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**[East Carolina University -- Undergraduate Minor in Security
Studies]{.underline}**

East Carolina University is offering an Undergraduate Minor in Security
Studies beginning fall 2005. The Undergraduate Minor in Security Studies
offers students an opportunity to gain a broad interagency perspective
on security issues and affords the student additional educational
requirement not offered in their chosen major field of study. Students
acquire the skills in writing, communications, and analysis that are
critical to working in a career field related to national security.

Core Requirements: Students are required to take 15 semester hours.

[Required Courses]{.underline}

SECS 1000 Introduction to Security Studies (3 credits)

SECS 4000 Senior Seminar in Security Studies (3 credits)

[Students choose 3 of the following 4 courses]{.underline}

POLS 3155 National Security Policy (3 credits)

POLS 4382 Politics of Terrorism (3 credits)

EHST 2110 Introduction to Environmental Health Science (3 credits)

PLAN 4015 Emergency Planning Management (3 credits)

Elective Courses: Students will complete 9 semester hours from the
following course list:

\*EHST 2110 Introduction to Environmental Health Science (3 credits)

GEOG 3003 Political Geography (3 credits)

GEOG 3410 Fundamental of GIS (3 credits)

HIST 3260 U.S. and the Middle East (3 credits)

ICTN 2900 Fundamentals of Network Security (3 credits)

JUST 1000 Criminal Justice Systems (3 credits)

MANF 3800 Cost and Capital Project Analysis (3 credits)

PLAN 1900 Planning for the Human Environment (3 credits)

PLAN 3051 Introduction to GIS in Planning (3 credits)

\*PLAN 4015 Emergency Planning Management (3 credits)

POLS 3144 American Foreign Policy (3 credits)

\*POLS 3155 National Security Policy (3 credits)

POLS 3290 Conflict and Peace in Post Cold War Age (3 credits)

POLS 3293 International Organizations (3 credits)

POLS 4380 Topics in International Politics (3 credits)

\*POLS 4382 Politics of Terrorism (3 credits)

POLS 4383 War in the Modern Age (3 credits)

SOCI 3235 Population Trends and Problems (3 credits)

\*These courses cannot be taken as electives if taken for credit toward
the Core Requirements.

East Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of
the Southern Association of College and Schools.

For more information:

> Contact: Dr. Rick Kilroy, Undergraduate Security Studies Program
> Director
>
> East Carolina University
>
> Department of Political Studies
>
> A-124S Brewster Bldg
>
> Greenville, NC 27858-4353
>
> Ph: (252) 328-2349
>
> Fax: (252) 328-4134
>
> Email: <kilroy@mail.ecu.edu>
>
> Additional Information:
> [www.ecu.edu/polsci](http://www.ecu.edu/polsci)
>
> Additional Phone: (252) 328-6030
>
> Update: 4/12/05
**770.1 PURPOSE** To formalize BPA\'s policy and practice for managing
force account construction services.

**770.2 DEFINITIONS**

**A. Force Account:** Expenditure for labor performed by BPA employees
as distinguished from expenditure resulting from contracting for similar
services with private industry. Also, a labor force comprised of BPA
employees or BPA\'s in-house construction work force.

**B. Contract Construction:** As defined in the *Bonneville Purchasing
Instruction,* "construction" means construction, alteration, or repair
(including dredging, excavating, and painting) of buildings, structures,
or other real property. For purposes of this definition, the terms
"buildings, structures, or other real property" include but are not
limited to improvements of all types, such as electrical substations,
maintenance facilities, fish hatcheries, office facilities, bridges,
dams, roads, sewers, water mains, power lines, pumping stations,
railways, airport facilities, and terminals. Construction does not
include exploratory drilling or other investigative work which is
intended to obtain preliminary data for engineering studies and which is
not a part of commencing or continuing the construction process, nor
does it include the manufacture, production, furnishing, construction,
alteration, repair, processing, or assembling of personal property, or
demolition without construction.

**770.3 POLICY**

**A. BPA\'s policy in building, installing, removing, and replacing its
electric power transmission facilities** is to employ that combination
of force account and contract construction services which provides best
overall long-term value to the regional ratepayers. In general, BPA
contracts for construction services where it is safe, cost-effective,
timely, and consistent with prudent utility practice.

**B. For reasons of safety, accountability, liability**, and to assure
the integrity of the regional power grid, specific activities are
excluded from contracting and are performed only by BPA employees. These
exclusions are generally as follows

> 1\. Perform the final test and energization of electrical facilities
> before they are placed in service, or perform other inspections/tests
> for acceptance
>
> 2\. Make the final physical connections between new or replaced
> electrical facilities and the Federal Power System
>
> 3\. Perform work on, or in the vicinity of, energized facilities
> requiring high levels of specialized skills and/or where error could
> result in outages or substantial loss to the power system, the public,
> or employees (e.g., assembly of major equipment and installation of
> control, alarm, and protection circuits)
**§3.306 Aggravation of preservice disability.**

\(a\) *General.* A preexisting injury or disease will be considered to
have been aggravated by active military, naval, or air service, where
there is an increase in disability during such service, unless there is
a specific finding that the increase in disability is due to the natural
progress of the disease. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1153)

\(b\) *Wartime service; peacetime service after December 31, 1946.*
Clear and unmistakable evidence (obvious or manifest) is required to
rebut the presumption of aggravation where the preservice disability
underwent an increase in severity during service. This includes medical
facts and principles which may be considered to determine whether the
increase is due to the natural progress of the condition. Aggravation
may not be conceded where the disability underwent no increase in
severity during service on the basis of all the evidence of record
pertaining to the manifestations of the disability prior to, during and
subsequent to service.

