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Texas Can Benefit From Using A Standard Framework to Manage Software Development - A Pilot Study Using the Capability Maturity Model for Software (open access)

Texas Can Benefit From Using A Standard Framework to Manage Software Development - A Pilot Study Using the Capability Maturity Model for Software

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to making available a baseline set of standard processes for information technology (IT) software project implementation management for Texas state agencies; and determining the degree to which Carnegie Mellon University-Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMM) framework can be used to improve state agencies' software development processes so that software projects will be cost-effective and successful and provide reliable systems developed on time, within budget, and with agreed-to functionality.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Financial Review of Midwestern State University (open access)

A Financial Review of Midwestern State University

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if Midwestern State University's (University) reporting processes enable it to provide legislative budget committees and University management with accurate and consistent financial information; determining if the University is using appropriated funds in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations; and determining the relationship between funds expended and outcomes.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-429 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-429

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Texas Commission on Jail Standards may inspect construction documents relating to the installation of fire sprinklers at a jail facility(RQ-0390-JC).
Date: November 6, 2001
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-430 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-430

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a member of the Texas House of Representatives may be employed as an assisstant county attorney (RQ-0395-JC)
Date: November 6, 2001
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-431 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-431

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Texas A&M University System is authorized to offer employees the opportunity to participate in a nonqualified program or plan under section 457(f) of the Internal Revenue Code consisting of the transfer of property (RQ-0396-JC)
Date: November 6, 2001
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-432 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-432

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Upshur county may pay the City of Gilmer for half the cost of golf towels given to members of the legislature in connection with Upshur County Day (RQ-0401-JC)
Date: November 6, 2001
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-433 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-433

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a county commissioner may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the official use of his personal vehicle (RQ-0402-JC)
Date: November 6, 2001
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-434 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-434

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Determination of "actual costs" a hospital district must charge nonindigent district residents and related questions: clarification of Attorney General Opinion JC-0220 (2000) (RQ-0369-JC)
Date: November 21, 2001
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-435 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-435

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Texas Ethics Commission is precluded from promptly providing public access to electronic copies of certain reports by section 254.0401(b) of the Election Code (RQ-0412-JC)
Date: November 21, 2001
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-436 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-436

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; The ad valorem taxation of mineral interests that extend across boundary between two counties (RQ-0389-JC)
Date: November 26, 2001
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocity and Transport Characteristics of the Louisiana-Texas Coastal Current during 1994 (open access)

Velocity and Transport Characteristics of the Louisiana-Texas Coastal Current during 1994

Report on the observations from the five cruises conducted by the Mississippi River Plume Hydrography study portion of the Louisiana-Texas Physical Oceanography Program.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Murray, Stephen P.; Jarosz, Ewa & Weeks, Edward T., III
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 48, Pages 9665-9990, November 30, 2001 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 48, Pages 9665-9990, November 30, 2001

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: November 30, 2001
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 44, Pages 8597-8916, November 2, 2001 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 44, Pages 8597-8916, November 2, 2001

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: November 2, 2001
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 45, Pages 8917-9334, November 9, 2001 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 45, Pages 8917-9334, November 9, 2001

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: November 9, 2001
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 46, Pages 9335-9466, November 16, 2001 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 46, Pages 9335-9466, November 16, 2001

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: November 16, 2001
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 47, Pages 9467-9664, November 23, 2001 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 26, Number 47, Pages 9467-9664, November 23, 2001

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: November 23, 2001
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Responds: The Texas War Relief Package (open access)

Texas Responds: The Texas War Relief Package

Recommendations from the Texas Comptroller's Office for law changes, increased support, and new initiatives related to supporting military service members, police, and emergency responders and their families, disaster preparedness, and terrorism prevention in response to the events of 9/11 and the new "War on Terror".
Date: November 2001
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comments, November 2001 (open access)

Comments, November 2001

Newsletter of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority discussing news and updates related to the organization's meetings and activities, changes to regulations, and other relevant information.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
OncoLog, Volume 46, Number 11/12, November/December 2001 (open access)

OncoLog, Volume 46, Number 11/12, November/December 2001

Newsletter from the University of Texas System Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute discussing cancer care and research to inform physicians of recent developments in the field.
Date: November 2001
Creator: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Edwards Aquifer Authority General Manager's Report, November/December 2001 (open access)

Edwards Aquifer Authority General Manager's Report, November/December 2001

Quarterly newsletter of the general manage at the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to water in southern Texas.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Disease Prevention News, Volume 61, Number 24, November 2001 (open access)

Texas Disease Prevention News, Volume 61, Number 24, November 2001

Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.
Date: November 19, 2001
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Disease Prevention News, Volume 61, Number 23, November 2001 (open access)

Texas Disease Prevention News, Volume 61, Number 23, November 2001

Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.
Date: November 5, 2001
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Travel Log, November 2001 (open access)

Texas Travel Log, November 2001

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: November 2001
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advocate, Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2001 (open access)

The Advocate, Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2001

Quarterly update providing information on environmental regulations for small businesses and local governments in Texas.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History