A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Each year, the Department of Defense (DOD) makes about 200,000 decisions to grant, deny, or revoke security clearances for its civilian, military, and contractor personnel. Through a process called adjudication, DOD personnel security specialists review the results of employees' background investigations and determine whether the individual is eligible for a clearance. This report (1) assesses whether DOD's adjudicators consistently document all significant adverse security conditions when determining individuals' eligibility for top secret security clearances and (2) identifies factors that hinder the effectiveness of DOD's adjudicative process. GAO found that DOD adjudicators have not consistently documented all significant adverse security conditions present in investigative case files when determining individuals' eligibility for top secret security clearances. DOD has been unable to demonstrate that it fully considered all significant adverse conditions often not documented, including financial matters. Several factors have hindered the effectiveness of DOD's adjudicative process. The Assistant Secretary has not (1) used common explanatory guidance, such as that contained in the Adjudicative Desk Reference he developed, or issued any other clarifying guidance to promote consistency in applying the federal guidelines; (2) required adjudicators to take DOD adjudicative …

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Seminole, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Deep centers and dislocation densities in undoped n GaN, grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE), were characterized as a function of the layer thickness by deep level transient spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. As the layer thickness decreases, the variety and concentration of deep centers increase, in conjunction with the increase of dislocation density. Based on comparison with electron irradiation induced centers, some dominant centers in HVPE GaN are identified as possible point defects.

We have shown that external hydrostatic pressure leads to the creation of structural defects, mainly in the vicinity of the II-VI/GaAs interface in the CdTe/Cd{sub 1-x}Mg{sub x}Te heterostructures grown by the molecular beam epitaxy method on GaAs substrates. These defects propagating across the epilayer cause permanent damage to the samples from the point of view of their electrical properties. In contrast, photoluminescence spectra are only weakly influenced by pressure. Our results shed light on the degradation process observed even without pressure in II-VI-based heterostructures.

Weekly newspaper from Mannford, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Levelland, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

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

Plutonium gamma-ray data analysis using MGA in the two-detector mode can provide information more refined than the gamma-ray analysis using MGA in the one-detector mode. Prior to the introduction of the new type of ORTEC coaxial detector, which has good resolution at 100-keV region and good efficiency at 1 MeV, the two-detector mode of the MGA could be used only with two separate HPGe detectors with appropriate characteristics. A recent study by us using small plutonium standards (less than 0.5g) suggests that this new detector indeed performed as well as combination of a high-resolution planar (''LEPS'') detector and a coaxial detector together. In this study, the CBNM plutonium gamma-ray standards were used to test this detector's ability with MGA, when measuring several grams of plutonium.

A new scalable fiber laser approach is described and modeled, based on phase-locking multiple gain cores in an antiguided structure. In essence, the waveguide is comprised of a periodic sequence of gain-loaded and no-gain segments having uniform refractive index (referred to as the ''ribbon'') encapsulated within a reduced index cladding region. Our calculations reveal that the constant index profile within the ribbon structure provides optimal mode discrimination; the refractive index must be constant within {+-}0.001 to ensure single-mode operation for a 5-core design. Periodic variation in refractive index and gain of the ribbon laser lead to the emergence of a photonic bandgap, in analogy to so-called ''holey fibers''. Our constant index design, together with the periodic gain profile, may be described as a photonic metal.

None

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.

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

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

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

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

Copy of a magazine about women's participation in World War II aviation.

Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

This report provides background on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP), originally established in 1981 by Title XXVI of P.L. 97-35 and reauthorized several times. It is a block grant program under which the federal government gives states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (referred to as grantees) annual grants to operate multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households.

Tri-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.

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

Senior recital at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

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