Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 53, Pages 11827-12168, December 31, 1999 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 53, Pages 11827-12168, December 31, 1999

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: December 31, 1999
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Savings and Loan Department Savings Institutions Annual Report: 1999 (open access)

Texas Savings and Loan Department Savings Institutions Annual Report: 1999

Annual report of the Texas Savings and Loan Department documenting savings and loan associations in the state through a series of tables documenting overall statistics, various financial statements, and breakdowns by size and location.
Date: December 31, 1999
Creator: Texas. Savings and Loan Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill: Fact Sheet on Structure, Content, and Process (open access)

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill: Fact Sheet on Structure, Content, and Process

This report discusses the legislative branch appropriations bill, which is one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress normally enacts each year for the fiscal year beginning on October 1. The report provides budget authority, which is statutory authority to spend specified amounts of money, for expenditures of the legislative branch for the fiscal year, including salaries.
Date: December 30, 1999
Creator: Tong, Lorraine H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-164 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-164

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 Railroad Commission’s regulatory definition of “unacceptable unsafe location” is inconsistent with the Texas Aggregate Quarry and Pit Act, chapter 133 of the Natural Resources Code, to the extent the rule includes any pit within 200 feet of a roadway edge, and related questions (RQ-0072-JC)
Date: December 30, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-160 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-160

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 an ad hoc intergovernmental working group is subject to the Open Meetings Act, chapter 551 of the Government Code (RQ-0096-JC)
Date: December 29, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-161 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-161

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 Council in Developmental Disabilties may engage in lobbying activities (RQ-0085-JC)
Date: December 29, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-162 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-162

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 Upper Guadalupe River Authority is authorized to compel septic tank users to connect to a sewage disposal system, and related questions; reconsideration of Attorney General Opinion JM-961 (1988) (RQ-0110-JC)
Date: December 29, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-163 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-163

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 or district clerk may withhold fee from funds deposited as cash bail bond (RQ-0113-JC)
Date: December 29, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women In Prison: Issues and Challenges Confronting U.S. Correctional Systems (open access)

Women In Prison: Issues and Challenges Confronting U.S. Correctional Systems

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the management of female inmate populations."
Date: December 28, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 52, Pages 11605-11826, December 24, 1999 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 52, Pages 11605-11826, December 24, 1999

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: December 24, 1999
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Appropriations for FY2000: District of Columbia (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: District of Columbia

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on the District of Columbia.
Date: December 23, 1999
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computer Security: FAA Needs to Improve Controls Over Use of Foreign Nationals to Remediate and Review Software (open access)

Computer Security: FAA Needs to Improve Controls Over Use of Foreign Nationals to Remediate and Review Software

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) security controls over information on the foreign nationals involved in remediating and reviewing software, focusing on: (1) the extent to which foreign nationals were involved in year 2000 code remediation and subsequent code review activities at FAA; and (2) FAA's policies covering this involvement."
Date: December 23, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foster Care: States' Early Experiences Implementing the Adoption and Safe Families Act (open access)

Foster Care: States' Early Experiences Implementing the Adoption and Safe Families Act

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA), focusing on: (1) how states have responded to ASFA regarding legal, administrative, and other changes that social workers may need to make in their day-to-day practice of handling child welfare cases; (2) the status of states' implementation of the two provisions related to making timely permanency decisions for those foster children who are unable to safely return home; and (3) the actions the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken to assist states and monitor the implementation of these two provisions."
Date: December 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securities and Exchange Commission: Adoption of Amendments to the Intermarket Trading System Plan to Expand the ITS/Computer Assisted Execution System Linkage to All Listed Securities (open access)

Securities and Exchange Commission: Adoption of Amendments to the Intermarket Trading System Plan to Expand the ITS/Computer Assisted Execution System Linkage to All Listed Securities

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) new rule on amending the Intermarket Trading System Plan. GAO noted that: (1) the final rule amends the plan governing the operation of the Intermarket Trading System; and (2) SEC complied with the applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: December 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subcontractor Complaints Concerning the D.C. Union Station Renovation Project (open access)

