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The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 282, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 282, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
America Competes Act: NIST Applied Some Safeguards in Obtaining Expert Services, but Additional Direction from Congress Is Needed (open access)

America Competes Act: NIST Applied Some Safeguards in Obtaining Expert Services, but Additional Direction from Congress Is Needed

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The America COMPETES Act gave the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), within the Department of Commerce, the authority, through 2010, to obtain the temporary services of up to 200 experts or consultants per year, but did not specify how the agency should acquire these services. NIST has used this authority to award personal services contracts to obtain the services of individuals. The act requires GAO to report on whether additional safeguards would be needed if NIST's authority were to be made permanent. To meet that requirement, GAO determined (1) the extent to which NIST has used its authority; (2) how effective the authority has been in helping NIST meet its need for experts; and (3) the extent to which NIST has provided appropriate safeguards over its use, and what additional safeguards are needed. GAO reviewed statutes, regulations, federal guidance, and NIST's contracts. In addition, GAO interviewed officials at NIST, Commerce, and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)."
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ATPA Renewal: Background and Issues (open access)

ATPA Renewal: Background and Issues

This report outlines the various aspects of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), including significant dates and modifications. The ATPA extends special duty treatment to certain U.S. imports from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru that meet domestic content and other requirements. The purpose of ATPA is to promote economic growth in the Andean region and to encourage a shift away from dependence on illegal drugs by supporting legitimate economic activities.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Villarreal, M. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 219, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 219, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 63, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 63, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Cartwright, Brian & Velvin, Candace E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colombia: Issues for Congress (open access)

Colombia: Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of recent political developments in Colombia, including the administration of President Uribe (2002-2010), continuing into the election of President Juan Manuel Santos. It discusses the political issues including Colombia's longstanding conflict with internal armed groups and ongoing challenges such as human rights, demobilization and displacement, drug trends, and Colombia's regional relations.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Beittel, June S. & Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisitions: Additional Analysis Needed to Capture Cost Differences Between Conventional and Nuclear Propulsion for Navy's Future Cruiser (open access)

Defense Acquisitions: Additional Analysis Needed to Capture Cost Differences Between Conventional and Nuclear Propulsion for Navy's Future Cruiser

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 requires that any budget request for construction of a new class of major combatant vessels will be for one with an integrated nuclear power system, unless the Secretary of Defense submits notification to Congress that it is not in the national interest to do so. The Navy's Next Generation Cruiser--CG(X)--is subject to this legislation. In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Navy's analysis of options for CG(X), including cost estimates related to building nuclear and conventional cruisers. GAO examined (1) the design concepts included in the CG(X) Analysis of Alternatives, (2) how each ship design concept addresses threats that cause capability gaps for maritime air and missile defense, and (3) how the Navy's methodology and assumptions affect its estimates of the relative costs for conventional and nuclear cruisers. To accomplish this, GAO analyzed CG(X) program documents, interviewed Navy and Department of Defense officials, and assessed the effect of alternative methodologies and assumptions on cost estimates. This letter is an unclassified summary of the classified report."
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Spectral and Atomic Models for Diagnosing Energetic Particle Characteristics in Fast Ignition Experiments (open access)

Development of Spectral and Atomic Models for Diagnosing Energetic Particle Characteristics in Fast Ignition Experiments

This Final Report summarizes work performed under DOE STTR Phase II Grant No. DE-FG02-05ER86258 during the project period from August 2006 to August 2009. The project, “Development of Spectral and Atomic Models for Diagnosing Energetic Particle Characteristics in Fast Ignition Experiments,” was led by Prism Computational Sciences (Madison, WI), and involved collaboration with subcontractors University of Nevada-Reno and Voss Scientific (Albuquerque, NM). In this project, we have:  Developed and implemented a multi-dimensional, multi-frequency radiation transport model in the LSP hybrid fluid-PIC (particle-in-cell) code [1,2].  Updated the LSP code to support the use of accurate equation-of-state (EOS) tables generated by Prism’s PROPACEOS [3] code to compute more accurate temperatures in high energy density physics (HEDP) plasmas.  Updated LSP to support the use of Prism’s multi-frequency opacity tables.  Generated equation of state and opacity data for LSP simulations for several materials being used in plasma jet experimental studies.  Developed and implemented parallel processing techniques for the radiation physics algorithms in LSP.  Benchmarked the new radiation transport and radiation physics algorithms in LSP and compared simulation results with analytic solutions and results from numerical radiation-hydrodynamics calculations.  Performed simulations using Prism radiation physics codes to address issues …
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: MacFarlane, Joseph J
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DISSOLUTION OF ZIRCALOY 2 CLAD UO2 COMMERCIAL REACTOR FUEL (open access)

