List of Bid Proposal Holders, April 21, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, May 19, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

Proposal of three thermodynamic variables to discriminate between storms associated with hail and storms with intense rainfall in Catalonia (Proposta de tres variables termodinàmiques per discriminar entre tempestes amb pedregades i tempestes amb pluges intenses)

Between late spring and early fall, the development of storms is common in Catalonia. Despite the fact that they usually produce heavy showers of short duration, they can also involve severe weather with ice pellets or hail. While the latter usually affect inland regions, and there are numerous publications on these cases; the analysis of events affecting the coast and causing damage to public and private properties is not so well developed. The aim of this study is to provide additional thermodynamic indicators that help differentiate storms with hail from storms without hail, considering cases that have affected various regions of Catalonia, mainly coastal areas. The aim is to give more information to improve prognosis and the ability to detail information in these situations. The procedure developed involved the study of several episodes of heavy rainfall and hail that hit Catalonia during the 2003-2009 period, mainly in the province of Girona, and validated the proposal during the campaign of late summer and fall of 2009, as well as 2012. For each case, several variables related to temperature, humidity and wind were analyzed at different levels of the atmosphere, while the information provided by the radio sounding in Barcelona was also taken into account. From this study, it can be concluded that the temperature difference between 500 hPa and 850 hPa, the humidity in the lower layers of the atmosphere and the LI index are good indicators for the detection of storms with associated hail.

Iowa Local Technical Assistance Program 2010 Summary Report and 2011 Continuation Funding Proposal, HR-296, 2010

This document includes a summary of the initiatives and activities that are ongoing or have been completed by the Iowa Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) in 2010. It also contains a request for the 2011 continuation of LTAP funding. A brief history of Iowa LTAP is below. In addition, its mission/vision and objectives are noted and an explanation of the new organization used for this report is provided. The remainder of this document includes a description of the Iowa LTAP operations in 2010 and 2011. More specifically, staffing changes and several major initiatives are presented. This is then followed by a discussion of task-by-task 2010 outcomes and proposed 2011 activities.

List of Bid Proposal Holders, June 16, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

Less is more ? The Commission proposal on access to EU documents and the proper limits of transparency

Transparency is now seen as a key tool of democratic governance. The European Union's commitment to transparency is now at the centre of a crucial debate between the Commission and the Parliament on the future of citizen's right of access to information. This article presents the main characteristics of the current regime and questions the pertinence of the proposed changes in light of the international drive at modernising access to information laws and the attempt at identifying the ̳proper limits of transparency'. The questions raised range from the identification of what can be accessed to the definition of exemption and the protection of competing interests.

List of Bid Proposal Holders, July 21, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders; Letting date: August 18, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders; Letting date: August 18, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders; Letting date: September 15, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders; Letting date: October 20, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders; Letting date: November 17, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders; Letting date: December 15, 2015

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders; Letting date: January 10, 2016

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders; Letting date: February 16, 2016

List of Bid Proposal Holders