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
300 Area D4 Project Fiscal Year 2007 Building Completion Report (open access)

300 Area D4 Project Fiscal Year 2007 Building Completion Report

This report documents the deactivation, decontamination, decommissioning, and demolition (D4) of twenty buildings in the 300 Area of the Hanford Site. The D4 of these facilties included characterization, engineering, removal of hazardous and radiologically contaminated materials, equipment removal, utility disconnection, deactivation, decontamination, demolition of the structure, and stabilization or removal of the remaining slab and foundation, as appropriate.
Date: January 15, 2009
Creator: Westberg, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biennial Report to the 81st Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management (open access)

Biennial Report to the 81st 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 2006 and 2007, including information on state agency financing, claims, losses, and expenditures.
Date: December 31, 2008
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Idaho Watershed Habitat Restoration Lemhi, Final Annual Report FY2007. (open access)

Idaho Watershed Habitat Restoration Lemhi, Final Annual Report FY2007.

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Date: November 6, 2008
Creator: Branbury, Allen
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
MATRIX 2 RESULTS OF THE FY07 ENHANCED DOE HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MELTER THROUGHPUT STUDIES AT SRNL (open access)

MATRIX 2 RESULTS OF THE FY07 ENHANCED DOE HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MELTER THROUGHPUT STUDIES AT SRNL

High-level waste (HLW) throughput (i.e., the amount of waste processed per unit time) is a function of two critical parameters: waste loading (WL) and melt rate. For the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site and the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS), increasing HLW throughput would significantly reduce the overall mission life cycle costs for the Department of Energy (DOE). The objective of this study was to generate supplemental validation data that could be used to determine the applicability of the current liquidus temperature (TL) model to expanded DWPF glass composition regions of interest based on higher WLs. Two specific flowsheets were used in this study to provide such insight: (1) Higher WL glasses (45 and 50%) based on future sludge batches that have (and have not) undergone the Al-dissolution process. (2) Coupled operations supported by the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF), which increase the TiO{sub 2} concentration in glass to greater than 2 wt%. Glasses were also selected to address technical issues associated with Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} solubility, nepheline formation, and homogeneity issues for coupled operations. A test matrix of 28 glass compositions was developed to provide insight into these …
Date: October 23, 2008
Creator: Raszewski, F; Tommy Edwards, T & David Peeler, D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
MATRIX 1 RESULTS OF THE FY07 ENHANCED DOE HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MELTER THROUGHPUT STUDIES AT SRNL (open access)

MATRIX 1 RESULTS OF THE FY07 ENHANCED DOE HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MELTER THROUGHPUT STUDIES AT SRNL

High-level waste (HLW) throughput (i.e., the amount of waste processed per unit time) is a function of two critical parameters: waste loading (WL) and melt rate. For the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site and the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS), increasing HLW throughput would significantly reduce the overall mission life cycle costs for the Department of Energy (DOE). It has been proposed that a team of glass formulation and processing experts at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), and Vitreous State Laboratory (VSL) at Catholic University of America develop a systematic approach to increase HLW throughput (by increasing WL with minimal or positive impacts on melt rate). Programmatically, this task is aimed at proof-of-principle testing and the development of tools to improve waste loading and melt rate, which will lead to higher waste throughput. The following four specific tasks have been proposed to meet this programmatic objective: (1) Integration and Oversight, (2) Crystal Accumulation Modeling (led by PNNL)/Higher Waste Loading Glasses (led by SRNL), (3) Melt Rate Evaluation and Modeling, and (4) Melter Scale Demonstrations. The details of these tasks can be found in …
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Raszewski, F; Tommy Edwards, T & David Peeler, D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Mobility Fund Financial Statements: 2008 (open access)

Texas Mobility Fund Financial Statements: 2008

Annual statements documenting finances of the Texas Mobility Fund, with an independent auditor's report. It also includes information for fiscal year 2007 for comparative purposes.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation. Division of Finance.
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
The Sandia MEMS passive shock sensor : FY07 maturation activities. (open access)

The Sandia MEMS passive shock sensor : FY07 maturation activities.

