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A Summary Report on Full-time Equivalent State Employees for the Quarter Ending May 31, 2012 (open access)

A Summary Report on Full-time Equivalent State Employees for the Quarter Ending May 31, 2012

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to providing the Legislature and the public with information related to full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform services for state government.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (open access)

An Audit Report on the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's (Association) controls over selected financial processes produce accurate financial information and help ensure accountability for Association funds; whether the Association's claims processing procedures and related controls help ensure that claims payments are authorized, supported, processed in a timely manner, and made in compliance with applicable requirements; and whether selected Association expenses are reasonable and necessary, properly authorized, supported, and paid in accordance with applicable statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements and Association policies and procedures.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on On-site Audits of Residential Child Care Providers (open access)

A Report on On-site Audits of Residential Child Care Providers

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to performing on-site financial audits of selected residential child care providers and included verifying that the selected providers spent federal and state funds on required services that promoted the well-being of foster children placed in their care.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on Executive Compensation at State Agencies (open access)

A Report on Executive Compensation at State Agencies

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to a study reviewing exempt position compensation in order to compare exempt positions to market average compensation for similar executive positions, to compare exempt positions' salaries to classified positions' salaries, and to prepare an analysis of exempt position compensation that considers agency size, agency appropriations, authorized full-time equivalent employee levels, and classified positions within the agency.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices (open access)

Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices

This report provides information on retrofitting the signalized traffic intersections and retrofitting the signals to solar energy and switching to light emitting diodes (LED) the city will see major energy and cost savings, as well as a significant decrease in maintenance cost and time due to longer lifespan of the LEDs and solar panels.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation); Goodwin, Ronald E. & Godazi, Khosro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of Texas Felony Offenses by Category (open access)

Inventory of Texas Felony Offenses by Category

This report contain information on offenses in Texas statutory law punishable as felonies.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Research Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: July 2012 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: July 2012

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements (open access)

Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements

This report's focus was to explore the use of nanotechnology-based nanofilaments, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers (CNFs), as reinforcement for improving the mechanical properties of Portland cement paste and creating multifunctional and sensing concrete. (p. 1).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Restrictions on Sunday Off-Premises Liquor Sales in Non-Control States (open access)

Restrictions on Sunday Off-Premises Liquor Sales in Non-Control States

"This map and table provide information regarding state restrictions on Sunday sales of liquor for off-premises consumption in certain states." The tables include details on the "states' laws or rules addressing Sunday off-premises liquor sales and a hyper-linked citation of the relevant provision." (p. [2]).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Research Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving the Concept of Megaregions into Transportation Planning: Workshop Proceedings (open access)

Moving the Concept of Megaregions into Transportation Planning: Workshop Proceedings

Report on the possibility of adding a study of megaregions to the transportation considerations made in Texas.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abel; Land, Sara & Afefayane, Bethelhem
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $632 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $632 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document contains information on sales tax revenue and allocation in Texas counties as well as related data charts.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: Willis, Lauren
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals (open access)

2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals

This report focuses on the mission and objectives of transportation security professionals and introduces a pre-selected group of high school students to the various career opportunities within the profession.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Godazi, Khosro; Goodwin, Ronald E. & Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automating the Process for Locating No-Passing Zones Using Georeferencing Data (open access)

Automating the Process for Locating No-Passing Zones Using Georeferencing Data

This research created a method of using global positioning system (GPS) coordinates to identify the location of no-passing zones in two-lane highways.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Azimi, Mehdi & Hawkings, H. Gene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Free-Floating Carsharing Systems: Innovations in Membersip Predication, Mode Share, and Vehicle Allocation Optimication Methodologies (open access)

Free-Floating Carsharing Systems: Innovations in Membersip Predication, Mode Share, and Vehicle Allocation Optimication Methodologies

This report provides methodologies for some of the challenges facing both free-floating and traditional carsharing programs.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Kortum, Katherine & Machemehl, Randy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final: Groundwater Availability Model Report for the Rustler Aquifer (open access)

Final: Groundwater Availability Model Report for the Rustler Aquifer

This report documents the development of a three-dimensional groundwater model for the Rustler Aquifer.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Ewing, John E.; Kelley, Van A.; Jones, Toya L.; Yan, Tingting; Singh, Abhishek; Powers, Dennis W. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground Water Recharge Model : Calibration and Validation for Remotely-Sensed Dual Coefficient (RDC) GMA8 ET Estimation (open access)

