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A Report on the Audit of Texas A&M University - San Antonio's Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Statements (open access)

A Report on the Audit of Texas A&M University - San Antonio's Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Statements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the fiscal year 2012 financial statements of Texas A&M University - San Antonio, as well as a report on internal control over financial reporting, compliance, and other matters.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Office of Injured Employee Counsel (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Office of Injured Employee Counsel

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Office of Injured Employee Counsel (Office) is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Caseload and Staffing Analysis for Child Protective Services at the Department of Family and Protective Services (open access)

An Audit Report on Caseload and Staffing Analysis for Child Protective Services at the Department of Family and Protective Services

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the recruitment and hiring strategies of the Child Protective Services (CPS) Division of the Department of Family and Protective Services' (Department), and strategies to combat high vacancy and turnover rates, specifically in regards to retaining tenured CPS caseworkers and improving caseload management.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: April 2013 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: April 2013

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: May 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Madill Subdivision Bridge, Dallas, Texas: Determination of National Register Eligibility (open access)

Madill Subdivision Bridge, Dallas, Texas: Determination of National Register Eligibility

Preliminary report assessing the eligibility for inclusion in the national Register of Historic Places (NRHP) of Railroad Bridge 705.20 on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) Madill Subdivision. It includes a historical summary of the railroad alignment and photographs of the bridge. The authors concluded that the bridge was not historically significant, as it was typical of railroad bridges of the late 20th century and had been modified several times.
Date: May 8, 2013
Creator: DeFreece Emery, Sherry N. & Singleton, Kate
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Oak Cliff (SOC-3) Blue Line Extension in Dallas County, Texas: Final Local Environmental Assessment (open access)

South Oak Cliff (SOC-3) Blue Line Extension in Dallas County, Texas: Final Local Environmental Assessment

This Local Environmental Assessment (LEA) describes the transportation and environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of a proposed, 2.6-mile light rail extension from Ledbetter Station to the UNT Dallas campus and identifies mitigation measures. This Final LEA is based on the 5% level of design and includes responses to comments received during the 30-day public review period for the Draft LEA.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
System: The Portal to Texas History
Software Development to Implement the TxDOT Culvert Rating Guide (open access)

Software Development to Implement the TxDOT Culvert Rating Guide

Report detailing the implementation project to create CULVLR: Culvert Load Rating, Version 1.0.0, a Windows-based desktop application software package that automates the process by which TxDOT engineers and their consultants perform load rating calculations for reinforced concrete box culverts.
Date: May 15, 2013
Creator: Lawsom, William D.; Wood, Timothy A.; Morse, Stephen M.; Jayawickrama, Priyantha W. & Newhouse, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monthly Testing and Reporting at Surface Water Treatment Plants (open access)

Monthly Testing and Reporting at Surface Water Treatment Plants

This publication provides guidance for public water systems that treat surface water and groundwater in relation to produce is safe to drink.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Natural Resources Conservation Services Flood and Sediment Control Structure Conditions to Better Estimate Erosion Rates (open access)

Evaluation of Natural Resources Conservation Services Flood and Sediment Control Structure Conditions to Better Estimate Erosion Rates

Report on the importance of sediment impounded in Natural Resources Conservation Services (NCRS) flood-retarding-structures as a source of watershed data in Texas.
Date: May 2013
Creator: URS Corporation
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guidelines for Freeway Lighting Curfews (open access)

Guidelines for Freeway Lighting Curfews

Report on research related to guidelines for urban freeway lighting curfews, which are used to reduce power consumption and reduce light pollution. "The guidelines developed through this project identify threshold criteria under which freeway main lane lighting can be turned off. The guidelines also identify conditions or exceptions under which lighting curfews should be suspended, modified, canceled, or not used at all (such as periods of inclement weather or during a major late-night event)" (abstract, para. 2).
Date: May 2013
Creator: Zhou, Hongmin; Hawkins, H. Gene, Jr. & Miles, Jeff D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Skid Measurements Used by TxDOT: Technical Report (open access)

Evaluation of Skid Measurements Used by TxDOT: Technical Report

A report of TxDOT's existing method for measuring pavement surface friction.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Zimmer, Richard & Fernando, Emmanuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Performance of Staggered-Barrel Culverts for Stream (open access)

Hydraulic Performance of Staggered-Barrel Culverts for Stream

This report takes compiled information to infer guidelines to assist assessing multiple barrel staggered-systems to simulate natural stream behavior to allow solids to migrate and keeping sufficient clear-water hydraulic capacity.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Cleveland, Theodore G.; Strom, Kyle B.; Barnes, Wade J. & Dixon, Jeremy V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improving DMS 9210 Requirements for Limestone Rock Asphalt - Year One Interim Report (open access)

Improving DMS 9210 Requirements for Limestone Rock Asphalt - Year One Interim Report

A year one interim report of testing and improving requirements for limestone rock asphalt.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Estakhri, Cindy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worker Safety During Operations with Mobile Attenuators (open access)

Worker Safety During Operations with Mobile Attenuators

An evaluation and comparison of the level of protection provided to workers by truck-mounted and trailer-mounted attenuators.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Theiss, LuAnn & Bligh, Roger P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guidance for Effective Use of Pylons for Lane Separation on Preferential Lanes and Freeway Ramps (open access)

Guidance for Effective Use of Pylons for Lane Separation on Preferential Lanes and Freeway Ramps

This report documents the first year of research involving the effectiveness of pylon implementations on high speed facilities.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Kuchangi, Shamanth P.; Benz, Robert J. (Robert Joseph); Nelson, Alicia A.; Voigt, Anthony P.; Stevens, Roma G.; Wikander, John P. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Studies to Assess the Impact of Nighttime Work Zone Lighting on Motorists (open access)

Studies to Assess the Impact of Nighttime Work Zone Lighting on Motorists

"This report describes the methodology and results of analyses performed to assess the impact of work zone lighting on motorists."
Date: May 2013
Creator: Finley, Melisa D.; Ullman, Gerald L.; Miles, Jeffrey D. & Pratt, Michael P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Initial Review of Rapid Moisture Measurement for Roadway Base and Subgrade (open access)

Initial Review of Rapid Moisture Measurement for Roadway Base and Subgrade

"This project searched available moisture-measurement technologies using gravimetric, dielectric, electrical conductivity, and suction-based methods, as potential replacements for the nuclear gauge to provide rapid moisture measurement on field construction projects."
Date: May 2013
Creator: Sebasta, Stephen; Oh, Jeongho; Lee, Sang Ick; Sanchez, Marcelo & Taylor, Ross
System: The Portal to Texas History
Project Evaluation Toolkit (PET) for Abstracted Networks (open access)

Project Evaluation Toolkit (PET) for Abstracted Networks

"This report summarizes the research completed for TxDOT Project No. 5-6235-01 and discusses the implications and future applications of the work. This project extended the capabilities of the Project Evaluation Toolkit (PET), while introducing the software to a large network of potential users across the state."
Date: May 2013
Creator: Kockerlman, Kara; Fagnant, Dan; Nichols, Brice & Boyles, Steve
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Concrete Structures Affected by Alkali-Silica Reaction and Delayed Ettringite Formation - Part 2 (open access)

Evaluation of Concrete Structures Affected by Alkali-Silica Reaction and Delayed Ettringite Formation - Part 2

This report details the results of a comprehensive research project aimed at evaluating the potential use of non-destructive testing to access structures affected by alkali-silica reactions (ASR) and/or delayed ettringite formation (DEF).
Date: May 2013
Creator: Gardoni, Paolo; Pagnotta, Alex; Huang, Qindan & Trejo, David
System: The Portal to Texas History