\(1\) The usual effects of medical and surgical treatment in service,
having the effect of ameliorating disease or other conditions incurred
before enlistment, including postoperative scars, absent or poorly
functioning parts or organs, will not be considered service connected
unless the disease or injury is otherwise aggravated by service.

\(2\) Due regard will be given the places, types, and circumstances of
service and particular consideration will be accorded combat duty and
other hardships of service. The development of symptomatic
manifestations of a preexisting disease or injury during or proximately
following action with the enemy or following a status as a prisoner of
war will establish aggravation of a disability. (Authority: 38 U.S.C.
1154)

\(c\) *Peacetime service prior to December 7, 1941.* The specific
finding requirement that an increase in disability is due to the natural
progress of the condition will be met when the available evidence of a
nature generally acceptable as competent shows that the increase in
severity of a disease or injury or acceleration in progress was that
normally to be expected by reason of the inherent character of the
condition, aside from any extraneous or contributing cause or influence
peculiar to military service. Consideration will be given to the
circumstances, conditions, and hardships of service.

\[26 FR 1580, Feb. 24, 1961; 57 FR 59296, Dec. 15, 1992\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 6(3).
Analytical Chemistry

[AN ANALYSIS OF THE ARSENATE ANION AND SIMILAR OXOANIONS USING RAMAN AND
SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS]{.underline}), K. Leckrone\*,
and

[S. Adhikari]{.underline}, Department of Biological, Chemical and
Physical Sciences, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, 60605
<kleckron@roosevelt.edu>

Raman spectroscopy can be used as a tool for quantitatively measuring
oxoanion concentrations, but it has relatively poor detection limits.
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) can improve detection limits
for a variety of analytes by orders of magnitude. The goal of this study
was to determine whether SERS can be used to quantify arsenate and
similar oxoanions at lower concentrations. We first examined the effect
of pH on the Raman spectra of arsenate, arsenite, phosphate, nitrate,
carbonate and sulfate. The experimental results were compared with
theoretical expectations based on alpha plot diagrams. The detection
limit and linearity of response for arsenate in a pH-9 (NH~3~/NH~4~^+^)
buffer were determined based on peak height. The reproducibility of the
results was checked using statistical analysis. Furthermore, the
detection of arsenate was investigated at lower concentrations using
colloidal (silver) SERS in the same buffer solution. Signal enhancements
greater than two orders of magnitude were observed for the colloidal
SERS analysis (mean = 501733+/- 131099 Counts/M) compared to the normal
Raman (mean = 2917+/- 45 Counts/M), However, quantitation was
complicated by the formation of aggregates when silver colloid was added
to the arsenate solution. Even though linearity was not observed using
colloidal SERS, future investigations may include the linearity of SERS
spectra at different pH levels and/or the use of surface-bound SERS
substrates.
96E03/29/06

S714-96E.doc

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**Section 714. -- GEOTEXTILE AND GEOCOMPOSITE DRAIN MATERIAL**

**714.02 Geocomposite Drains.**

**(b) Geocomposite sheet drains.** [Add the following:]{.underline}

For MSE wall construction, furnish prefabricated sheet drain with a core
or net encapsulated in a Type I-D (Subsection 714.01) non-woven
geotextile. Provide a sheet drain capable of draining from both sides of
the sheet and a minimum flow rate of 5 gallons per minute per foot of
width when tested according to ASTM D 4716. Perform the test under the
following test conditions:

> **(1)** 12 inch long specimen
>
> **(2)** Pressure of 14.5 psi
>
> **(3)** Gradient of 1.0
>
> **(4)** 100-hour seating period
>
> **(5)** Closed-cell foam rubber between platens and geocomposite
**University of Colorado at Boulder -- Geography, Geological Sciences
and Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering Courses**

