Earmarks Disclosed by Congress: FY2008 and FY2009 Regular Appropriations Bills (open access)

Earmarks Disclosed by Congress: FY2008 and FY2009 Regular Appropriations Bills

This report provides information on the earmarks disclosed by the House and Senate for the 12 regular, annual appropriations bills for each of FY2008 and FY2009. The report directly analyzes the data in the earmark disclosure lists, without additions or deletions.
Date: December 9, 2009
Creator: Hardy Vincent, Carol & Monke, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2008 and FY2009 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel (open access)

Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2008 and FY2009 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel

This report provides a brief overview of the recruiting and retention rates for Active and Reserve Component enlisted personnel during FY2008 and FY2009.
Date: November 30, 2009
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence & Henning, Charles A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calibration of an interfacial force microscope for MEMS metrology : FY08-09 activities. (open access)

Calibration of an interfacial force microscope for MEMS metrology : FY08-09 activities.

Progress in MEMS fabrication has enabled a wide variety of force and displacement sensing devices to be constructed. One device under intense development at Sandia is a passive shock switch, described elsewhere (Mitchell 2008). A goal of all MEMS devices, including the shock switch, is to achieve a high degree of reliability. This, in turn, requires systematic methods for validating device performance during each iteration of design. Once a design is finalized, suitable tools are needed to provide quality assurance for manufactured devices. To ensure device performance, measurements on these devices must be traceable to NIST standards. In addition, accurate metrology of MEMS components is needed to validate mechanical models that are used to design devices to accelerate development and meet emerging needs. Progress towards a NIST-traceable calibration method is described for a next-generation, 2D Interfacial Force Microscope (IFM) for applications in MEMS metrology and qualification. Discussed are the results of screening several suitable calibration methods and the known sources of uncertainty in each method.
Date: October 1, 2009
Creator: Houston, Jack E.; Baker, Michael Sean; Crowson, Douglas A.; Mitchell, John Anthony & Moore, Nathan W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building Partnerships to Control Tuberculosis, Report to Congress: 2008 (open access)

Building Partnerships to Control Tuberculosis, Report to Congress: 2008

Report summarizing the USAID's efforts in preventing and controlling tuberculosis worldwide.
Date: September 2009
Creator: United States. Agency International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review: 2008 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review: 2008

Annual report on the activities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including information about their structure, programs, and finances for fiscal year 2008.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
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: August 26, 2009
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hood River Production Program Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs : Annual Report For Fiscal Year, October 2007 – September 2008. (open access)

Hood River Production Program Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs : Annual Report For Fiscal Year, October 2007 – September 2008.

This progress report describes work performed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (CTWSRO) portion of the Hood River Production Program Monitoring and Evaluation Project (HRPP) during the 2008 fiscal year. A total of 64,736 hatchery winter steelhead, 12,108 hatchery summer steelhead, and 68,426 hatchery spring Chinook salmon smolts were acclimated and released in the Hood River basin during the spring. The HRPP exceeded program goals for a release of and 50,000 winter steelhead but fell short of the steelhead release goals of 30,000 summer steelhead and 75,000 spring Chinook in 2008. Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT) tags were implanted in 6,652 hatchery winter steelhead, and 1,196 hatchery summer steelhead, to compare migratory attributes and survival rates of hatchery fish released into the Hood River. Water temperatures were recorded at six locations within the Hood River subbasin to monitor for compliance with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards. A preseason spring Chinook salmon adult run forecast was generated, which predicted an abundant return adequate to meet escapement goal and brood stock needs. As a result the tribal and sport fisheries were opened. A tribal creel was conducted from May 22 to July 18 during which an estimated 172 spring …
Date: July 27, 2009
Creator: Gerstenberger, Ryan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Racing Commission Annual Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Racing Commission Annual Report: 2008

Annual report of the Texas Racing Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2008.
Date: June 22, 2009
Creator: Texas Racing Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2008 (open access)

An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2008

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) and (d) of the Texas Education Code and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and recent changes made to the Program's rules and statutes.
Date: June 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Annual Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Annual Report: 2008

Annual report for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles discussing the goals and activities of the organization, financial information, and related documentation for fiscal year 2008.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Statistical Analysis of Complaints (open access)

Statistical Analysis of Complaints

Addendum to the annual financial report of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, documenting a statistical analysis of complains filed during fiscal year 2008.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Texas. Board of Professional Engineers.
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, 2008 (open access)

State of Texas Financial Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report for the Year Ended August 31, 2008

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, 2008.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program Annual Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program Annual Report: 2008

Annual report about managing nonpoint source pollution in Texas providing an overview of the issue and discussing progress in water quality improvement and in meeting the goals of the program, updates from specific committees and projects, plans to protect watersheds in Texas, and other related activities during 2008.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Lottery Minority Business Participation Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Lottery Minority Business Participation Report: 2008

Report of the Texas Lottery Commission regarding the level of minority business participation in its lottery and bingo regulatory contracting activity and in the licensing of lottery sales agents, as well as recommendations for the improvement of lottery-related minority business opportunities.
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASTE SOLIDIFICATION BUILDING BENCH SCALE HIGH ACTIVITY WASTE SIMULANT VARIABILITY STUDY FY2008 (open access)

