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Military Medical Care: Questions and Answers (open access)

Military Medical Care: Questions and Answers

Report that answers several frequently asked questions about military health care, including: how the system is structured, a TRICARE summary, TRICARE eligibility and plan options, cost of military health care to beneficiaries, relationship of TRICARE to MEDICARE, how the Affordable Care Act affects TRICARE, long-term trends of defense health care costs, and a summary of the fund which funds TRICARE.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Jansen, Don J. & Blakeley, Katherine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 113th Congress

Report that examines human rights issues in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including ongoing rights abuses, legal reforms, and the development of civil society.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Next Steps in Nuclear Arms Control with Russia: Issues for Congress (open access)

Next Steps in Nuclear Arms Control with Russia: Issues for Congress

Report that contains a review of the role of nuclear arms control in the U.S.-Soviet relationship, bilateral treaties and unilateral steps the United States took to alter its nuclear posture, and the role of arms control in the U.S.- Russian relationship.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Appropriations Overview (open access)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Appropriations Overview

Report that examines the funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: An Overview (open access)

Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: An Overview

Report that provides a brief overview of The Hollings Manufacturing Partnership (MEP), a program of regional centers set up to assist small and medium-sized manufacturing companies using knowledge and technologies developed under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2013: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2013: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

Report that discusses the diplomatic relation between United States and Vietnam that was established in 1995. Topics include issues U.S. and Vietnamese interest, economic ties, and human rights.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Senior Recital: 2011-06-19 - Paul Ensey, double bass

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Senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) degree.
Date: June 19, 2011
Creator: Ensey, Paul
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Security: Status of TSA's Acquisition of Technology for Screening Passenger Identification and Boarding Passes (open access)

Aviation Security: Status of TSA's Acquisition of Technology for Screening Passenger Identification and Boarding Passes

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In summary, TSA has completed its initial testing of the CAT/BPSS technology and has begun operational testing at three airports. We found the projectÂ’s associated life cycle cost estimate to be reasonably comprehensive and well documented, although we are less confident in its accuracy due to questions about the assumed inflation rate. In addition, we could not evaluate its credibility because the current version does not include an independent cost estimate or an assessment of how changing key assumptions and other factors would affect the estimate. Our past work has identified three key challenges related to TSAÂ’s efforts to acquire and deploy technologies to address homeland security needs: (1) developing and meeting technology program requirements, (2) overseeing and conducting testing of new screening technologies, and (3) developing acquisition program baselines to establish initial cost, schedule, and performance parameters."
Date: June 19, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modernizing SSA Disability Programs: Progress Made, but Key Efforts Warrant More Management Focus (open access)

Modernizing SSA Disability Programs: Progress Made, but Key Efforts Warrant More Management Focus

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Social Security Administration (SSA) has taken steps that hold promise for improving the process for updating its medical criteria, but continues to face challenges ensuring timely updates. SSA now uses a two-tiered system for ongoing revisions to its medical listings. First, it completes a comprehensive review of all medical conditions listed within each of 14 body systems, making needed revisions. For subsequent updates for a body system, the agency uses a targeted approach, selecting for review and revision only those medical conditions most in need of change. To date, SSA has completed comprehensive revisions for 8 of the 14 body systems and now is reviewing conditions under them to determine where targeted revisions are appropriate. However, some of these targeted revisions have experienced delays. Moreover, SSA has yet to complete comprehensive revisions for six body systems that have been ongoing for 19 to 33 years. SSA officials attributed delays to a lack of staff and expertise, along with the complexity and unpredictability of the regulatory process."
Date: June 19, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Employment and Training: Labor's Green Jobs Efforts Highlight Challenges of Targeted Training Programs for Emerging Industries (open access)

Employment and Training: Labor's Green Jobs Efforts Highlight Challenges of Targeted Training Programs for Emerging Industries

