[Letters from Residents of Maine to the BRAC Commission - May-June 2005] (open access)

[Letters from Residents of Maine to the BRAC Commission - May-June 2005]

Letters from citizens of Maine to the BRAC Commission in response to the possible realignment of Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Date: May 2005
Creator: Murphy, David R.; Austin, Al & Wachtl, Timothy C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Doctors to the BRAC Commission - 2005] (open access)

[Letters from Doctors to the BRAC Commission - 2005]

Letters from several pathologists to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission regarding the disestablishment of the AFIP and their opposition to the recommendation to close the facility.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Air Depot Cherry Point, May 24, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Air Depot Cherry Point, May 24, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with Naval Air Depot Cherry Point staff regarding the initial introduction/orientation for the BRAC staff visit.
Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Air Depot Cherry Point, May 27, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Air Depot Cherry Point, May 27, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with Naval Air Depot Cherry Point staff to close out the BRAC visit to Cherry Point.
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Hospital Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 25, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Hospital Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 25, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with Naval Hospital, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point officers regarding initial introduction/orientation of BRAC staff visit.
Date: May 25, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Hospital Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 26, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Hospital Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 26, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with Naval Hospital Cherry Point, Craven Regional Medical Center, and Carteret General Hospital staff regarding the assessment of the community hospitals' ability to handle Naval Hospital Cherry Point's in-patient care.
Date: May 26, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Rae Huan Griest to the BRAC - May 23, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from Rae Huan Griest to the BRAC - May 23, 2005]

Letter from Rae Huan Griest to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) pleading that Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico, remain open.
Date: May 23, 2005
Creator: Griest, Rae Huan
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Linda J. Hoffman to the BRAC - May 26, 2005] (open access)

[Letters from Linda J. Hoffman to the BRAC - May 26, 2005]

Letters from Linda Hoffman to Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) members in support of Cannon Air Force Base.
Date: May 26, 2005
Creator: Hoffman, Linda J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Stephen G. Hearn to the BRAC Commission - May 27, 2005] (open access)

[Letters from Stephen G. Hearn to the BRAC Commission - May 27, 2005]

Letters from Stephen G. Hearn to members of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) in support of Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico.
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: Hearn, Stephen G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters  from Ronnie M. Birdson to the BRAC Commissioners - May 19, 2005] (open access)

[Letters from Ronnie M. Birdson to the BRAC Commissioners - May 19, 2005]

Letters from Ronnie Birdson to each of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) commissioners in support of Cannon Air Force Base.
Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: Birdson, Ronnie M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Mary Lynch to the BRAC - May 30, 2005] (open access)

[Letters from Mary Lynch to the BRAC - May 30, 2005]

Letters from a Mary Lynch to the BRAC Commissioners regarding her support of Cannon Air Force Base.
Date: May 30, 2005
Creator: Lynch, Mary Mullins
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress (open access)

The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress

This report looks at how Article V of the Constitution allows Congress to propose amendments -- specifically the process of organizing an Article V Convention, a method that has never been used and which is only briefly outlined in the Constitution.
Date: May 7, 2014
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS): Background and Funding (open access)

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS): Background and Funding

This report discusses the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, which was created by Title I of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-322). The mission of the COPS program is to advance community policing in all jurisdictions across the United States. Legislation introduced in the 111th Congress would reauthorize the COPS program through FY2014 and reestablish COPS as a multi-grant program. This report provides an overview and analysis of issues Congress might choose to consider when taking up legislation to reauthorize the COPS program.
Date: May 14, 2013
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses (open access)

Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses

This report focuses on options for protecting structures and for protecting wildlands and natural resources from wildfires. It begins with a brief overview of the nature of wildfires, followed by a discussion of protecting structures. Then, it discusses wildfire damages to wildlands and natural resources, fuel treatment options and their benefits and limitations, and public involvement in federal decisions.
Date: May 23, 2013
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Trends and Current Issues (open access)

U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Trends and Current Issues

This report provides a brief overview of how foreign investments can affect the U.S.
Date: May 17, 2013
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securities Markets: Decimal Pricing has Contributed to Lower Trading Costs and a More Challenging Trading Environment (open access)

