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The National Commission on Children and Disasters: Overview and Issues
This report discusses The National Commission on Children and Disasters whose purpose is to assess the needs of children in the preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.
Date:
February 22, 2010
Creator:
Keegan, Natalie
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1927
Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1927, activities, ideals, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date:
May 22, 1928
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1955
Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1955, activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date:
March 22, 1956
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1961
Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1961, activities, public relations, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date:
March 22, 1961
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1947
Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1947, activities, honors, finance. public relations, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date:
March 22, 1948
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1948
Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1949, activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date:
March 22, 1949
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1951
Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1951, activities, public relations, programming, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date:
March 22, 1952
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Economic Relief: Issues and Options for Congress
This report discusses issues regarding Agriculture funding and subsidies. In response to low prices, natural disasters, and other farm-related problems, Congress has, over 3 successive years, provided a total of about $23 billion in supplemental aid – in addition to funds already programmed through the 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127). The most recent aid was attached to a crop insurance reform bill signed into law on June 22, 2000 (P.L. 106-224). This Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000 includes $7.113 billion for additional farm income and related assistance, of which $5.5 billion is to be spent in FY2000.
Date:
August 22, 2000
Creator:
Womach, Jasper & Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Cost Estimates: FEMA Can Improve Its Learning from Past Experience and Management of Disaster-Related Resources
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Public Law No. 110-28 directed GAO to review how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) develops its disaster cost estimates. Accordingly, GAO addressed the following questions: (1) What is FEMA's process for developing and refining its cost estimates for any given disaster? (2) From 2000 through 2006, how close have cost estimates been to the actual costs for noncatastrophic (i.e., federal costs under $500 million) natural disasters? (3) What steps has FEMA taken to learn from past experience and improve its management of disaster-related resources and what other opportunities exist? To accomplish this, GAO reviewed relevant FEMA documents and interviewed key officials. GAO also obtained and analyzed disaster cost data and determined that they were sufficiently reliable for the purposes of this review."
Date:
February 22, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FEMA Reservists: Training Could Benefit from Examination of Practices at Other Agencies
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "We compared FEMA's training of reservists with the training provided to reservists at the SBA, the Forest Service, and the Coast Guard--agencies with a disaster mission--and found similarities and differences; and, moreover, FEMA had not examined other agencies' training programs to identify useful practices. All four training programs shared some similar attributes with regard to training requirements, funding sources, training delivery, and training evaluation. For example, FEMA and two of the comparison agencies have a credentialing program used to document reservist qualifications. Differences included the timing of when training is delivered and the use of job aids to reinforce reservists' understanding of material covered in training courses. Regarding timing, SBA, the Forest Service, and the Coast Guard each train their reservists in advance of deploying these individuals to a disaster. However, factors such as the way in which FEMA funds its disaster program have limited the agency's ability to train its reservists in advance of deployments to disasters. FEMA plans to begin allowing up to 2 weeks of reservist training outside of deployments under the new reservist program during fiscal year 2013. Differences we identified in training practices …
Date:
March 22, 2013
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Adjutant General's Department Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017
Agency strategic plan for the Texas Adjutant General's Department describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date:
June 22, 2012
Creator:
Texas. Adjutant General's Department.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Small Business Administration: Status of Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report reviews the Small Business Administration's (SBA) fiscal year 2000 performance report and fiscal year 2002 performance plan required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 to assess SBA's progress in achieving selected key outcomes that are important to its mission. SBA's reported progress in achieving its outcomes is mixed. However, GAO had difficulty assessing SBA's progress due to weaknesses in its performance measures and data. GAO was unable to assess SBA's lack of an explanation about how the strategies relate to the outcomes or a discussion regarding strategies for the outcome. GAO identified some improvements from SBA's prior year report and plan, but several weaknesses persist in SBA's fiscal year 2000 performance report and performance plan. The performance report includes a section that summarizes SBA's programs, a matrix that identifies ongoing and closed audit reviews, and several recommendations associated with each. However, SBA omitted time frames or schedules for achieving unmet goals, lacked strategies for meeting unmet goals, and failed to adequately link strategies to indicators and measures."
Date:
June 22, 2001
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Issues Regarding a National Land Parcel Database
This report provides a summary of some of the issues regarding the creation of a national land parcel database, or cadastre. The report identifies some of the perceived needs for a national cadastre, legislative and administrative options that could lead to a national land parcel database, and some of the challenges and concerns. The report also summarizes and briefly discusses recommendations in a 2007 National Research Council (NRC) report that concluded "...a national approach is necessary to provide a rational and accountable system of property records."
Date:
July 22, 2009
Creator:
Folger, Peter
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Issues Regarding a National Land Parcel Database
This report provides a summary of some of the issues regarding the creation of a national land parcel database, or cadastre. The report identifies some of the perceived needs for a national cadastre, legislative and administrative options that could lead to a national land parcel database, and some of the challenges and concerns.
