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Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 67, April 7, 2011, Pages 192651-19682 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 67, April 7, 2011, Pages 192651-19682

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: April 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 5, January 7, 2011, Pages 1059-1332 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 5, January 7, 2011, Pages 1059-1332

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 130, July 7, 2011, Pages 39763-40214 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 130, July 7, 2011, Pages 39763-40214

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: July 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 109, June 7, 2011, Pages 32851-33120 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 109, June 7, 2011, Pages 32851-33120

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: June 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 44, March 7, 2011, Pages 12269-12548 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 44, March 7, 2011, Pages 12269-12548

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: March 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 25, February 7, 2011, Pages 6523-6686 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 76, Number 25, February 7, 2011, Pages 6523-6686

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: February 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 7, 2011 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: September 7, 2011
Creator: Banks, Shauna
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Prevent Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents (open access)

VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Prevent Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Changes in patient demographics present unique challenges for VA in providing safe environments for all veterans treated in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities. GAO was asked to examine whether or not sexual assault incidents are fully reported and what factors may contribute to any observed underreporting, how facility staff determine sexual assault-related risks veterans may pose in residential and inpatient mental health settings, and precautions facilities take to prevent sexual assaults and other safety incidents. GAO reviewed relevant laws, VA policies, and sexual assault incident documentation from January 2007 through July 2010 provided by VA officials and the VA Office of the Inspector General (OIG). In addition, GAO visited and reviewed portions of selected veterans' medical records at five judgmentally selected VA medical facilities chosen to ensure the residential and inpatient mental health units at the facilities varied in size and complexity. Finally, GAO spoke with the four Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) that oversee these VA medical facilities."
Date: June 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 2011 (open access)

Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 2011
Creator: Parker, Kristi
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 145, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 2011 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 145, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 2011

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 2011
Creator: Harmon, C. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Historic Marker Application: Davidson-Penland House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Davidson-Penland House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Davidson-Penland House, in Galveston, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicaid Program Integrity: Expanded Federal Role Presents Challenges to and Opportunities for Assisting States (open access)

Medicaid Program Integrity: Expanded Federal Role Presents Challenges to and Opportunities for Assisting States

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees Medicaid, estimated that improper payments in the federal-state Medicaid program were $21.9 billion in fiscal year 2011. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 established the Medicaid Integrity Program and gave CMS an expanded role in assisting and improving the effectiveness of state activities to ensure proper payments. Making effective use of this expanded role, however, requires that federal resources are targeted appropriately and do not duplicate state activities. GAO was asked to testify on Medicaid program integrity. GAO's statement focuses on how CMS's expanded role in ensuring Medicaid program integrity (1) poses a challenge because of overlapping state and federal activities regarding provider audits and (2) presents opportunities through oversight to enhance state program integrity efforts. To do this work, GAO reviewed CMS reports and documents on Medicaid program integrity as well as its own and others' reports on this topic. In particular, GAO reviewed CMS reports that documented the results of its state oversight and monitoring activities. GAO also interviewed CMS officials in the agency's Medicaid Integrity Group (MIG), which was established to implement …
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inter-organizational digital divide: Civic groups' media strategies in the Trinity River Corridor Project (open access)

Inter-organizational digital divide: Civic groups' media strategies in the Trinity River Corridor Project

Article on inter-organizational digital divides and civic groups' media strategies in the Trinity River Corridor Project.
Date: November 7, 2011
Creator: Ignatow, Gabriel & Schuett, Jessica Lynn
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martin Mark, April 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Martin Mark, April 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martin Mark. Mark joined the Army in April 1943 and received basic training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson. Upon completion, he was reassigned to the Pacific and was shipped to New Caledonia for further training. At Suva, Fiji, he was trained by natives to perform jungle reconnaissance. As part of the Americal Division, he served for one year on the frontlines at Bougainville, where he built pillboxes and performed a dozen recon missions. During those missions, he engaged in hand-to-hand combat and destroyed Japanese military buildings while identifying targets and trails for his unit to follow. He then shipped to Leyte, where during recon missions he protected Filipino natives from Japanese atrocities. His service ended when he developed jungle rot from a day spent in the Torokina River. He was treated in Leyte with penicillin but never fully recovered. On his way back to the States, he suffered his first malaria attack and was taken to the Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco. Mark returned home to New York City.
Date: April 7, 2011
Creator: Mark, Martin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joshua Star (Joshua, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 2011 (open access)