The university offers several courses that are applicable to hazards
education.  Not all courses are offered every semester.  Students should
contact the department listed directly to determine if/when the courses
are available.\
\
Geography courses include:\
GEOG 3402-Natural Hazards,\
GEOG 3511-Introduction to Hydrology\
\
Geological Sciences courses include:\
GEOL 4130-Geophysics and Tectonics,\
GEOL 4950-Natural Catastrophes and Geologic Hazards,\
GEOL 5680-Global Tectonics\
GEOL 3030-Intro to Hydrology\
GEOL 5080-Advanced Hydrogeology and Modeling Concepts\
\
Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering courses include:\
CVEN 4343-Open Channel Hydraulics,\
CVEN 4333-Engineering Hydrology,\
CVEN 4423-Water Resource Engineering Design,\
CVEN 5333-Hydrology,\
CVEN 5343-Open Channel Hydraulics\
\
Contact the appropriate department:\
\
Department of Geography\
Campus Box 260\
University of Colorado\
Boulder, CO  80309-0260\
(303) 492-2631/7501 FAX\
signer@spot.colorado.edu\
\
Department of Geological Sciences\
Campus Box 399\
University of Colorado\
Boulder, CO 80309-0399\
(303) 492-8141/2606 FAX\
geolinfo@Colorado.edu\
Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering\
Campus Box 428\
University of Colorado\
Boulder, CO  80309-0428\
(303) 492-6382/7317 FAX\
kidderm@spot.colorado.edu\
\
The University of Colorado is accredited with the Higher Learning
Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges
and Schools.  \
\
For more information:

Contact:\
University of Colorado at Boulder -- Geography, Geological Sciences and
Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering Courses\
Boulder, Colorado 80309\
\
Phone: (303) 492-1411\
Fax:\
Email:

**Additional Information:**\
\
Additional Phone:

*Updated: 8/21/03*
**Prebiotic phosphorylation through phosphorus radicals**

Matthew A. Pasek

*Lunar and Planetary Lab*

*University of Arizona*

*1629 E University Blvd Tucson AZ 85721*

*USA*

<mpasek@lpl.arizona.edu>

Jason P. Dworkin

*Goddard Center for Astrobiology, Code 691*

*NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*

*USA*

Dante Lauretta

*Lunar and Planetary Lab*

*University of Arizona*

*USA*

Phosphorus is a key element of life, especially metabolism.
Understanding the origin of organophosphorus molecules helps constrain
the origin of life. We present a reaction pathway that uses the
phosphorus radicals ·PO~3~^2-^ and ·OPO~3~^2-^ to phosphorylate organic
compounds. Corrosion of the meteoritic mineral schreibersite,
(Fe,Ni)~3~P, in a solution of water and acetate produces these radicals
in addition to hydrogen, hydroxyl, and organic radicals. Phosphite and
hydroxyl radicals from Fe~3~P corrosion are detected by ESR methods.
Both C-P and C-O-P linkages are observed in solution by NMR and ES
TOF-HR-MS methods at an abundance of \~2% of total dissolved phosphorus.

These linkages are formed *via* radical termination reactions and
analogs of the reaction products are in the organic inventory of the
meteorite Murchison (Cooper et al. 1992). The majority of the products
produced through schreibersite corrosion are inorganic phosphorus salts
(Pasek and Lauretta 2005) including polyphosphates, and we estimate a
total production of organophosphorus molecules at 10^6^ kg per year
during the late heavy bombardment period.

This prebiotic phosphorylation pathway overcomes the difficulties
associated with orthophosphate condensation reactions. Condensation
reactions require an external energy source, typically heat, and proceed
through loss of water which is thermodynamically unfavorable in aqueous
systems. The radical reaction above occurs readily at room temperature
in water and may have primed early Earth with organophosphorus
compounds.

Works cited

Cooper, G.W., et al., 1992. GCA 56, 4109-4115.

Pasek, M.A., and Lauretta, D.S. 2005. Astrobiology 5(4), 515-535.
11^TH^ ANNUAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE

JUNE 2-5, 2008

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Emmitsburg, Maryland

If you are a non-U.S citizen coming to NETC we have listed a few items
you should know in advance.

-   All foreign visitors staying on-campus will have a dorm fee of \$30
    dollars per night.

-   All non-U.S. citizens attending the conference must have a security
    clearance conducted before they are accepted. **The security
    clearance takes 8-12 weeks to complete.** We are asking you to
    return your applications by fax to our Admissions office at (301)
    447-1658 to make this process as efficient as possible.

-   Check in time for dorm rooms is after 1:00 pm on the day prior to
    the first day of the conference.

-   Your vehicle must be registered at Housing/Security for security
    reasons, even if you do not stay on campus.

-   Your acceptance packet will be sent to you by fax. We ask that you
    make sure a legible fax number is on your application.

-   When you arrive on campus be aware that you will need to show your
    passport and a photo copy will be made and kept on file.

-   Bring 2 photo IDs. Occasionally our security level will change
    abruptly and we want to make sure you will be allowed on the NETC
    campus if this happens.

-   When entering our campus your vehicle will be searched, a temporary
    Visitor ID and temporary Parking Permit will be issued and you will
    be advised where to park. [Visitor ID must be worn at all
    times]{.underline}.

-   If you choose to stay off campus, it will be at your own expense.
    You will still need to purchase a break ticket from the NETC
    cafeteria for the length of the conference.

-   Class, dormitory, and vehicle registration will take place in
    Building C West Lobby.

-   Since you may have to walk some distance to your room, we recommend
    you bring luggage with wheels.