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Of the $595 million identified by Labor as having been appropriated or allocated specifically for green jobs activities since 2009, approximately $501 million went toward efforts with training and support services as their primary objective, with much of that funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). Because the Recovery Act directed federal agencies to spend funds quickly and prudently, Labor implemented a number of high-investment green jobs efforts simultaneously. As a result, in some cases, Recovery Act training programs were initiated prior to a full assessment of the demand for green jobs, which presented challenges for grantees. While Labor's internal agencies initially communicated with each other and with other federal agencies after the Recovery Act was passed, most Recovery Act grants have ended or are winding down."
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine Corps Depot Maintenance: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Could Be Improved (open access)

Marine Corps Depot Maintenance: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Could Be Improved

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAOÂ’s analysis of Marine Corps depot maintenance activity group (DMAG) reports showed that from fiscal years 2004 through 2011, reported actual carryover exceeded the allowable amounts in the most recent 6 years of the 8- year period, ranging from $59 million in fiscal year 2007 to $7 million in fiscal year 2011. GAOÂ’s analysis also showed that the amounts of carryover exceeding the allowable amounts have declined in each of the past 4 years. These reductions could be attributed to DMAG actions, including implementing production efficiencies that reduced the time required to repair weapon systems."
Date: June 19, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rail Safety: Preliminary Observations on Federal Rail Safety Oversight and Positive Train Control Implementation (open access)

Rail Safety: Preliminary Observations on Federal Rail Safety Oversight and Positive Train Control Implementation

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) primarily monitors railroads' compliance with federal safety regulations through routine inspections by individual inspectors at specific sites on railroads' systems. Thirty states also employ railroad safety inspectors, who participate in a partnership program with FRA to conduct supplemental safety oversight activities based on FRA rail safety regulations and enforce state railroad safety laws. FRA applies a quantitative, risk-based approach, the National Inspection Plan, to inform its rail safety oversight efforts using analyses of past accident and inspection data and other information to target inspections in each region. FRA also uses a planning and evaluation tool, the Staffing Allocation Model (SAM), to distribute its inspection resources across each FRA region. However, according to several FRA regional administrators that GAO spoke with, the staffing decisions based on SAM results do not necessarily align with their perspectives on the inspector needs for their regions."
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Status of CMS Efforts to Establish Federally Facilitated Health Insurance Exchanges (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Status of CMS Efforts to Establish Federally Facilitated Health Insurance Exchanges

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will operate a health insurance exchange in the 34 states that will not operate a state-based exchange for 2014. Of these 34 federally facilitated exchanges (FFE), 15 are in states expected to assist CMS in carrying out certain FFE functions. However, the activities that CMS plans to carry out in these 15 exchanges, as well as in the state-based exchanges, have evolved and may continue to change. For example, CMS approved states' exchange arrangements on the condition that they ultimately complete activities necessary for exchange implementation. CMS indicated that it would carry out more exchange functions if any state did not adequately progress towards implementation of all required activities."
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airline Mergers: Issues Raised by the Proposed Merger of American Airlines and US Airways (open access)

Airline Mergers: Issues Raised by the Proposed Merger of American Airlines and US Airways

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Justice's (DOJ) antitrust review will be a critical step in the proposed merger between American Airlines (American) and US Airways. DOJ uses an integrated analytical framework set forth in the Horizontal Merger Guidelines to determine whether the merger poses any antitrust concerns. Under that process, DOJ assesses, among other things, the extent of likely anticompetitive effects of the proposed merger in the relevant markets, in this case, airline city-pair markets, and the likelihood that other airlines may enter these markets and counteract any anticompetitive effects, such as higher fares. DOJ also considers efficiencies that a merger or acquisition could bring--for example, consumer benefits from an expanded route network. The Department of Transportation (DOT) aids DOJ's analysis."
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Building Overhead Costs into Projects and Customers' Views on Information Provided (open access)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Building Overhead Costs into Projects and Customers' Views on Information Provided

