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Mine Safety: MSHA's Programs for Ensuring the Safety and Health of Coal Miners Could Be Strengthened (open access)

Mine Safety: MSHA's Programs for Ensuring the Safety and Health of Coal Miners Could Be Strengthened

A statement of record issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Chairman, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education, Senate Committee on Appropriations, asked GAO to submit a statement for the record highlighting findings from our 2003 report on how well the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) oversees its process for reviewing and approving critical types of mine plans and the extent to which MSHA's inspections and accident investigations processes help ensure the safety and health of underground coal miners."
Date: January 23, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Definitions of Insurance and Related Information (open access)

Definitions of Insurance and Related Information

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This letter concerns a variety of issues related to identifying a universal definition of insurance and the challenges associated with doing so. We briefed congressional staff on the preliminary results of our work on June 24, 2005, and on our final results on November 29, 2005. Specifically, we provided information on (1) the elements that are commonly part of definitions of insurance, (2) a few products not universally defined as insurance or regulated across the states by their insurance departments, (3) possible regulatory implications of developing separate definitions for insurance products covering insurance risks in more than one category, (4) current developments in statutory and financial accounting communities in re-evaluating their guidelines for measuring risk transfer in reinsurance contracts, and (5) certain circumstances when finite risk contracts are used."
Date: February 23, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Welfare: Federal Oversight of State IV-B Activities Could Inform Action Needed to Improve Services to Families and Statutory Compliance (open access)

Child Welfare: Federal Oversight of State IV-B Activities Could Inform Action Needed to Improve Services to Families and Statutory Compliance

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For federal fiscal year 2004, state and local child protective services staff determined that an estimated 872,000 children have been victims of abuse or neglect. Title IV-B subparts 1 and 2 authorize a wide array of child welfare services with some restrictions on states' use of funds. This testimony discusses: (1) how states used Title IV-B dollars to serve families under subparts 1 and 2; (2) the extent that federal oversight ensured state compliance with spending requirements under subpart 1; and (3) what the research said about the effectiveness of service states have provided to families using Title IV-B funds. This testimony was primarily based on a 2003 report (GAO-03-956)."
Date: May 23, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Preparedness and Response: Some Issues and Challenges Associated with Major Emergency Incidents (open access)

Emergency Preparedness and Response: Some Issues and Challenges Associated with Major Emergency Incidents

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the challenges of effective emergency preparedness for, response to, and recovery from major emergencies, including catastrophic incidents. Effective emergency preparedness and response for major events requires the coordinated planning and actions of multiple players from multiple first responder disciplines, jurisdictions, and levels of government as well as nongovernmental entities. Effective emergency preparedness and response requires putting aside parochialism and working together prior to and after an emergency incident. September 11, 2001 fundamentally changed the context of emergency management preparedness in the United States, including federal involvement in preparedness and response. The biggest challenge in emergency preparedness is getting effective cooperation in planning, exercises, and capability assessment and building across first responder disciplines and intergovernmental lines. DHS has developed several policy documents designed to define the federal government's role in supporting state and local first responders in emergencies, implement a uniform incident command structure across the nation, and identify performance standards that can be used in assessing state and local first responder capabilities. Realistic exercises are a key component of testing and assessing emergency plans and first responder capabilities, and the Hurricane PAM planning exercise demonstrated …
Date: February 23, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0403 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0403

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 establishment that furnished food and shelter to four or more persons who are unrelated to the proprietor and that requires those persons to obtain personal care services through the proprietor's licensed home health agency is an assisted living facility that must be licensed under section 247.021(a) of the Health and Safety Code (RQ-0381-GA)
Date: February 23, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0404 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0404

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 seal placed on certified copies of documents recorded in the county clerk's office must be raised (RQ-0394-GA)
Date: February 23, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0405 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0405

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 article VIII, section 6b of the Texas Constitution permits a commissioners court to distribute county permanent school funds reductions to a school district based on students attending school in the district who have transferred from another school district (RQ-0386-GA)
Date: February 23, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0440 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0440

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; Installation of cameras on state highway rights-of-way to enforce compliance with traffic-control signals (RQ-0427-GA)
Date: June 23, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0470 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0470

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 county participating in Operation Linebacker may use Justice Assistance Grant funds to pay its sheriff or a constable compensation, such as overtime, in addition to the salary appropriated in the existing county budget (RQ-0444-GA)
Date: October 23, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0471 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0471

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 county that wishes to abandon a drainage easement or right-of-way should comply with Transportation Code section 251.058(b), Local Government Code section 263.002, or Local Government Code section 272.001 (RQ-0462-GA)
Date: October 23, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0472 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0472

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: Sabine County Hospital District’s authority and duties (RQ-0466-GA)
Date: October 23, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0473 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0473

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 commissioners court to appoint a county road administrator who is not a road engineer (RQ-0472-GA)
Date: October 23, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deposit Summary (open access)

Deposit Summary

Deposit summary of $1,050.00 made on May 23, 2006.
Date: May 23, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proclamation from the City of Ada, Oklahoma (open access)

Proclamation from the City of Ada, Oklahoma

Proclamation from the City of Ada declaring February 23, 2006 "Clara Luper Day."
Date: February 23, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with James Atkinson, March 23, 2006 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Atkinson, March 23, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James E. Atkinson. Atkinson was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1921. His younger brother was killed in Europe during the war. Atkinson attended Vanderbilt University with a football scholarship in 1940. In 1942 he joined the Navy Reserves and entered the V-12 Navy College Training Program. Soon afterwards, he entered Midshipman’s school at Notre Dame. Upon graduating 20 June 1944, he was commissioned an ensign. He then entered submarine school at New London, Connecticut. He describes the characteristics of a fleet submarine. After completing four months of school, he flew to Brisbane, Australia and reported aboard the USS Flasher (SS-249). Atkinson served during the boat’s fourth, fifth and sixth combat patrols. He describes sinking two Japanese destroyers and four tankers. On the sixth combat patrol, they sank two Japanese ships and returned to Pearl Harbor for overhaul in April 1945. Afterwards, the boat was at sea bound for Guam when the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. Returning to New London, Connecticut, the crew decommissioned the boat.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Atkinson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Entourage Premier Photographs] (open access)

[Entourage Premier Photographs]

Document containing a brief description and a gallery of photographs from the Entourage third season premiere held at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas, Texas.
Date: July 23, 2006
Creator: SocialWhirl
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Historic Marker Application: Rockport School] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Rockport School]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Rockport School, in Rockport, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: August 23, 2006
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cesar Chavez March] (open access)

[Cesar Chavez March]

This article deals with a march commerating Cesar Chavez Day at a school in Fort Worth. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART expands On-Call service, adjusts bus routes (open access)

DART expands On-Call service, adjusts bus routes

News release about adjustments to DART's bus and On-Call services.
Date: January 23, 2006
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[UNT Multicultural Center reservation form] (open access)

[UNT Multicultural Center reservation form]

A document for reserving a room with the UNT Multicultural Center for meetings. The location and contact phone numbers are listed at the bottom.
Date: January 23, 2006
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[1st Annual Mexican American Studies Conference flier] (open access)

[1st Annual Mexican American Studies Conference flier]

A flier advertising the 1st Annual Mexican American Studies Conference at the UNT campus. There is a short description of the theme and purpose of the conference and date, time, location, and contact information.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Building Citizens poster] (open access)

[Building Citizens poster]

A document advertising the Building Citizens initiative at UNT.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library