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Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges (open access)

Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges

This report assesses the effects of the absence of intelligence authorization legislation since FY2005. Since FY2005, no annual intelligence authorization bill has been enacted. Although the National Security Act requires intelligence activities to be specifically authorized, this requirement has been satisfied in recent years by one-sentence catch-all provisions in defense appropriations acts authorizing intelligence activities.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2009 (open access)

Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2009

Aid and military reimbursements made to Pakistan from 2002-2009. The list is divided by agency.
Date: April 20, 2009
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges (open access)

Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges

This report assesses the effects of the absence of intelligence authorization legislation since FY2005. Since FY2005, no annual intelligence authorization bill has been enacted. Although the National Security Act requires intelligence activities to be specifically authorized, this requirement has been satisfied in recent years by one-sentence catch-all provisions in defense appropriations acts authorizing intelligence activities.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Public Libraries Overview: Fiscal Years 2002-2007 (open access)

Texas Public Libraries Overview: Fiscal Years 2002-2007

Report about the objective and goals of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, with data for Texas public libraries statistics during fiscal years 2002-2007.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Department of Defense, Science and Technology Program: An Analysis, FY1998-FY2007 (open access)

The Department of Defense, Science and Technology Program: An Analysis, FY1998-FY2007

The purpose of this report is to help understand how the budget increases of the last ten years have been allocated.
Date: September 12, 2008
Creator: Moteff, John D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mid-Session Review of the President's Budget: Timing Issues (open access)

The Mid-Session Review of the President's Budget: Timing Issues

This report provides information on the timing of submission of the mid-session review for FY1980-FY2009, a 30-year period that covers all or part of the administrations of five Presidents, applying to the last two years of the Carter Administration, and the full terms of the Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush Administrations.
Date: August 19, 2008
Creator: Keith, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY1998-2009 (open access)

Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY1998-2009

This report shows in tabular form how much the Administration requested and how much Congress appropriated during the past 11 years for U.S. payments to the multilateral development banks (MDBs). It also provides a brief description of the MDBs and the ways they fund their operations. It will be updated periodically. Three companion reports provide further information on the MDBs. See CRS Report RS20793, Multilateral Development Banks: Basic Background, CRS Report RS20791, Multilateral Development Banks: Procedures for U.S. Participation, and CRS Report RS22134 International Financial Institutions: Funding U.S. Participation.
Date: August 8, 2008
Creator: Sanford, Jonathan E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2008 (open access)

Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2008

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Date: July 16, 2008
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2008 (open access)

Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2008

This report describes how HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria are interlinked and exacerbate efforts to control each disease, but primarily addresses funding issues related to U.S. global HIV/AIDS initiatives. It provides background information on the key U.S. agencies that implement global HIV/AIDS programs, analyzes U.S. spending on HIV/AIDS by U.S. agency and department, and presents some issues Congress might consider, particularly as debate on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) reauthorization ensues.
Date: April 10, 2008
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200-BP-1 Prototype Hanford Barrier Annual Monitoring Report for Fiscal Years 2005 Through 2007 (open access)

200-BP-1 Prototype Hanford Barrier Annual Monitoring Report for Fiscal Years 2005 Through 2007

A prototype Hanford barrier was deployed over the 216-B-57 Crib at the Hanford Site in 1994 to prevent percolation through the underlying waste and to minimize spreading of buried contaminants. This barrier is being monitored to evaluate physical and hydrologic performance at the field scale. This report summarizes data collected during the period FY 2005 through FY 2007. In FY 2007, monitoring of the prototype Hanford barrier focused on barrier stability, vegetative cover, evidence of plant and animal intrusion, and the main components of the water balance, including precipitation, runoff, storage, drainage, and deep percolation. Owing to a hiatus in funding in FY 2005 through 2006, data collected were limited to automated measurements of the water-balance components. For the reporting period (October 2004 through September 2007) precipitation amount and distribution were close to normal. The cumulative amount of water received from October 1994 through September 2007 was 3043.45 mm on the northern half of the barrier, which is the formerly irrigated treatment, and 2370.58 mm on the southern, non-irrigated treatments. Water storage continued to show a cyclic pattern, increasing in the winter and declining in the spring and summer to a lower limit of around 100 mm in response to …
Date: February 1, 2008
Creator: Ward, Andy L.; Link, Steven O.; Strickland, Christopher E.; Draper, Kathryn E. & Clayton, Ray E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2005 AND FY2006 CORROSION SURVEILLANCE RESULTS FOR L BASIN (open access)