Securities Markets: Decimal Pricing has Contributed to Lower Trading Costs and a More Challenging Trading Environment

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In early 2001, U.S. stock and option markets began quoting prices in decimal increments rather than fractions of a dollar. At the same time, the minimum price increment, or tick size, was reduced to a penny on the stock markets and to 10 cents and 5 cents on the option markets. Although many believe that decimal pricing has benefited small individual (retail) investors, concerns have been raised that the smaller tick sizes have made trading more challenging and costly for large institutional investors, including mutual funds and pension plans. In addition, there is concern that the financial livelihood of market intermediaries, such as the broker-dealers that trade on floor-based and electronic markets, has been negatively affected by the lower ticks, potentially altering the roles these firms play in the U.S. capital market. GAO assessed the effect of decimal pricing on retail and institutional investors and on market intermediaries."
Date: May 31, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Training: Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Coordination of Army and Marine Corps Language and Culture Training (open access)

Military Training: Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Coordination of Army and Marine Corps Language and Culture Training

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Today, and in the foreseeable future, military operations require U.S. personnel, in particular Army and Marine Corps ground forces, to communicate and interact with multinational partners and local populations. The committee report accompanying a proposed bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 directed GAO to review several issues related to language and culture training for Army and Marine Corps general purpose forces. For this report, GAO evaluated (1) the extent to which the Army and Marine Corps had developed strategies with elements such as goals, funding priorities, and metrics to guide training approaches and investments that were aligned with Department of Defense (DOD) planning efforts and (2) DOD's approach for identifying training requirements for Army and Marine Corps forces that will deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. To do so, GAO analyzed Army and Marine Corps strategies and training requirements and interviewed cognizant officials."
Date: May 26, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Disability: Ticket to Work Participation Has Increased, but Additional Oversight Needed (open access)

Social Security Disability: Ticket to Work Participation Has Increased, but Additional Oversight Needed

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays billions of dollars in Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income to people with disabilities. The Ticket to Work program, established in 1999, provides eligible beneficiaries (ticket holder) with a ticket they may assign to approved service providers, called employment networks (EN). ENs are to provide services to help ticket holders obtain and retain employment and reduce dependence on SSA benefits. ENs receive payments from SSA once a ticket holder has earnings exceeding a set threshold. Due to low participation, SSA changed program regulations in 2008 to provide ENs and ticket holders with more incentives to participate. GAO examined (1) changes in ticket holder and EN participation over time, (2) the range of service approaches used by ENs, and (3) SSA's efforts to evaluate ticket holders and ENs to ensure program integrity and effectiveness. GAO analyzed SSA data, policies, and procedures, and interviewed representatives of 25 ENs, disability advocacy organizations, and SSA."
Date: May 6, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accounting Profession: Oversight, Auditor Independence, and Financial Reporting Issues (open access)

Accounting Profession: Oversight, Auditor Independence, and Financial Reporting Issues

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The accounting system's self-regulatory system for auditors, which largely depends on voluntary contributions from the accounting industry, is plagued by fragmentation, lack of coordination, poor communication, and conflicts of interest. In GAO's view, the current self-regulatory system is broken, and oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fallen short in protecting the public interest. Because of the important role played by independent auditors, GAO believes that direct government intervention is needed to create a new body to oversee the auditing of public companies by the accounting profession. Concerns about the timeliness, relevancy, and transparency of the financial reporting model could be addressed by closer cooperation between SEC and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), adequate and independent funding for FASB operations, and periodic reporting to Congress on FASB matters."
Date: May 3, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recovery Act: Tax Debtors Have Received FHA Mortgage Insurance and First-Time Homebuyer Credits (open access)

Recovery Act: Tax Debtors Have Received FHA Mortgage Insurance and First-Time Homebuyer Credits