If you have any questions, you may call either (800) 238-3358 or (301)
447-1000. When you reach the operator, ask for the appropriate
extension:

-   **Admissions: x1035**

-   **Security: x1111**

You may send an email to:

-   **Admissions: <NETC-admissions@dhs.gov>**

If you need to fax information to the Admissions office, please note the
following fax number:

-   **Admissions: (301) 447-1658**
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Building 703M

P.O. Box 5000

Upton, NY 11973-5000

Phone 631 344-6392

Fax 631 344-7981

lebel@bnl.gov

managed by Brookhaven Science Associates\
for the U.S. Department of Energy

*date: November5, 2002*

*to: Ken Brog, Associate Laboratory Director for ESH&Q*

*from: R. Lebel, B. Miller, D. Ports, J. Wilke*

*subject: FY03 Laboratory Assessment & Improvement Plan*

*reference: Appendix B Critical Outcome Performance Measure 3.2*

Attached for your approval is the implementation plan for BNL's FY03
Assessment & Improvement Plan. The plan provides a breakdown of effort
into discrete tasks, start and end dates and notes responsible persons
for each task. The plan has been directly aligned with Critical Outcome
Performance Measure 3.2.

The plan was developed by the team -- Roy Lebel, Bruce Miller, Doug
Ports, and Jessie Wilke - with the understanding that all members of the
team will support each other throughout the project to ensure its
success. The team recommends that the project lead, your point of
contact be Roy Lebel.

The dates in the plan are aggressive but doable assuming continued
executive leadership support. The team recognizes the importance to the
Laboratory of successfully meeting all elements of this performance
measure.

Approved: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Ken Brog

> Associate Laboratory Director, ESH&Q

cc: T. Sheridan

M. Bebon

B. Sack
BEFORE THE

**POSTAL RATE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, DC 20268-0001**

+------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| **Complaint on First-Class Mail**        | **Docket No. C2001-3**    |
|                                          |                           |
| **Service Standards**                    |                           |
+------------------------------------------+---------------------------+

**DOUGLAS F. CARLSON**

**FOLLOW-UP INTERROGATORIES TO\
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE**

**WITNESS CHARLES M. GANNON**

**(DFC/USPS-T1-31--33)**

**April 12, 2004**

Pursuant to sections 25--27 of the *Rules of Practice*, I hereby submit
follow-up interrogatories to United States Postal Service witness
Charles M. Gannon. The instructions accompanying DFC/USPS-GAN-1--2 are
incorporated herein by reference.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: April 12, 2004 DOUGLAS F. CARLSON

**DFC/USPS-T1-31**. Please refer to your testimony at pages 2--6 and
your responses to DFC/USPS-GAN-58(d) and 64 and DFC/USPS-T1-10. Please
confirm that the arrival time of the truck for two-day First-Class Mail
from Reno to ADC Twin Valley CA is not consistent with the national
model. If you do not confirm, please explain.

**DFC/USPS-T1-32**. Please refer to your testimony at pages 2--6 and
your responses to DFC/USPS-GAN-58(d) and 64 and DFC/USPS-T1-10. Please
confirm that the arrival time of the truck for two-day First-Class Mail
from San Jose to ADC San Diego CA is not consistent with the national
model. If you do not confirm, please explain.

**DFC/USPS-T1-33**. Please confirm that two-day delivery for First-Class
Mail transported from the origin P&DC to the destination ADC by truck is
possible even if the truck is scheduled to arrive at the destination ADC
later than the latest ETA allowed by the national model. If you do not
confirm, please explain.
**NRCS Ethics Office**

**2006 x 8**

GUIIDANCE TO AGENCIES (USDA MAEAs) FROM THE USDA OFFICE OF ETHICS

\[August 2, 2006\]

SUBJECT: Ethics and Investigations

Key Words: Assignment of Ethics Advisor Duties, Ethics and Employee
Relations

\[Email\]

Over the past year, a few of our ethics folks have been asked to perform
employee relations, EEO, and other personnel investigations. For those
who are placed in ER and HR offices, this may be presented as a natural
part of one\'s duties. OE, however, opposes such assignment as it places
the ethics advisor in a conflicting role that undermines their ethics
credibility.

An actual situation may better explain why: Not long ago, an agency
employee refused to cooperate with the agency\'s ethics advisor in terms
of completing his 450. The inquiries were not overbearing, but the
employee felt that the advisor was asking unnecessary questions and,
even more, doing so as retaliation for that employee\'s having brought
an EEO complaint the year before - on which our advisor performed
official duties in an effort to defend against the claim. This happened
a year after our advisor ceased performing EEO duties. Consider the
situation where these duties are performed concurrently.

Bottomline: Who is going to call an ethics advisor for advice if the
advisor also is charged with investigating them for wrongdoing?

PS: We have no problem with merely taking training to perform these
duties, or becoming certified.

/s/

Ray Sheehan

Director

USDA Office of Ethics
**Potential Principles for a National Performance Measurement Data
Strategy**

A national performance measurement data system should:

A.  Have the following qualities and characteristics:

    -   Be a credible source of high-quality, actionable, timely data.

    -   Embrace transparency and engender trust.

    -   Include a strategy for raising consumer awareness of publicly
        reported performance data and its benefits.

    -   Assure that the data and information provided are comprehensible
        to consumers at all literacy levels.