This report describes activities conducted in FY07 to mature the MEMS passive shock sensor. The first chapter of the report provides motivation and background on activities that are described in detail in later chapters. The second chapter discusses concepts that are important for integrating the MEMS passive shock sensor into a system. Following these two introductory chapters, the report details modeling and design efforts, packaging, failure analysis and testing and validation. At the end of FY07, the MEMS passive shock sensor was at TRL 4.
Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: Houston, Jack E.; Blecke, Jill; Mitchell, John Anthony; Wittwer, Jonathan W.; Crowson, Douglas A.; Clemens, Rebecca C. et al.
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
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statistical Report: 2007 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statistical Report: 2007

Statistical report providing demographic information on offenders and the multiple types of supervisions within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice during fiscal year 2007.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review: 2007 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review: 2007

Annual report on the activities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including information about their structure, programs, and finances for fiscal year 2007.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Legislative Budget Board, Annual Report on Major State Investment Funds: Fiscal Year 2007 (open access)

Texas Legislative Budget Board, Annual Report on Major State Investment Funds: Fiscal Year 2007

"The fiscal year 2007 Annual Report on Major State Investment Funds presents the performance for Texas' major investment funds."
Date: May 8, 2008
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
ASGRAD FY07 Annual Report (open access)

ASGRAD FY07 Annual Report

This is the annual project report for the ASGRAD project - Amorphous Semiconductors for Gamma Radiation Detection. We describe progress in the development of new materials for portable, room temperature, gammaradiation detection at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. High Z, high resistivity, amorphous semiconductors are being designed for use as solid-state detectors at near ambient temperatures; their principles of operation are analogous to single-crystal semiconducting detectors. Compared to single crystals, amorphous semiconductors have the advantages of rapid, cost-effective, bulk-fabrication; nearnet-shape fabrication of complicated geometries; compositional flexibility; and greater electronic property control. The main disadvantage is reduced-charge carrier mobility. The focus of this project is to develop optimized amorphous semiconductor materials for gamma detection applications that leverage their material advantages while mitigating their limitations. During the second year of this project, several important milestones were accomplished. Major accomplishments were: (1) Significant processing - property and composition - property correlations were determined for Cd-Ge-As glasses; (2) Radiation response testing was successfully demonstrated on three different amorphous semiconductor materials (Cd-Ge-As, As-Se, and As-Se-Te systems) at ambient and near ambient temperatures; (3) Advanced, enabling Schottky contacts were developed for Cd-Ge-As compounds, this will allow these materials to perform at ambient temperatures; and (4) The collaborative …
Date: May 6, 2008
Creator: Johnson, Bradley R.; Riley, Brian J.; Crum, Jarrod V.; Sundaram, S. K.; Henager, Charles H.; Seifert, Carolyn E. et al.
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
An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2007 (open access)

An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2007

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the total amount of school district bonds guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund's (Fund) Bond Guarantee Program (Program), whether these were within the limits established by Section 45.053(a) of the Texas Education Code and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and recent changes made to Program rules and statutes.
Date: April 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
State of Texas Financial Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report for the Year Ended August 31, 2007 (open access)

State of Texas Financial Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report for the Year Ended August 31, 2007

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the state's basic financial statements accurately reflect the balances and activities for the State of Texas for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007.
Date: April 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Contracts Reported by Texas State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: 2007 (open access)

Contracts Reported by Texas State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: 2007

Summary of contracts reported to the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) by Texas state agencies and institutions of higher learning during fiscal year 2007. Reports include "information regarding professional services, construction or consulting contract that totals $14,000 or more, or a major information systems contract that totals $100,000 or more. The requirement also covers any amendments, modifications, renewals, and extensions for specified contracts" (p. v).
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History