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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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pay Secrecy (open access)

Pay Secrecy

This issue brief discusses pay secrecy policies that nearly half of workers nationally reported that they were either contractually forbidden or strongly discouraged from discussing their pay with their colleagues. Includes a listing of state laws that protect employees in discussing pay and compensation.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Department of Labor.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Air Capture of COâ‚‚ with Chemicals (open access)

Direct Air Capture of COâ‚‚ with Chemicals

This report explores direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) from the atmosphere with chemicals. DAC involves a system in which ambient air flows over a chemical sorbent that selectively removes the COâ‚‚. The COâ‚‚ is then released as a concentrated stream for disposal or reuse, while the sorbent is regenerated and the COâ‚‚-depleted air is returned to the atmosphere.
Date: June 1, 2011
Creator: American Physical Society. Panel on Public Affairs
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2013 Fact Sheet (open access)

Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2013 Fact Sheet

Fact sheet related to solid waste management in the United States.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ruby Pipeline Project Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation, and Maintenance Plan (open access)

Ruby Pipeline Project Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation, and Maintenance Plan

This report discusses upland erosion control, revegetation activities, and long-term maintenance plans for the Ruby Pipeline Project, a pipeline that extends from Wyoming to Oregon.
Date: June 2010
Creator: Ruby Pipeline LLC
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of EPA's Climate Change Indicators Workshop (open access)

Summary of EPA's Climate Change Indicators Workshop

This report is a summary of a workshop held on March 2011 by the Climate Change Division (CCD) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The workshop was organized with experts on various aspects of climate change. The workshop was intended to gather feedback on EPA's 2010 report, Climate Change Indicators in the United States and to solicit suggestions for future versions of the report and its contents.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation. Climate Change Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommended Binational Phosphorus Targets to Combat Lake Erie Algal Blooms (open access)

Recommended Binational Phosphorus Targets to Combat Lake Erie Algal Blooms

A report about algal blooms in Lake Erie.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Nutrients Annex Subcommittee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safe and Sustainable Water Resources (open access)

Safe and Sustainable Water Resources

A document detailing ways to better manage water consumption and retrieve scientific information about water. It aims to inform readers about water supply and aquatic ecosystems.
Date: June 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President's Climate Action Plan (open access)

The President's Climate Action Plan

A report about minimizing climate change in the United States. It focuses on carbon pollution, preparing for the impacts of climate change, and leading international efforts to fight global climate change and prepare for its impacts.
Date: June 2013
Creator: United States. The White House.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures 2013 (open access)

Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures 2013

This report discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies collected and reported data on the generation and disposal of wast in the United States over a 30 year period.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan: Meeting State Goals (open access)

Clean Power Plan: Meeting State Goals

A presentation pertaining to a proposal to reduce carbon pollution.
Date: June 26, 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2010

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on the principal chronic environmental issues that plague the border region.
Date: June 2010
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Energy Outlook 2012: with Projections to 2035 (open access)

Annual Energy Outlook 2012: with Projections to 2035

The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2010), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035, based on results from EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS).
Date: June 2012
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change Adaptation Plan (open access)

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change Adaptation Plan

This plan by the United States Environmental Protection Agency addresses the facts of climate change and the challenges involved in those changes.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (open access)

Preliminary 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

This report identifies any new or existing industrial categories selected for effluent guidelines rule making and provides a schedule for such rule making. It also discusses the results of EPA's annual review of effluent limitations guidelines and pre-treatment standards.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
OPM Cybersecurity Incident Information (open access)

OPM Cybersecurity Incident Information

A report about OPM dealing with a cyber security incident which suggested that approximately 4 million individuals whose information that may have been compromised.
Date: June 4, 2015
Creator: United States. Office of Personnel Management.
System: The UNT Digital Library
DHS Climate Action Plan: Addendum (open access)

DHS Climate Action Plan: Addendum

This report discusses the action plan for the Department of Homeland Security related to climate change. It stats that "as a result of the uncertainties associated with climate change affects, historically successful strategies for managing resources and infrastructure will become less effective over time, requiring new paradigms, policies and procedures".
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security 2016 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

Department of Homeland Security 2016 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

A report that reflects the DHS's strategic vision for doing business in a more efficient and sustainable way.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (open access)

The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review

This report provides an update to the five basic homeland security missions set forth by the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review in 2010. They include: prevent terrorism and enhance security, secure and manage our borders, enforce and administer our immigration laws, safeguard and secure cyberspace, and strengthen national preparedness and resilience.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security 2014 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (open access)

Department of Homeland Security 2014 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

This report reflects the Department of Homeland Securities' strategic vision for doing business in a more efficient and sustainable way. The report includes sections on greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, sustainable building, fleet management, water use efficiency and management, pollution prevention and waste reduction, sustainable acquisition, electronic stewardship and data centers, renewable energy, climate change resilience, and energy performance contracts.
Date: June 23, 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States Specified in Section 491 of 10 U.S.C. (open access)

Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States Specified in Section 491 of 10 U.S.C.

A report which provides an employment strategy as it pertains to the President's issuance of new nuclear weapons employment guidance.
Date: June 12, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan (open access)

Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan

A report detailing efforts to enhance security and stability in Afghanistan from December 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (open access)

Department of Homeland Security: Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap

This report discusses the adaptation roadmap for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security related to climate change.
Date: June 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the Defense Acquisition System (open access)

Performance of the Defense Acquisition System

A report which discusses national security and the United States defense acquisition systems,
Date: June 28, 2013
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library