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8(a) Program: The Importance of Effective Fraud Prevention Controls (open access)

8(a) Program: The Importance of Effective Fraud Prevention Controls

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the results of our prior investigation of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program. SBA's 8(a) program, named for a section of the Small Business Act, is a development program created to help small, disadvantaged businesses compete in the American economy and access the federal procurement market. To participate in the program, a firm must be certified as meeting several criteria, including: be a small business as defined by SBA; be unconditionally owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals who are of good character and citizens of the United States; and show potential for success. Upon certification, firms can obtain federal contracts without competing fully and openly for the work. For example, agencies are permitted to enter into sole-source contracts after soliciting and negotiating with only one 8(a) company. They also can participate in restricted competitions for federal contracts, known as set-asides, open to only 8(a) companies. In March 2010, GAO issued two companion reports on the 8(a) program, one focused on internal control procedures and processes that SBA has implemented to ensure that only eligible firms participate …
Date: March 3, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
T-1020 NaI crystal test for DM-Ice (open access)

T-1020 NaI crystal test for DM-Ice

This is a memorandum of understanding between the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and the experiments of the NaI Crystal Test for DM-Ice from the University of Wisconsin who have committed to participate in detector tests to be carried out during the 2011-2012 Fermilab Neutrino program. The memorandum is intended primarily for the purpose of recording expectations for budget estimates and work allocations for Fermilab, the funding agencies and the participating institutions. It reflects an arrangement that currently is satisfactory to the parties; however, it is recognized and anticipated that changing circumstances of the evolving research program will necessitate revisions. The parties agree to modify this memorandum to reflect such required adjustments. Actual contractual obligations will be set forth in separate documents. The DM-Ice collaboration is designing a sodium-iodide (NaI) based detector for a direct dark matter search. The detectors should have low readout noise and background levels to carry out a sensitive search. A 17-kg version of the experiment is running at the South Pole, 2500 m deep in the Antarctic ice, and a large scale experiment is currently being designed. One of the keys to the success of the experiment is to have a good understanding of the …
Date: November 3, 2011
Creator: Maruyama, Reina; Heeger, Karsten; Pierpoint, Zachary; Pettus, Walter; Broerman, Benjamin; Hilgenberg, Chris et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2010 Decennial Census: Background and Issues (open access)

The 2010 Decennial Census: Background and Issues

This report summarizes the information and background of the 2010 census. The report outlines what the census is and why it is necessary. Moreover, it describes the new methods used and the issues encountered by using those methods.
Date: February 3, 2011
Creator: Williams, Jennifer D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Additional Cost Transparency and Design Criteria Needed for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Projects (open access)

Additional Cost Transparency and Design Criteria Needed for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Projects

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published its third annual assessment of selected large-scale NASA projects. During this assessment we identified several issues that merit NASA's management attention. The federal government faces real fiscal limitations and will have to make difficult choices about upcoming priorities. This reality makes it more important than ever that NASA manage its programs and projects as efficiently and effectively as possible and within a budget that over recent years has remained relatively constant. It will also require that NASA make tough decisions about which projects to fund among core missions in science, aeronautics, and human space flight and exploration. Our work over the past three years has shown that NASA's major projects are frequently approved without evidence of a sound business case--ensuring a match between requirements and resources--and, therefore, cost more and take longer to develop than planned. Our March 2011 assessment found that 13 NASA projects that established baselines prior to fiscal year 2009 had experienced an average cost growth of almost 55 percent, with a combined increase in development costs of almost $2.5 billion from their baselines established at their Confirmation Review. While NASA has taken …
Date: March 3, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians (open access)

Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians

This report presents statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which began on October 7, 2001, and is ongoing. OEF actions take place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also includes American casualties in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen.
Date: August 3, 2011
Creator: Chesser, Susan G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians (open access)

Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians

This report collects statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which began on October 7, 2001, and is ongoing. OEF actions take place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also includes American casualties in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen.
Date: February 3, 2011
Creator: Chesser, Susan G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political state of Iran, focusing particularly on the influence of the Taliban and other militant groups and on the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This report also discusses the U.S.-Iran relationship and U.S. efforts under the Obama Administration to provide military, reconstructive, and stabilization aid.
Date: June 3, 2011
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Declining Balance Raises Concerns over Ability to Meet Future Demands (open access)

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Declining Balance Raises Concerns over Ability to Meet Future Demands

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the status of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund). Established in 1970, the Trust Fund helps finance the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) investments in the airport and airway system, such as construction and safety improvements at airports and technological upgrades to the air traffic control system, as well as FAA operations, such as providing air traffic control and conducting safety inspections. FAA, the Trust Fund, and the excise taxes that support the Trust Fund (which are discussed later in this statement) must all be periodically reauthorized. The most recent reauthorization expired at the end of fiscal year 2007. Proposed reauthorization legislation was considered but not enacted in the 110th and 111th Congresses, although several short-term measures were passed to extend the authorization of aviation programs, funding, and Trust Fund revenue collections. The latest of these extensions--the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2010, Part IV--was enacted on December 22, 2010, extending FAA programs, expenditure authority, and aviation trust fund revenue collections through March 31, 2011. The financial health of the Trust Fund is important to ensure sustainable funding for a safe and efficient …
Date: February 3, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 2011 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 3, 2011
Creator: Lucas, Melinda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2011 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 3, 2011
Creator: Lucas, Melinda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 3, 2011
Creator: Lucas, Melinda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011 (open access)

The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Allen, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 3, 2011
Creator: Mann, Rick
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 3, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 3, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 60, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 3, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 60, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 3, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 3, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 3, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 303, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 303, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 3, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 323, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 323, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 345, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 3, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 345, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 3, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 2011 (open access)

Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 3, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2011 (open access)

Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011 (open access)

Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 3, 2011
Creator: McMichen, Candy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analysis of Axial Growth of Gold Indide by Indium Diffusing away from Solder Mounds and Creating the Gold to Gold-Indide Interface Angle Inside the Solder Mounds (open access)

Analysis of Axial Growth of Gold Indide by Indium Diffusing away from Solder Mounds and Creating the Gold to Gold-Indide Interface Angle Inside the Solder Mounds

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Date: February 3, 2011
Creator: Siekhaus, W J & Hrousis, C A
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library