Ground Water Recharge Model : Calibration and Validation for Remotely-Sensed Dual Coefficient (RDC) GMA8 ET Estimation

This report provides information on a groundwater recharge (GWr) model for a 50-year period, 1960 to 1009, that was developed for Texas Groundwater Management Area 8 (GMA8) through solving a simple water balance that yielded GWr as a residual from calibrated inputs.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Kirk, Alexandra; Groeneveld, David; Barz, Dave; Herring, Koanna & Murray, Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Using Real Time Traveler Demand Data to Optimize Commuter Rail Feeder Systems (open access)

Using Real Time Traveler Demand Data to Optimize Commuter Rail Feeder Systems

This report focuses on real time optimization of the Commuter Rail Circulator Route Network Design Problem (CRCNDP).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Yu, Yao & Machemehl, Randy
System: The Portal to Texas History
An eCertificate Program in Transportation Planning: Final Report (open access)

An eCertificate Program in Transportation Planning: Final Report

This report researches developed proposals to extend the delivery of the recently developed Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning at Texas A & M University (TAMU) to a wider audience via distance education (online or eCertificate).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Ndubisi, Foster & Joh, Kenneth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transit Agency Strategies that Encourage Mixed Use around Stations (open access)

Transit Agency Strategies that Encourage Mixed Use around Stations

This report focuses specifically on the role of the transit agency in encouraging development proximate to transit and investigates selected transit authorities within the United States to determine what strategies and steps they are taking to facilitate proximate desirable development around their stations. (p. 1).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abel; Onyejekwe, Sandra; Collins, Darlene & McGaughay, Kenneth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Estimating Sediment and Nutrient loads of Texas Coastal Watersheds with SWAT : A case study of Galveston Bay and Matagorda Bay (open access)

Estimating Sediment and Nutrient loads of Texas Coastal Watersheds with SWAT : A case study of Galveston Bay and Matagorda Bay

This report provides information on the results of the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model that was used to estimate terrestrial sediment and nutrients loads to the Galveston and Matagorda bays from their contributing watersheds. (p. 3).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Omani, Nina; Lee, Taesoo & Srinivasan, Raghavan
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures, Implementation of Prior Audit Recommendations, and Trends at the Department of Transportation (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures, Implementation of Prior Audit Recommendations, and Trends at the Department of Transportation

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the accuracy of selected Department of Transportation (Department) performance measures, the status of the Department's implementation of prior audit recommendations related to those performance measures and trends in those performance measures.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Oak Cliff Corridor Blue Line Extension (SOC-3): Preliminary Engineering/Environmental Assessment - 5% Design Report (open access)

South Oak Cliff Corridor Blue Line Extension (SOC-3): Preliminary Engineering/Environmental Assessment - 5% Design Report

This document analyzes the engineering feasibility of a planned Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension from Ledbetter Station to the UNT Dallas campus. It would be used to help DART from a baseline budget for the prefect. It also outlined environmental considerations.
Date: August 2012
Creator: URS Corporation
System: The Portal to Texas History
Green Line Before and After Study Plan (Revised) (open access)

Green Line Before and After Study Plan (Revised)

This document represents a proposed outline for conducting a Before and After Study of the DART Green Line, a major extension of DART's light rail transit (LRT) system. Such studies track the costs and impacts of the extension of Red Line service into the North Central Corridor and analyze the accuracy of forecasts made during project planning. As the Green Line initially began as two separate planning corridors, the Northwest Corridor and the Southeast Corridor, this planned study replaced original planned studies of the two corridors.
Date: August 24, 2012
Creator: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of North Texas Investment Portfolio Summary: For The Period Ending May 31, 2012 (open access)

University of North Texas Investment Portfolio Summary: For The Period Ending May 31, 2012

Quarterly investment report from the University of North Texas includes information for the quarter ending in May 2012 regarding deposits, bonds, endowments, and other financial investments. Information is broken down in tables and compiled into charts and graphs.
Date: August 2012
Creator: University of North Texas
System: The UNT Digital Library