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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Rusk County school district tax violates article VIII, section 1-e of the Texas Constitution (RQ-0090-KP).

This is a letter from Melody Musgrove regarding autism spectrum disorder.

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "To implement the 2010 National Drug Control Strategy, ONDCP obtained input from drug control stakeholders to help ensure that they shared responsibility for implementation, established a new process to determine progress made, and reported that most action items in the Strategy were on track or complete as of November 2011. ONDCP officials stated that they developed the 2010 Strategy’s seven objectives—for example, Strengthen Efforts to Prevent Drug Use in Our Communities—and 106 action items under these objectives through a consultative process with federal, state, and local drug control agencies and other stakeholders. Officials from the four agencies we spoke with as of April 2012 stated that ONDCP sought input from them to develop the Strategy and that as a result, existing agency priorities and activities are reflected in the Strategy. ONDCP officials stated that this alignment helps facilitate Strategy implementation. In August 2010, ONDCP initiated a process to track progress made on Strategy action items. As part of this process, ONDCP requested that each agency develop and submit (1) a plan for implementing each action item for which it has lead responsibility and (2) status updates on implementation …

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As required by section 11 of the GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004 (Pub. L. No. 108-271), GAO is providing its final report not later than 6 years after the date of the Act's enactment. This report provides, as required by the Act, (1) a summary of the information included in GAO's annual reports for the fiscal year 2005 through 2009 reporting cycle for sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10; (2) recommendations for any legislative changes to sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10; and (3) any assessment furnished by the GAO Personnel Appeals Board or any interested groups or associations representing officers and employees of GAO."

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Department of Defense (DOD) has been engaged in domestic and overseas military operations in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO). These operations include Operation Iraqi Freedom, which focuses principally on Iraq, and Operation Enduring Freedom, which focuses principally on Afghanistan, but also include operations in the Horn of Africa, the Philippines, and elsewhere. Obtaining an accurate picture of OCO costs is of critical importance given the need to evaluate trade-offs and make more effective use of defense dollars in light of the nation's long-term fiscal challenges. In the past, the GAO has reported on the need for DOD to become more disciplined in its approach to developing plans and budgets, including building more OCO costs into the base defense budget. In February 2009, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordination with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), developed new guidance for use when constructing the initial fiscal year 2010 OCO funding request that more narrowly defined what should be considered an OCO funding need. The guidance remained in effect for building the fiscal year 2010 OCO …

News release about DART's "Where's My Bus?" app, which helps customers track their buses.

Photocopy of an envelope addressed to Al Daniels, Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus GPAC from Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio.

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In past reports, we have raised a number of concerns about the effectiveness of DOD's approach to compensation. For example, in our 2005 report on the challenges facing the United States in the 21st century, we emphasized the need for a baseline review of all major federal programs and policies, including military compensation, to ensure that they are efficiently and effectively meeting their objectives, particularly in light of concerns about the affordability and sustainability of federal spending. In 2005 and 2007, we assessed the active duty and reserve compensation systems and found the cost to provide compensation was substantial and rising. We also found that DOD's piecemeal approach to compensation involved increasing or making changes to compensation without completely understanding the impact that these changes might have on recruitment and retention. As DOD increasingly relies on the reserve components to carry out its military operations domestically and abroad, DOD and Congress have taken steps to improve recruitment and retention by increasing compensation. One example involves expanding educational benefits for mobilized reservists. The recently enacted Post 9-11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act (Post 9-11 VEAA), which becomes effective on August …

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Each year the Department of Defense (DOD) sells millions of dollars worth of excess property to the public through a Web site run by its contractor, Government Liquidation. Before excess property can be sold on this site, it is DOD policy to screen the property to ensure it cannot be reutilized by the department in another location or that its sale would not result in sensitive military property becoming publicly available. DOD assigns demilitarization codes to sensitive military property so that, when the property is no longer in use, it is recognized and disposed of properly. However, on several prior occasions--most recently at a July 2006 hearing--we reported that management control breakdowns in DOD's excess property reutilization program resulted in the sale of sensitive military property to the public through the liquidation Web site, including property subject to demilitarization controls (demil-required property) such as F-14 aircraft parts. One country with operational F-14s, Iran, is known to be seeking these parts. If such parts were publicly available, it could jeopardize national security. At the July 2006 hearing, DOD officials testified that they would take action to prevent the improper …

