Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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This is a polygon coverage of major land uses in the United States. The source of the coverage is the map of major land uses in the National Atlas, pages 158-159, which was adapted from U.S. Department of Agriculture, "Major Land Uses in the United States," by Francis J. Marschner, revised by James R. Anderson, 1967.
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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The U.S. Geological Survey has compiled a map of shale gas assessments in the United States that were completed by 2012, such assessments having been included as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project. Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey quantitatively estimated potential volumes of undiscovered gas within shale-gas assessment units. These shale-gas assessment units are mapped, and square-mile cells are shown to represent proprietary shale-gas wells. The square-mile cells include gas-producing wells from shale intervals. In some cases, shale gas formations contain gas in deeper parts of a basin and oil at shallower depths (for example, the Woodford Shale and the Eagle Ford Shale). Because a discussion of shale oil is beyond the scope of this report, only shale gas assessment units and cells are shown. The map can be printed as a hardcopy map or downloaded for interactive analysis in a Geographic Information System data package using the ArcGIS map document (file extension MXD) and published map file (file extension PMF). Also available is a publications access table with hyperlinks to current U.S. Geological Survey shale gas assessment publications and web pages. Assessment results and geologic reports are available as completed at the U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resources Program Web Site, http://energy.usgs.gov/OilGas/AssessmentsData/NationalOilGasAssessment.aspx. A historical perspective of shale gas activity in the United States is documented below and presented in a video clip included as a PowerPoint slideshow.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Cloud Radar System (CRS) provides vertically profiled reflectivity and Doppler velocity at aircraft nadir along the flight track. The CRS is a 94 GHz (W-band; 3 mm wavelength) Doppler radar developed for autonomous operation in the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft and for ground-based operation. It will provide high-resolution profiles of reflectivity and Doppler velocity in clouds and it has important applications to atmospheric remote sensing studies. The CRS was designed to fly with the Cloud Lidar System (CLS), in the tail cone of an ER-2 superpod. There are two basic modes of operation of the CRS: 1) ER-2 with reflectivity, Doppler, and linear-depolarization measurements, and 2) ground-based with full polarimetric capability. The TCSP mission used the ER-2 mode.
Published By Department of Defense
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Pentagon Channel's Fit for Duty episodes that focus on high-energy cardiovascular workouts.
Published By Department of Agriculture
Issued over 9 years ago
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Schools have the opportunity to become certified as Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Gold of Distinction Schools, depending on meeting certain criteria. We are pleased to share the names of those schools that have achieved certification as a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Gold of Distinction School.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The DFIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The file is georeferenced to earth's surface using the Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinate System (ZONE 17N) and Lambert Conformal conic projection. The specifications for the horizontal control of DFIRM data files are consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000.
Published By Department of Education
Issued over 9 years ago
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The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) is part of the Secondary Longitudinal Studies (SLS) program; program data is available since 1972 at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=021. The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) (http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/nls72/index.asp) is a longitudinal survey that follows high school seniors through 5 follow-ups in 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, and 1986. The study was conducted using a national representative sample of 1972 high school seniors. Key statistics produced from the National Longitudinal Study of High School Class of 1972 are student's educational aspirations and attainment, family formation, and occupations.
Published By Department of Veterans Affairs
Issued over 9 years ago
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The press release web service provides VA press release information. The VA press release feature is available across the enterprise, on any webpage, for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Published By Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 years ago
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Used by TSA to generate time and attendance data HR payroll purposes. Will likely replace Integrated Personnel and Payroll System - IPPS. To be replaced by eTAS, 4th qtr., FY08 Based on the fact that this system will be replaced this fiscal year, John Zuber recommends that we wait for the replacement systems and address the data assets at that time.
Published By Department of Justice
Issued over 9 years ago
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Index of select cases and documents filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division since January 1993. Cases are listed alphabetically by the last name of individual defendants, by company name, or by the entity's first name. Amicus curiae br
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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The current spacesuit is a complex garment. Not only does it protect from the extreme conditions of space, it is in itself a mobile life support system with an oxygen supply, electrical power, water-cooling equipment, ventilating fan, and an in-suit drink bag. Polygons: 172056 Vertices: 173044
Published By Department of Housing and Urban Development
Issued over 9 years ago
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Multifamily Portfolio datasets (section 8 contracts) - The information has been compiled from multiple data sources within FHA or its contractors. HUD oversees more than 22,000 privately owned multifamily properties, and more than 1.4 million assisted housing units. These homes were originally financed with FHA-insured or Direct Loans and many are supported with Section 8 or other rental assistance contracts. Our existing stock of affordable rental housing is a critical resource for seniors and families who otherwise would not have access to safe, decent places to call home.
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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A 2009 synopsis of black bear populations throughout Georgia including the south Georgia population for the purposes of determining distribution and population trends and evaluation and monitoring of harvest trends. Throughout Georgia, bear populations are stable to increasing in size. Bait station surveys were conducted to determine distribution and population trends of bears in north, central, and south Georgia during July of 2008. Results of these surveys, expressed as percent bait station hits, were 71.04, 45, and 35.8 for stations in north, central, and south Georgia respectively. Concurrently, harvest in the north, central, and south Georgia populations was 314, 0, and 57 bears, respectively.
