waste water for re-use will reduce water handling costs by 50% or greater. Our work has included (1) integrating advanced materials into existing prototype units and (2) operating short and long-term field testing with full size process trains. Testing at A&M has allowed us …
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
Burnett, David B. & Siddiqui, Mustafa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recycling: Additional Efforts Could Increase Municipal Recycling
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Although recycling can generate environmental and economic benefits, the national recycling rate has increased only slightly since 2000, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While local governments have the primary role in operating recycling programs, EPA and the Department of Commerce (Commerce) have some legal responsibilities for encouraging recycling. GAO was asked to (1) identify key practices cities are using to increase recycling, (2) describe what EPA and Commerce are doing to encourage recycling, and (3) identify federal policy options that could help increase recycling. GAO interviewed recycling coordinators in 11 large cities about key practices and 13 additional recycling stakeholders about policy options. GAO selected both groups based on geographic representation and recycling expertise, among other factors."
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Savings in Mandatory Outlays in Selected Reconciliation Acts
None
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
“Sensitive But Unclassified” Information and Other Controls: Policy and Options for Scientific and Technical Information
None
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trafficking in Persons: The U.S. and International Response
None
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Using DUSTRAN to Simulate Fog-Oil Dispersion and Its Impacts on Local Insect Populations at Ft. Hood: Final Report
Smokes and obscurants (S&O) are important screening agents used during military training exercises on many military installations. Although the use of S&O is subject to environmental laws, the fate and effects of S&O on natural habitats are not well documented. One particular concern is the impact S&O may have on local insect populations, which can be important components of terrestrial food chains of endangered species. Fog-oil (FO) is an S&O that is of particular concern. An important part of assessing potential ecosystem impacts is the ability to predict downwind FO concentrations. This report documents the use of the comprehensive atmospheric dispersion modeling system DUST TRANsport (DUSTRAN) to simulate the downwind transport and diffusion of a hypothetical FO release on the U.S. Army installation at Ft. Hood, TX.
Date:
December 29, 2006
Creator:
Rishel, Jeremy P.; Chapman, Elaine G.; Rutz, Frederick C. & Allwine, K Jerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Alternative Minimum Tax for Individuals: Legislative Initiatives in the 109th Congress
This report describes the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), specifically revenue effects of modifying the AMT and Legislative Initiatives.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Esenwein, Gregg A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties: Origins, Deadlines, Requirements, and Uses
In each chamber of Congress, four forms of legislative measure be introduced and acted on: bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and resolutions of one house. This report contains information on and a table of all forms of business on which Congress acts.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Beth, Richard S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband over Powerlines: Regulatory and Policy Issues
This report discusses the Regulatory and Policy Issues related Broadband over Powerlines.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Figliola, Patricia Moloney
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cleanup Verification Package for the 618-2 Burial Ground
This cleanup verification package documents completion of remedial action for the 618-2 Burial Ground, also referred to as Solid Waste Burial Ground No. 2; Burial Ground No. 2; 318-2; and Dry Waste Burial Site No. 2. This waste site was used primarily for the disposal of contaminated equipment, materials and laboratory waste from the 300 Area Facilities.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Thompson, W. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Actions in 2006
This report provides information about the Congressional Budget Actions in 2006.During the second session of 109th congress,the senate and house will consider many different budgetary measures.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Deficit Impact of Reconciliation Legislation Enacted in 1990, 1993, 1997, and 2006
This report discusses deficit impact of Reconciliation Legislation enacted in 1990, 1993, 1997, and 2006.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Keith, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF NOVEL LOW-NOx BURNERS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY
Gas Technology Institute (GTI), together with Hamworthy Peabody Combustion Incorporated (formerly Peabody Engineering Corporation), the University of Utah, and Far West Electrochemical have developed and demonstrated an innovative combustion system suitable for natural gas and coke-oven gas firing within the steel industry. The combustion system is a simple, low-cost, energy-efficient burner that can reduce NOx by more than 75%. The U.S. steel industry needs to address NOx control at its steelmaking facilities. A significant part of NOx emissions comes from gas-fired boilers. In steel plants, byproduct gases – blast furnace gas (BFG) and coke-oven gas (COG) – are widely used together with natural gas to fire furnaces and boilers. In steel plants, natural gas can be fired together with BFG and COG, but, typically, the addition of natural gas raises NOx emissions, which can already be high because of residual fuel-bound nitrogen in COG. The Project Team has applied its expertise in low-NOx burners to lower NOx levels for these applications by combining advanced burner geometry and combustion staging with control strategies tailored to mixtures of natural gas and byproduct fuel gases. These methods reduce all varieties of NOx – thermal NOx produced by high flame temperatures, prompt NOx produced …
