The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Keasling, Edna & Mahoney, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002

Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 (open access)

Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Diffuse Security Threats: Technologies for Mail Sanitization Exist, but Challenges Remain (open access)

Diffuse Security Threats: Technologies for Mail Sanitization Exist, but Challenges Remain

A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The attacks of September 11, 2001, and recent anthrax exposures have heightened long-standing concerns about the proliferation of biological weapons and the United States' ability to quickly respond to such incidents. The United States must identify technologies to protect against biological weapons, such as anthrax, without harming humans. Ionizing radiation has emerged as the leading current technology for mail sanitization. However, ionizing radiation may have adverse effects on mailed material, and it may not be applicable to some types of parcels, boxes, and large packages. In addition, applying ionizing radiation in a mail-processing environment requires radiation and biohazard precautions, such as shielding the radiation source and wearing protective gear."
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2002-04-23 – Electric Guitar Ensembles

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Stan Kenton Hall.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: University of North Texas. Super 400 Guitar Ensemble.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Human Capital: Major Human Capital Challenges at SEC and Key Trade Agencies (open access)

Human Capital: Major Human Capital Challenges at SEC and Key Trade Agencies

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In addition to protecting investors and the integrity of the securities market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), along with the Department of Commerce, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and the Department of Agriculture, monitors and enforces the nation's trade agreements. Markets have become more complex, global, and technology-driven. At the same time SEC's workload is growing at a rate much faster than staffing. Workload and staffing imbalances have affected most aspects of SEC's regulatory and supervisory activities, from its inhouse technological capabilities to its enforcement actions against market participants. Other agencies that monitor U.S. trade agreements also face human capital challenges. Since the early 1980s, the United States has entered into several hundred trade agreements that have dramatically increased monitoring and enforcement workloads at USTR, Commerce, and Agriculture. This workload has continued to grow during the past two years as a result of major multilateral, regional, and bilateral trade negotiations. These agencies' efforts to monitor and enforce trade agreements are hampered by a lack of sufficient staff with appropriate expertise. Furthermore, they did not receive adequate support from other agencies and had difficulty obtaining …
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: Transitional Coverage Can Help Families Move From Welfare to Work (open access)

Medicaid: Transitional Coverage Can Help Families Move From Welfare to Work

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Welfare reform significantly changed federal policy for low-income families with children and established a five-year lifetime limit on cash assistance. Welfare reform also extended transitional Medicaid assistance through 2001. States have implemented various initiatives to help families move from cash assistance to the workforce, including some enhancements to transitional Medicaid. These initiatives likely helped to cut cash assistance caseloads by more than half from 1996 through mid-2001. Low-wage or part-time jobs--which are common for newly working individuals--often do not come with affordable health insurance, thus making transitional Medicaid coverage an important option. The implementation of transitional Medicaid assistance varied across the 21 states that GAO reviewed. State practices enhanced beneficiaries' ability to retain Medicaid coverage. However, many families did not receive their full transitional Medicaid assistance benefits because they failed to report their income three times during the 12-month period of coverage. Amending the Medicaid statute to provide states with greater flexibility to ease income-reporting requirements, as has been done for other aspects of the Medicaid program, could facilitate uninterrupted health insurance coverage for families moving from cash assistance to the workforce."
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: TCU crime prevention] captions transcript

[News Clip: TCU crime prevention]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: April 23, 2002, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Johnson, Jennifer
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Clarence Martin, April 23, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Clarence Martin, April 23, 2002

Interview with Clarence Martin, a munitions expert in the US Navy during WWII. He describes his path in the military and answers questions about his time abroad.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Vargas, Laura & Martin, Clarence
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 2002

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Broaddus, Matthew B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Telecommunications: Many Broadcasters Will Not Meet May 2002 Digital Television Deadline (open access)

Telecommunications: Many Broadcasters Will Not Meet May 2002 Digital Television Deadline

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "U. S. broadcast television stations are now switching from analog to digital television (DTV). The transition to digital technologies was sought by many broadcasters and was mandated by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). FCC established 2006 as the target date for ending analog transmissions---a deadline later codified by Congress. At least 24 percent of all commercial television stations are now broadcasting a digital signal. However, these stations report little interest in receiving DTV. Transitioning stations reported that funding was one of the most prevalent problems. Seventy-four percent of transitioning stations indicated that the problems they are facing are so significant that they may not be able to begin broadcasting a DTV signal by May 2002, as required. Sixty-eight percent of transitioning stations said that a realistic extension for them would be one year or more. Thirty-one percent of the transitioning stations that said they might miss their May 2002 deadline reported that, if the transition were driven by market forces such as competition, technology, and consumer demand, they likely would not be on the air with a digital signal until after 2010. Another four …
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-493 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-493

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: Applicability of new requirements for portable facilities and concrete crushers imposed by amendments to the Texas Clean Air Act.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-494 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-494

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 Gun Barrel City Economic Development Corporation may use Development Corporation Act of 1979, section 4B sales and use taxes to fund a project that does not promote business development.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veterans Benefits Administration: Clarity of Letters to Claimants Needs to Be Improved (open access)

Veterans Benefits Administration: Clarity of Letters to Claimants Needs to Be Improved

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) provided $23 billion in monthly cash benefits to 3.2 million disabled veterans and their families through its compensation and pension program in fiscal year 2001. In the same year, VBA mailed 1.2 million "notification" letters to veterans and their families, informing them of VBA's decisions on compensation or pension benefits claims filed. VBA also sent 1.2 million "development" letters in fiscal year 2001 requesting information in order to make a decision on claims. VBA found in 1995 that its notification and development letters failed to communicate adequately, and launched an initiative, called Reader-Focused Writing, to improve its written communications. In its letters, VBA clearly explained some, but not all, of the key aspects that claimants needed to understand. Beyond the lack of clarity in these letters, various writing deficiencies, such as sequencing and formatting problems, reduced the value of VBA's letters. First, in many of its rating decision documents and development letters, VBA attempts to achieve more than one objective and, in doing so, compromises clarity for the reader. Second, although VBA's central office and some regional offices have developed boilerplate …
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: Interim Report on Potential Ways to Strengthen Federal Oversight of State and Local Contracting (open access)

Welfare Reform: Interim Report on Potential Ways to Strengthen Federal Oversight of State and Local Contracting

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 changed the nation's cash assistance program for needy families with children by replacing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. As specified in PRWORA, TANF's goals include ending the dependence of families receiving government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; preventing and reducing the incidence of non-marital pregnancies; and encouraging two-parent families. Contracting with nongovernmental entities to provide TANF-funded services occurs in most states and exceeded $1.5 billion in federal and state funds in 2001. A GAO survey indicated that the most commonly contracted services included education and training, job placement, and support services to promote job entry or retention. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relies primarily on state single audit reports to oversee TANF contracting by states and localities. HHS officials told GAO that their regional offices follow up on the TANF deficiencies identified and that HHS focuses on reported deficiencies that involve unallowable or questionable costs. However, HHS officials said that they do not know the extent …
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Alvin Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (open access)

The Alvin Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2003
Creator: Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Statutory Language and Recent Issues (open access)

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Statutory Language and Recent Issues

This report discusses the major provisions of the ADA and will discuss selected recent issues, including the supreme court cases. It will be updated as development warrant.
Date: April 23, 2003
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Archer Advocate (Holliday, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (open access)

The Archer Advocate (Holliday, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Holliday, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2003
Creator: Thomas, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 149, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 149, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2003
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 154, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 154, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 23, 2003
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 2003
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History