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In recent years, the Navy has used nuclear propulsion systems for its submarines and most aircraft carriers and conventional propulsion systems that rely on fossil fuel for its surface combatants and amphibious warfare ships. As the Navy looks to design an affordable force that is capable of meeting future security challenges, some of the assumptions and factors that have guided past Navy decisions on propulsion systems may require reassessment. For example, technological advances have enabled greater efficiency in both nuclear and conventional propulsion systems. Moreover, the cost of fossil fuel has risen sharply in recent years. Congress requested that we review the Navy's assessment of alternative propulsion methods for submarines and surface combatants. Our objectives were to determine (1) the status and scope of key Navy studies on alternative propulsion methods, (2) the major improvements to existing propulsion systems, (3) near-term and future ships' propulsion systems, and (4) the various ship propulsion related technologies the Navy is pursuing. In March 2006, we provided you with a briefing of our findings regarding propulsion systems for Navy ships and submarines. This report summarizes the results of that briefing as well …

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 taxing unit has a tax lien on a manufactured home physically located in the unit's jurisdiction on January 1 of the tax year, regardless of how ownership is reflected on the records of the Manufactured Housing Division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs; whether a tax lien must be filed with the Manufactured Housing Division to be enforceable against a manufactured home that has been properly designated as real property.

A form for reserving a tent space during tailgating before the UNT football games. There are four options and charges for use of university property at the event.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This document is the Team Fort Monmouth command packet which includes senior officer bios and the base visit itinerary.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This is information concerning the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This document is a power point briefing presented by the Team C4ISR, which is headquartered at Ft. Monmouth. There is a CD-ROM available for viewing onsite at the library which contains the briefing and small video clips of different Monmouth facilities and capabilities.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ, 3 June 2005. Information booklet from the Joint SATCOM Engineering Center, US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ June 2005. Document is a presentation titled: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, The Hub of New Jersey's Homeland Defense/Security Capability & a Model for the Future, Serving the Nation Today".

Base Visit Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Lee, VA dtd 27 June 2005. Document includes briefing, USA CASCOM Ft. Lee, Logistics Center of Excellence, BRAC Recommendations and Impacts, BRAC Construction Requirements, and LOG WARRIOR Training at Ft. Pickett.

Collection of BRAC related news articles and clippings. Produced for Commission staff review.

Community Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Lee, VA dtd 27 June 2005.

Community Input from Charleston, South Carolina dtd 7 June 2005. Document includes information on Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division; Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston; US Naval Submarine School, Charleston; and Charleston, SC: A Joint Military Complex.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: Attached is a talking paper on DoD's BRAC recommendation to consolidate the Civilian Personnel Offices from the 3 Air Logistics Centers and Wright-Patterson at Randolph which I hope the Commission will consider. This recommendation has potentially significant adverse impacts on the ability to recruit, train and retain the large civilian workforces at these sustainment/acquisition centers.

Memorandum of Meeting with community leaders from Slidell, Louisiana regarding the proposed realignment of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: E-mail correspondence from the BRAC Commission to the DoD Clearinghouse regarding information on Grand Forks Air Force Base. (Attached document is the Clearinghouse response) Clearinghouse: Please provide the following information as quickly as possible. Information desired before the hearing tomorrow. 1) How many square feet of ramp space do you have total at Grand Forks AFB, and how is it allocated? 2) On page 3 of the Grand Forks COBRA run, it is stated that there will be 614 people remaining at Grand Forks. What jobs will they have, and what will they DO? 3) The estimated cost will be $322.5 million. Please break down the cost savings into specific line items. 4) Why do manpower costs decrease at MacDill AFB with the addition of 4 GFAFB Jets?