Time-resolved soft x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is used to probe the non-steady-state evolution of the valence band electronic structure of laser heated ultra-thin (50 nm) metal foils and bulk semiconductors. Single-shot soft x-ray laser induced time-of-flight photoelectron spectroscopy with picosecond time resolution was used in combination with optical measurements of the disassembly dynamics that have shown the existence of a metastable liquid phase in fs-laser heated metal foils persisting 4-5 ps. This metastable phase is studied using a 527 nm wavelength 400 fs laser pulse containing 0.3-2.5 mJ laser energy focused in a large 500 x 700 {micro}m{sup 2} spot to create heated conditions of 0.2-1.8 x 10{sup 12} W cm{sup -2} intensity. The unique LLNL COMET compact tabletop soft x-ray laser source provided the necessary high photon flux, highly monoenergetic, picosecond pulse duration, and coherence for observing the evolution of changes in the valence band electronic structure of laser heated metals and semiconductors with picosecond time resolution. This work demonstrates the continuing development of a powerful new technique for probing reaction dynamics and changes of local order on surfaces on their fundamental timescales including phenomena such as non-thermal melting, chemical bond formation, intermediate reaction steps, and the existence of transient …

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In October 2001, coalition forces forcibly removed the Taliban regime from Afghanistan, responding to their protection of al Qaeda terrorists who attacked the United States. Congress subsequently passed the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 authorizing funds to help Afghanistan rebuild a stable, democratic society. The act directed GAO to monitor the implementation of U.S. humanitarian, development, and counternarcotics assistance. This report analyzes, for fiscal year 2004, (1) U.S. obligations and expenditures, (2) progress and results of assistance efforts, (3) assistance management and coordination, and (4) major obstacles that affected the achievement of U.S. goals."

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.

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

Base Input - Army - Anniston Army Depot- Alabama. BRAC commission - FY 2005, Presented to Ms. Elizabeth Bieri and Mr. George Delgado June 23, 2005

Weekly newspaper from Holliday, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Archer City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Base Visit Report - Visit Report for Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, conducted by Timothy MacGregor, Senior Air Force Analyst.

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

In this paper the implementation plans and preparations for installation of the Fissile Mass Flow Monitor (FMFM) equipment at the Siberian Chemical Enterprise (SChE), Seversk, Russia, are presented. The FMFM, developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is part of the Blend Down Monitoring System (BDMS) for the U.S. Department of Energy Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Transparency Implementation Program. The BDMS provides confidence to the United States that the Russian nuclear facilities supplying the lower assay ({approx}4%) product low enriched uranium (PLEU) to the United States from down-blended weapon-grade HEU are meeting the nonproliferation goals of the government-to-government HEU purchase agreement signed between the Russian Federation and the United States in 1993. The first BDMS has been operational at Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant, Novouralsk, since February 1999. The second BDMS has been operational at Electro Chemical Plant, Zelenogorsk, since March 2003. These systems are successfully providing HEU transparency data to the United States. The third BDMS was successfully installed on the HEU down-blending tee in the SChE Enrichment Plant in October 2004. The FMFM makes use of a set of thermalized {sup 252}Cf spontaneous neutron sources for modulated fission activation of the UF{sub 6} gas stream for measuring the {sup 235}U …

State Input - 103 - 06A - RH10 - State Input Regional Hearing - July 6, 2005 - Boston, Massachusetts, BRAC Commission - FY 2005, Boston Detachment Service to the Fleet

Collection of BRAC related news articles and clippings. Prepared for Commission staff review.

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dated 07/26/2005 to Chairman Principi from Carol D’Amico, Executive Vice President and Chancellor – Central Region, expressing her support for relocating DFAS into DFAS – Indianapolis and Major General Emmett Bean Center stating that Ivy Tech State College is willing to partner with the Pentagon should the recommendations be implemented.

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

The purpose of this calculation is to estimate the probability of misloading a commercial spent nuclear fuel waste package with a fuel assembly(s) that has a reactivity (i.e., enrichment and/or burnup) outside the waste package design. The waste package designs are based on the expected commercial spent nuclear fuel assemblies and previous analyses (Macheret, P. 2001, Section 4.1 and Table 1). For this calculation, a misloaded waste package is defined as a waste package that has a fuel assembly(s) loaded into it with an enrichment and/or burnup outside the waste package design. An example of this type of misload is a fuel assembly designated for the 21-PWR Control Rod waste package being incorrectly loaded into a 21-PWR Absorber Plate waste package. This constitutes a misloaded 21-PWR Absorber Plate waste package, because the reactivity (i.e., enrichment and/or burnup) of a 21-PWR Control Rod waste package fuel assembly is outside the design of a 21-PWR Absorber Plate waste package. These types of misloads (i.e., fuel assembly with enrichment and/or burnup outside waste package design) are the only types that are evaluated in this calculation. This calculation utilizes information from ''Frequency of SNF Misload for Uncanistered Fuel Waste Package'' (CRWMS M&O 1998) as …

Community Correspondence - 2 Letters from concerned citizens Brian McKiernan and David and Deanna Leivestad voicing their concern regarding the closure of Ellsworth AFB

Community Correspondence - 4 Letters from concerned citizens regarding the closure of the 188th Air National Guard base here in Fort Smith Arkansas

Community Correspondence - 8 Letters submitted from concerned citizens regarding the 117th ARW in Birmingham, Alabama - opposed to the closure and or realignment of the unit

Community Correspondence - 10 Letters from concerned citizens supporting the preservation of the Solders Systems Center -Natick

Community Correspondence - 17 Letters from concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada to the Commission regarding the closure of the installation

Community Correspondence - 60 Letters from concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Fort Monmouth New Jersey to the Commission regarding the closure of the installation

Community Correspondence - 161 Letters from concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Niagara Falls Air Force Reserve Station

Community Correspondence - 162 Letters from concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Niagara Falls Air Force Reserve Station