NTIS Technical Reports Newsletter

NTIS Technical Reports Newsletter

NTIS Technical Reports Newsletter
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The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), is the nations largest and most comprehensive source of government-funded scientific, technical, engineering and business-related information.

For more than 60 years, we have served as an innovative resource to Federal agencies, businesses and universities looking for high-caliber information. Our mission is straight-forward: to support the nations economic growth by providing access to information that stimulates innovation and discovery.

While you can find information on virtually any subject on the web, theres no guarantee that the information is accurate or that it has been published by a legitimate source. NTIS undergoes a rigorous process to ensure that all the information we offer is authentic and credible. This integrity, along with the breadth and depth of our collection, is why NTIS is regarded as the nations preeminent source of government information. Highlighted Categories Government Administration

This month, we demonstrate the diversity of the NTIS collection by featuring the NTIS categories that contain technical documents related to government administration. These include:

Problem Solving Information for State & Local Government (Category 43)

Communication (Category 45)

Computer, Control and Information Theory (Category 62)

Administration and Management (Category 70)

Behavior and Society (Category 92)

See inside for a short list of new titles in each of these categories.

Directors Message

Welcome to the second edition of the NTIS Technical Reports Newsletter. We are gratified with the response our first issue generated and thank those of you who have already signed up to continue receiving future editions of the newsletter.

For those of you who have not yet signed up, I wanted to share with you that we will be featuring different categories in each future edition. This months edition features categories related to Government Administration. In September we will be featuring category 85 Transportation and in October categories related to healthcare and medicine. If you have not already subscribed you may do so by clicking this link:

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With this Newsletter, NTIS hopes to build awareness and understanding of the depth and breadth of Federal Government scientific and technical information available. If you have suggestions for future topics, or questions about the collection, please contact us at ....

Ellen Herbst
Director, NTIS

Major Subject Categories

Category Codes*/Title Quantity**

41 Manufacturing Technology
43 Problem Solving Information for State & Local Governments
44 Health Care
45 Communication
46 Physics
47 Ocean Sciences & Technology
48 Natural Resources & Earth Sciences
49 Electrotechnology
50 Civil Engineering
51 Aeronautics & Aerodynamics
54 Astronomy & Astrophysics
55 Atmospheric Sciences
57 Medicine & Biology
62 Computers, Control & Information Theory
63 Detection & Countermeasures
68 Environmental Pollution & Control
70 Administration & Management
71 Materials Sciences
72 Mathematical Sciences
74 Military Sciences
75 Missile Technology
76 Navigation, Guidance, & Control
77 Nuclear Science & Technology
79 Ordnance
81 Combustion, Engines, & Propellants
82 Photography & Recording Devices
84 Space Technology
85 Transportation
88 Library & Information Sciences
89 Building Industry Technology
90 Government Inventions for Licensing
91 Urban & Regional Technology & Development
92 Behavior & Society
94 Industrial & Mechanical Engineering
95 Biomedical Technology & Human Factors Engineering
96 Business & Economics
97 Energy
98 Agriculture & Food
99 Chemistry

* For a listing of Scope Notes that defines the specific topical content for each
category, go to http://www.ntis.gov/pdf/scopenotes.pdf

** Quantities represent each new report assigned on average to 3–5 categories.

Key to Database Fields Used
The following NTIS database fields are used in this short listing of recently acquired technical reports.
NTIS Order Number
Title
Source
Report Year, Page Count
Report Number/ISBN13 (if available)
Related Categories/Sub-categories
(where the document is also indexed)

Find More on NTIS.GOV
The documents listed here are just some of the newest in the collection. Find information on other new items, legacy documents, as well as ordering and format options in the search area of
http://www.ntis.gov.
New for July
Category Codes*/Title Quantity**

Category 43
Problem Solving Information for State & Local Government

PB2008110740
Climate Change: Expert Opinion on the
Economics of Policy Options to Address Climate Change
General Accounting Office
May 2008, 81 pages
GAO-08–605
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
55C (Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis,
& Weather Forecasting)
68A (Air Pollution & Control)
70 (Administration & Management
96 (Business & Economics)