BISOUND_4MGEO: 4-m Grid of the Combined Multibeam Bathymetry Generated from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Surveys H12009, H12010, H12011, H12015, H12033, H12137, and H12139 Offshore in Block Island Sound (Geographic, WGS84)
Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
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The USGS, in cooperation with NOAA, is producing detailed maps of the seafloor off southern New England. The current phase of this cooperative research program is directed toward analyzing how bathymetric relief relates to the distribution of sedimentary environments and benthic communities. As part of this program, digital terrain models (DTMs) from bathymetry collected as part of NOAA's hydrographic charting activities are converted into ESRI raster grids and imagery, verified with bottom sampling and photography, and used to produce interpretations of seabed geology and hydrodynamic processes. Although each of the 7 continuous-coverage, completed surveys individually provides important benthic environmental information, many applications require a geographically broader perspective. For example, the usefulness of individual surveys is limited for the planning and construction of cross-Sound infrastructure, such as cables and pipelines, or for the testing of regional circulation models. To address this need, we integrated the 7 contiguous multibeam bathymetric DTMs into one dataset that covers much of Block Island Sound. The new dataset is adjusted to mean lower low water, is provided in UTM Zone 19 NAD83 and geographic WGS84 projections, and is gridded to 4-m resolution. This resolution is adequate for seafloor-feature and process interpretation, but small enough to be queried and manipulated with standard GIS programs and to allow for future growth. Natural features visible in the grid include boulder lag deposits of submerged moraines, sand-wave fields, and scour depressions that reflect the strength of the oscillating tidal currents. Bedform asymmetry allows interpretations of net sediment transport. Together the merged data reveal a larger, more continuous perspective of bathymetric topography than previously available, providing a fundamental framework for research and resource management activities off this portion of the Rhode Island coast.
Ischemic Stroke 30-Day Mortality and 30-Day Readmission Rates and Ratings for California Hospitals, 2011 - 2012
Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued over 9 years ago
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This dataset contains risk-adjusted 30-day mortality and 30-day readmission rates, quality ratings, and number of deaths / readmissions and cases for ischemic stroke treated in California hospitals from 2011 to 2012. This dataset does not include ischemic stroke treated in outpatient settings.
Published By Social Security Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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This dataset provides information on the percentage of Social Security retirement applications filed via the internet.
Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued over 9 years ago
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The State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) contain the universe of hospital-based ambulatory surgery encounters in participating States. Some States include ambulatory surgery encounters from free-standing facilities as well. Restricted access data files are available with a data use agreement and brief online security training. The data are translated into a uniform format to facilitate multi-State comparisons and analyses. The SASD include all patients in participating settings, regardless of payer, e.g., persons covered by Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and the uninsured. The SASD contain clinical and resource use information included in a typical discharge abstract, with safeguards to protect the privacy of individual patients, physicians, and facilities (as required by data sources). Data elements include but are not limited to: diagnoses, procedures, admission and discharge status, patient demographics (e.g., gender, age), total charges, and expected payment source (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, self-pay; for some States, additional discrete payer categories, such as managed care). In addition to the core set of uniform data elements common to all SASD, some include State-specific data elements, such as the patient's race. The SASD exclude data elements that could directly or indirectly identify individuals. For some States, hospital and county identifiers are included that permit linkage to the American Hospital Association Annual Survey File and the Area Resource File.
Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued over 9 years ago
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These data represent the critical habitat for leatherback turtle as designated by Federal Register Vol. 44, No. 17711, March 23, 1979, Rules and Regulations. Redesignated and amended at 64 FR 14067, March 23, 1999.
Published By Department of Justice
Issued over 9 years ago
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Under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Congress mandated that the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) investigate former prisoners' experiences in prison to assist in understanding the incidence and prevalence o
Published By Department of Veterans Affairs
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Contract Administration and Management System (CAMS) is a data management system designed specifically for the Veterans Health Administration Office of Facilities Management (FM) for the management of contract and funding data. It provides a means of sorting and tracking data related to major Architect-Engineer and construction contracts such as contract type, project locations, project status, and contract funding.
Published By Department of Transportation
Issued over 9 years ago
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The North American Transborder Freight Database, available since April 1993, contains freight flow data by commodity type and by mode of transportation (rail, truck, pipeline, air, vessel, and other) for U.S. exports to and imports from Canada and Mexico.
Published By Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Issued over 9 years ago
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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Published By Department of Defense
Issued over 9 years ago
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United States Army 82nd Airborne Division news and information.
Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
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<p>Thermal control of small spacecraft, including CubeSats, is a challenge for the next era of NASA spaceflight. Science objectives and components will still require strict thermal control while smaller volumes will inherently absorb and shed heat more quickly than a larger body. Thus, game-changing technologies must be developed to stabilize the thermal environment inside of small spacecraft. Developing this technology will help place Goddard at the forefront of thermal control expertise in the fast-growing arena of smallsats and CubeSats.</p><p>The proposed CubeSat louver assembly will be based upon the proven designs of full-sized louvers for large spacecraft. Internal spacecraft components will be thermally coupled to the side of the spacecraft. Bimetallic springs serve as a passive control mechanism for opening and closing flaps. As the&nbsp;spacecraft heats&nbsp;up the springs expand due to the difference in thermal expansion rates of their two fused metals (hence bimetallic). This opens the flaps, changing the thermal radiation properties of the exterior surface. As the spacecraft cools the flaps close and return the exterior surface to the previous emissivity. These temperature-driven adjustments create a more stable thermal environment for components.</p><p>Analysis of the thermal louvers assumed that the louvers were in darkness, either shielded by the solar panels or facing deep space. The hand calculations of power dissipated via the thermal louvers shows a substantial difference between fully closed and fully open louvers at the high temperatures significant for electrical components.</p>
Published By Department of Justice
Issued over 9 years ago
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The AFMLS Publications Database (PD) application is used by the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section to track publication information; customer contact information; and print mailing labels for requested publications.