DISSOLUTION OF ZIRCALOY 2 CLAD UO2 COMMERCIAL REACTOR FUEL

The primary goal of this investigation was to evaluate the effectiveness of the chop-leach process, with nitric acid solvent, to produce a nominally 300 g/L [U] and 1 M [H{sup +}] product solution. The results of this study show that this processing technique is appropriate for applications in which a low free acid and moderately high U content are desired. The 7.75 L of product solution, which was over 450 g/L in U, was successfully diluted to produce about 13 L of solvent extraction feed that was 302 g/L in U with a [H{sup +}] in the range 0.8-1.2 M. A secondary goal was to test the effectiveness of this treatment for the removal of actinides from Zircaloy cladding to produce a low-level radioactive waste (LLW) cladding product. Analysis of the cladding shows that actinides are present in the cladding at a concentration of about 5000 {eta}Ci/g, which is about 50 times greater than the acceptable transuranium element limit in low level radioactive waste. It appears that the concentration of nitric acid used for this dissolution study (initial concentration 4 M, with 10 M added as the dissolution proceeded) was inadequate to completely digest the UO{sub 2} present in the …
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Kessinger, G. & Thompson, M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies (open access)

Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies

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Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.; Hungerford, Thomas L. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Pittman, Jerry & Wray, Kelly
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Foreign Aid Reform: Agency Coordination (open access)

Foreign Aid Reform: Agency Coordination

This report discusses the many agencies involved with U.S. foreign assistance, the mechanisms currently in place to coordinate foreign aid programs, particularly those related to development assistance, and agency coordination issues that Congress may consider as part of foreign assistance reform.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Lawson, Marian L. & Epstein, Susan B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 125, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 125, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 322, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 322, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 323, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 323, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 324, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 324, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The GV Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

The GV Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Grandview, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Buck, Erin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009 (open access)

Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Stuart, Andrew
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indonesia: Domestic Politics, Strategic Dynamics, and American Interests (open access)

Indonesia: Domestic Politics, Strategic Dynamics, and American Interests

This report surveys key aspects of Indonesia's domestic politics and strategic dynamics in addition to provide general background information on Indonesia. It also provides an overview of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Indonesia.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Reconstruction Assistance (open access)

Iraq: Reconstruction Assistance

Following the 2003 intervention in Iraq, the United States undertook a large-scale assistance program meant to stabilize the country, rehabilitate economic infrastructure, and introduce representative government, among other objectives. Even as the U.S. military role in Iraq winds down, this program, funded through a mix of appropriations accounts, will continue to be scrutinized closely by the 111th Congress. This report describes recent developments in this assistance effort.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kyrgyzstan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (open access)

Kyrgyzstan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

This report examines Kyrgyzstan's uneven political and economic reform efforts. It discusses U.S. policy and assistance for democratization and other programs. Basic facts and biographical information are provided. Related products include CRS Report RL33458, Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, by Jim Nichol.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mold Heating and Cooling Pump Package Operator Interface Controls Upgrade (open access)

Mold Heating and Cooling Pump Package Operator Interface Controls Upgrade

The modernization of the Mold Heating and Cooling Pump Package Operator Interface (MHC PP OI) consisted of upgrading the antiquated single board computer with a proprietary operating system to off-the-shelf hardware and off-the-shelf software with customizable software options. The pump package is the machine interface between a central heating and cooling system that pumps heat transfer fluid through an injection or compression mold base on a local plastic molding machine. The operator interface provides the intelligent means of controlling this pumping process. Strict temperature control of a mold allows the production of high quality parts with tight tolerances and low residual stresses. The products fabricated are used on multiple programs.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Salmond, Josh A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library