FY2005 AND FY2006 CORROSION SURVEILLANCE RESULTS FOR L BASIN

This report documents the results of the L-Basin Corrosion Surveillance Program for the fiscal years 2005 and 2006. The water quality and basin conditions for the coupon immersion period are compared to the corrosion evaluation results from detailed metallurgical analysis of the coupons. Test coupons were removed from the basin on two occasions, March 29, 2005 and May 23, 2006, examined and photographed. Selected coupons were metallurgically characterized to evaluate the extent of general corrosion and pitting. Crystallographic and energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis were performed on a typical specimen, as-removed from the basin, to characterize the surface debris. Marked changes were noted in both the 2005 and 2006 specimens compared to previous years corrosion results. A new pitting incidence has occurred on the faces of the aluminum coupons compared to localized pitting at crevice regions only on specimens withdrawn in 2003 and 2004. The pitting incidence is attributed to sand filter fines that entered the basin on July 27, 2004 from an inadvertent backflush of the new sand filter. Pitting rate results show a trend of slowing down over time which is consistent with aluminum pit kinetics. Average pit growth rates were equal to or lower in all 2006 aluminum …
Date: January 30, 2008
Creator: Vormelker, P & Cynthia Foreman, C
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Transit Statistics: 2002-2005 (open access)

Texas Transit Statistics: 2002-2005

Annual compilation of tabulated data regarding public transit and other transportation in the state of Texas.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Division of Public Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
FY05 HPCRM Annual Report: High-Performance Corrosion-Resistant Iron-Based Amorphous Metal Coatings (open access)

FY05 HPCRM Annual Report: High-Performance Corrosion-Resistant Iron-Based Amorphous Metal Coatings

New corrosion-resistant, iron-based amorphous metals have been identified from published data or developed through combinatorial synthesis, and tested to determine their relative corrosion resistance. Many of these materials can be applied as coatings with advanced thermal spray technology. Two compositions have corrosion resistance superior to wrought nickel-based Alloy C-22 (UNS No. N06022) in some very aggressive environments, including concentrated calcium-chloride brines at elevated temperature. Two Fe-based amorphous metal formulations have been found that appear to have corrosion resistance comparable to, or better than that of Ni-based Alloy C-22, based on breakdown potential and corrosion rate. Both Cr and Mo provide corrosion resistance, B enables glass formation, and Y lowers critical cooling rate (CCR). SAM1651 has yttrium added, and has a nominal critical cooling rate of only 80 Kelvin per second, while SAM2X7 (similar to SAM2X5) has no yttrium, and a relatively high critical cooling rate of 610 Kelvin per second. Both amorphous metal formulations have strengths and weaknesses. SAM1651 (yttrium added) has a low critical cooling rate (CCR), which enables it to be rendered as a completely amorphous thermal spray coating. Unfortunately, it is relatively difficult to atomize, with powders being irregular in shape. This causes the powder to be …
Date: September 20, 2007
Creator: Farmer, J.; Choi, J.; Haslam, J.; Day, S.; Yang, N.; Headley, T. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY05 HPCRM Annual Report: High-Performance Corrosion-Resistant Iron-Based Amorphous Metal Coatings Evaluation of Corrosion Reistance FY05 HPCRM Annual Report # Rev. 1DOE-DARPA Co-Sponsored Advanced Materials Program (open access)

FY05 HPCRM Annual Report: High-Performance Corrosion-Resistant Iron-Based Amorphous Metal Coatings Evaluation of Corrosion Reistance FY05 HPCRM Annual Report # Rev. 1DOE-DARPA Co-Sponsored Advanced Materials Program

New corrosion-resistant, iron-based amorphous metals have been identified from published data or developed through combinatorial synthesis, and tested to determine their relative corrosion resistance. Many of these materials can be applied as coatings with advanced thermal spray technology. Two compositions have corrosion resistance superior to wrought nickel-based Alloy C-22 (UNS No. N06022) in some very aggressive environments, including concentrated calcium-chloride brines at elevated temperature. Two Fe-based amorphous metal formulations have been found that appear to have corrosion resistance comparable to, or better than that of Ni-based Alloy C-22, based on breakdown potential and corrosion rate. Both Cr and Mo provide corrosion resistance, B enables glass formation, and Y lowers critical cooling rate (CCR). SAM1651 has yttrium added, and has a nominal critical cooling rate of only 80 Kelvin per second, while SAM2X7 (similar to SAM2X5) has no yttrium, and a relatively high critical cooling rate of 610 Kelvin per second. Both amorphous metal formulations have strengths and weaknesses. SAM1651 (yttrium added) has a low critical cooling rate (CCR), which enables it to be rendered as a completely amorphous thermal spray coating. Unfortunately, it is relatively difficult to atomize, with powders being irregular in shape. This causes the powder to be …
Date: September 19, 2007
Creator: Farmer, J. C.; Haslam, J. J. & Day, S. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Grants: FY2003 - FY2006 Evolution of Program Guidance and Grant Allocation Methods (open access)

