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[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 22]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 15]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 13]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 3]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 23]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 8]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 7]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 20]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 10]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 17]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 1]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 6]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Emotional Backgammon Photograph 19]

Photograph taken at an Emotional Backgammon event with Tim Reid.
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inspectors General: Information on Resources and Selected Accomplishments of 18 Inspectors General (open access)

Inspectors General: Information on Resources and Selected Accomplishments of 18 Inspectors General

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information about the resources and selected accomplishments of inspectors general at 18 federal departments and agencies."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Assessment: Administration Did Not Meet Reporting Deadline (open access)

Climate Change Assessment: Administration Did Not Meet Reporting Deadline

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For many years, scientists have observed a warming trend in the earth's climate and have projected additional changes in the coming decades, with potential implications for human society. To provide for the development and coordination of a comprehensive and integrated U.S. research program that will assist the nation and the world in understanding, assessing, predicting, and responding to such changes, the Congress, in the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (act), required the administration to, among other things, prepare a national global change research plan, a summary of the achievements and expenditures in the area of federal climate change research, and a scientific assessment. The scientific assessment is to be prepared at least every 4 years and is to: (1) integrate, evaluate, and interpret research findings on climate change of the Global Change Research Program (implemented under the Global Change Research Plan) and scientific uncertainties associated with such findings; (2) analyze the effects of global change on the natural environment, human health and welfare, and other specified areas; and (3) analyze current trends in global change and project major trends for the next 25 to 100 years. In …
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing Countries: Achieving Poor Countries' Economic Growth and Debt Relief Targets Faces Significant Financing Challenges (open access)

Developing Countries: Achieving Poor Countries' Economic Growth and Debt Relief Targets Faces Significant Financing Challenges

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, established in 1996, is a bilateral and multilateral effort to provide debt relief to poor countries to help them achieve economic growth and debt sustainability. Multilateral creditors are having difficulty financing their share of the initiative, even with assistance from donors. Under the existing initiative, many countries are unlikely to achieve their debt relief targets, primarily because their export earnings are likely to be significantly less than projected by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). GAO assessed (1) the projected multilateral development banks' funding shortfall for the existing initiative and (2) the amount of funding, including development assistance, needed to help countries achieve economic growth and debt relief targets. The Treasury, World Bank, and African Development Bank commented that historical export growth rates are not good predictors of the future because significant structural changes are under way in many countries that could lead to greater growth. We consider these historical rates to be a more realistic gauge of future growth because of these countries' reliance on highly volatile primary commodities and other vulnerabilities such as HIV/AIDS."
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improper Payments: Federal and State Coordination Needed to Report National Improper Payment Estimates on Federal Programs (open access)

Improper Payments: Federal and State Coordination Needed to Report National Improper Payment Estimates on Federal Programs

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Over the past several years, GAO has reported that federal agencies are not well positioned to meet requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA). For fiscal year 2005, estimated improper payments exceeded $38 billion but did not include some of the highest risk programs, such as Medicaid with outlays exceeding $181 billion for fiscal year 2005. Overall, state-administered programs and other nonfederal entities receive over $400 billion annually in federal funds. Thus, federal agencies and states share responsibility for the prudent use of these funds. GAO was asked to determine actions taken at the state level to help federal agencies estimate improper payments for state-administered federal programs and assistance needed from the federal level to support the respective federal agencies' implementation of IPIA."
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Long-standing Problems Hampering Mail Delivery Need to Be Resolved (open access)

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Long-standing Problems Hampering Mail Delivery Need to Be Resolved

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Mail is a morale booster for troops fighting overseas and for their families at home. More than 65 million pounds of letters and parcels were delivered to troops serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and problems with prompt and reliable mail delivery surfaced early in the conflict. Congress and the White House forwarded more than 300 inquiries about mail delivery problems to military postal officials. GAO was directed to review mail delivery to troops stationed in the Middle East. In this report, GAO assesses (1) the timeliness of mail delivery to and from troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom, (2) how mail delivery issues and problems during this operation compared with those experienced during Operations Desert Shield/Storm in 1991, and (3) efforts to identify actions to resolve problems in establishing mail operations for future contingencies."
Date: April 14, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Airspace System: Progress and Ongoing Challenges for the Air Traffic Organization (open access)

National Airspace System: Progress and Ongoing Challenges for the Air Traffic Organization

