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Texas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Texas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Texas.
Date: May 27, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress (open access)

Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress

This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuation of individuals from Hurricane Katrina. Several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy are also highlighted. This report will be updated as significant legislative or administrative changes occur.
Date: March 30, 2009
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alert Systems for Missing Adults in Eleven States: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Alert Systems for Missing Adults in Eleven States: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the emerging development of nationwide alert systems to recover missing adults, such as those with mental impairment (such as Alzheimer's disease), developmental disabilities, or suicidal tendencies. This report provides an overview of such alert systems in 11 states: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia. This report also provides a discussion of issues for Congress to consider with respect to the federal role, if any, in developing state alert programs for missing adults.
Date: May 7, 2009
Creator: Fernandes, Adrienne L. & Colello, Kirsten J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Memorandum: Lewisville Lake Watershed Protection & Management Strategies (open access)

Technical Memorandum: Lewisville Lake Watershed Protection & Management Strategies

This report represents the findings of a study which "assessed the viability of the Water Quality Corridor Management (WQCM) model in reviewing the status of stream systems, and ultimately, established an accurate mechanism for evaluating the stream corridor and surface water quality draining into Lewisville Lake" (p. 1).
Date: September 2007
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas State Fair & Rodeo: The Economic Impacts of Existing Activities and Preliminary Feasibility Assessment for New Fairgrounds and Expo Center (open access)

North Texas State Fair & Rodeo: The Economic Impacts of Existing Activities and Preliminary Feasibility Assessment for New Fairgrounds and Expo Center

This report discusses the economic impacts of existing activities and gives a preliminary feasibility assessment for new fairgrounds and expo center. The economic and fiscal impacts generated by fairs, rodeos, horse shows, and cattle shows nationwide are significant. Impacts estimated in the millions of dollars are not uncommon for regional and state events. It is against this backdrop that the University of North Texas Center for Economic Development and Research has been asked to estimate the economic and fiscal impacts of the North Texas State Fair & Rodeo, as well as examine the potential market for and economic and fiscal impacts of building a new exposition center in Denton County. Later in this report, we will also examine the experiences of ten exposition centers across Texas and the U.S. that illustrate the types of events, and the associated costs, that would likely attend construction and operation of such a center in Denton County.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Seman, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
San Marcos City Park archaeological survey, Hays County, Texas (open access)

San Marcos City Park archaeological survey, Hays County, Texas

"At the request of the City of San Marcos, the Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) conducted archaeological testing of the playground in San Marcos City Park under Texas Historical Commission Antiquities Permit No. 2731. The testing was conducted on October 26 and 29, 2001, to determine whether scheduled renovation of the playground would disturb potentially intact prehistoric or historic cultural material. Shovel testing revealed possibly intact subsurface deposits below approximately 50 cm of disturbed deposits, and subsequently site 41HY319 was recorded. CAS assessed that it is unlikely that cultural resources would be impacted during construction of the playground equipment, as planned construction activities will not extend below the previously disturbed zone."
Date: 2002
Creator: Bousman, C. Britt.; Nickels, David L. & Gibson, Connie Thompson.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2007 (open access)

Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: 2007

Annual financial report of the state of Texas for fiscal year 2007 including introductory materials; a financial section containing an independent auditor's report, management's discussion and analysis, basic financial statements, required supplementary information other than MD&A, other supplementary information (combining financial statements and schedules, government funds), enterprise funds, fiduciary funds, and discretely presented component units; and a statistical section detailing financial trends, revenue capacity, debt capacity, demographic and economic information, and operating information.
Date: February 29, 2008
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office. Financial Reporting Section.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Striving for academic excellence: a profile of seven economically disadvantaged school districts (open access)

Striving for academic excellence: a profile of seven economically disadvantaged school districts

"This report identifies the programs and practices that characterize seven economically disadvantaged school districts that are on the road to academic excellence. The purpose of this study is to examine the various ways that school districts respond to their responsibility of educating the local community and the district's response to the demographics of the students they serve."
Date: December 2008
Creator: McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP
System: The Portal to Texas History
Designing Fine Aggregate Mixtures to evaluate fatigue crack growth in asphalt mixtures (open access)

Designing Fine Aggregate Mixtures to evaluate fatigue crack growth in asphalt mixtures

Report on a study comparing the internal microstructure of mortar within full asphalt mix to the internal microstructure of fine aggregate matrix to reduce fatigue cracking in flexible pavements.
Date: April 2001
Creator: Bhasin, Amit; Motamed, Arash & Izadi, Anoosha
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending Savings Institutions Annual Report: 2009 (open access)

Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending Savings Institutions Annual Report: 2009

Report by the Texas Department of Saving & Mortgage Lending containing information tables with financial information on such things as bank assets, assets of associated business by county and equity capital.
Date: December 31, 2009
Creator: Texas. Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Annual Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Annual Report: 2008

Annual report of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2008.
Date: 2008?
Creator: Texas. Department of Family and Protective Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities Annual Report, 2004 (open access)

Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities Annual Report, 2004

The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities annual report for the fiscal year 2004.
Date: 2004
Creator: Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Rural Accident Investigation Annual Report: 2000 (open access)

Texas Rural Accident Investigation Annual Report: 2000

Annual report of statistics from the Texas Department of Public Safety documenting rural accident investigations during 2000, broken down by counties grouped by districts, with some regional statistics.
Date: November 1, 2002
Creator: Texas. Department of Public Safety. Statistical Services.
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.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improving stop line detection using video imaging detectors (open access)

Improving stop line detection using video imaging detectors

Report discussing research conducted on video imaging vehicle detection system [VIVDS] products which resulted in the development of a VIVDS test protocol and performance measures that transportation agencies can use to uniformly evaluate VIVDS products.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Middleton, Daniel R.; Longmire, Ryan; Charar, Hassan; Bullock, Darcy & Bonneson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
On-Going Evaluation of Traffic Control Devices (open access)

On-Going Evaluation of Traffic Control Devices

"This project was established to provide a means of conducting small-scale research activities on an as needed basis so that the results could be available within months of starting the specific research. This report summarizes the small-scale research activities that were conducted between September 2008 and August 2009." (p. i).
Date: November 2009
Creator: Carlson, Paul J.; Bligh, Roger P.; Pike, Adam; Miles, Jeffrey D.; Menges, Wanda L. & Paulus, Susan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of a model performance-based sign sheeting specification based on the evaluation of nighttime traffic signs using legibility and eye-tracker data : data and analysis (open access)

Development of a model performance-based sign sheeting specification based on the evaluation of nighttime traffic signs using legibility and eye-tracker data : data and analysis

"This report presents data and technical analyses for Texas Department of Transportation Project 0-5235. This project focused on the evaluation of traffic sign sheeting performance in terms of meeting the nighttime driver needs. The goal was to develop a nighttime driver needs specification for traffic signs. Full information on the project is presented in Report 0-5235-1 Volume 1."
Date: September 2009
Creator: Carlson, Paul J.; Park, Eun Sug & Miles, Jeffrey D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implementation report on PASSER V-07 training workshops (open access)

Implementation report on PASSER V-07 training workshops

"The objective of this project was to conduct one pilot workshop and five regular workshops to teach the effective use of the enhanced PASSER V-07 arterial signal timing optimization software."
Date: August 2009
Creator: Chu, Chi-Leung & Chaudhary, Nadeem A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bush School Capstone Course Support: The Regional Impact of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure and Decision Making (open access)

Bush School Capstone Course Support: The Regional Impact of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure and Decision Making

"The Master of Public Service and Administration program at Texas A&M's Bush School of Government and Public Service requires that all second year graduate students participate in a two semester Capstone course."
Date: September 2009
Creator: Lindquist, Eric
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparison of hot rubber crack sealants to emulsified asphalt crack sealants (first report of a three-year study) (open access)

Comparison of hot rubber crack sealants to emulsified asphalt crack sealants (first report of a three-year study)

"This report presents the results, findings, conclusions, and recommendations based on the surveys, lab tests, and information collected on the test sections for the first year of a 3 year study. This project is intended to compare the cost-effectiveness, ease and safety of installation, performance, and life-cycle cost for hot rubber asphalt crack sealant, cold pout asphalt emulsion crack sealant, and cold pour asphalt emulsion joint sealant."
Date: August 2004
Creator: Yildirim, Yetkin; Solaimanian, Mansour & Kennedy, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capabilities/Limitations and recommendations for transporting Texas Department of Transportation's heavy-duty off-road construction and maintenance equipment fleet (open access)

Capabilities/Limitations and recommendations for transporting Texas Department of Transportation's heavy-duty off-road construction and maintenance equipment fleet

"This report reviewed Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) off-road, heavy-duty construction and maintenance equipment transport requirements and assessed TxDOT's current equipment transport knowledge base and practices."
Date: May 2007
Creator: Lawson, William D. & Leaverton, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Workforce Commission Annual Financial Report: 2007 (open access)

Texas Workforce Commission Annual Financial Report: 2007

Annual financial report of the Texas Workforce Commission documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2007.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Texas Workforce Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History