Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Fully Implement Major Initiatives to Save Billions of Dollars (open access)

Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Fully Implement Major Initiatives to Save Billions of Dollars

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO has issued a number of key reports on the federal government's efforts to efficiently acquire and operate information technology (IT) investments and found that if major initiatives are fully implemented, billions of dollars in savings could be realized. In particular, GAO has made recommendations regarding the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) public website, known as the IT Dashboard, which provides detailed information on federal agencies' major IT investments; agencies' efforts to perform analyses on existing IT investments; and agencies' progress toward consolidating data centers."
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William Waybourn, May 22, 2013

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with William Waybourn, an LGBT activist from Matador, Texas. Waybourn discusses his early life and education, his work in journalism, his partner, the Dallas Times Herald, his family, working for Market Center, the relationship between the gay community and Dallas community figureheads, the Dallas Gay Alliance, the Dallas "gayborhood," Texas Penal Code 21.06 (the "homosexual conduct" law), police harassment, the Fifth Circuit Court, the AIDS epidemic, fighting medical discrimination, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and reflections on his career.
Date: May 22, 2013
Creator: Mims, Michael & Waybourn, William
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 235, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 235, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 22, 2013
Creator: Gibbs, Angenene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 111th Congress (open access)

Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 111th Congress

This report explains the process for filling positions to which the President makes appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate (also referred to as PAS positions). It also identifies, for the 111th Congress, all nominations to full-time positions requiring Senate confirmation in 40 organizations in the executive branch (27 independent agencies, 6 agencies in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), and 7 multilateral organizations) and 4 agencies in the legislative branch. It excludes appointments to executive departments and to regulatory and other boards and commissions, which are covered in other reports.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Carey, Maeve P.; Greene, Michael W. & Bearden, Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 2013 (open access)

Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Ralls, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 22, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 22, 2013
Creator: Lucas, Melinda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling (open access)

Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling

This report covers the dispute between the U.S and its neighbors Canada and Mexico, who say that the recent country-of-origin labeling (COOL) system implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is unfair and does not meet its original objectives. The dispute was brought before the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel and found to be valid. The report ends with a discussion of options for the U.S. in regards to modifying COOL to follow WTO rulings.
Date: April 22, 2013
Creator: Jurenas, Remy & Greene, Joel L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 22, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities (open access)

The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities

This report discusses the federal government's role in the country's information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) activities. The government's support of IT R&D began because it had an important interest in creating computers and software that would be capable of addressing the problems and issues the government needed to solve and study.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling (open access)

Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling

Report that covers the dispute between the U.S with its neighbors Canada and Mexico, who say that the recent country-of-origin labeling (COOL) system implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is unfair and does not meet its original objectives.
Date: July 22, 2013
Creator: Jurenas, Remy & Greene, Joel L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013 (open access)

The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 22, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview (open access)

Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview

This report discusses the federal financial reporting -- defined here as the process of recording retrospective executive department-level financial and performance information -- may provide both a snapshot of the government's financial health at a given moment in time, as well as an accounting of its financial performance over a given time frame.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: Hatch, Garrett
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Ennis, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Todaro, Nick
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 188, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 22, 2013 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 188, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 22, 2013
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Information Security: Actions Needed by Census Bureau to Address Weaknesses (open access)

Information Security: Actions Needed by Census Bureau to Address Weaknesses

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The GV Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 2013 (open access)

The GV Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Grandview, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 22, 2013
Creator: Roberts, Janeen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copperas Cove Leader-Press (Copperas Cove, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

Copperas Cove Leader-Press (Copperas Cove, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'All agog' for JFK] (open access)

[Clipping: 'All agog' for JFK]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 50th anniversary marking the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, and how Austin was thrilled that the president would be stopping by after his visit of Dallas.
Date: November 22, 2013
Creator: Beach, Patrick
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 168, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 168, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Bright, James
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Trade Facilitation, Enforcement, and Security (open access)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Trade Facilitation, Enforcement, and Security

This report describes and analyzes U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) role in the U.S. import process. (The report does not cover CBP's role in the U.S. export control system.)
Date: March 22, 2013
Creator: Jones, Vivian C. & Rosenblum, Marc R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 155, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 22, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 155, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013 (open access)

The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 22, 2013
Creator: Brown, Laurie Ezzell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History