This species account for the Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) includes information about food sources, nectar corridors, migration, and threats and conservation efforts....

/Accounting Certificate Program draws on the expertise of a broad range of university staff and organizations and is a collaborative effort coordinated by University Human Resources in partnership with the Internal Audit Department newly hired or promoted into business and accounting job titles are required to ...

activities to use Earth science results to support accountability efforts and .... Global earth observations support research in a wide range of sciences ...

... despite their best effort, they cannot monitor everything ... �F-15 program office had known for 10 ... leadership to not hold Brigadier General Schwailer ...

Education and training efforts are expanding in the field of nuclear materials control and accountability. There are some opportunities and very specific needs relative to MC and A education and training. This paper identifies these opportunities and needs and addresses improving training programs.

An account is given of the ongoing research, development, and demonstration efforts of the Biomass Energy Technology program. Descriptions are given for each of the program projects funded and/or in existence during Fiscal Year 1981, reflecting their stat...

The computer program (CAN 2) described in this report is one of several related programs used in the New Mexico District cost-analysis system. The work-effort information used in these programs is accumulated and entered to the nearest hour on forms completed by each employee. Tabulating cards are punched directly ...

This bulletin explores promotion of school safety by increasing students' accountability for their behavior. It provides information to facilitate the development of constructive, well-conceived, accountability-based programs that work with juvenile offenders. These programs also address the issues of violence, ...

Current DOE regulations for Controlled Nuclear Materials (CNM) management have particular accounting problems that have become more evident as computer systems have been designed and programmed to automate the materials accounting functions. Some valuable detailed accounting information is lost with current ...

This document, which highlights the efforts of the National Institute for Literacy to pilot the development of state literacy accountability systems in four states, outlines the components, operation, and importance of state accountability systems and discusses considerations in developing a systems approach to planning and ...

The Federal Reserve prepares this monthly report as part of its efforts to enhance transparency about the range of programs and tools that have been implemented in response to the financial crisis and to ensure appropriate accountability to the Congress a...

The Federal Reserve prepares this monthly report as part of its efforts to enhance transparency about the range of programs and tools that have been implemented in response to the financial crisis and to ensure appropriate accountability to the Congress a...

The Federal Reserve prepares this monthly report as part of its efforts to enhance transparency about the range of programs and tools that have been implemented in response to the financial crisis and to ensure appropriate accountability to the Congress a...

A detailed account of theoretical and experimental studies of semiconductors and semimetals is given. The influence of other workers on this research program and the impact of this program on other efforts is also commented upon. A list of publications is...

A review is presented of research efforts sponsored by the Directorate of Chemical and Atmospheric Sciences which have completed their period of support. Illustrated accounts resulting from the basic research programs in the Atmospheric and Chemical Scien...

A sample accountability quality assurance (QA) program is described for a field and laboratory research effort which resulted in collection of approximately 2000 samples for analysis by several EPA and contractor laboratories. A QA program was specifically developed for this rese...

This report, which responds to your request that we examine issues related to social service privatization, focuses on the following three key questions: (1) What is the recent history of state and local government efforts to privatize federally funded so...

As part of ongoing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) efforts to ensure the quality and accountability of safety issue information, a program has been established whereby an annual NUREG report will be published on the status of licensee implementat...

Further work, related to EXCEDE experiments, and to LWIR emission processes, is described. Efforts to account for the enhanced optical emission observed in the EXCEDE:SPECTRAL experiment on the basis of excitation by hot plasma electrons, using the indepe...

This report has been requested because of congressional interest in programs to control water pollution caused by acid drainage from mines. Representatives of the General Accounting Office (GAO) visited Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, an...

This report attempts to examine the present status of emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States. This examination took into account the substantial efforts at implementation of advanced EMS systems through programs of the DOT, DHEW, and the Ro...

This report gives an account of the tabulation of mechanical properties achieved in the alloys under study; the stress corrosion testing currently being performed; a general summary of Phase II effort; and some data relevant to the program reported in add...

In fiscal year 2003, the Corporation engaged in children and youth in tutoring, mentoring, youth development, and school-based service activities including service-learning; strengthened disaster preparedness and relief efforts and public safety programs;...