Homeland Security Grants: FY2003 - FY2006 Evolution of Program Guidance and Grant Allocation Methods

This report explains the FY2003 through FY2006 administrative guidance that governed the three homeland security assistance programs.
Date: March 8, 2007
Creator: Reese, Shawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Racing Commission Annual Report: 2005 (open access)

Texas Racing Commission Annual Report: 2005

Annual report of the Texas Racing Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2005.
Date: March 2, 2007
Creator: Texas Racing Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
FY 2005 Congressional Earmark: The Environmental Institute Fellowship Program (open access)

FY 2005 Congressional Earmark: The Environmental Institute Fellowship Program

Congressional Earmark Funding was used to create a Postdoctoral Environmental Fellowship Program, interdisciplinary Environmental Working Groups, and special initiatives to create a dialogue around the environment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to mobilize faculty to work together to respond to emerging environmental needs and to build institutional capacity to launch programmatic environmental activities across campus over time. Developing these networks of expertise will enable the University to more effectively and swiftly respond to emerging environmental needs and assume a leadership role in varied environmental fields. Over the course of the project 20 proposals were submitted to a variety of funding agencies involving faculty teams from 19 academic departments; 4 projects were awarded totaling $950,000; special events were organized including the Environmental Lecture Series which attracted more than 1,000 attendees over the course of the project; 75 University faculty became involved in one or more Working Groups (original three Working Groups plus Phase 2 Working Groups); an expertise database was developed with approximately 275 faculty involved in environmental research and education as part of a campus-wide network of environmental expertise; 12 University centers and partners participated; and the three Environmental Fellows produced 3 publications as well as a number of …
Date: February 6, 2007
Creator: Tracey, Sharon & Taupier, Richard
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Audit Report on Agencies' and Higher Education Institutions' Compliance with Benefits Proportional by Fund Requirements (open access)

An Audit Report on Agencies' and Higher Education Institutions' Compliance with Benefits Proportional by Fund Requirements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to state agencies' and higher education institutions' compliance with benefits paid proportional to the source of the fund by requirements of the General Appropriations Act.
Date: February 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 80th Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management (open access)

Biennial Report to the 80th Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management

Biennial report to the Texas Legislature describing the activities of the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) during fiscal years 2005 and 2006, including information on state agency financing, claims, losses, and expenditures.
Date: January 1, 2007
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2007 (open access)

Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2007

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Date: December 26, 2006
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY05 LDRD Fianl Report Investigation of AAA+ protein machines that participate in DNA replication, recombination, and in response to DNA damage LDRD Project Tracking Code: 04-LW-049 (open access)

FY05 LDRD Fianl Report Investigation of AAA+ protein machines that participate in DNA replication, recombination, and in response to DNA damage LDRD Project Tracking Code: 04-LW-049

The AAA+ proteins are remarkable macromolecules that are able to self-assemble into nanoscale machines. These protein machines play critical roles in many cellular processes, including the processes that manage a cell's genetic material, but the mechanism at the molecular level has remained elusive. We applied computational molecular modeling, combined with advanced sequence analysis and available biochemical and genetic data, to structurally characterize eukaryotic AAA+ proteins and the protein machines they form. With these models we have examined intermolecular interactions in three-dimensions (3D), including both interactions between the components of the AAA+ complexes and the interactions of these protein machines with their partners. These computational studies have provided new insights into the molecular structure and the mechanism of action for AAA+ protein machines, thereby facilitating a deeper understanding of processes involved in DNA metabolism.
Date: December 4, 2006
Creator: Sawicka, D; de Carvalho-Kavanagh, M S; Barsky, D & Venclovas, C
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Central Texas Turnpike System Financial Statements: 2006 (open access)

Central Texas Turnpike System Financial Statements: 2006

Financial report of the Central Texas Turnpike System for the fiscal year 2006, including an overview of the organization and activities, audited and unaudited reports, and basic financial statements with notes. It includes information from fiscal year 2005 for comparisons.
Date: December 2006
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation. Division of Finance.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Mobility Fund Financial Statements: 2006 (open access)

Texas Mobility Fund Financial Statements: 2006

Annual statements documenting finances of the Texas Mobility Fund, with an independent auditor's report. It also includes information for the inception period from November 1, 2001 through August 31, 2005 for comparative purposes.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation. Division of Finance.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History