    -   Encourage the rapid adoption of information technology across
        all health care settings.

    -   Foster accountability of, and among, practitioners, provider
        organizations, payers, purchasers, and communities for
        continuous improvement in performance.

B.  Accommodate the following needs:

    -   Provide for performance measurement and data gathering at the
        patient, practitioner, provider organization, and population
        levels.

    -   Minimize the data collection burden at all levels of the system.

    -   Permit the portrayal of comparative data that are useful in
        supporting clinical decision-making, performance improvement,
        pay-for-performance programs, and consumer decision-making.

    -   Foster the utilization of outcomes measures that are linked to
        evidence-based process measures, especially for high-impact,
        high-cost clinical conditions such as chronic diseases.

    -   Effectively protect patient privacy while also assuring broad
        access to meaningful and relevant performance data as a public
        good.

    -   Address information needs across the continuum of care so as to
        provide a longitudinal view of the quality and safety of patient
        care.

    -   Permit overviews of performance at the national level, as well
        as at the regional and local levels.

C.  Include the following design characteristics:

    -   Have an infrastructure that is based on a standardized
        information technology architecture.

    -   Utilize standardized, quality-controlled methods for gathering,
        validating, and aggregating data.

    -   Have, as its locus, an existing or new entity that provides
        effective stewardship for the system, and whose oversight
        actively involves public and private sector leaders.

    -   Permit the transmission of data from (and across) multiple
        databases.

    -   Provide for the establishment of consensus "rules of the road"
        respecting transparency and data access.

    -   Utilize an effective system for linking and matching patient
        records for performance measurement that protects patient
        privacy.

    -   Be in conformance with and support the data standards being
        developed through the National Health Information Network that
        will eventually permit the collection of performance measurement
        data as a byproduct of care delivery.
**INTERGOVERNMENTAL LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM**

**REFERRAL FORM TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES**

Date of Referral:

Referring Agency: St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department

CDBG Operations Corporation

Client's Name:

Date of Birth: Age of child:

Parent or Legal Guardian:

Address:

City / State / Zip:

Telephone Number:

Reason for Referral: 1. Client is applying for the Lead Hazard Reduction
Program

(Circle one) 2. Other

Please call and make an appointment at one of the following Health
agencies.

St. Clair County Health Dept. East Side Health District St. Mary's
Hospital

19 Public Square, Suite 150 650 North 20^th^ Street 129 North Eighth
Street

Belleville, Illinois 62220 East St. Louis, Illinois 62205 East St.
Louis, Illinois 62201

(618)233-6170 (618)874-4713 (618) 274-1900

Ext. 4468 or 4466

Agency performing Lead Testing:

Date of Lead Test: Results of Lead Test:

Form completed by: Phone extension:

I am legally authorized to release the results of this lead test. I
would like the results of this lead test released to the St. Clair
County Intergovernmental Grants Department, for the purpose of
completing my lead hazard reduction application.

Client / Parent / Legal guardian Signature Date

12/03 ad
DA 04-1723

June 17, 2004

**THE FCC'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE**

**2007 WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE PROPOSES**

**PRELIMINARY VIEWS ON WRC-07 ISSUES**

## ERRATA

The advisory committee's document reference numbers were inadvertently
omitted from the approved documents appearing in Section I of Public
Notice, DA 04-1698, released June 14, 2004. The table below lists the
documents in the order in which they appeared in the public notice. The
left column shows the number of the Informal Working Group (IWG) that
originated the document. The corresponding document number is shown in
the right-hand column and should be used as a reference when commenting
on the related text given in the public notice.

  --------- ----------------- -------------------------------- -------------------
  **IWG**   **WRC-07 Agenda   **Type of Document**             **Document No.**
            Item**                                             

  1         1.2               Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/025(08.06.04)

  1         1.5               Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/026(08.06.04)

  2         1.6 (Resolution   Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/018(08.06.04)
            415)                                               

  2         1.8 (Resolution   Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/019(08.06.04)
            122)                                               

  2         1.18              Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/021(08.06.04)

  2         1.19              Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/023(08.06.04)

  2         1.21              Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/024(08.06.04)

  2         1.8 (Resolution   Comments on NTIA Draft           WAC/020(08.06.04)
            145)              Preliminary View                 

  2         1.18              Comments on NTIA Draft           WAC/022(08.06.04)
                              Preliminary View                 

  3         1.4               Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/016(08.06.04)

  4         1.15              Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/015(08.06.04)

  5         1.10              Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/012(08.06.04)

  5         1.12              Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/013(08.06.04)

  5         2                 Draft Preliminary View on WRC-07 WAC/014(08.06.04)
  --------- ----------------- -------------------------------- -------------------

If there are any questions concerning the above table, please contact
Don Weiland at 202-418-2220.

