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Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2011 (open access)

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2011

This report summarizes the FY2011 budget request for research & development (R&D) funding, including comparisons to R&D funding requests in the FY2010 budget. Congress will play a central role in defining the nation's R&D priorities, especially with respect to two overarching issues: the extent to which the Federal R&D investment can grow in the context of increased pressure on discretionary spending and how available funding will be prioritized and allocated. This report breaks down in detail the various aspects of the President's FY2011 R&D funding request.
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard: Action Needed as Approved Deepwater Program Remains Unachievable (open access)

Coast Guard: Action Needed as Approved Deepwater Program Remains Unachievable

A publication issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses our recent work on the Coast Guard's Deepwater acquisition, which represents the majority of the Coast Guard's efforts to recapitalize its fleet of vessels and aircraft. This statement is based on our July 28, 2011, report, Coast Guard: Action Needed as Approved Deepwater Program Remains Unachievable. This report discusses areas in which the Coast Guard has strengthened its acquisition management capabilities but also emphasizes actions the Coast Guard needs to take to address the cost growth, schedule delays, and capability shortfalls that have made the approved Deepwater Program unachievable. Today's climate of rapidly building fiscal pressures underscores the importance of assessing priorities--from a Coast Guard-wide perspective--so that more realistic budgets can be submitted to Congress. Such a step would help alleviate what has become a pattern of churn in revising program baselines when unrealistic planned funding does not materialize, which contributes to schedule delays and can lead to other issues such as unhealthy competition for funding. We also recognize several steps that the Coast Guard has taken to improve the management of the Deepwater Program. For example, the Coast Guard has updated its Major …
Date: October 4, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress

The Navy's FY2011-FY2015 shipbuilding plan calls for procuring an 11th and final San Antonio (LPD-17) class amphibious ship in FY2012. FY2011 issues for Congress include whether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy's proposed funding profile for procuring the 11th LPD-17, and whether to provide the Navy with any direction concerning the design of the LSD(X) or procurement of LPD-17s beyond the 11th ship. Congress's decisions on these issues will affect, among other things, Navy and Marine Corps funding requirements and capabilities, and the shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Background, Implementation, and Assessment (open access)

Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Background, Implementation, and Assessment

This report discusses the Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA), which was signed into law in 2002 with the intention of increasing financial accountability in the federal government, thereby reducing wasteful spending.
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: Hatch, Garrett & McMurtry, Virginia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Aviation Safety: Additional FAA Efforts Could Help Identify and Mitigate Safety Risks (open access)

General Aviation Safety: Additional FAA Efforts Could Help Identify and Mitigate Safety Risks

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The number of nonfatal and fatal general aviation accidents decreased from 1999 through 2011; more than 200 fatal accidents occurred in each of those years. Airplanes—particularly single-engine piston airplanes—flying personal operations were most often involved in accidents. Most general aviation accidents are attributed to pilot error and involved a loss of aircraft control. Some segments of the industry experienced accidents disproportionately to their total estimated annual flight hours. For example, among the airplane categories we reviewed, experimental amateur-built airplanes were involved in 21 percent of the fatal accidents but accounted for only 4 percent of the estimated annual flight hours. In another example, corporate operations were involved in about 1 percent of fatal accidents while accounting for 14 percent of estimated annual flight hours. We can draw some conclusions about general aviation accident characteristics, but limitations in flight activity and other data preclude a confident assessment of general aviation safety. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) survey of general aviation operators, on which the agency bases its annual flight-hour estimates, continues to suffer from methodological and conceptual limitations, even with FAA’s efforts to improve it over the …
Date: October 4, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
GAO Bid Protests: An Overview of Timeframes and Procedures (open access)

GAO Bid Protests: An Overview of Timeframes and Procedures

Protests of high-profile awards and reports that the number of protests is increasing have recently prompted congressional and public interest in bid protests, particularly bid protests filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). This report is one of two providing Congress with background on the GAO bid-protest process. It provides an overview of the timeframes and procedures in a GAO bid protest, including several issues enumerated in the report's introduction.
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: Manuel, Kate M. & Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Part D: Instances of Questionable Access to Prescription Drugs (open access)

Medicare Part D: Instances of Questionable Access to Prescription Drugs

A publication issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the results of our investigation of fraud and prescription drug abuse in Medicare Part D. Prescription drug abuse is a serious and growing public health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdoses, including those from prescription drugs, are the second leading cause of deaths from unintentional injuries in the United States, exceeded only by motor vehicle fatalities. Unlike addiction to heroin and other drugs that have no accepted medical use, addiction to some controlled substances can be unknowingly financed by insurance companies and public programs, such as Medicare Part D. This statement today summarizes our report, describing indications of doctor shopping in the Medicare Part D program for 14 categories of frequently abused prescription drugs. The objectives of the forensic audit and related investigation were to (1) determine the extent to which Medicare beneficiaries obtained frequently abused drugs from multiple prescribers, (2) identify examples of doctor shopping activity, and (3) determine the actions taken by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) to limit access to drugs for known abusers."
Date: October 4, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Opportunities Exist to Apply Lessons Learned from the Capital Purchase Program to Similarly Designed Programs and to Improve the Repayment Process (open access)

