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Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "As new technologies that depend on the radio spectrum continue to be developed and used more widely, managing the spectrum can grow increasingly challenging. The current legal framework for domestic spectrum management evolved as a compromise over the questions of who should determine the distribution of the spectrum among competing users and what standard should be applied in making this determination. Although initially, all responsibility for spectrum management was placed in the executive branch, this responsibility has been divided between the executive branch for managing federal use and an independent commission for managing non-federal use since 1927 . The current shared U.S. spectrum management system has processes for allocating spectrum, but these processes have occasionally resulted in lengthy negotiations between the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) over allocation issues. The United States also faces challenges in effectively preparing for World Radiocommunication Conferences. NTIA has several activities to encourage efficient spectrum use by federal agencies, but it lacks the assurance that these activities are effective. NTIA is required to promote efficiency in the federal spectrum it manages, which included more than 270,000 federal frequency assignments at the end of 2000. To do this, NTIA directs federal agencies to use only as much of the spectrum as they need."

From his founding of The Journal of Social History to his groundbreaking work on the history of emotions, weight, and parenting, Peter N. Stearns has pushed the boundaries of social history to new levels, presenting new insights into how people have lived and thought through the ages. Having established the history of emotions as a major subfield of social history, Stearns and his collaborators are poised to do the same thing with the study of human behavior. This is their manifesto. American Behavioral History deals with specific uses of historical data and analysis to illuminate American behavior patterns, ranging from car buying rituals to sexuality, and from funeral practices to contemporary grandparenting. The anthology illustrates the advantages and parameters of analyzing the ways in which people behave, and adds significantly to our social understanding while developing innovative methods for historical teaching and research. At its core, the collection demonstrates how the study of the past can be directly used to understand current behaviors in the United States. Throughout, contributors discuss not only specific behavioral patterns but, importantly, how to consider and interpret them as vital historical sources. Contributors include Gary Cross, Paula Fass, Linda Rosenzweig, Susan Matt, Steven M. Gelber, Peter N. Stearns, Suzanne Smith, Mark M. Smith, Kevin White