Date:
July 22, 2009
Creator:
Folger, Peter
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Animal Health Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017
Agency strategic plan for the Texas Animal Health Commission describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date:
June 22, 2012
Creator:
Texas Animal Health Commission
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations: Actions Needed to Clarify Responsibilities and Increase Preparedness for Evacuations
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "During the evacuation of New Orleans in response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many of those who did not own a vehicle and could not evacuate were among the over 1,300 people who died. This raised questions about how well state and local governments, primarily responsible for disaster planning, integrate transportation-disadvantaged populations into such planning. GAO assessed the challenges and barriers state and local officials face; how prepared these governments are and steps they are taking to address challenges and barriers; and federal efforts to provide evacuation assistance. GAO reviewed evacuation plans; Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Transportation (DOT), and other studies; and interviewed officials in five major city and four state governments."
Date:
December 22, 2006
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options
This report discusses the role of foreign assistance as a tool of foreign policy. There is also a growing recognition of the role that foreign assistance can play as a foreign policy tool that is equal to the role of diplomacy and defense within the current international environment characterized by regional conflicts, terrorist threats, weapons proliferation, concerns with disease pandemics, and the difficulty in overcoming poverty.
Date:
April 22, 2008
Creator:
Epstein, Susan B. & Veillette, Connie
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Combating Terrorism: Intergovernmental Partnership in a National Strategy to Enhance State and Local Preparedness
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Federal, state, and local governments share responsibility for terrorist attacks. However, local government, including police and fire departments, emergency medical personnel, and public health agencies, is typically the first responder to an incident. The federal government historically has provided leadership, training, and funding assistance. In the aftermath of September 11, for instance, one-quarter of the $40 billion Emergency Response Fund was earmarked for homeland security, including enhancing state and local government preparedness. Because the national security threat is diffuse and the challenge is highly intergovernmental, national policymakers must formulate strategies with a firm understanding of the interests, capacity, and challenges facing those governments. The development of a national strategy will improve national preparedness and enhance partnerships between federal, state, and local governments. The creation of the Office of Homeland Security is an important and potentially significant first step. The Office of Homeland Security's strategic plan should (1) define and clarify the appropriate roles and responsibilities of federal, state, and local entities; (2) establish goals and performance measures to guide the nation's preparedness efforts; and (3) carefully choose the most appropriate tools of government to implement the national strategy …
Date:
March 22, 2002
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security Reorganization: The 2SR Initiative
This report focuses primarily on the conclusions and proposals resulting from 2SR pertaining to organization and managerial lines of authority matters. In one of his first actions as Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge’s successor, Michael Chertoff, on March 2, 2005, announced in testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security that he was “initiating a comprehensive review of the Department’s organization, operations, and policies.” This effort, he said, would begin “within days.” The results of that undertaking, which came to be known as the Second Stage Review or 2SR, were made public in mid-July.
Date:
September 22, 2006
Creator:
Relyea, Harold C. & Hogue, Henry B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMEN, JOINT CROSS-SERVICE GROUPS
DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - SUBJECT: Review of Draft Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Imperatives - Attached: Principles and Corresponding Imperatives
Date:
June 22, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
None
Date:
September 22, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Building Civilian Interagency Capacity for Missions Abroad: Key Proposals and Issues for Congress
This report gives an overview of the current problems with interagency cooperation and draws on the conclusions of more than three dozen studeis to provide recommendations for improvement. It provides information about key problems and reform proposals as well as issues for Congress.
Date:
December 22, 2011
Creator:
Serafino, Nina M.; Dale, Catherine & Towell, Pat
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Response: Criteria for Developing and Validating Effective Response Plans
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Among the lessons learned from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was that effective disaster response requires planning followed by the execution of training and exercises to validate those plans. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for disaster response planning. This testimony focuses on (1) criteria for effective disaster response planning established in FEMA's National Response Framework, (2) additional guidance for disaster planning, (3) the status of disaster planning efforts, and (4) special circumstances in planning for oil spills. This testimony is based on prior GAO work on emergency planning and response, including GAO's April 2009 report on the FEMA efforts to lead the development of a national preparedness system. GAO reviewed the policies and plans that form the basis of the preparedness system. GAO did not assess any criteria used or the operational planning for the Deepwater Horizon response."
Date:
September 22, 2010
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress
The Directorate of Science and Technology is the primary organization for research and development (R&D) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The directorate is headed by the Under Secretary for Science and Technology. In the past, some Members of Congress and other observers have been highly critical of the directorate's performance. Although management changes have somewhat muted this criticism in recent years, fundamental issues remain, which this report discusses in detail. Congressional policymakers are widely expected to consider reauthorization legislation for DHS during the 111th Congress. Such legislation would likely include provisions that would affect the Science and Technology Directorate.
Date:
June 22, 2009
Creator:
Shea, Dana A. & Morgan, Daniel
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library