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress's formation of the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) and the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO), both within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), represent the latest efforts to address the monumental challenges of modernizing the national airspace system (NAS) during the first quarter of the twenty-first century. For more than two decades, FAA has been working to modernize the air traffic control (ATC) system, but projects have repeatedly missed cost, schedule, and performance targets. Consequently, ATC modernization has been on GAO's list of high-risk federal programs since 1995. The ATO's focus is on a rolling 10- year outlook to operate and modernize the NAS. By contrast, the JPDO's vision is longer term, focused on coordinating the research efforts of diverse federal agencies to achieve a common goal of meeting potential air traffic demands in 2025. This statement discusses (1) GAO's assessment of the ATO's efforts to date in addressing some of the key challenges for the ATC modernization program and (2) challenges that lie ahead for the ATO and options that it could consider in addressing the needs of the NAS over the next decade, as well as …
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
SBA Disaster Loan Program: Accounting Anomalies Resolved but Additional Steps Would Improve Long-Term Reliability of Cost Estimates (open access)

SBA Disaster Loan Program: Accounting Anomalies Resolved but Additional Steps Would Improve Long-Term Reliability of Cost Estimates

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In response to a January 2003 GAO report that identified significant anomalies in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) disaster loan accounts and raised serious concerns about its ability to account for loan sales and estimate program costs, SBA conducted an extensive analysis to identify causes of the anomalies and implemented a number of corrective actions. In light of SBA's actions, GAO undertook a follow-up review to (1) describe the nature of the deficiencies SBA identified, (2) determine whether its corrective actions resolved the deficiencies, and (3) assess whether its procedures provide a reasonable basis for future credit estimates."
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Benefits: Third Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (open access)

Immigration Benefits: Third Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the number of Haitian nationals who have applied and been approved to adjust their status to legal permanent residence under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA) of 1998."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Innovation Research: Information on Awards Made by NIH and DoD in Fiscal Years 2001 through 2004 (open access)

Small Business Innovation Research: Information on Awards Made by NIH and DoD in Fiscal Years 2001 through 2004

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a three phase program that increases the use of small businesses to meet federal research needs and encourages commercialization of this research. Venture capital is one source of funding to help commercialize SBIR projects. To receive an award firms must meet ownership and other criteria and awards may exceed dollar guidelines. In 2002, the Small Business Administration (SBA) clarified that majority owners of firms that receive awards must be individuals rather than corporations. Since 2002, controversy has arisen over the extent to which venture capital firms may own SBIR firms. GAO was asked to provide information on SBIR for fiscal years 2001 - 2004. For NIH and DOD, we determined the (1) number and characteristics of awards, (2) number and characteristics of awards above the guidelines, (3) changes in award characteristics after 2002, and (4) factors agencies consider, and data they collect on, SBIR awards. NIH, DOD, and SBA provided technical comments that were incorporated, as appropriate. DOD said our findings were not surprising in light of differences in the markets for SBIR projects. SBA said our findings, …
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance: USAID Has Begun Tsunami Reconstruction in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, but Key Projects May Exceed Initial Cost and Schedule Estimates (open access)

Foreign Assistance: USAID Has Begun Tsunami Reconstruction in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, but Key Projects May Exceed Initial Cost and Schedule Estimates

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In December 2004, an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia caused a tsunami that left more than 230,000 people killed or missing and presumed dead and an estimated $10 billion in damage in 12 countries. In May 2005, Congress appropriated $908 million for relief and reconstruction. U.S. emergency relief efforts budgeted at $327 million were nearly completed in December 2005. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) plans to spend $496 million on longer-term reconstruction, focusing on Indonesia and Sri Lanka, with the remaining $85 million allocated to other U.S. agencies. GAO has been mandated to monitor USAID's reconstruction efforts. In this report, GAO describes USAID's (1) progress in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, (2) financial and technical oversight measures, and (3) implementation challenges."
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Services Administration: Leasing Practices in Selected Regions (open access)

General Services Administration: Leasing Practices in Selected Regions

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the process used by the Public Buildings Service (PBS) to procure leased space for federal agencies, focusing on the: (1) approaches 3 of the General Services Administration's 11 regional offices use to lease space, including how each region determines an agency's space requirements, identifies and assesses potential space, and communicates with actual offerors; and (2) effect of solicitation practices on competition."
Date: April 14, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library