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Opportunities Exist to Apply Lessons Learned from the Capital Purchase Program to Similarly Designed Programs and to Improve the Repayment Process

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress created the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to restore liquidity and stability in the financial system. The Department of the Treasury (Treasury), among other actions, established the Capital Purchase Program (CPP) as its primary initiative to accomplish these goals by making capital investments in eligible financial institutions. This report examines (1) the characteristics of financial institutions that received CPP funding and (2) how Treasury implemented CPP with the assistance of federal bank regulators. GAO analyzed data obtained from Treasury case files, reviewed program documents, and interviewed officials from Treasury and federal bank regulators."
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
For-Profit Schools: Large Schools and Schools that Specialize in Healthcare Are More Likely to Rely Heavily on Federal Student Aid (open access)

For-Profit Schools: Large Schools and Schools that Specialize in Healthcare Are More Likely to Rely Heavily on Federal Student Aid

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In the 2008-2009 school year, about 2,000 for-profit schools received almost $24 billion in grants and loans provided to students under federal student aid programs. In the early 1990s, Congress was concerned that some for-profit schools receiving federal student aid were recruiting students who were not ready for higher education. Many of these students left school with no new job skills and few employment prospects in their fields of study and many defaulted on their federal student loans. In response, Congress enacted the 85/15 rule in 1992, which required for-profit schools to obtain at least 15 percent of their revenues from sources other than federal student aid. Proponents of the rule believed that for-profit schools offering a quality education should be able to earn a minimum percentage of their revenue from sources other than federal student aid. In 1998, Congress amended this law to create the 90/10 rule, which reduced to 10 percent the proportion of revenues schools must obtain from sources other than federal student aid. These revenues can include cash payments from students, private student loans, state educational grants, and federal education assistance payments …
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Reserve System: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Policies and Processes for Managing Emergency Assistance (open access)

Federal Reserve System: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Policies and Processes for Managing Emergency Assistance

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act directed GAO to conduct a one-time audit of the emergency loan programs and other assistance authorized by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) during the recent financial crisis. This testimony summarizes the results of GAO's July 2011 report (GAO-11-696) examining the emergency actions taken by the Federal Reserve Board from December 1, 2007, through July 21, 2010. For these actions, where relevant, this statement addresses (1) accounting and financial reporting internal controls; (2) the use, selection, and payment of vendors; (3) management of conflicts of interest; (4) policies in place to secure loan repayment; and (5) the treatment of program participants. To meet these objectives, GAO reviewed program documentation, analyzed program data, and interviewed officials from the Federal Reserve Board and Reserve Banks (Federal Reserve System)."
Date: October 4, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks

Iraq's political system, the result of a U.S.-supported election process, has been increasingly characterized by peaceful competition, as well as by attempts to form cross-sectarian alliances. However, ethnic and factional infighting continues, sometimes involving the questionable use of key levers of power and legal institutions. This report discusses the current political climate of Iraq and also explores speculations as to what will happen after U.S. troops completely withdraw from the region at the end of 2011.
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poverty in the United States: 2009 (open access)

Poverty in the United States: 2009

This report discusses the state of poverty in the United States, including how poverty is measured, selected poverty-related demographics, and certain federal aid efforts to those who are impoverished.
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: Gabe, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lexicon of Jazz Invective: Hurling Insults Across a Century with Big Data [presentation notes] (open access)

Lexicon of Jazz Invective: Hurling Insults Across a Century with Big Data [presentation notes]

Notes accompanying a presentation for the Texas Music Library Association Fall 2014 Meeting. These notes and the presentation discuss the lexicon of jazz invective and hurling insults across a century with big data.
Date: October 4, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 428, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 428, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 4, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 421, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 421, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 4, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 4, 2012
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 422, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 422, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 4, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 429, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 429, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: October 4, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veterans' Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries (open access)

Veterans' Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries

This report provides a descriptive analysis of both nonmonetary and monetary burial veterans' benefits and national cemeteries. It addresses congressional and constituent issues, such as who is eligible to receive burial benefits; who can be buried in a national cemetery; what plans does the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have to build new or expand existing national cemeteries; and what benefits does the VA provide, among others.
Date: October 4, 2010
Creator: Scott, Christine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Funding Emergency Communications: Technology and Policy Considerations (open access)

Funding Emergency Communications: Technology and Policy Considerations

This report identifies areas where changes in existing policies and practices may facilitate achievement of the important goals for emergency communications that Congress and others have identified. Why these goals have become important, and recent planning efforts to achieve these goals, is discussed first. Next, possible barriers to achieving these goals are identified and described. The conclusion revisits key options presently under consideration by Congress.
Date: October 4, 2011
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 (open access)

The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Weekly student newspaper from the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising.
Date: October 4, 2011
Creator: Howard, Christian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012 (open access)

The Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Naples, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 4, 2012
Creator: Craig, Morris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2012

Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 4, 2012
Creator: Stratso, Chelsea
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress

This report examines the political and economic environment in Latin America and the Caribbean and U.S. policy toward the region in the 115th Congress, highlighting congressional interest and legislative action.
Date: October 4, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.; Beittel, June S.; DeBruyne, Nese F.; Meyer, Peter J.; Seelke, Clare Ribando; Taft-Morales, Maureen et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library