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) uses a multistep process to build overhead costs into projects. At the foundation of this process, Corps policy establishes two categories of costs to calculate overhead--general and administrative overhead expenses associated with district administrative offices, such as resource management, and technical overhead expenses associated with district technical offices, such as engineering. Using these two categories as a starting point, the Corps next calculates overhead rates as part of its annual budget process. Specifically, each district administrative and technical office develops operating budgets with overhead estimates, which are then consolidated and routed through district and division management, resulting in a final division-wide operating budget and overhead rates. The Corps then bills projects for overhead costs based on the number of hours its staff charge to projects. Overhead charges are not applied to hours worked by contracted labor, which represent a substantial amount of work. The Corps reports that it contracts out most of its design work and all of its construction work to private sector entities, such as architectural and engineering firms and construction companies. Finally, the Corps periodically monitors …
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Contractors: Information on the Impact of Reducing the Cap on Employee Compensation Costs (open access)

Defense Contractors: Information on the Impact of Reducing the Cap on Employee Compensation Costs

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Reducing the cap to the President's salary ($400,000) or the Vice President's salary ($230,700) would have substantially increased the number of employees with compensation costs exceeding the cap in 2010-2012."
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Status of Federal and State Efforts to Establish Health Insurance Exchanges for Small Businesses (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Status of Federal and State Efforts to Establish Health Insurance Exchanges for Small Businesses

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted conditional approval to 18 states to establish state-based Small Business Health Options Programs, or SHOPs, and to 17 states to operate health insurance exchanges for individuals. CMS is required to operate a federally facilitated SHOP (FF-SHOP) and a federally facilitated exchange for individuals (FFE) in the remaining states. Of the 33 states with FF-SHOPs and 34 states with FFEs, 15 states are expected to assist CMS to carry out certain functions of the exchange. However, the activities that CMS plans to complete in these 15 exchanges have evolved, and CMS activities in these and other exchanges may continue to change. For example, CMS approved state roles in SHOPs and individual exchanges on the condition that they ultimately complete key activities for exchange establishment. CMS indicated that it would assume more responsibilities in these exchanges if any state did not adequately progress towards completion of all required activities."
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Restructuring Has Improved the Program, but Affordability Challenges and Other Risks Remain (open access)

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Restructuring Has Improved the Program, but Affordability Challenges and Other Risks Remain

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Frequency Trading: Background, Concerns, and Regulatory Developments (open access)

High-Frequency Trading: Background, Concerns, and Regulatory Developments

This report provides an overview of high-frequency trading (HFT) in the equities and derivatives markets regulated by the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). It also examines the Flash Crash of 2010 and the role that HFT may have played, as well as recent regulatory developments.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Shorter, Gary & Miller, Rena S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Defense Production Act of 1950: History, Authorities, and Reauthorization (open access)

The Defense Production Act of 1950: History, Authorities, and Reauthorization

This report examines some of the history of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), focusing primarily on its creation and most recent legislative reauthorization. It also discusses the foremost active authorities of the DPA.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Brown, Jared T. & Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership in the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies (open access)

Membership in the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies

This report highlights key steps in the process for attaining membership in the United Nations and its specialized agencies. It discusses the capacities associated with U.N. membership and observer status, as well as criteria for and implications of membership. It also examines related U.S. legislation and recent congressional and Obama Administration actions
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa & Browne, Marjorie Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations

This report looks at the relationship between the U.S. and Thailand, in particular, recent rivalries between populist political forces, nepotism in government, and Thai relationships with neighboring countries.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Dolven, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislation to Approve the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement (open access)

Legislation to Approve the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement

This report discusses the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement and analyzes relevant legislative initiatives (S. 812 and H.R. 1613) and other legislative action surrounding Congress's approval of the Agreement (P.L. 113-67).
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Hagerty, Curry L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Systemically Important or "Too Big to Fail" Financial Institutions (open access)

Systemically Important or "Too Big to Fail" Financial Institutions

Report that discusses the economic issues raised by "too big to fail" (TBTF), the historical experience with TBTF before and during the financial crisis of the 2000s, broad policy options, and policy changes made by the relevant Dodd-Frank provisions.
Date: June 19, 2013
Creator: Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library