PB2008110189
Connecting Transportation Decision Making with Responsible Land Use: State and Regional Policies, Programs, and Incentives.
Department of Transportation
February 2008, 100 pages
MTI-07–03
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
70 (Administration & Management)
70B (Management Practice)
85C (Metropolitan Rail Transportation)
91H (Regional Administration & Planning)

PB2008106214
Decision Criteria for Using Automated Coding in Survey Processing. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2008, 6 pages
Related Categories/Sub-Categories:
91B (Transportation & Traffic Planning)
62 (Computers, Control & Information Theory)
70B (Management Practice)

PB2008109555
First Response to Victims of Crime, April 2008
Department of Justice
April 2008, 97 pages
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
91C (Fire Services, Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice)
92C (Social Concerns)

PB2008109601
Identifying Fraud, Abuse, and Error in Personal Bankruptcy Filings. Department of Justice
June 2007, 61 pages
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
91C (Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice)
96 (Business & Economics)

PB2008112394
Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Drug Market Analysis.
Department of Justice.
2008, 20p
REPT-2008-R0813–028
ADA480133
What is Going to Move the Needle on Citizen Preparedness. Can America Create a Culture of Preparedness.
Naval Postgraduate School.
2008, 187 pages
Related Categories/Sub-Categories:
91I (Emergency Services & Planning)

Category 45
Communication

N20080015837
Future Aeronautical Communication Infrastructure
Technology Investigation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
April 2008, 222 pages
NASA/CR-2008–215144
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
85A (Air Transportation)

PB2008106255
Household Telephone Service and Usage Patterns in the U.S. in 2004. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2008, 7 pages
Related Categories/Sub-Categories:
45A (Policies, Regulations, & Studies)
45C (Common Carrier & Satellite)
91 (Urban & Regional Technology & Development)
43 (Problem Solving Information for State & Local
Governments)

PB2008105568
Interoperable Communications for Planned Events.
Department of Homeland Security.
2008, 28 pages
Related Categories/Sub-Categories:
43D (Police, Fire, & Emergency Services)
91I (Emergency Services & Planning)

PB2008110528
Managing the Radio Spectrum: Framework for Reform in Developing Countries. World Bank Group
2008, 76 pages
Related Categories/Sub-Categories:
45C (Common Carrier & Satellite)
63H (Radiofrequency Detection)
70 (Administration & Management)
96 (Business & Economics)
92C (Social Concerns)
92E (International Relations)

ADA477039
Test Bed Development for Detection and Diagnosis
of Prostate Cancer via Internet and Wireless Communication Networks Department of Defense
April 2007, 15 pages
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
44Q (Health Related Costs)
44T (Data & Information Systems)
45C (Common Carrier & Satellite)
57E (Clinical Medicine)

ADA480812
United States Intelligence Community Information
Sharing Strategy
Department of Defense
February 2008, 25 pages
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
74F (Military Intelligence)
88 (Library & Information Sciences)
91D (Communications)

PB2008103430
Users Guide to Securing External Devices for Telework and Remote Access. Recommendations
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Commerce
November 2007, 46 pages
NIST/SP-800–114
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
45A (Policies, Regulations, & Studies)
62 (Computers, Control & Information Theory)
70B (Management Practice)
88B (Information Systems)

Category 62
Computer, Control and Information Theory

ADA478851
Blogs, Cyber-Literature and Virtual Culture in Iran
Department of Defense
December 2007, 38 pages
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
45A (Policies, Regulations, & Studies)
92C (Social Concerns)
92D (Education, Law, & Humanities)
92E (International Relations)

PB2008109556
Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders, Second Edition
Department of Justice
April 2008, 74 pages
NCJ-219941
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
45C (Common Carrier & Satellite)
91C (Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice)

PB2008105440
Look Before You Click: A Relation Browser for Federal Statistics Websites Department of Justice
2008, 11 pages
Related Categories/Sub-categories:
45C (Common Carrier & Satellite)
70F (Public Administration & Government)
88B (Information Systems)

PB2008107411
Usability Testing of World Wide Web Sites.
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2008, 16 pages
Related Categories/Sub-Categories:
62B (Computer Software)
95D (Human Factors Engineering)
92 (Behavior & Society)
70D (Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies)
Category 62
Computer, Control and
Information Theory

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