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Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Scofield. Scofield joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and received training in South Carolina and North Carolina. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Fifth Marines and sent to Guadalcanal for further training. He was wounded on Okinawa just two or three days after joining a combat outfit. Scofield was shot in the abdomen and the wrist. He was evacuated by medics, who declared that he was dying. He was air-evacuated to a hospital after he assured the flight crew that his wounds were not mortal. Scofield returned home and spent a year recovering.
Date: May 17, 2013
Creator: Scofield, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Climate Change Adaptation for State and Local Governments Attracting Funding for Adaptation (open access)

Climate Change Adaptation for State and Local Governments Attracting Funding for Adaptation

This report summarizes the EPA's webcast series, in which the topic of climate change and adaption are discussed.
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Program Has Improved in Some Areas, but Affordability Challenges and Other Risks Remain (open access)

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Program Has Improved in Some Areas, but Affordability Challenges and Other Risks Remain

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The new F-35 acquisition baseline reflects positive restructuring actions taken by the Department of Defense (DOD) since 2010, including more time and funding for development and deferred procurement of more than 400 aircraft to future years. Overall, the program progressed on several fronts during 2012 to further improve the current outlook. The program achieved 7 of 10 key management objectives and made substantial progress on one other. Two objectives on aircraft deliveries and a corrective management plan were not met. The F-35 development test program substantially met expectations with some revisions to flight test plans and made considerable progress addressing key technical risks. Software management practices and some output measures improved, although deliveries to test continued to lag behind plans. Manufacturing and supply processes also improved--indicators such as factory throughput, labor efficiency, and quality measures were positive. While initial F-35 production overran target costs and delivered aircraft late, the latest data shows labor hours decreasing and deliveries accelerating."
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Courthouses: Most Recommended New Construction Projects Do Not Qualify Under Improved Capital-Planning Process (open access)

Federal Courthouses: Most Recommended New Construction Projects Do Not Qualify Under Improved Capital-Planning Process

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The AMP process, which the judiciary has applied to about 67 percent of its courthouses, represents progress by the judiciary in aligning its capital-planning process with leading capital-planning practices, but the document the judiciary uses to request courthouse construction projects from Congress lacks transparency and key information. For example, the AMP process better aligns with leading practices for identifying real property needs by establishing a comprehensive, nationwide 328-factor analysis of every courthouse, whereas the previous process only assessed courthouses when requested by a local judicial district. However, the AMP process does not fully align with several leading practices due to, for example, its lack of linkage to the judiciary's strategic plan. Two courthouse projects illustrate how the AMP process has changed the way the judiciary evaluates its need for new courthouses. Specifically, two projects listed on a previous 5-year plan (covering fiscal years 2012 through 2016) were re-evaluated under AMP--San Jose, California, and Greenbelt, Maryland. Both had ranked among the top 15 most urgent projects nationwide under the previous capital-planning process, and as such, the judiciary prioritized them for new construction in 2010. However, after the judiciary evaluated …
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreclosure Review: Lessons Learned Could Enhance Continuing Reviews and Activities under Amended Consent Orders (open access)

Foreclosure Review: Lessons Learned Could Enhance Continuing Reviews and Activities under Amended Consent Orders

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO found the following:"
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
New regional family pass means special Saturday savings (open access)

New regional family pass means special Saturday savings

News release about DART's "Family Fun Pass," which allows up to two adults and four children to travel to between Fort Worth, Dallas, and Denton for only $10 on Saturdays.
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Postal Service: Urgent Action Needed to Achieve Financial Sustainability (open access)

U.S. Postal Service: Urgent Action Needed to Achieve Financial Sustainability

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) continues to incur unsustainable operating deficits, has not made required payments of $11.1 billion to prefund retiree health benefits, and has reached its $15 billion borrowing limit. Thus far, USPS has been able to operate within these constraints, but now faces a critical shortage of liquidity that threatens its financial solvency and ability to finance needed capital investment. USPS had an almost 25 percent decline in total mail volume and net losses totaling $40 billion since fiscal year 2006. While USPS achieved about $15 billion in savings and reduced its workforce by about 168,000 over this period, its debt and unfunded benefit liabilities grew to $96 billion by the end of fiscal year 2012. USPS expects mail volume and revenue to continue decreasing as online bill communication and e-commerce expand."
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dallas Way Fundraising Event Proposal (open access)

The Dallas Way Fundraising Event Proposal

A page outlining the Dallas Way fundraising event proposal.
Date: January 17, 2013
Creator: The Dallas Way
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Audit: U.S. Government's Fiscal Years 2012 and 2011 Consolidated Financial Statements (open access)

Financial Audit: U.S. Government's Fiscal Years 2012 and 2011 Consolidated Financial Statements

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "To operate as effectively and efficiently as possible and to make difficult decisions to address the federal government’s fiscal challenges, Congress, the administration, and federal managers must have ready access to reliable and complete financial and performance information—both for individual federal entities and for the federal government as a whole. Even though significant progress has been made since the enactment of key federal financial management reforms in the 1990s, GAO’s report on the U.S. government’s consolidated financial statements illustrates that much work remains to improve federal financial management. Further improvements are urgently needed."
Date: January 17, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Dallas Survived the Plague (open access)

