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Oral History Interview with Albert Jeffers, December 28, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Jeffers, December 28, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Jeffers. Jeffers joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in Illinois. He received diesel engine maintenance and repair training at submarine school in Connecticut. Upon completion, he was assigned to the engine room aboard the USS Threadfin (SS-410) as a fireman, first class. He participated in the tracking operation that led to the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato. He was transferred to the USS Menhaden (SS-377) and was the first to welcome Admiral Nimitz during a change of command ceremony. Jeffers was discharged in 1946 and went on to earn a degree in mechanical engineering as well as a law degree.
Date: December 28, 2011
Creator: Jeffers, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART train celebrates NBA champion Mavs (open access)

DART train celebrates NBA champion Mavs

News release about a special DART train wrapped in advertisements for a basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat.
Date: December 27, 2011
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
2011 Government Auditing Standards Listing of Technical Changes (open access)

2011 Government Auditing Standards Listing of Technical Changes

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This document is a listing of technical changes related to the 2011 Government Auditing Standards."
Date: December 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2011 Government Auditing Standards Summary of Major Changes (open access)

2011 Government Auditing Standards Summary of Major Changes

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This document summarizes major changes in the 2011 Government Auditing Standards."
Date: December 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0900 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0900

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Government Code section 2157.0611, concerning the procedure for making certain catalog purchases, applies to an independent school district (RQ-0980-GA)
Date: December 22, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0901 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0901

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Sheriff's use of the county jail commissary fund to train inmates to perform certain activities (RQ-0981-GA)
Date: December 22, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0902 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0902

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of the Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt a complaint procedure that complies with the program integrity regulations established by the Federal Department of Education (RQ-0982-GA)
Date: December 22, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0903 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0903

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a county attorney to enforce a bail bond forfeiture judgement that is more than twelve years old.
Date: December 22, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and TRE set plans for New Year's (open access)

DART and TRE set plans for New Year's

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the New Year holiday.
Date: December 19, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART staff delivers food by the busload to Union Gospel Mission (open access)

DART staff delivers food by the busload to Union Gospel Mission

News release about the collection of nonperishable foods and money by DART for Dallas-area charities.
Date: December 19, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicaid: Health Opportunity Accounts Demonstration Program (open access)

Medicaid: Health Opportunity Accounts Demonstration Program

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "What GAO Found"
Date: December 16, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Shortages: FDA's Ability to Respond Should Be Strengthened (open access)

Drug Shortages: FDA's Ability to Respond Should Be Strengthened

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "What GAO Found"
Date: December 15, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Care Coverage: Job Lock and the Potential Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (open access)

Health Care Coverage: Job Lock and the Potential Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "What GAO Found"
Date: December 15, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homelessness: To Improve Data and Programs, Agencies Have Taken Steps to Develop a Common Vocabulary (open access)

Homelessness: To Improve Data and Programs, Agencies Have Taken Steps to Develop a Common Vocabulary

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "What GAO Found"
Date: December 15, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ride with the "big cats" on DART to TicketCity Bowl (open access)

Ride with the "big cats" on DART to TicketCity Bowl

News release promoting the use of DART transportation options to the 2012 TicketCity Bowl football game.
Date: December 15, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0897 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0897

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the use of the term “Nationally Certified School Psychologist” by a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology is a violation of the Psychologists’ Licensing Act (RQ-0947-GA)
Date: December 15, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0898 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0898

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a member of the El Paso County Ethics Commission who is a practicing attorney or former judge may be appointed to serve as the review officer of a preliminary screening committee (RQ-0978-GA)
Date: December 15, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0899 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0899

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Jurisdiction of the Texas State Cemetary over a state highway, the majority of which is located within the boundaries of the Cemetary (RQ-0979-GA)
Date: December 15, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Taxpayer Privacy: A Guide for Screening and Assessing Proposals to Disclose Confidential Tax Information to Specific Parties for Specific Purposes (open access)

Taxpayer Privacy: A Guide for Screening and Assessing Proposals to Disclose Confidential Tax Information to Specific Parties for Specific Purposes

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) receives a great deal of personal information about individuals and businesses. While taxpayers are required to provide this information to IRS under penalty of fine or imprisonment, confidentiality of information reported to IRS is widely held to be a critical element of taxpayers’ willingness to provide information to IRS and comply with the tax laws. As a general rule, anything reported to IRS is held in strict confidence—Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 6103 provides that federal tax information is confidential and to be used to administer federal tax laws except as otherwise specifically authorized by law."
Date: December 14, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Provide Additional Information to Congress Regarding Broadcasting to Cuba (open access)

Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Provide Additional Information to Congress Regarding Broadcasting to Cuba

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: December 13, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART takes next steps to direct DFW Airport connection (open access)

DART takes next steps to direct DFW Airport connection

News release about DART's planned extension of its Orange Line to the DFW International Airport.
Date: December 13, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0896 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0896

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether certain kinds of electronic communication among members of the board of directors of a river authority constitute a violation of the Open Meetings Act, chapter 551 of the Government Code (RQ-0977-GA)
Date: December 13, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and TRE adjust service for Christmas holiday (open access)

DART and TRE adjust service for Christmas holiday

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Christmas holiday.
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hardrock Mining: BLM Needs to Revise Its Systems for Assessing the Adequacy of Financial Assurances (open access)

Hardrock Mining: BLM Needs to Revise Its Systems for Assessing the Adequacy of Financial Assurances

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Based on data reviewed from BLM's Bond Review Report, mine operators had provided financial assurances valued at approximately $1.5 billion to guarantee reclamation costs for 1,365 hardrock operations on federal land managed by BLM. We determined that 57 hardrock operations had inadequate financial assurances--amounting to about $24 million less than needed to fully cover estimated reclamation costs. Nevada had the largest number of hardrock mining operations and the largest number of inadequate financial assurances. As we have reported, BLM has taken some steps to strengthen and improve its management of hardrock financial assurances but has not yet addressed the issues we identified in 2008 regarding how the Bond Review Report calculates the total value of those financial assurances that are inadequate. To improve its management of hardrock financial assurances, BLM in 2009 issued IM 2009-153, which, among other things, directs periodic review of reclamation cost estimates for all ongoing operations to ensure the current cost estimate and the amount of the required financial assurance continue to meet applicable regulatory requirements. However, we found that only two BLM state offices--Montana and Wyoming--fully implemented IM 2009-153 by conducting timely reviews …
Date: December 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library