Subcontractor Complaints Concerning the D.C. Union Station Renovation Project

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information regarding work done on the Union Station Redevelopment Project by Park Woodworking, Inc., focusing on the: (1) extent of the government's liability, if any, for costs incurred for which Park was not compensated; (2) extent to which Park was not compensated for the work it did; and (3) actions taken by the Secretary of Transportation and the Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General (IG) in response to complaints received from Park."
Date: December 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vaccine Injury Compensation: Program Challenged to Settle Claims Quickly and Easily (open access)

Vaccine Injury Compensation: Program Challenged to Settle Claims Quickly and Easily

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed challenges facing the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), focusing on: (1) how long it takes to process a claim through VICP; (2) the extent to which recent changes to the program's injury table have made it easier or more difficult for petitioners to obtain compensation for vaccine-related injuries; and (3) why the trust fund continues to grow, and what budgetary effect proposed options for addressing the growing trust fund balance would have."
Date: December 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Transportation: Preliminary Personal Property Pilot Results Are Inconclusive (open access)

Defense Transportation: Preliminary Personal Property Pilot Results Are Inconclusive

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the progress of the Department of Defense's (DOD) and Military Traffic Management Command's (MTMC) pilot program for the shipment of personal property, focusing on: (1) preliminary pilot results; (2) DOD's assessment of the industry proposal; and (3) MTMC's plan for assessing the pilot's results."
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: Assets DOD Contributes to Reducing the Illegal Drug Supply Have Declined (open access)

Drug Control: Assets DOD Contributes to Reducing the Illegal Drug Supply Have Declined

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the assets the Department of Defense (DOD) has contributed to reducing the illegal drug supply, focusing on: (1) DOD's plan for supporting U.S. counterdrug efforts and how DOD measures its effectiveness; (2) changes in the level of DOD support for counterdrug activities from fiscal year (FY) 1992 through FY 1999 and the reasons for the changes; and (3) obstacles DOD faces in providing counterdrug assistance to foreign governments."
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ENVision, Volume 5, Issue 3, Winter 1999 (open access)

ENVision, Volume 5, Issue 3, Winter 1999

Quarterly newsletter discussing the activities and updates of the Environmental Affairs Division of the Department of Transportation.
Date: Winter 1999
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Olympic Games: Preliminary Information on Federal Funding and Support (open access)

Olympic Games: Preliminary Information on Federal Funding and Support

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the: (1) amount of federal funding and support provided to the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California, and the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, and the planned amount for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah; (2) types of Olympic-related projects and activities receiving federal funding and support; (3) federal policies and legislative authorizations for providing federal funding and support; and (4) procedures existing to ensure that federal funding and support were properly awarded and used."
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Utility Connection, Volume 1, Number 4, Winter 1999 (open access)

Public Utility Connection, Volume 1, Number 4, Winter 1999

Quarterly newsletter from the Public Utility Commission of Texas discussing news and updates related to the activities of the agency, information about energy conservation and utility billing, and other topics of interest to utilities consumers in the state.
Date: Winter 1999
Creator: Texas. Public Utility Commission.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Small Business Advocate, Volume 4, Issue 1, Winter 1999 (open access)

The Small Business Advocate, Volume 4, Issue 1, Winter 1999

Quarterly update providing information on environmental regulations for small businesses and local governments in Texas.
Date: Winter 1999
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Star of the Republic Museum Notes, Volume 24, Number 2, Winter 1999 (open access)

Star of the Republic Museum Notes, Volume 24, Number 2, Winter 1999

Quarterly newsletter of the Star of the Republic Museum, providing historic information and updates related to events, news, and exhibits at the museum.
Date: Winter 1999
Creator: Star of the Republic Museum (Washington, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Alzheimer's News, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1999 (open access)

Texas Alzheimer's News, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1999

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Health regarding news and events related to the agency's work with Alzheimer's disease as well as symptoms, treatments, and other information of interest to caregivers.
Date: Winter 1999
Creator: Alzheimer's Association Coalition of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History