The Service will strengthen and revitalize its Fisheries Program and re-commit itself to partnership efforts to conserve the Nations fish and other aquatic resources, focusing on seven priority areas: Partnerships and Accountability, Aquatic Species Conse...

This report reflects the results of a collaborative effort between the U.S. General accounting Office and representatives of the Secretary of Education. As required by Section 801 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, we formed a study group to iden...

In the nine months since the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, much attention has been focused on the Recovery Boards efforts to report on the progress of the $787 billion economic Recovery program. With each uptick in the nat...

Government accountants testified on the results of a five-month congressional review, which found a lack of effective DOE financial controls and accounting systems Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the US General Accounting Office, presented details of the findings, including the failure to account for ...

An examination was made of building energy analysis computer programs to determine the total cost to the government to develop these programs; to determine the uses being made of these programs; to investigate the rationale for selecting a government-developed program as the Building Energy Performance Standards ...

The geomagnetic observatory data management program at NGDC holds a wealth of ground based magnetic variation data. Recent efforts have allowed a more thorough accounting of NGDC holdings along with modernization of obsolete format data. Access to a more complete inventory of holdings, coupled with modernization of old data records, ...

Every public university is engaged now in serious and ongoing accountability appraisal with significant time and resources dedicated to the task. The academy's commitment to accountability is real. Focusing on accountability for undergraduate education, one of several important functions of public universities satisfies a need, but it ...

Proposed rules in accounting for defined benefit plans may affect hospitals' statement of operations and affect the time, effort, and cost to comply with periodic financial reporting requirements. The new standard would require immediate recognition of the full amount of plan amendments in determining operating income. Hospitals should consider the role of ...

A summary is presented of the results of a systems research effort to develop a management system for administering environmental, safety and health programs that provides assurance (credible evidence) that positive steps are being taken to limit risk to levels acceptable to those at risk. The management approach discussed here is adapted from proven ...

The goal of this effort was to develop dynamic simulation tools to study and characterize particulate transport in Microfluidic devices. This includes the effects of external fields and near-field particle-particle, particle-surface interactions. The unique aspect of this effort is that we focused on the particles in suspension and rigorously ...

This report presents our analysis of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service's (DFAS) efforts to reduce the number of Navy accounting systems and to enhance and implement a Navy-wide system to account for general fund operations.

This paper presents the Energy Management Program developed by the Western Electric Company. The program includes managerial accountabilities; administrative and technical activities; and a most recently implemented comprehensive five-year energy planning process. The main focus of this paper is on the energy planning process. This ...

... Title : GSA's Energy Conservation Efforts. Corporate Author : GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIV. ...

An account is given of the ongoing research, development, and demonstration efforts of the Biomass Energy Technology program. Descriptions are given for each of the program projects funded and/or in existence during Fiscal Year 1981, reflecting their status as of September 30, 1981. The summaries are grouped as ...

This paper reviews the history and activities of the ASCE Working Group on the Stiffness of Concrete Shear Wall Structures. This effort was greatly assisted by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) sponsored Seismic Category I Structures Program and their efforts to define a position for the reduced concrete ...

Colleges and universities throughout the nation are stepping up their environmental accountability. All 50 states are represented in the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, a "high-visibility effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse-gas emissions and accelerate the ...

The programs included are educational programs, community development efforts, farm efforts, legislative efforts, financing programs, and commercial and business programs. (MHR)

A project to design an interactive program to teach accounting techniques is described. ..... any accounting concept or term presented in the program. ...

Evaluation is important to public education and training programs if the United States is to be competitive in a global economy. Six major factors have had an impact on evaluation efforts: decreased financial resources, increased public dissatisfaction, changed management approaches, enhanced evaluation methods and procedures, redesigned organizations, and ...

As Westinghouse Savannah River Company has been faced with the challenge of better meeting DOE needs with reduced budgets and manpower, the Materials Control and Accountability (MC&A) organization has taken a hard look at its roles and responsibilities. A MC&A program is composed of many functions that can not only meet safeguards needs, but can be ...

Master of Accountancy in Financial Accounting Presentation at the RBS Graduate Admissions Open of Accountancy in Financial Accounting CPA Licensing: 150-Hour Education Requirement � Graduate degree with a concentration in accounting from an accounting ...

