Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 17, Pages 2627-2862, April 23, 2021 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 17, Pages 2627-2862, April 23, 2021

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: April 23, 2021
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DSRIP Update, April 2020 (open access)

DSRIP Update, April 2020

Periodic newsletter providing updates and progress on the transition plan for the Texas DSRIP (Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment), to support partner engagement.
Date: April 23, 2020
Creator: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Border Data Sharing Under the CLOUD Act (open access)

Cross-Border Data Sharing Under the CLOUD Act

This report reviews the development of cross-border data sharing laws in criminal matters in the United States. It begins with an overview of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Stored Communications Act (SCA). Next, the report discusses the questions raised in the Microsoft litigation and the impact of the CLOUD Act on those issues. Finally, the report examines the new form of international agreements authorized by the CLOUD Act and the commentary on the benefits and drawbacks of the potential new international data sharing agreements.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Mulligan, Stephen P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments (open access)

Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments

This report is an update of an earlier report regarding the "travel ban" litigation going through the courts and includes President Trump's April 10th,2018, executive order lifting travel restrictions on nationals of Chad.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Smith, Hillel R. & Harrington, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0191 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0191

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 emergency powers under section 418.016 of the Government Code authorize the Governor to suspend relevant state election laws and order an emergency special election (RQ-0223-KP).
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0192 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0192

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: Procedures regarding reappraisal of property after a disaster (RQ-0188-KP).
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0193 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0193

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 Department of Agriculture's rules regarding devices weighing food sold for immediate consumption conflict with section 13.1002 of the Agriculture Code (RQ-0189-KP).
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0194 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0194

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: Applicability of amendments to the Transportation Code made by Senate Bill 312, 85th Regular Session, to the Loop 1604 toll project in Bexar County (RQ-0190-KP).
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0195 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0195

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: Consequences of failing to comply with the requirements for continuation of existing private transfer fee obligations under section 5.203 of the Property Code (RQ-0205-KP).
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Partners (open access)

U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Partners

This report presents data on U.S. merchandise (goods) trade with its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partner countries. The data are presented to show bilateral trade balances for individual FTA partners and groups of countries representing such major agreements as the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement and Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) relative to total U.S. trade balances. This report also discusses the issues involved in using bilateral merchandise trade balances as a standard for measuring the economic effects of a particular FTA.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What's the Difference?: Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data (open access)

What's the Difference?: Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data

This report examines the differences in the trade data from the two nations in two ways. First, it compares the trade figures using the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) to discern any patterns in the discrepancies between the U.S. and Chinese data. The second approach to examining the differing trade data involves a review of the existing literature on the technical and non-technical sources of the trade data discrepancies. This report is updated annually, after the release of official trade data by China and the United States.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reforming the Energy Vision: Low-income Solar Initiatives

Slides from a presentation about low-income solar initiatives in New York.
Date: April 23, 2016
Creator: Olmsted, Peter
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
CHIP and the ACA Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Requirement: In Brief (open access)

CHIP and the ACA Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Requirement: In Brief

This report discusses the ACA MOE requirement for children if federal CHIP funding expires. It begins with a brief background about CHIP, including information regarding program design and financing.
Date: April 23, 2015
Creator: Mitchell, Alison & Baumrucker, Evelyne P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Financing for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (open access)

Federal Financing for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

This report provides an overview of CHIP financing, beginning with an explanation of the federal matching rate. It describes various aspects of federal CHIP funding, such as the federal appropriation, state allotments, the CHILD Enrollment Contingency Fund etc.
Date: April 23, 2015
Creator: Mitchell, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interagency Crosscutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health (open access)

Interagency Crosscutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health

This brochure describes the Interagency Crosscutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health (CCHHG), their role, what the group does, and how they engage the community to discuss climate change and its effects on human health.
Date: April 23, 2015
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions

This report begins with links to contacts for specific ACA questions. The report provides basic consumer sources, including a glossary of health coverage terms. It also provides sources on the ACA's provisions on mental health, public health, workforce, quality, and taxes. Finally, the report lists sources on ACA costs and appropriations, legal issues, the treatment of noncitizens under the ACA, and sources for obtaining the law's full text.
Date: April 23, 2015
Creator: Napili, Angela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Issues in the 113th Congress: An Overview (open access)

Clean Air Issues in the 113th Congress: An Overview

This report discusses the air pollution regulations and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulatory actions on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and also addresses some climate change issues.
Date: April 23, 2014
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands (open access)

Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands

This report discusses the requirements of commercial filming and photography in federal lands, such as national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, ranges, and other landscapes that are popular locations for motion pictures and commercial photography.
Date: April 23, 2014
Creator: Comay, Laura B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions

The report provides basic consumer sources, including broad overviews of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) law, and resources related to specific provisions. It also has links to contacts for specific questions (including websites, hotlines, and online chat assistance).
Date: April 23, 2014
Creator: Napili, Angela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Government Pension Offset (GPO) (open access)

Social Security: The Government Pension Offset (GPO)

This report discusses the social security benefits and the spousal benefits of individuals who are not financially dependent on their spouses because they receive benefits based on their own work records.
Date: April 23, 2014
Creator: Sidor, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism Risk Insurance: Issue Analysis and Overview of Current Program (open access)

Terrorism Risk Insurance: Issue Analysis and Overview of Current Program

This report looks at the background and current Congressional status of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.
Date: April 23, 2014
Creator: Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data Center Consolidation: Strengthened Oversight Needed to Achieve Cost Savings Goal (open access)

Data Center Consolidation: Strengthened Oversight Needed to Achieve Cost Savings Goal

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The 24 agencies participating in the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) made progress towards the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) goal to close 40 percent, or 1,253 of the 3,133 total federal data centers, by the end of 2015, but OMB has not measured agencies' progress against its other goal of $3 billion in cost savings by the end of 2015. Agencies closed 420 data centers by the end of December 2012, and have plans to close an additional 548 to reach 968 by December 2015--285 closures short of OMB's goal. OMB has not determined agencies' progress against its cost savings goal because, according to OMB staff, the agency has not determined a consistent and repeatable method for tracking cost savings. This lack of information makes it uncertain whether the $3 billion in savings is achievable by the end of 2015. Until OMB begins tracking and reporting on performance measures such as cost savings, it will be limited in its ability to oversee agencies' progress against key initiative goals. Additionally, extending the horizon for realizing planned cost savings could provide OMB and data center …
Date: April 23, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Implementation of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative: Implications for Federal Information Technology Reform Management (open access)

Department of Defense Implementation of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative: Implications for Federal Information Technology Reform Management

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Date: April 23, 2013
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney; Andrews, Anthony & Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities (open access)

The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Background, Funding, and Activities

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Date: April 23, 2013
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library