WASTE SOLIDIFICATION BUILDING BENCH SCALE HIGH ACTIVITY WASTE SIMULANT VARIABILITY STUDY FY2008

The primary objective of this task was to perform a variability study of the high activity waste (HAW) acidic feed to determine the impact of feed variability on the quality of the final grout and on the mixability of the salt solution into the dry powders. The HAW acidic feeds were processed through the neutralization/pH process, targeting a final pH of 12. These fluids were then blended with the dry materials to make the final waste forms. A secondary objective was to determine if elemental substitution for cost prohibitive or toxic elements in the simulant affects the mixing response, thus providing a more economical simulant for use in full scale tests. Though not an objective, the HAW simulant used in the full scale tests was also tested and compared to the results from this task. A statistically designed test matrix was developed based on the maximum molarity inputs used to make the acidic solutions. The maximum molarity inputs were: 7.39 HNO{sub 3}, 0.11618 gallium, 0.5423 silver, and 1.1032 'other' metals based on their NO{sub 3}{sup -} contribution. Substitution of the elements aluminum for gallium and copper for silver was also considered in this test matrix, resulting in a total of …
Date: March 20, 2009
Creator: Hansen, E.; Jones, Timothy; Edwards, Tommy & Cozzi, Alex
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
Design Study for a Low-Enriched Uranium Core for the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Annual Report for FY 2008 (open access)

Design Study for a Low-Enriched Uranium Core for the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Annual Report for FY 2008

This report documents progress made during FY 2008 in studies of converting the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) from highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. Conversion from HEU to LEU will require a change in fuel form from uranium oxide to a uranium-molybdenum alloy. With axial and radial grading of the fuel foil and an increase in reactor power to 100 MW, calculations indicate that the HFIR can be operated with LEU fuel with no degradation in reactor performance from the current level. Results of selected benchmark studies imply that calculations of LEU performance are accurate. Scoping experiments with various manufacturing methods for forming the LEU alloy profile are presented.
Date: March 1, 2009
Creator: Primm, Trent; Chandler, David; Ilas, Germina; Miller, James Henry; Sease, John D & Jolly, Brian C
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2008

Annual report of federal funds expended by the state of Texas including financial statements and reports from auditors related to fiscal year 2008.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
FY08 LDRD Final Report LOCAL: Locality-Optimizing Caching Algorithms and Layouts (open access)

FY08 LDRD Final Report LOCAL: Locality-Optimizing Caching Algorithms and Layouts

This project investigated layout and compression techniques for large, unstructured simulation data to reduce bandwidth requirements and latency in simulation I/O and subsequent post-processing, e.g. data analysis and visualization. The main goal was to eliminate the data-transfer bottleneck - for example, from disk to memory and from central processing unit to graphics processing unit - through coherent data access and by trading underutilized compute power for effective bandwidth and storage. This was accomplished by (1) designing algorithms that both enforce and exploit compactness and locality in unstructured data, and (2) adapting offline computations to a novel stream processing framework that supports pipelining and low-latency sequential access to compressed data. This report summarizes the techniques developed and results achieved, and includes references to publications that elaborate on the technical details of these methods.
Date: February 27, 2009
Creator: Lindstrom, P
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2008

Annual financial report of the state of Texas for fiscal year 2008 including introductory materials; a financial section containing an independent auditor's report, management's discussion and analysis, basic financial statements, required supplementary information other than MD&A, other supplementary information (combining financial statements and schedules, government funds), enterprise funds, fiduciary funds, and discretely presented component units; and a statistical section detailing financial trends, revenue capacity, debt capacity, demographic and economic information, and operating information.
Date: February 27, 2009
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office. Financial Reporting Section.
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
FY 2008 Miniature Spherical Retroreflectors – Final Report (open access)

FY 2008 Miniature Spherical Retroreflectors – Final Report

Through the duration of the NNSA Office of Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (NA-22) Miniature Spherical Retroreflectors lifecycle project, our research team focused on developing solutions to the fabrication bottleneck that has inhibited development and deployment of wide-angle optically interrogated chemical and radiological remote sensing technology. Our team advanced the concept of step-index clad retroreflectors to approximate an optimized, but yet unrealized spherical gradient index design. An intensive numerical simulation effort was undertaken that resulted in optimized step-index optical designs for mid-infrared applications. Geometric optics ray trace modeling was performed to better understand the geometrical dependencies of the miniature spherical retroreflector application. We adopted and advanced the concept of optical cross section, a metric that provides relative performance comparisons between different retroreflector designs and our cross-section analysis demonstrated that our step-index design provided 90% of the range capacity of the ideal spherical index design.
Date: February 1, 2009
Creator: Anheier, Norman C.; Bernacki, Bruce E.; Klymyshyn, Nicholas A.; Krishnaswami, Kannan & Rodriguez, Carmen P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY08 Annual Report: Amorphous Semiconductors for Gamma Radiation Detection (ASGRAD) (open access)

FY08 Annual Report: Amorphous Semiconductors for Gamma Radiation Detection (ASGRAD)

This is the annual report for an old project funded by NA22. The purpose of the project was to develop amorphous semiconductors for use as radiation detectors. The annual report contains information about the progress made in synthesizing, characterizing, and radiation response testing of these new materials.
Date: February 1, 2009
Creator: Johnson, Bradley R.; Riley, Brian J.; Crum, Jarrod V.; Ryan, Joseph V.; Sundaram, S. K.; McCloy, John S. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library