The FY2008 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (open access)

The FY2008 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Date: March 13, 2007
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality Issues in the 110th Congress: Oversight and Implementation (open access)

Water Quality Issues in the 110th Congress: Oversight and Implementation

This report discusses issues surrounding the Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 and programs set up to meet the water quality standards that it outlined. The report focuses specifically on the legislative issues for the 110th Congress in relation to the CWA. It also includes a brief comparison of the expected appropriations for FY2007 and FY2008.
Date: March 15, 2007
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations (open access)

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations

This report is a guide to the regular appropriations bills that Congress consider each year. It lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS products.
Date: March 17, 2008
Creator: Krouse, William J.; Murphy, Edward V. & Villarreal, M. Angeles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2008 Appropriations (open access)

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2008 Appropriations

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Date: March 18, 2008
Creator: Hatch, Garrett L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Audit Report on Border Security Funds (open access)

An Audit Report on Border Security Funds

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the sources of border security funding, the amounts spent in each category of expenditures for fiscal years 2004 through 2008 (including expenditures for staff, capital budget purchases, and information technology), and whether or not these expenditures were allocated appropriately.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design Study for a Low-Enriched Uranium Core for the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Annual Report for FY 2008 (open access)

Design Study for a Low-Enriched Uranium Core for the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Annual Report for FY 2008

This report documents progress made during FY 2008 in studies of converting the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) from highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. Conversion from HEU to LEU will require a change in fuel form from uranium oxide to a uranium-molybdenum alloy. With axial and radial grading of the fuel foil and an increase in reactor power to 100 MW, calculations indicate that the HFIR can be operated with LEU fuel with no degradation in reactor performance from the current level. Results of selected benchmark studies imply that calculations of LEU performance are accurate. Scoping experiments with various manufacturing methods for forming the LEU alloy profile are presented.
Date: March 1, 2009
Creator: Primm, Trent; Chandler, David; Ilas, Germina; Miller, James Henry; Sease, John D & Jolly, Brian C
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2008

Annual report of federal funds expended by the state of Texas including financial statements and reports from auditors related to fiscal year 2008.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASTE SOLIDIFICATION BUILDING BENCH SCALE HIGH ACTIVITY WASTE SIMULANT VARIABILITY STUDY FY2008 (open access)

WASTE SOLIDIFICATION BUILDING BENCH SCALE HIGH ACTIVITY WASTE SIMULANT VARIABILITY STUDY FY2008

The primary objective of this task was to perform a variability study of the high activity waste (HAW) acidic feed to determine the impact of feed variability on the quality of the final grout and on the mixability of the salt solution into the dry powders. The HAW acidic feeds were processed through the neutralization/pH process, targeting a final pH of 12. These fluids were then blended with the dry materials to make the final waste forms. A secondary objective was to determine if elemental substitution for cost prohibitive or toxic elements in the simulant affects the mixing response, thus providing a more economical simulant for use in full scale tests. Though not an objective, the HAW simulant used in the full scale tests was also tested and compared to the results from this task. A statistically designed test matrix was developed based on the maximum molarity inputs used to make the acidic solutions. The maximum molarity inputs were: 7.39 HNO{sub 3}, 0.11618 gallium, 0.5423 silver, and 1.1032 'other' metals based on their NO{sub 3}{sup -} contribution. Substitution of the elements aluminum for gallium and copper for silver was also considered in this test matrix, resulting in a total of …
Date: March 20, 2009
Creator: Hansen, E.; Jones, Timothy; Edwards, Tommy & Cozzi, Alex
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Lottery Minority Business Participation Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Lottery Minority Business Participation Report: 2008

Report of the Texas Lottery Commission regarding the level of minority business participation in its lottery and bingo regulatory contracting activity and in the licensing of lottery sales agents, as well as recommendations for the improvement of lottery-related minority business opportunities.
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History