"Measured in terms of morbidity and mortality, plague has never been a major public health problem in the United States, but, in terms of latent danger and the total cost of suppressive measures during the past 50 years, it cannot be placed in a minor classification. This disease, which has been one of the world's greatest killers, has forced the spending of large amounts of money on efforts to keep it out of this country, to suppress the epidemics which did gain a foothold, and to control or eradicate epizootics in domestic and wild rodents. Modern methods of rodent and ectoparasite control, together with almost specific therapeutic drugs, have decreased the potential danger from plague. Arrival at this turning point makes it particularly fitting to review the accomplishments of the past five decades, to summarize the cooperative efforts of the Public Health Service and the State health departments, and to emphasize specific contributions by individuals of the Public Health Service." - p. iii ; I. Introduction -- II. The first San Francisco epidemic -- III. The second San Francisco epidemic, including other bay area cities -- IV. Plague in Seattle -- V. Plague in wild animals -- VI. The New Orleans epidemics -- VII. Plague in gulf coast cities -- VIII. Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak -- IX. Maritime quarantine measures -- X. Plague in the Territory of Hawaii -- XI. Plague in Puerto Rico -- X II. Modern plague control methods -- X III. Treatment and prophylaxis of plague -- References -- Appendix Summary of cases of human plague in the United States, 1900-1951 -- Human plague in the United States, by year and State, 1900-1951 -- Age-sex distribution of human cases of plague in the United States, 1900-1951 -- Observed seasonal distribution of human plague in the United States, 1950-51 -- Human plague in 36 counties in 12 States, 1900-1951 -- Counties in the United States where human plague lias occurred, 1900-1951 -- Human plague on ships arriving at United States ports, 1899-1926 -- Cases of animal plague reported in the United States, 1902-51 -- Animals examined and positive results in the United States, fiscal years 1903-50 -- Counties in the United States surveyed for animal plague, 1900- 1950 -- Rodent plague on ships arriving at United States ports, 1910-26 -- Animal sources of plague-positive ectoparasites, by State -- Publications on plague by Public Health Service officers ; Vernon B. Link, M.D., M.P.H. ; Dr. Link is deputy officer in charge of the Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of State Services, Public Health Service, Atlanta, Ga. Before coming to the center, he was stationed at the Public. Health Service's Plague Laboratory at San Francisco, where he was deputy medical officer in charge from June 1943 to November 1950 and medical officer in charge from December 1950 to February 1952. Dr. Link is a member of the World Health Organization's Expert Advisory Panel on Plague for the 5-year term 1952-57. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Publications on plague by Public Health Service officers: p. 114-120.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface, 1975 -- PART ONE -- CHAPTER ONE The Position of American Women up to 1800 -- CHAPTER TWO Early Steps toward Equal Education -- CHAPTER THREE The Beginnings of Organization among Women -- CHAPTER FOUR The Beginnings of Reform -- CHAPTER FIVE The Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 -- CHAPTER SIX From Seneca Falls to the Civil War -- PART TWO -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Civil War -- CHAPTER EIGHT The Intellectual Progress of Women, 1860–1875 -- CHAPTER NINE Women in the Trade Unions, 1860–1875 -- CHAPTER TEN The Emergence of a Suffrage Movement -- CHAPTER ELEVEN First Victories in the West -- CHAPTER TWELVE Breaking Ground for Suffrage -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Growth of Women's Organizations -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Women in the Knights of Labor and the Early A.F. of L. -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Reform Era and Woman's Rights -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Unification of the Suffrage Movement -- PART THREE -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Entering the Twentieth Century -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Into the Mainstream of Organized Labor -- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Suffrage Movement Comes of Age, 1906–1913 -- CHAPTER TWENTY New Life in the Federal Amendment, 1914–1916 -- CHAPTER TWENTY- ONE The Turn of the Tide, 1916–1918 -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Who Opposed Woman Suffrage? -- CHAPTER TWENTY- THREE A Hard-Won Victory, 1918–1920 -- CHAPTER TWENTY- FOUR Conclusion -- Afterword -- Bibliographical Summary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Contains a selection of major decisions of the GAO. A digest of all decisions has been issued since Oct. 1989 as: United States. General Accounting Office. Digests of decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Before Oct. 1989, digests of unpublished decisions were issued with various titles. ; Latest issue consulted: Vol. 72 (Oct. 1, 1992-Sept. 30, 1993). ; Contains a selection of major decisions of the GAO. A digest of all decisions has been issued since Oct. 1989 as: United States. General Accounting Office. Digests of decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Before Oct. 1989, digests of unpublished decisions were issued with various titles. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. for July 1, 1921-June 30, 1922- issued by: U.S. General Accounting Office; issued by: U.S. General Accounting Office, Office of General Counsel. ; Scope line index: Vols. 1 (July 1, 1921)-46 (June 30, 1967). 1 v. ; Cumulation of the monthly: United States. General Accounting Office. Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States; which is in turn a cumulation of: Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Advance sheets. ; Indexed by: United States. General Accounting Office. Index to the published decisions of the accounting officers of the United States, 1921-1929; and: United States. General Accounting Office. Index digest of published decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, 1929-

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Latest issue consulted: Vol. 4, no. 6 (Mar. 1993). ; Description based on: Vol. 58, p. 193 to 250 (Jan. 1979); title from cover. ; Issues for Nov. 1989-Mar. 1990 pagination incorrect; correct pagination: Nov., p. 49 to 111; Dec., p. 112 to 133; Jan., p. 134 to 219; Feb., 220-309; Mar., 310-357. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. for issued by: United States General Accounting Office, Office of General Counsel. ; Cumulates: United States. General Accounting Office. Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Advance sheets. ; Cumulated by the annual publication: United States. General Accounting Office. Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States.