A Serving of Fun! (open access)

A Serving of Fun!

The document is a visual guide for understanding and remembering serving sizes for various food groups. It is "based on recommendations for active children aged 7 to 10" (p. 1).
Date: April 2007
Creator: Staples, Todd
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Highlights of the 80th Texas Legislature: A Summary of Significant Legislation (open access)

Highlights of the 80th Texas Legislature: A Summary of Significant Legislation

Report providing summaries of significant legislative actions conducted by the 80th Texas Legislature, broken down by topical categories.
Date: September 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate. Research Center.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Consumer Guide to Better Health Care (open access)

A Consumer Guide to Better Health Care

This document explains the services provided by Medicaid, Medicaid Managed Care, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Children's Medicaid as well as how to access those programs and services.
Date: 2007
Creator: Texas. Health and Human Service Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Debt Affordability Study, First Edition (open access)

Debt Affordability Study, First Edition

This document is a "report on the current debt position of and the debt burden carried by the state government of Texas. This project was requested by the Senate Finance Committee during the Seventy-Ninth Legislature as a joint effort between the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Bond Review Board, and the Texas Public Finance Authority" (Legislative Budget Board Letter).
Date: February 16, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Education and Work After High School: A First Look at the Class of 2006 (open access)

Education and Work After High School: A First Look at the Class of 2006

This report focuses on youth who were classified as seniors as of October 2005 in the participating school districts
Date: November 2007
Creator: Schexnayder, Deanna; King, Christopher T.; Cumpton, Greg; Smith, Tara Carter & Stolp, Chandler
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
It's a New IDEA, The Manual for Parents and Students About Special Education Services in Texas (open access)

It's a New IDEA, The Manual for Parents and Students About Special Education Services in Texas

"This manual is designed to help you become familiar with the requirements of the IDEA [Individuals With Disabilities Education Act] so you can act as an equal partner in planning your child's education. You will learn, by using this manual and by working with school staff, how to plan an educational program that will lead to an independent and productive life for your child and yourself" (p. 2).
Date: August 2007
Creator: Arc of Texas
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economic and Workforce Impacts of Hurricane Katrina, Demographic and Related Changes on National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Shuttle Program: Findings and Recommendations (open access)

Economic and Workforce Impacts of Hurricane Katrina, Demographic and Related Changes on National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Shuttle Program: Findings and Recommendations

This report assesses factors that adversely affect the NASA's ability to fly up to sixteen missions between late 2006 and 2010, which include Hurricane Katrina and the aging of the shuttle program workforce. The report also offers findings and recommends strategies for consideration by NASA and its major contractors. (p. 1).
Date: March 30, 2007
Creator: King, Christopher T.; Smith, Tara; Anderson, MaryAnn; Hadley, Bryan; Kellison, J. B.; Evans, Eliza et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Contracts Reported by Texas State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: 2006 (open access)

Contracts Reported by Texas State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education: 2006

Summary of contracts reported to the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) by Texas state agencies and institutions of higher learning during fiscal year 2006. Reports include "information regarding professional services, construction or consulting contract that totals $14,000 or more, or a major information systems contract that totals $100,000 or more. The requirement also covers any amendments, modifications, renewals, and extensions for specified contracts" (p. v).
Date: February 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Legislative Budget Board, Annual Report on Major State Investment Funds: Fiscal Year 2006 (open access)

Texas Legislative Budget Board, Annual Report on Major State Investment Funds: Fiscal Year 2006

This fiscal year Annual Report on Major State Investment Funds presents the financial performance for Texas' major investment funds.
Date: July 25, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-vital advance rail preemption of signalized intersections near highway-rail grade crossings (open access)

Non-vital advance rail preemption of signalized intersections near highway-rail grade crossings

Technical report examining two strategies were investigated to ensure pedestrian clearance time in intersections near highway-rail grade crossings. The first utilizes a lower-level preemption sequence to guarantee full pedestrian clearance to a terminating phase before the traffic signal starts the preemption sequence. The second strategy uses the pedestrian-omit feature to prevent the controller from activating the pedestrian interval if there is not sufficient time in advance of the start of the preemption sequence to provide full pedestrian clearance.
Date: June 2007
Creator: Balke, Kevin N.; Engelbrecht, Roelof Johannes & Ruback, Leonard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Transit Statistics: 2006 (open access)

Texas Transit Statistics: 2006

Annual compilation of tabulated data regarding public transit and other transportation in the state of Texas.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Texas. Division of Public Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Transit Statistics: 2002-2005 (open access)

Texas Transit Statistics: 2002-2005

Annual compilation of tabulated data regarding public transit and other transportation in the state of Texas.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Division of Public Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Veterans Commission Pamphlet, Number 1, January/February 2007 (open access)

Texas Veterans Commission Pamphlet, Number 1, January/February 2007

Bimonthly publication of the Texas Veterans Commission discussing specific topics of relevance to veterans in Texas. This pamphlet describes what combat related special compensation is, eligibility and rates of compensation.
Date: January 2007
Creator: Texas Veterans Commission
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grupos que Amenazan la Seguridad (Pandillas) En El Interior (open access)

Grupos que Amenazan la Seguridad (Pandillas) En El Interior

Spanish-language document providing information about gangs and other groups that threaten security within prisons.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Security Threat Groups: On the Inside (open access)

Security Threat Groups: On the Inside

Document providing information about gangs and other groups that threaten security within prisons.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Travel Log, September 2007 (open access)

Texas Travel Log, September 2007

Newsletter dedicated to traveling in Texas, including information about news, locations, and events of interest to visitors as well as statistics and summaries of travel in the state.
Date: September 2007
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Racing Commission Annual Report: 2005 (open access)

Texas Racing Commission Annual Report: 2005

Annual report of the Texas Racing Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2005.
Date: March 2, 2007
Creator: Texas Racing Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Annual Report: 2007 (open access)

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Annual Report: 2007

Annual report of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority of Texas describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2007. It also includes feature articles about barbecue businesses in each of the counties within the Authority's district.
Date: 2007~
Creator: Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (Tex.). Office of Communications and Education.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Applications for Drawings on Public Hunting Lands: 2007-2008 (open access)

Applications for Drawings on Public Hunting Lands: 2007-2008

Yearly newsletter of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department's Public Hunting Program discussing hunting permits, drawings to win special permits, and hunting locations.
Date: June 2007
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority of Texas Annual Financial Report: 2006 (open access)

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority of Texas Annual Financial Report: 2006

Annual financial report of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority of Texas documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year ending August 31, 2006.
Date: 2007~
Creator: Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Annual Cash Report: 2007 (open access)

Texas Annual Cash Report: 2007

Report containing details regarding revenues and expenditures of the Texas State Treasury for fiscal year 2007.
Date: November 5, 2007
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border Business Indicators, Volume 31, Number 5, May 2007 (open access)

Border Business Indicators, Volume 31, Number 5, May 2007

Monthly publication documenting statistics related to economic information in the Mexico-Texas border areas including types of border crossings, employment, customs revenues, and other related data.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border Business Indicators, Volume 31, Number 4, April 2007 (open access)

Border Business Indicators, Volume 31, Number 4, April 2007

Monthly publication documenting statistics related to economic information in the Mexico-Texas border areas including types of border crossings, employment, customs revenues, and other related data.
Date: April 2007
Creator: Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border Business Indicators, Volume 31, Number 6, June 2007 (open access)

Border Business Indicators, Volume 31, Number 6, June 2007

Monthly publication documenting statistics related to economic information in the Mexico-Texas border areas including types of border crossings, employment, customs revenues, and other related data.
Date: June 2007
Creator: Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History