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Cygan, David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Digital Surveillance: The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
This report provides information about The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act on Digital Surveillance. CALEA is intended to preserve the ability of law enforcement officials to conduct electronic surveillance effectively and efficiently.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Figliola, Patricia Moloney
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of airborne geophysical surveys for large-scale mapping of contaminated mine pools: draft final report
Decades of underground coal mining has left about 5,000 square miles of abandoned mine workings that are rapidly filling with water. The water quality of mine pools is often poor; environmental regulatory agencies are concerned because water from mine pools could contaminate diminishing surface and groundwater supplies. Mine pools are also a threat to the safety of current mining operations. Conversely, mine pools are a large, untapped water resource that, with treatment, could be used for a variety of industrial purposes. Others have proposed using mine pools in conjunction with heat pumps as a source of heating and cooling for large industrial facilities. The management or use of mine pool water requires accurate maps of mine pools. West Virginia University has predicted the likely location and volume of mine pools in the Pittsburgh Coalbed using existing mine maps, structure contour maps, and measured mine pool elevations. Unfortunately, mine maps only reflect conditions at the time of mining, are not available for all mines, and do not always denote the maximum extent of mining. Since 1999, the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has been evaluating helicopter-borne, electromagnetic sensing technologies for the detection and mapping of mine pools. Frequency domain electromagnetic sensors …
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Geosciences Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA & Hammack, R. W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape
This report provides information about The Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape on the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is an independent agency directly responsible for congress.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Figliola, Patricia Moloney
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities
This report contains the funding issues and activities of the federal networking and information technology research and development program.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Figliola, Patricia Moloney
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Final summary of "Future Directions in Nuclear Medicine"
None
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Wernick, Miles N.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY 2006 Infrared Photonics Final Report
Research done by the Infrared Photonics team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is focused on developing miniaturized integrated optics and optical fiber processing methods for mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensing applications by exploiting the unique optical and material properties of chalcogenide glass. PNNL has developed thin-film deposition capabilities, direct laser writing techniques, infrared photonic device demonstration, holographic optical element design and fabrication, photonic device modeling, and advanced optical metrology—all specific to chalcogenide glass. Chalcogenide infrared photonics provides a pathway to quantum cascade laser (QCL) transmitter miniaturization. The high output power, small size, and superb stability and modulation characteristics of QCLs make them amenable for integration as transmitters into ultra-sensitive, ultra-selective point sampling and remote short-range chemical sensors that are particularly useful for nuclear nonproliferation missions.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Anheier, Norman C.; Allen, Paul J.; Bernacki, Bruce E.; Ho, Nicolas; Krishnaswami, Kannan; Qiao, Hong (Amy) et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY 2006 Miniature Spherical Retroreflectors Final Report
Research done by the Infrared Photonics team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is focused on developing miniature spherical retroreflectors using the unique optical and material properties of chalcogenide glass to reduce both performance limiting spherical aberrations. The optimized optical performance will provide efficient signal retroreflection that enables a broad range of remote detection scenarios for mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensing applications. Miniature spherical retroreflectors can be developed to aid in the detection of signatures of nuclear proliferation or other chemical vapor or radiation signatures. Miniature spherical retroreflectors are not only well suited to traditional LIDAR methods for chemical plume detection and identification, but could enable remote detection of difficult semi-volatile chemical materials or low level radiation sources.
Date:
December 28, 2006
Creator:
Anheier, Norman C.; Bernacki, Bruce E. & Krishnaswami, Kannan
System:
The UNT Digital Library