The Sandia MEMS Passive Shock Sensor : FY08 testing for functionality, model validation, and technology readiness. (open access)

The Sandia MEMS Passive Shock Sensor : FY08 testing for functionality, model validation, and technology readiness.

This report summarizes the functional, model validation, and technology readiness testing of the Sandia MEMS Passive Shock Sensor in FY08. Functional testing of a large number of revision 4 parts showed robust and consistent performance. Model validation testing helped tune the models to match data well and identified several areas for future investigation related to high frequency sensitivity and thermal effects. Finally, technology readiness testing demonstrated the integrated elements of the sensor under realistic environments.
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Walraven, Jeremy Allen; Blecke, Jill; Baker, Michael Sean; Clemens, Rebecca C.; Mitchell, John Anthony; Brake, Matthew Robert et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas State Office of Risk Management Annual Report on Cost Containment: 2008 (open access)

Texas State Office of Risk Management Annual Report on Cost Containment: 2008

Annual report detailing the effectiveness of Texas risk management during fiscal year 2008 including cost containment measures measures to reduce workers' compensation payments.
Date: October 2008
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
T Farm Interim Surface Barrier Vadose Zone Monitoring FY08 Fourth-Quarter Status Report (open access)

T Farm Interim Surface Barrier Vadose Zone Monitoring FY08 Fourth-Quarter Status Report

This report briefly summarizes the system status and monitoring results of Nests A, B, C and D and the Meteorological Station in the T Tank Farm from July to September, 2008.
Date: September 30, 2008
Creator: Zhang, Z. F. & Strickland, Christopher E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facilitation of the Estuary/Ocean Subgroup for Federal Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation, FY08 Annual Report (open access)

Facilitation of the Estuary/Ocean Subgroup for Federal Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation, FY08 Annual Report

The Estuary/Ocean Subgroup (EOS) is part of the research, monitoring, and evaluation (RME) effort that the Action Agencies (Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) developed in response to obligations arising from the Endangered Species Act as applied to operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). The goal of the EOS project is to facilitate activities of the estuary/ocean RME subgroup as it coordinates design and implementation of federal RME in the lower Columbia River and estuary. In fiscal year 2008 (FY08), EOS project accomplishments included 1) subgroup meetings; 2) participation in the estuary work group of the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership; 3) project management via the project tracking system, Pisces; 4) quarterly project status reports; and 5) a major revision to the Estuary RME document and its subsequent regional release (new version January 2008). Many of the estuary RME recommendations in this document were incorporated into the Biological Opinion on hydrosystem operations (May 2008). In summary, the FY08 EOS project resulted in expanded, substantive coordination with other regional RME forums, a new version of the federal Estuary RME program document, and implementation coordination. This annual report is a FY08 deliverable for …
Date: September 29, 2008
Creator: Johnson, Gary E. & Diefenderfer, Heida L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Report to the Citizens of Texas: 2008 (open access)

A Report to the Citizens of Texas: 2008

Annual report issued by the Texas Office of the Comptroller providing statistics and describing the state economy, employment, and other relevant information for fiscal year 2008.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas A&M University System Annual Financial Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas A&M University System Annual Financial Report: 2008

Annual financial report of the Texas A&M University System documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2008.
Date: November 20, 2008
Creator: Texas A & M University System
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Transportation Annual Financial Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Department of Transportation Annual Financial Report: 2008

Annual financial report of the Texas Department of Transportation documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2008.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Transportation Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2008 (open access)

Texas Department of Transportation Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2008

Report on nonfinancial data of the Texas Department of Transportation including information about fees, spaces, progress on the HUB (historically underutilized business) plan, environmentally sensitive purchases, indirect costs, and various other information for fiscal year 2008.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Fiscal Year 2008 Phased Construction Completion Report for EU Z2-33 in Zone 2, East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (open access)

Fiscal Year 2008 Phased Construction Completion Report for EU Z2-33 in Zone 2, East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

The Record of Decision for Soil, Buried Waste, and Subsurface Structure Actions in Zone 2, East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (DOE/OR/01-2161&D2) (Zone 2 ROD) acknowledged that most of the 800 acres in Zone 2 were contaminated, but that sufficient data to confirm the levels of contamination were lacking. The Zone 2 ROD further specified that a sampling strategy for filling the data gaps would be developed. The Remedial Design Report/Remedial Action Work Plan for Zone 2 Soils, Slabs, and Subsurface Structures, East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (DOE/OR/01-2224&D3) (Zone 2 RDR/RAWP) defined the sampling strategy as the Dynamic Verification Strategy (DVS), generally following the approach used for characterization of the Zone 1 exposure units (EUs). The Zone 2 ROD divided the Zone 2 area into seven geographic areas and 44 EUs. To facilitate the data quality objectives (DQOs) of the DVS process, the Zone 2 RDR/RAWP regrouped the 44 EUs into 12 DQO scoping EU groups. These groups facilitated the DQO process by placing similar facilities and their support facilities together and allowing identification of data gaps. The EU groups were no longer pertinent after DQO planning was completed and characterization was conducted as areas became accessible. …
Date: September 11, 2008
Creator: Bechtel Jacobs
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY08 MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION REPORT FOR HYBRID SULFUR ELECTROLYZER (open access)