Joshua Star (Joshua, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Joshua, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 2011
Creator: Porter, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Roy Hughes, December 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Roy Hughes, December 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Roy Hughes. Hughes joined the National Guard and was called into active duty in September 1941. He was assigned to an artillery unit with the 45th Division in Algeria, preparing for the invasion of Sicily. In Salerno, he was wounded by shrapnel and almost left for dead when the medic was frightened by enemy shelling. Hughes’s best friend forced the company medic out of his hiding place, and Hughes recovered at a British hospital in Tripoli. Three months later, he returned to his unit for the invasion of Anzio. They fought in Southern France and finished the war while capturing Germans in Munich. Hughes returned home in June 1945. During his readjustment to civilian life, his nightmares were so debilitating that he was granted a full medical discharge. Over time, he made a full recovery.
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: Hughes, Roy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Hill, July 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edward Hill, July 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward H. Hill. Hill was born 29 November 1918 In Los Angeles. He was inducted into the Army in 1940 and sent to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey where he became an enlisted instructor at the Signal Corps Replacement Training Center. He then entered Officers Candidate School and ninety days later was commissioned a second lieutenant. After being commissioned he applied for pilot training. After taking preflight and basic flight training, he washed out during advanced flight training in 1944. He was then sent to Signal Corps Officer’s school. Upon completion of the training he was assigned as Cryptographic Security Officer for the 31st Infantry Division stationed on Mindanao and was there when Japan surrendered. Returning to the United States in January 1946 he entered the Air National Guard and in 1950 was called into active duty. He remained in the Air Force until his retirement in 1967.
Date: July 7, 2011
Creator: Hill, Edward H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Sheron, December 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Sheron, December 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Sheron. Sheron joined the Navy in May 1944 and received basic training and learned to operate a Higgins boat at Camp Peary. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS President Jackson (APA-18), where he worked as a typist in the S Division, managing dry supplies and disbursements. At Iwo Jima, he served as a stretcher bearer, retrieving wounded Marines from the shore. He recalls doctors performing amputations in the mess hall while the ship was used as an overflow hospital. He saw the flag raised on Mount Suribachi and remembers hundreds of ships nearby blowing their whistles in celebration. He stayed aboard after the war as part of Operation Magic Carpet and was discharged in 1946.
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: Sheron, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Pfeiffer, December 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Pfeiffer, December 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer joined the Navy in June 1942 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Tappahannock (AO-43), where he encountered many close calls with Japanese bombers and one Kaiten. At the end of the war, Pfeiffer was treated for post-traumatic stress disorder because he was experiencing quiet sounds as though they were as loud as gunshots. His time in the service took him all over the Pacific: to the Aleutians, Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Espiritu Santo, Ulithi, and Japan. Pfeiffer survived a typhoon and was discharged at the end of the war.
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: Pfeiffer, James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fraud Detection Systems: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Needs to Expand Efforts to Support Program Integrity Initiatives (open access)

Fraud Detection Systems: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Needs to Expand Efforts to Support Program Integrity Initiatives

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for administering and safeguarding its programs from loss of funds. As GAO reported in June 2011, CMS utilizes automated systems and tools to help improve the detection of improper payments for fraudulent, wasteful, and abusive claims. To integrate claims information and improve its ability to detect fraud, waste, and abuse in these programs, CMS initiated two information technology system programs: the Integrated Data Repository (IDR) and One Program Integrity (One PI). GAO was asked to testify on its earlier report that examined CMS's efforts to protect the integrity of the Medicare and Medicaid programs through the use of information technology. In that prior study, GAO assessed the extent to which IDR and One PI have been developed and implemented, and CMS's progress toward achieving its goals and objectives for using these systems to detect fraud, waste, and abuse."
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ralph Edgar, December 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ralph Edgar, December 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ralph Edgar. Edgar joined the Navy in October 1943 and received basic training in Norfolk. Upon completion, he was sent to Guadalcanal, where he joined a special construction battalion that specialized in moving cargo. In the Philippines, he unloaded ships and brought supplies to the frontlines. The work was dangerous, and he encountered kamikazes. After the war, he ran a motor pool in Japan, supervising 260 Japanese drivers. One of his drivers stole three Jeeps, sold them on the black market, and was subsequently imprisoned. After two years, Edgar was sent back to the States to be treated for rheumatic fever. He received a medical discharge but soon returned to the Navy, managing motor pools again, this time as a civilian employee.
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: Edgar, Ralph
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Buck Ward, December 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Buck Ward, December 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Buck Ward. Ward joined the Navy in 1944 and received basic training in San Diego. He received aviation communication and gunnery training on the West Coast. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Hornet (CV-12) where he served as a Helldiver radio gunman. He flew missions over Chichi Jima and the Philippines. After the war, Ward was stationed for R&R on Guam, where at night he heard Japanese holdouts sneaking into the camp to forage. He stayed aboard the Hornet for Operation Magic Carpet and was discharged in 1946.
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: Ward, Buck
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lemar Hartman, December 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lemar Hartman, December 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lemar Hartman. Hartman joined the Navy in 1940 and received basic training at Great Lakes. Upon completion of radio school, he was assigned to the USS Selfridge (DD-357) at Pearl Harbor. During the attack, Hartman was on standby as a radioman, unable to answer messages, because the transmitting antennae had been shot down. Hartman witnessed the gruesome aftermath of The Battle of Vella Lavella and the Marianas campaigns, where he was tasked with installing radio communication infrastructure as soon as the islands were taken. He later returned home and was discharged in 1946.
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: Hartman, Lemar
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ramon Laughter, December 7, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ramon Laughter, December 7, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ramon Laughter. Laughter joined the Army in March 1941 and received basic training at Fort Monmouth. Upon completion, he was sent to OCS and earned a commission in the Signal Corps. He was then assigned to Camp Pinedale for further electronics training before joining the 134th Signal Intelligence Company, intercepting Japanese command radio communications while stationed at Kadena. Remarkably, some men in his unit were able to learn Katakana in one day, but Laughter relied on the help of six Nisei interpreters. After the war, Laughter returned to the States and was assigned to Air Defense Command, where he developed AWAC techniques that he had experimented with during the war. He retired as a full colonel in 1966.
Date: December 7, 2011
Creator: Laughter, Ramon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History