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Office of Personnel Management: Health Insurance Premium Conversion (open access)

Office of Personnel Management: Health Insurance Premium Conversion

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) new rule on health insurance premium conversion. GAO noted that: (1) the interim rule enables federal employees to pay Federal Employees Health Benefits premiums with pre-tax dollars, as provided by statutory law; and (2) OPM complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: August 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securities and Exchange Commission: Selective Disclosure and Insider Trading (open access)

Securities and Exchange Commission: Selective Disclosure and Insider Trading

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's (SEC) new rule on selective disclosure and insider trading. GAO noted that: the new rule would address three issues: (a) the selective disclosure by various issuers of material nonpublic information; (b) when insider trading liability arises in connection with a trader's "use" or "knowing possession" of material nonpublic information; (c) when the breach of a family or other nonbusiness relationship may give rise to liability under the misappropriation theory of insider trading; and (d) SEC complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Reserve Banks: Areas for Improvement in Computer Controls (open access)

Federal Reserve Banks: Areas for Improvement in Computer Controls

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 Reserve Banks' (FRB) computer control vulnerabilities."
Date: July 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bosnia Peace Operation: Crime and Corruption Threaten Successful Implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement (open access)

Bosnia Peace Operation: Crime and Corruption Threaten Successful Implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the impact of organized crime and public sector corruption on the efforts of the international community to rebuild Bosnia and meet the benchmarks for the withdrawal of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces, focusing on: (1) how organized crime and public sector corruption might affect the successful implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dayton Agreement) in Bosnia; (2) whether the international community's anticorruption efforts have improved Bosnia's law enforcement and judicial system and reduced corruption; and (3) whether international assistance resources are being safeguarded and whether such assistance is being used by Bosnia in place of domestic revenues lost due to crime and corruption."
Date: July 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare+Choice: Plan Withdrawals Indicate Difficulty of Providing Choice While Achieving Savings (open access)

Medicare+Choice: Plan Withdrawals Indicate Difficulty of Providing Choice While Achieving Savings

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed health care plans' withdrawal from the Medicare Choice program, focusing on the: (1) geographic distribution and the distribution among plans of enrollees affected by the recent plan withdrawals; (2) factors associated with plans that terminated or reduced their participation in the program; and (3) likely role of payment rates in affecting plans' decisions."
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Personnel: Systematic Analyses Needed to Monitor Retention in Key Careers and Occupations (open access)

Military Personnel: Systematic Analyses Needed to Monitor Retention in Key Careers and Occupations

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on recent trends in retention rates among officers and enlisted personnel in the four armed services, focusing on: (1) how much information the Department of Defense (DOD) has on retention trends across the services; and (2) analyzing changes in retention rates in the aggregate and by career stage and occupation from 1988 through 1998."
Date: March 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Trade: Contractors Engage in Varied International Alliances (open access)

Defense Trade: Contractors Engage in Varied International Alliances

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on U.S. and European defense contractors' business alliances, focusing on: (1) the types alliances companies are establishing and their reasons for forming alliances; (2) why companies prefer certain types of alliances over others; and (3) whether U.S. laws, regulations, policies, and practices influence a company's decision to form an alliance or its choice of a type of alliance."
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
World Trade Organization: Progress in Agricultural Trade Negotiations May Be Slow (open access)

World Trade Organization: Progress in Agricultural Trade Negotiations May Be Slow

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the negotiations on agricultural trade being conducted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), focusing on: (1) U.S. and other countries' objectives in the agricultural trade negotiations; (2) progress achieved during the 1999 WTO Seattle ministerial conference; and (3) prospects for future negotiations."
Date: March 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Postal Service: Electronic Commerce Activities and Legal Matters (open access)