FY08 MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION REPORT FOR HYBRID SULFUR ELECTROLYZER

This report summarizes results from all of the membrane testing completed to date at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) for the sulfur dioxide-depolarized electrolyzer (SDE). Several types of commercially-available membranes have been analyzed for ionic resistance and sulfur dioxide transport including perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA), sulfonated polyether-ketone-ketone (SPEKK), and polybenzimidazole membranes (PBI). Of these membrane types, the poly-benzimidazole membrane, Celtec-L, exhibited the best combination of characteristics for use in an SDE. Several experimental membranes have also been analyzed including hydrated sulfonated Diels-Alder polyphenylenes (SDAPP) membranes from Sandia National Laboratory, perfluorosulfonimide (PFSI) and sulfonated perfluorocyclobutyl aromatic ether (S-PFCB) prepared by Clemson University, hydrated platinum-treated PFSA prepared by Giner Electrochemical Systems (GES) and Pt-Nafion{reg_sign} 115 composites prepared at SRNL. The chemical stability, SO{sub 2} transport and ionic conductivity characteristics have been measured for several commercially available and experimental proton-conducting membranes. Commercially available PFSA membranes such as the Nafion{reg_sign} series exhibited excellent chemical stability and ionic conductivity in sulfur dioxide saturated sulfuric acid solutions. Sulfur dioxide transport in the Nafion{reg_sign} membranes varied proportionally with the thickness and equivalent weight of the membrane. Although the SO{sub 2} transport in the Nafion{reg_sign} membranes is higher than desired, the excellent chemical stability and conductivity makes …
Date: September 1, 2008
Creator: Hobbs, D; Hector Colon-Mercado, H & Elvington, Mark C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safeguards Envelope Progress FY08 (open access)

Safeguards Envelope Progress FY08

The Safeguards Envelope Project met its milestones by creating a rudimentary safeguards envelope, proving the value of the approach on a small scale, and determining the most appropriate path forward. The Idaho Chemical Processing Plant’s large cache of reprocessing process monitoring data, dubbed UBER Data, was recovered and used in the analysis. A probabilistic Z test was used on a Markov Monte Carlo simulation of expected diversion data when compared with normal operating data. The data regarding a fully transient event in a tank was used to create a simple requirement, representative of a safeguards envelope, whose impact was a decrease in operating efficiency by 1.3% but an increase in material balance period of 26%. This approach is operator, state, and international safeguards friendly and should be applied to future reprocessing plants. Future requirements include tank-to-tank correlations in reprocessing facilities, detailed operations impact studies, simulation inclusion, automated optimization, advanced statistics analysis, and multi-attribute utility analysis.
Date: September 1, 2008
Creator: Bean, Robert; Metcalf, Richard & Bevill, Aaron
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Transit Statistics: 2007 (open access)

Texas Transit Statistics: 2007

Annual compilation of tabulated data regarding public transit and other transportation in the state of Texas.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Texas. Division of Public Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The FDA FY2009 Budget (open access)

The FDA FY2009 Budget

This report discusses the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) FY2009 budget request of $2.676 billion that would provide a 17.9% increase ($406 million) over FY2008. It includes an overview and breakdowns for specific programs: Foods Program, Human Drugs Program, Biologics program, Animal Drugs and Feed Program, and the Devices and Radiological Health Program.
Date: August 25, 2008
Creator: Johnson, Judith A.; Lister, Sarah A. & Porter, Donna V.
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
Department of Justice (DOJ) Appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009 (open access)

Department of Justice (DOJ) Appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009

This report provides coverage of the FY2009 appropriations cycle for the Department of Justice (DOJ), including FY2008 supplemental appropriations.
Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: Krouse, William J.; Franco, Celinda & James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sandia MEMS Passive Shock Sensor : FY08 failure analysis activities. (open access)

The Sandia MEMS Passive Shock Sensor : FY08 failure analysis activities.

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Date: August 1, 2008
Creator: Walraven, Jeremy Allen; Baker, Michael Sean; Clemens, Rebecca C.; Mitchell, John Anthony; Brake, Matthew Robert; Epp, David S. 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
FY2008 Spring Supplemental Appropriations and FY2009 Bridge Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes (P.L. 110-252) (open access)

FY2008 Spring Supplemental Appropriations and FY2009 Bridge Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes (P.L. 110-252)

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Date: July 15, 2008
Creator: Daggett, Stephen; Epstein, Susan B.; Margesson, Rhoda; Tarnoff, Curt; Towell, Pat; Dale, Catherine et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes (open access)

Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes

This report discusses supplemental appropriations for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. During its first session, the 110th Congress approved fiscal year 2008 emergency supplemental appropriations of $86.8 billion for the Department of Defense and $2.4 billion for international affairs.
Date: June 25, 2008
Creator: Daggett, Stephen; Epstein, Susan B.; Margesson, Rhoda & Loane, Shannon S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Overview, FY2009 Budget, and Issues for Congress (open access)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Overview, FY2009 Budget, and Issues for Congress

This report discusses budget issues for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which conducts U.S. civilian space and aeronautics activities. The President's 2004 Moon/Mars Vision for Space Exploration is the major focus of NASA's activities.
Date: June 19, 2008
Creator: Morgan, Daniel & Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Justice (DOJ) Appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009 (open access)

Department of Justice (DOJ) Appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009

This report provides a discussion of funding for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, including background information, a breakdown of funding from FY2008 regular and supplemental funding, and budget requests for FY2009.
Date: June 10, 2008
Creator: Krouse, William J.; Franco, Celinda & James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations

This report discusses fiscal year 2009 appropriations under a regular bill -- the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill -- which provides funding many groups, including the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Services (IHS) program as well as general funding for arts and cultural agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other entities. It includes background on previous appropriations and details by kinds of funding.
Date: April 25, 2008
Creator: Vincent, C. H.; Naughton, Blake Alan; Walke, Roger & Garrett, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library