\- FCC -
September 19, 2001

CMP-11 FO:TP:TEO:TO ETB

TO : Directors, Field Operations

FROM : Executive Director, Trade Programs

Office of Field Operations

PASS TO : Port Directors; Assistant Port Directors; Import Specialists,

> Inspectors, Entry Specialists, Brokers and Importers

SUBJECT: TBT-01-044 \-- Temporary Acceptance of Textile Visa Copies for
Conditional Release of Merchandise

BACKGROUND:

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements notified the
U.S. Customs Service, in a directive dated September 19, 2001, that
under limited conditions and for a limited period of time, U.S. Customs
shall accept copies of textile visas or exempt certificates. In light of
the recent national emergency, it has come to our attention that
significant numbers of textile visas or exempt certificates may be
delayed in reaching their destination.

ACTION:

For goods requiring textile visas or exempt certificates from all
countries entered for consumption on or after September 11, 2001, but
prior to September 29, 2001, U.S. Customs shall accept copies of textile
visas or exempt certificates for the conditional release of merchandise.
The original applicable textile visas or exempt certificates must be
presented to the U.S. Customs Service immediately upon receipt but no
later than

October 12, 2001.

Absent submission of the original visa or exempt certificate on or
before October 12, 2001, the goods will be deemed inadmissible.

Electronic Visa Information System (ELVIS) transmission requirements
remain in effect for all shipments for which an ELVIS transmission would
normally be required.

Effective for textiles and textile products entered on of after

September 29, 2001, original textile visas shall be required.

In the event that the original visas or exempt certificates were lost at
the U.S. Customs facility at the World Trade Center, U.S. Customs will
accept copies of the original visas or exempt certificates.

INFORMATION:

For further guidance or questions concerning this matter please contact
Robert Abels, at (202) 927-1959.

/signed Anne K. Lombardi/

for Elizabeth G. Durant

cc: Executive Director, Field Operations
![](media/image1.jpeg){width="1.4791666666666667in"
height="0.4791666666666667in"} **Advanced Scientific Computing
Research**

**FY 2004 Accomplishment**

#### **Fast Volume Integration Based on the Pre-Corrected FFT** 

#### L. J. Gray\*,   Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

Jian Ding and Wenjing Ye,  Georgia Institute of Technology

Summary

***A FFT-based algorithm for fast volume integration has been developed.
This technique should significantly expand the range of application of
boundary integral methods.***

The boundary integral method is a powerful technique for solving partial
differential equations, but it is only effective for a small class of
problems. Relatively few problems can be reformulated as a
***boundary-only*** integral equation, and this severely limits the
application of this technique. Many problems can however be expressed as
a boundary integral plus a volume integral contribution, for example,
nonhomogeneous (Poisson), nonlinear problems, etc. Using standard
procedures, direct evaluation of volume integrals is computationally
expensive and a volume mesh is required.  Thus, under these
circumstances it would probably be better to employ a finite element
approach. 

In this work it is shown that the fast boundary integral evaluation
based upon the FFT \[1\] can be extended to volume integration \[2\]. 
Fig. 1 shows a crude schematic of the method: the problem domain is
overlaid with a regular Fourier grid and this grid is employed to
rapidly compute far-field boundary integrals. In the present work it has
been shown that the Fourier grid can also be exploited to rapidly
compute volume integrals. This is accomplished without a volume mesh and
for arbitrary boundary geometry. 

The volume integrals will contain the Green's function, and thus this
new algorithm must be able to handle singular integrals. Figure 2 shows
that this is possible with a low order quadrature.

With this technique, it is expected that boundary integral methods can
now be applied to a much larger class of problems, and work in this
direction is ongoing.

*Figure 1. 2-D illustration of relationship between problem domain and
the uniform FFT grid - Shaded area is the problem domain , B is the
uniform grid.*

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*Figure 2. Convergence of evaluation schemes for singular volume
integrals.*

\[1\] J. R. Phillips and J. White, "A Precorrected-FFT Method for
Electrostatic Analysis of Complicated 3-D Structures," *IEEE
Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and
System*, **16**(10): 1059-1072 (1997).

\[2\] Jian Ding, Wenjing Ye and L. J. Gray, "An Accelerated Surface
Discretization Based BEM Approach for Non-homogeneous Linear Problems in
3D Complex Domains," *Int.* *J. Numer. Meth. Engineering* (submitted).

**For further information on this subject contact:**

Gary Johnson, Program Manager

Mathematical, Information, and Computational

Sciences Division

Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research

Phone: 301-555-3691

garyj@er.doe.gov
Counsel of Record,

Attached is the order noting probable jurisdiction in Nos. 02-1674, et
al., setting the briefing schedule, and setting argument for September
8, 2003. The order does not address the page limitations for briefs.
Page limits for briefs will presumptively be those provided for in the
Court\'s Rules. Longer briefs may be allowed if combinations of parties
agree to submit common briefs on particular issues; and shorter briefs
may be prescribed for certain issues.

Counsel are directed to file with the Clerk of the Court a coordinated
proposal by noon, Tuesday, June 10, 2003. The proposal shall:

A. Identify issues upon which two or more parties can present a common

position;

B. Propose a page limit on the portion of briefs addressing each such

issue on behalf of parties with a common position; and

C. Identify issues upon which there is no common position, with the

parties\' suggestions for brief pages necessary to address them.