U.S. Postal Service: Electronic Commerce Activities and Legal Matters

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the U.S. Postal Services' (USPS) electronic commerce (e-commerce) initiatives, focusing on USPS': (1) e-commerce initiatives that have been implemented or are being developed; (2) goals and strategies for the e-commerce area; (3) processes for approving these initiatives; and (4) expected performance and results to date related to e-commerce initiatives."
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mutual Fund Fees: Additional Disclosure Could Encourage Price Competition (open access)

Mutual Fund Fees: Additional Disclosure Could Encourage Price Competition

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed issues relating to mutual fund fees, focusing on: (1) the trend in mutual fund advisers' costs and profitability; (2) the trend in mutual fund fees; (3) how mutual funds compete; (4) how fees are disclosed to fund investors and how industry participants view these disclosures; and (5) what mutual fund directors' responsibilities are regarding fees and how industry participants view directors' activities."
Date: June 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Base Closures: Unexpended Funds Raise Questions About Fiscal Year 2001 Funding Needs (open access)

Military Base Closures: Unexpended Funds Raise Questions About Fiscal Year 2001 Funding Needs

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) base closure accounts and its budget request for base closure activities, focusing on: (1) how trends in base realignment and closure appropriations in recent years and estimates for future years compare to the fiscal year (FY) 2001 budget request; and (2) unliquidated obligations and unobligated balances from prior years' appropriations and the extent to which DOD considered these balances and obligations in preparing the FY 2001 budget request."
Date: July 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combating Terrorism: How Five Foreign Countries Are Organized to Combat Terrorism (open access)

Combating Terrorism: How Five Foreign Countries Are Organized to Combat Terrorism

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed five foreign countries' efforts to combat terrorism, focusing on: (1) how other governments are organized to combat terrorism; and (2) how they allocate their resources to combat terrorism."
Date: April 7, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative sentry vehicles and differential GPS leapfrog (open access)

Cooperative sentry vehicles and differential GPS leapfrog

As part of a project for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Sandia National Laboratories Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center is developing and testing the feasibility of using a cooperative team of robotic sentry vehicles to guard a perimeter, perform a surround task, and travel extended distances. This paper describes the authors most recent activities. In particular, this paper highlights the development of a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) leapfrog capability that allows two or more vehicles to alternate sending DGPS corrections. Using this leapfrog technique, this paper shows that a group of autonomous vehicles can travel 22.68 kilometers with a root mean square positioning error of only 5 meters.
Date: June 7, 2000
Creator: Feddema, John T.; Lewis, Christopher L. & LaFarge, Robert A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[WASP Regular Board Meeting Minutes] (open access)

[WASP Regular Board Meeting Minutes]

Minutes from the WASP's regular board meeting held October 7, 2000 in Sweetwater, TX. Includes a list of members present and a summary of the business discussed and motions made during the meeting.
Date: October 7, 2000
Creator: Harmon, Elaine D.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 2000 (open access)

Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Bogata, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 2000
Creator: Nichols, Nanalee & Nichols, Thomas
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 2000 (open access)

Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Bogata, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: Nichols, Nanalee & Nichols, Thomas
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 151, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 2000 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 151, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 151, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 2000 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 151, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 7, 2000
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson - Golden Wedding Anniversary

Portrait of Bro. and Sis. John Patterson standing in a gazebo; they were married March 7, 1950, celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary Reception and Dinner at the Austin Hotel.
Date: March 7, 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-265 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-265

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: Validity of a regulation of the Texas Air National Guard that relates to "officers lacking in professional qualifications".
Date: August 7, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-266 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-266

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: Responsibility for enforcement of the Professional Services Procurement Act.
Date: August 7, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-281 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-281

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 municipality must competitively bid a contract with a temporary day labor agency (RQ-0217-JC)
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-282 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-282

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 travel trailer may only be considered an "improvement" under section 1.04(3) of the Tax Code if the same person owns the land on which it is located, and related questions(RQ-0223-JC)
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-283 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-283

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 information made confidential by subsection 143.089(g) of the Local Government Code may be released to the city manager and the city attorney (RQ-0226-JC)
Date: September 7, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History