Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) acquisition program is estimated to cost $245 billion to develop and produce three variants of stealthy fighter aircraft--a conventional takeoff and landing variant for the Air Force, an aircraft carrier variant for the Navy, and a short take-off and vertical landing variant for the Marine Corps and Air Force. A major goal of the JSF program is to reduce costs by maximizing commonality among variants. However, the Air Force conventional variant is being designed with a different aerial refueling method than those used by the two other JSF variants. U.S. fighters use two different methods for aerial refueling. Air Force fixed-wing aircraft are all currently fueled by a boom that extends from a tanker aircraft and is guided into a receptacle. The Navy and Marine Corps fighters use a probe that extends from the fighter to receive fuel when inserted into a drogue, which is a basket-like device on the end of a hose that extends from the tanker. The Senate Armed Services Committee directed that we (1) examine the rationale behind the Air Force refueling decision for its JSF version, (2) determine …

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This report provides background information about the issues concerning possible congressional action to reduce the number of positions to which the president makes appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate.

This report summarizes the Asian Development Bank (AsDB), which is a multilateral development finance institution based in Manila, Philippines.

This report discusses about Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005.

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Photograph of Bob Terzotis standing behind a wood podium and speaking into a microphone, using his hands as emphasis as he addresses the audience at the 2005 Texas Daily News Association annual conference, held at the Driskell Hotel in Austin.

Photograph of Bob Terzotis seated behind a panel table and speaking into a microphone as he addresses attendees at the 2005 Texas Daily News Association annual conference, held at the Driskell Hotel in Austin.

This report is about the background of Stabilization Force(SFOR) and peace stabilization duties handed over to a European Union force(EUFOR).

Photograph of Buddy King speaking into a microphone addresses attendees at the 2005 Texas Daily News Association annual conference, held at the Driskell Hotel in Austin.

The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) budget report, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2006-2015, included baseline estimates for fiscal years 2005 through 2015. Under baseline assumptions, CBO estimates a FY2006 deficit of $295 billion. This is smaller than CBO's FY2005 baseline deficit estimate. This report details the then-current budgetary situation, budget tools, budget actions, outlays, receipts, deficits, the economy, and related materials.

Research results are the areas of catalyst precursor synthesis, catalyst fluxionality, catalyst stability, polymerization of {alpha}-olefins as well as the chemistry of Group IV and Group V metal centers with aryloxide and arylsulfide ligands.

Photograph of Catherine McHaney (left) and Lorraine Branham (right) seated at a table together during the 2005 Texas Daily News Association annual conference, held at the Driskell Hotel in Austin.

One of the scientific objectives of the ARM Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWPICE) planned for early 2006 at Darwin, Australia is to describe convection characteristics and its interaction with the large-scale fields. In view of the short duration of the experiment, it is important to determine the long-term statistics of convection and its associated clouds from the observations and global climate models (GCM) so as to put the experiment results in proper climate perspective. For this purpose, we examine several important fields associated with the characteristics of convection and the relationships between convection and clouds using GCM simulations and available satellite and surface observations. These include the seasonal variation of convection, the relationships between convection and the upper-level cloud amount, cloud ice water content and cloud radiative forcing. One major goal of the ARM program is to improve GCM cloud and convection parameterizations. Using NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM3), we demonstrate that GCM simulations in the tropical western Pacific including Darwin can be significantly improved by improving convection parameterization.

This CRS report estimates that the Department of Defense (DOD) has received over $201 billion for combat operations, occupation, and support for military personnel deployed or supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and for enhanced security at military installations, collectively called the “global war on terrorism.”

A report of a cultural resources survey within the Artesia development site.

Photograph of Darla Thompson (right) and Jeremy L. Halbriech (left) side-hugging one another during the 2005 Texas Daily News Association annual conference, held at the Driskell Hotel in Austin. Thompson was there to accept an award for her dedicated services as as Administration Assistant, Office Manager, Director of Member Services for the Texas Daily Newspaper Association.

We present volume, density, and tensile property change observed from both naturally and accelerated aged plutonium alloys. Accelerated alloys are plutonium alloys with a fraction of Pu-238 to accelerate the aging process by approximately 18 times the rate of unaged weapons-grade plutonium. After thirty-five equivalent years of aging on accelerated alloys, the dilatometry shows the samples at 35 C have swelled in volume by 0.12 to 0.14% and now exhibit a near linear volume increase due to helium in-growth while showing possible surface effects on samples at 50 C and 65 C. The engineering stress of the accelerated alloy at 18 equivalent years increased significantly compared to at 4.5 equivalent years.

Photograph of Donnis Bagget, standing at a podium and speaking into the microphone during the 2005 Texas Daily News Association annual conference, held at the Driskell Hotel in Austin.

This is a collaborative LDRD Exploratory Research project involving four directorates--Energy & Environment, Engineering, NAI and Computation. The project seeks to answer the following critical questions regarding atmospheric releases--''How much material was released? When? Where? and What are the potential consequences?'' Inaccurate estimation of the source term can lead to gross errors, time delays during a crisis, and even fatalities. We are developing a capability that seamlessly integrates observational data streams with predictive models in order to provide the best possible estimates of unknown source term parameters, as well as optimal and timely situation analyses consistent with both models and data. Our approach utilizes Bayesian inference and stochastic sampling methods (Markov Chain and Sequential Monte Carlo) to reformulate the inverse problem into a solution based on efficient sampling of an ensemble of predictive simulations, guided by statistical comparisons with data. We are developing a flexible and adaptable data-driven event-reconstruction capability for atmospheric releases that provides (1) quantitative probabilistic estimates of the principal source-term parameters (e.g., the time-varying release rate and location); (2) predictions of increasing fidelity as an event progresses and additional data become available; and (3) analysis tools for sensor network design and uncertainty studies. Our computational framework incorporates …

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

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This report provides background information on the types of water supply and wastewater treatment projects traditionally funded by the federal government and the several existing programs to assist communities with water supply and wastewater recycling and treatment. These projects and programs are found primarily within the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Commerce, Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of the Interior (DOI), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

This report provides a survey of state laws governing these above-mentioned aspects of hardrock mining. It provides an overview of the regulation of several specific activities associated with hardrock mineral development.