Report describing Texas Groundwater Protection Committee (TGPC) activities during 2000 and 2001, including select groundwater protection issues and recommendations to improve groundwater protection.

Quarterly update providing information on environmental regulations for small businesses and local governments in Texas.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the unallowable expenditures that the National Heritage Insurance Company (NHIC) charged to the Health and Human Services Commission (Commission) in fiscal year 2001. The report details the divisions of the amount that the NHIC should refund.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an opinion on the Teacher Retirement System's (System) basic financial statements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2002.

Biennial report to the Texas Legislature describing the activities of the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) during fiscal years 2001 and 2002, including information on state agency financing, claims, losses, and expenditures.

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.

Newsletter of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs discussing news and announcements related to the agency and other information regarding community resources and affordable housing in the state.

Quarterly newsletter of the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to crime records and other safety issue within Texas, along with a departmental directory.

This report provides the results of a random survey of adult Texas residents aged 18 and older to measure the citizen participation rates, the distribution and frequency of play, and the demographic profiles of the past-year lottery players and non-players.

Monthly newsletter on the general management at the Edwards Aquifer Authority, which discusses news, activities of the organization, and other information related to water in southern Texas.

The main objectives of the proposed study are as follows: (1) To understand and evaluate an unusual primary oil production mechanism which results in decreasing (retrograde) oil cut (ROC) behavior as reservoir pressure declines. (2) To improve calculations of initial oil in place so as to determine the economic feasibility of completing and producing a well. (3) To optimize the location of new wells based on understanding of geological and petrophysical properties heterogeneities. (4) To evaluate various secondary recovery techniques for oil reservoirs producing from fractured formations. (5) To enhance the productivity of producing wells by using new completion techniques. These objectives are important for optimizing field performance from West Carney Field located in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. The field, which was discovered in 1980, produces from Hunton Formation in a shallow-shelf carbonate reservoir. The early development in the field was sporadic. Many of the initial wells were abandoned due to high water production and constraints in surface facilities for disposing excess produced water. The field development began in earnest in 1995 by Altex Resources. They had recognized that production from this field was only possible if large volumes of water can be disposed. Being able to dispose large amounts of …

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

This document states the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) policy for evaluating applications for new systems to determine whether regionalization - the consolidation of the operations, physical systems, or both of two or more existing proposed water or domestic wastewater systems - is a viable option for the proposed new system.

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Presented are highlights of GAO's performance and accountability report for fiscal 2002. In the spirit of the Government Performance and Results Act, this annual report informs the Congress and the American people about what we have achieved on their behalf. Importantly, GAO received a clean opinion from independent auditors on our financial statements for the 16th consecutive year. The financial information and the data measuring GAO's performance contained in this report are complete and reliable."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO's audits and evaluations identify federal programs and operations that are high risk, in some cases, due to their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Increasingly, we also are identifying high-risk areas to focus on major economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. Since 1990, GAO has periodically reported on government operations that it has designated as high risk. In this 2003 update for the new 108th Congress, GAO presents the status of high-risk areas included in our last report made in January 2001 and identifies new high-risk areas warranting attention by the Congress and the administration. Lasting solutions to high-risk problems offer the potential to save billions of dollars, dramatically improve service to the American public, strengthen public confidence and trust in the performance and accountability of our national government, and ensure the ability of government to deliver on its promises."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Long-standing problems with excess and underutilized real property, deteriorating facilities, unreliable real property data, and costly space challenges are shared by several agencies. These factors have multibillion-dollar cost implications and can seriously jeopardize mission accomplishment. Federal agencies face many challenges securing real property due to the threat of terrorism."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since GAO designated computer security in the federal government as high risk in 1997, evidence of pervasive weaknesses has been continuing. Also, related risks have been escalating, in part because of the dramatic increases in computer interconnectivity and increasing dependence on computers to support critical operations and infrastructures, such as power distribution, water supply, national defense, and emergency services. This year, GAO expanded this high risk area to include protecting the information systems that support our nation's critical infrastructures, referred to as cyber critical infrastructure protection or cyber CIP. Among other reasons for designating cyber CIP high risk is that terrorist groups and others have stated their intentions of attacking our critical infrastructures, and failing to protect these infrastructures could adversely affect our national security, economic security, and/or public health and safety."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In its January 2001 High-Risk Update (GAO-01-263), GAO designated strategic human capital management as a governmentwide high-risk area. The basic problem, which continues today, has been the long-standing lack of a consistent strategic approach to marshaling, managing, and maintaining the human capital needed to maximize government performance and assure its accountability. This report is part of a special series of reports on governmentwide and agency-specific challenges."

Guidance issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Technological advances and changes in workplace habits have increasingly affected the operating environment for time and attendance (T&A) reporting in recent years. Perhaps the most significant influence on changes to T&A reporting, however, is advancing technology and the accelerated adoption of automation driven largely by the need for increased efficiency, as promoted by the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA). Although focused on electronic systems that process information obtained from and provided to sources outside the government, GPEA encourages agencies to seek internal applications of paperless systems and use of electronic signatures. This document (1) provides agencies with the flexibility needed to streamline T&A reporting systems and reduce their costs while maintaining adequate internal control, (2) updates the requirements for electronic signature control, and (3) addresses the need for controls over alternative workplace arrangements."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In its 2001 Governmentwide Perspective, GAO identified operational challenges, such as the continuing need to implement management reforms, and discussed the need to address human capital and other strategic challenges, particularly the longer-term budget outlook. The information GAO presents in this report is intended to help sustain congressional attention in addressing the challenges government faces in doing business in the 21st century. This report is part of a special series of reports on governmentwide and agency-specific issues."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In its 2001 performance and accountability report on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), GAO identified important security, modernization, food safety, food assistance, and other issues facing the department. The information GAO presents in this report is intended to help to sustain congressional attention and departmental focus on continuing to make progress in addressing these challenges and ultimately overcoming them. This report is part of a special series of reports on governmentwide and agency-specific issues."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In its 2001 performance and accountability report on the Department of Commerce, GAO identified important trade, export, weather prediction, and other issues facing the department. The information GAO presents in this report is intended to help to sustain congressional attention and a departmental focus on continuing to make progress in addressing these challenges. The majority of these challenges reflect the diverse and complex nature of the department's work and the difficult, long-term problems the department is working to manage. This report is part of a special series of reports on governmentwide and agency-specific issues."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In its 2001 performance and accountability report on the Department of Defense (DOD), GAO identified systemic and specific problems with management processes related to strategic planning, human capital, support infrastructure, financial and information management, acquisition reform, contracting processes, and logistics reengineering. The information GAO presents in this report is intended to help to sustain congressional attention; facilitate a departmental focus on continuing to make progress in addressing these challenges' and others that have arisen since 2001; and ultimately overcome them. This report is part of a special series of reports on governmentwide and agency-specific issues."