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured over $1.44 billion in mortgages for 6,327 borrowers with $77.6 million in federal tax debt who benefited from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Of these borrowers, 3,815 individuals claimed and received $27.4 million in Recovery Act First-Time Homebuyer Credits (FTHBC). This analysis includes tax debtors who (1) benefited from FHA’s increased loan limits, or (2) claimed the FTHBCs and received FHA mortgage insurance of any value. Federal policy makes delinquent tax debtors ineligible for FHA mortgage insurance unless they repay their debt or are in a valid repayment agreement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but the FTHBC, like all tax credits, was available to those who qualified, regardless of their tax debt. GAO could not determine the proportion of borrowers who were ineligible for FHA insurance because GAO could not systematically identify which of the 6,327 borrowers were in valid repayment agreements using the data GAO received from IRS. However, GAO did find that 5 of the 8 borrowers completely evaluated were ineligible because they were not in valid repayment agreements at the time they obtained FHA …
Date: May 29, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy: Increased Geothermal Development Will Depend on Overcoming Many Challenges (open access)

Renewable Energy: Increased Geothermal Development Will Depend on Overcoming Many Challenges

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Act) contains provisions that address a variety of challenges that face the geothermal industry, including the high risk and uncertainty of developing geothermal power plants, lack of sufficient transmission capacity, and delays in federal leasing. Among the provisions are means to simplify federal royalties on geothermal resources while overall collecting the same level of royalty revenue. The Act also changes how these royalties are to be shared with local governments (disbursements). This report describes: (1) the current extent of and potential for geothermal development; (2) challenges faced by developers of geothermal resources; (3) federal, state, and local government actions to address these challenges; and (4) how provisions of the Act are likely to affect federal geothermal royalty disbursement and collections."
Date: May 24, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fisheries Management: Alleged Misconduct of Members and Staff of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (open access)

Fisheries Management: Alleged Misconduct of Members and Staff of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In recent years, several Hawaii-based conservation advocacy organizations and others have raised a variety of concerns about the conduct of members and staff of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Western Pacific Council) related to lobbying and conflicts of interest, among other things. The Western Pacific Council is one of eight regional fishery management councils established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The council is responsible for developing management plans for fisheries in federal waters off Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and other U.S. Pacific islands. The council has 13 voting members--including 5 designated state and federal fishery managers and 8 members of the public with expertise in commercial and recreational fishing and marine conservation who are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The council employs an executive director with a staff of 13 to assist in the performance of its functions. An attorney from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency within the Department of Commerce, advises the council on regulatory and procedural matters and attends all council meetings. The Western Pacific Council currently finances all of its …
Date: May 20, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Offshore Marine Aquaculture: Multiple Administrative and Environmental Issues Need to Be Addressed in Establishing a U.S. Regulatory Framework (open access)

Offshore Marine Aquaculture: Multiple Administrative and Environmental Issues Need to Be Addressed in Establishing a U.S. Regulatory Framework

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "U. S. aquaculture--the raising of fish and shellfish in captivity--has generally been confined to nearshore coastal waters or in other water bodies, such as ponds, that fall under state regulation. Recently, there has been an increased interest in expanding aquaculture to offshore waters, which would involve raising fish and shellfish in the open ocean, and consequently bringing these types of operations under federal regulation. While the offshore expansion has the potential to increase U.S. aquaculture production, no comprehensive legislative or regulatory framework to manage such an expansion exists. Instead, multiple federal agencies have authority to regulate different aspects of offshore aquaculture under a variety of existing laws that were not designed for this purpose. In this context, GAO was asked to identify key issues that should be addressed in the development of an effective regulatory framework for U.S. offshore aquaculture. In conducting its assessment, GAO administered a questionnaire to a wide variety of key aquaculture stakeholders; analyzed laws, regulations, and key studies; and visited states that regulate nearshore aquaculture industries. Although GAO is not making any recommendations, this review emphasizes the need to carefully consider a …
Date: May 9, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Statutory Authorities to Prohibit Inspector General Activities (open access)

Statutory Authorities to Prohibit Inspector General Activities

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This letter provides information Congress requested at the March 25, 2009, hearing entitled The Roles and Responsibilities of Inspectors General within Financial Regulatory Agencies. During the hearing, the former Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) testified that provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (IG Act), allow the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury to prevent the IG from pursuing an investigation or audit, including the issuance of subpoenas, under certain conditions. Due to concerns about the possible inappropriate use of such authorities, Congress asked GAO to identify federal agencies that possess the authority under the IG Act to prohibit audits and investigations by their offices of inspectors general (IG offices) and to determine the extent to which such provisions have been used to limit the IGs' activities."
Date: May 8, 2009
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library