Please, be certain to acknowledge receipt of this transmission via
e-mail. If you have any questions or desire assistance please contact me
at 202-479-3032, or Chris Vasil at 202-479-3027.

Sincerely,

Merits Cases Clerk,

Denise J. McNerney

fax no. 202-479-3204
**Charter of the Travel Policy Team**

MISSION: Establish, standardize and finalize policies that will be
incorporated in the eTS by configuring business rules that reflect the
Department (DOC's) Policies. These new and revised policies will enable
easier configuration and ensure a smooth implementation of the eTS.

I.  **PURPOSE**

> The Travel Policy Team will:

1.  Identify any new travel policies that will affect implementation of
    the eTS. Once identified, these policies must:

-   Be written in a clear and concise manner and be reflective of the
    eTS vision;

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-   Enable the eTS to be easy to use and comprehend for all levels of
    end users; and

-   Ensure that the eTS enforces all applicable Federal Travel
    Regulations (FTR).

    1.  Standardize policies to a common department-wide travel policy.

    2.  Work with other eTS work groups to assess policy revisions
        needed to accommodate the system.

    3.  Finalize policies in the Commerce Travel Regulation.

II. **MEMBERS**

> Rachael Wivell (NOAA) <Rachael.s.wivell@noaa.gov>
>
> (301-444-2136)
>
> Pat Oliver (NOAA) <Patrice.l.oliver@noaa.gov>
>
> 301-444-2155)
>
> Hamilton Humes (ITA) <Hamilton.humes@mail.doc.gov>
>
> (202-482-6123)
>
> Sheila Jackson (NIST) <Sheila.jackson@nist.gov>
>
> (301-975-6022)
>
> Dorothy Scott (NIST) <Dorothy.scott@nist.gov>
>
> (301-975-3370)
>
> Tom Hellmer (PTO) <Tom.hellmer@uspto.gov>
>
> (703-308-7439)
>
> Elaine Russell (CENSUS) <Elaine.c.russell@census.gov>
>
> (301-763-4850)
>
> Sandra Tull (CENSUS) [Sandra.L.Tull@census.gov]{.underline}
>
> (301-763-9463)
>
> Rhonda Jackson (DOC/OAS) <RHJackson@doc.gov>
>
> (202-482-2242)
>
> Pam Swiatek (DOC/OAS) <Pswiatek@doc.gov>
>
> (202-482-0884)
>
> Theresa Hollowell (DOC/OAS) <Thollowell@doc.gov>
>
> (former USDA) (202-482-0519)
>
> Tammy Watson (VA) <Twatson@doc.gov>
>
> (from VA on 120 day detail)
>
> Hilary Haight (GSA PMO) <Hilary.haight@gsa.gov>
>
> Avery Smith (GSA PMO) <Avery.smith@gsa.gov>

Members will work to ensure that current and new policies meet the needs
of the Department and can be configurable to the eTS, end-to-end system.
The Policy Team will conduct weekly meetings in an efficient manner by
prioritizing issues before the Team, keeping to agreed agendas, and
driving discussions to productive conclusions.

The Travel Policy Team is made up of key policy members who are able to
make policy decisions on behalf of their bureau. Regular attendance is
required to the maximum extent possible. When key members are not able
to attend a meeting, a representative from his/her organization will
attend in his/her absence. Team leader will disseminate agenda items
prior to each meeting, as well as provide notes from the previous policy
meeting.
Food and Drug Administration

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Arthritis Advisory Committee

Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, 2 Montgomery Village Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD

(Draft) Agenda

**February 7, 2001**

**NDA \# 20-998/S009, Celebrex™ (celecoxib, Searle)**

**8:00 Call to Order and Introductions: E. Nigel Harris, M.D., Acting
Chair**

**Meeting Statement: Kathleen Reedy, Executive Secretary**

**8:15 Welcome and Introduction: Jonca C. Bull, M.D., Acting Director,**

> **Division of Analgesic, Anti-Inflammatory and Ophthalmologic Drugs**

**8:25 Regulatory and Scientific Background: James P. Witter, M.D.,
Ph.D.**

> **Division of Analgesic, Anti-Inflammatory and Ophthalmologic Drugs**

**8:45 G. D. Searle and Company Presentation**

**10:15 Break**

**10:30 FDA Presentation**

**GI: Lawrence Goldkind, M.D.**

> **Medical: James P. Witter, M.D., Ph.D.**

**11:30 Open Public Hearing:**

**Sidney M. Wolfe, M. D., Director, Public Citizen's Health Research
Group**

**12:00 Lunch**

**1:00 Discussion and Questions:**

**4:30 Summary and Review**

**5:00 Adjourn**
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TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA
AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION

RE: LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTION-ANTIDUMPING-MECHANICAL, TRANSFER PRESSES
FROM JAPAN (A-588-810)

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ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION DURING THE PERIOD
FEBRUARY 1, 1992 THROUGH JANUARY 31, 1993, ASSESS A DUMPING LIABILITY
EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PER UNIT ENTERED CUSTOMS VALUE AMOUNT
INDICATED BELOW:

MANUFACTURER MODEL IMPORTER ENTRY NO. MARGIN PERCENT

A-588-810-002 AIDA FT4-1000G(AB) YAMAKAWA 701-1500546-7 13.55 AIDA
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510-4427048-9 0.00 AIDA FMX-L2-630T(2) NIPPONDENSO 600-0436595-7 0.38

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2\. THE ASSESSMENT OF DUMPING DUTIES BY THE CUSTOMS SERVICES IS SUBJECT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT, WHICH REQUIRES
INTEREST TO BE PAID ON OVERPAYMENT AND UNDERPAYMENT OF AMOUNTS DEPOSITED
AS ESTIMATED ANTIDUMPING DUTIES. CALCULATE INTEREST FROM THE DATE OF
PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED ANTIDUMPING DUTIES THROUGH THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION,
USING THE RATE IN EFFECT UNDER SECTION 6621 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
FOR SUCH PERIOD.

3\. WHENEVER THE USE OF THE ABOVE VALUES RESULTS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF
ANTIDUMPING DUTIES, YOU SHOULD REQUIRE OF THE IMPORTER PRIOR TO
LIQUIDATION THE REIMBURSEMENT STATEMENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 353.26 OF
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OR 29) FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT STATEMENT PRIOR TO LIQUIDATION, CUSTOMS
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ABOVE-REFERENCED REGULATIONS.

4\. YOU MAY RELEASE APPRAISED VALUES TO THE INDIVIDUAL IMPORTER CONCERED
OR HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. YOU MAY NOT RELEASE ANY DETAILS OF THE
CALCULATIONS OF APPRAISED VALUES WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF CUSTOMS
SERVICE HEADQUARTERS.

5\. EFFECTIVE UPON RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE, YOU SHOULD PROCEED WITH
LIQUIDATION.

6\. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT VIA E-MAIL, THROUGH THE REGIONAL
ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY COORDINATOR, THE TRADE COMPLIANCE
DIVISION, ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY BRANCH, USING ATTRIBUTE \"HQ
OAB.\" THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT EDWARD
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NANCY MCTIERNAN
# Support True Tax Reform

## Cosponsor HR 1364

April 26, 2001

"There are a lot of questions that people can raise about how the tax
system in this country is structured, how the tax code is structured,
but that's why we have a democracy. We have a Congress and everybody has
the right to go to talk to their Congressman or Senator about what they
like and don't like about the tax code."

IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti

on 60 Minutes II, April 3, 2001

Dear Colleague:

I am sure you agree with Commissioner Rossotti that the American people
have every right to present their grievances with the tax system to
Congress \-- and Congress has a responsibility to act on those
grievances. This is why I have introduced The Cost of Government
Awareness Act (HR 1364). HR 1364 eliminates withholding taxes, which
unfairly burden businesses and deceive the American people as to the
true costs of government.

Withholding operates from the premise that the taxpayers will not miss
money they never get. Withholding also causes millions of taxpayers to
unwittingly give an interest-free loan to the Treasury. Many of these
taxpayers later celebrate the benevolence of the IRS when they receive a
"refund" of monies wrongfully snatched from their paycheck!

Withholding is also one of the, if not the, largest unfunded mandates
imposed on employers. Every business in America is forced to act as an
unpaid IRS collection agents. An increasing number of small employers
are questioning why they should be forced to divert valuable resources
into determining and collecting their employee's federal tax. Just
recently, a Baptist church had its assets seized because the church
leaders' beliefs prohibited them from acting as IRS enforcers. [The
church's employees regularly paid their taxes and the U.S. Treasury did
not lose one penny of revenue, yet it still sent armed federal agents
into this faith-based institution]{.underline}!

Please help free employers from having to act as IRS collection agents
and end the deception that has kept the American people in the dark
about the true cost of government. Call Norm at 5-2831 and cosponsor the
Cost of Government Awareness act today!

Sincerely,

Ron Paul
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| Interior                  | Superintendent's   |   | Ashford, WA       |
|                           | Office             |   | 98304-9751        |
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**Mount Rainier National Park** News Release

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August 3, 2007

For Immediate Release

Contact: Wilderness Information Center 360-569-HIKE

### Recent Trail Repairs Will Allow Wonderland Trail Access 

With the placement of new steel bridges in three locations along the
Wonderland Trail this week, Mount Rainier backcountry users will now be
able to apply for permits to hike the entire Wonderland Trail for the
remainder of the season. Trail reroutes are in place in some locations
and hikers will have to walk along the road in the Stevens Canyon area.
Trail users will get a first-hand view of the extensive damage that
occurred throughout the park during the rain and windstorms last fall.
Mount Rainier's Trail Crew and staff, Student Conservation Association
Volunteers, the Washington Trails Association and hundreds of other
volunteers have made amazing progress in getting these trails open.

Hikers should be aware there is still trail damage throughout the park,
repair is ongoing and to be cautious and safe when hiking.

Those wanting to make Wonderland Trail reservations can do so through
the park's web page at
[www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/wilderness-camping-and-hiking.htm](http://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/wilderness-camping-and-hiking.htm)

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