How Dallas Survived the Plague

Invitation from the Dallas Way for their oral history presentation.
Date: January 17, 2013
Creator: The Dallas Way
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joe Elkington, January 17, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joe Elkington, January 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joe Elkington. Elkington joined the Navy in April of 1942. He trained in fire control and radar in San Diego. He was assigned to the USS Chicago (CA-29). His job aboard was fire control. Their ship was in the Pacific, at New Caledonia and Guadalcanal. The Chicago sank in 1943 and Elkington gives detail of this event. He also served aboard the USS Helena (CL-50) and traveled to the Solomon Islands. His job aboard was lookout and operating a searchlight. He describes his experiences aboard this ship, and the events of its sinking. Three of the five battles he was in include the Battle of Kula Gulf, the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Battle of Surigao Strait. He was discharged in December of 1945.
Date: January 17, 2013
Creator: Elkington, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cowboys and Boilermakers can DART to Heart of Dallas Bowl (open access)

Cowboys and Boilermakers can DART to Heart of Dallas Bowl

News release about DART transportation to the 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl football game between Purdue University and Oklahoma State University.
Date: December 17, 2012
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and TRE make holiday plans (open access)

DART and TRE make holiday plans

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Christmas holiday.
Date: December 17, 2012
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and Red River Rivalry: A Winning Game Plan (open access)

DART and Red River Rivalry: A Winning Game Plan

News release about DART transportation services to the "Red River Rivalry" football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma University.
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Go "Big and Bright!" to the Fair on DART (open access)

Go "Big and Bright!" to the Fair on DART

News release about DART transportation services to the State Fair of Texas.
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kick Off the State Fair Classic with DART's Green Line (open access)

Kick Off the State Fair Classic with DART's Green Line

News release promoting the use of DART to travel to the annual Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic.
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0968 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0968

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 City of San Antonio, Bexar County, and VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority to use the proceeds of a sales and use tax for a streetcar project in light of certain representations that were made preceding and election to create an advanced transportation district (RQ-1048-GA)
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
L.A. Courthouse: Initial Project Justification Is Outdated and Flawed (open access)

L.A. Courthouse: Initial Project Justification Is Outdated and Flawed

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Because of delays and cost increases, the General Services Administration (GSA) canceled the authorized 41-courtroom Los Angeles (L.A.), California, courthouse project in 2006. Since then, GSA and the judiciary have been slow to agree upon how to proceed with the project, for which about $366 million in appropriated funds remains available. In 2012, with the judiciary’s support, GSA issued a request for proposal for contractors to design and build a 24-courtoom, 32-chamber courthouse, which would be used in conjunction with 25 existing courtrooms in the Roybal Courthouse. However, this new plan will not address one of the principal justifications for the original project—that the L.A. Court be centralized at one site. Instead, it would increase the distance between the Roybal Courthouse and the planned second court location and the distance to the federal detention center from which prisoners must be transported."
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: States' Use of Managed Care (open access)

Medicaid: States' Use of Managed Care

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In summary, we identified four groups of states that differed in their use of Medicaid managed care on the basis of the 12 indicators we included in our analysis. A handful of these indicators—namely Medicaid enrollment in MCOs and PCCM programs, HMO penetration rates, and the concentration of low-income individuals that lived in urban areas—had significant influence on how states grouped. In contrast, within the four groups, considerable variation existed among the other indicators we examined, such as states’ primary care capacity and commercial HMO market index. For labeling purposes, we typically describe the four groups on the basis of states’ enrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries in MCOs and PCCM programs—generally the predominant similarity among the states within each group:"
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mine Safety: Reports and Key Studies Support the Scientific Conclusions Underlying the Proposed Exposure Limit for Respirable Coal Mine Dust (open access)

Mine Safety: Reports and Key Studies Support the Scientific Conclusions Underlying the Proposed Exposure Limit for Respirable Coal Mine Dust

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Our evaluation of the reports MSHA used to support its proposal and the key scientific studies on which the reports were based shows that they support the conclusion that lowering the PEL from 2.0 mg/m3 to 1.0 mg/m3 would reduce miners’ risk of disease. The reports and key studies concluded that miners’ cumulative exposure to coal mine dust at the current PEL over their working lives places them at an increased risk of developing CWP, progressive massive fibrosis, and decreased lung function, among other adverse health outcomes. To mitigate the limitations and biases in the data, the researchers took reasonable steps, such as using multiple x-ray specialists to reduce the risk of misclassifying disease and making adjustments to coal mine dust samples where bias was suspected. In addition to addressing the limitations and biases in the data, researchers used appropriate analytical methods to conclude that lowering the existing PEL would decrease miners’ risk of developing black lung disease. For example, in addition to taking steps to precisely estimate a miner’s cumulative exposure, the researchers accounted for several factors in their analyses—such as the age of the miners, the …
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0960 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0960

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: Refund of cash bail bonds under article 17.02, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0961 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0961

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 Conservation and Reclamation District Number Three in Brazoria County may conduct operations within the boundaries of another district.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0962 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0962

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 section 38.007 of the Texas Education Code, section 109.33 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, and the home-rule provision of the Texas Constitution authorize a home-rule municipality with a population of less than 900,000 to enact an ordinance prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of a public school.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0963 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0963

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 an application by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to a site selection organization is a prerequisite to the expenditure of funds from the Major Events Trust Fund pursuant to section 5A, article 5190.14, Revised Civil Statutes.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History