To deal with the many changes affecting patient accounts today and reduce the backlog in accounts due, Mercy Hospital, Hamilton and Fairfield, OH, adopted a six-point program with the following goals: Creation of an admitting and outpatient registration quality assurance program; Creation of a patient financial ...

In the 1990s, Virginia launched one of the nation's most ambitious standards-based reform efforts. Encouraged by a budding national accountability movement and motivated by conservative distrust of the public school establishment, state officials sought to clarify what students needed to know and to hold students and educators ...

... effort to revitalize the US economy, create or ... Descriptors : *ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, PAYMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY, RECOVERY, TAXES. ...

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This report contains the results of a study performed by the General Accounting Office on DOE's tertiary incentive program. Addressed are: the number of certifications DOE received for tertiary recovery projects in total and during the 2 months prior to and 2 months following the President's January 28, 1981, decontrol order; the amount ...

GAO's third report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) follows up on recommendations from the January 28, 2009, report (GAO-09-296). It also reviews (1) the nature and purpose of activities that had been initiated under TARP as of March 27, 2009; ...

military power, to defeat the Axis powers. It also waged a forceful propaganda war to bring the world cause immense dam- age, killing tens of thousands or more. U.S. railroad security remains porous Preventable Catastrophe (New York: Times Books, 2004), 12. 3. For accounts of FDR's propaganda efforts

... Army Programs Army Finance and Accounting ... to) - Title and Subtitle Army Programs: Army Finance and Accounting Quality Assurance Program ...

The laboratory-to-laboratory programs of cooperation between the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Institutes of the Russian Federation and the government-to-government programs between the US and Russia have the goal of reducing the danger of nuclear weapons proliferation by strengthening systems of nuclear materials protection, control, and ...

To help prevent the substitution of federal funds for state, local, or private funds, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) contains maintenance of effort and similar provisions requiring that recipients maintain certain levels of spending for selected programs. This report provides information on selected ...

This is the final scientific report of research performed under the contract in various aspects of software technology. The research efforts can be categorized under three topics: computer program testing, knowledge-based systems for program construction, and theory of translator generation. In the first category researchers describe a ...

New health care delivery and payment models in the private sector are being shaped by active collaboration between health insurance plans and providers. We examine key characteristics of several of these private accountable care models, including their overall efforts to improve the quality, efficiency, and accountability of care; ...

Energy managers do not agree on which is the best energy accounting or reporting system and range in their efforts from simple cost totals to calculations of Btus per unit or production or per pound of output. Large users, however, generally base their accounting on the Btu because Btu values characterize every fuel source. Government ...

Educational reforms in recent decades have resulted in a proliferation of specific programs with dispersed controls and expanded levels of governance. As a result, the environmental context within which a school district operates is exceedingly complex. This case study describes the complexity of the overall system of reporting that has evolved from a school district's ...

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is participating in a US Department of Energy sponsored multi-laboratory cooperative effort with the Russian Federation nuclear institutes to reduce risks of nuclear weapons proliferation by strengthening systems of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting in both countries. This ...

... Accession Number : ADA009532. Title : Program Documentation for the Hess Accounting System Monthly Analysis Program (MONTHACT). ...

... Accession Number : ADA009533. Title : Program Documentation for the HESS Accounting System Daily Post-Processor Program. ...

This document uses extensive tables, graphs, and narrative to report on the status of Kentucky higher education, and was undertaken to establish a broad-based system for evaluating and rewarding success. The seven goals of the strategic plan adopted by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) addressed: (1) quality programs, (2) an educated citizenry, (3) equal opportunities, (4) ...

The preparation of a cost estimate for a program to construct a new or add-on waste storage facility is one of the major objectives of the conceptual design effort. It is essential that a construction accounting manual be developed for use in estimating (conceptual, Title 1 and working estimates), cost accounting ...

This essay suggests that two strands of social action which have hitherto developed separately - legal empowerment and social accountability - ought to learn from one another. Legal empowerment efforts grow out of the tradition of legal aid for the poor; they assist citizens in seeking remedies to breaches of rights. Social ...

The proliferation of nuclear weapons, along with the technical knowledge and materials needed to make these weapons, is an enduring problem of international urgency. Current international nuclear nonproliferation efforts are aimed at deterring, detecting, and responding to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. These safeguards efforts are being ...