A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs provide millions of children with low-cost or free nutritious meals each school day. In school year 1996-97, the Department of Agriculture instituted more stringent requirements for the nutritional content of school meals. GAO was asked to study the school food service revenues and expenses and how they have changed since the requirements went into effect. This report includes information on the sources of revenues available for providing meals, the expenses of producing meals, the revenues compared to expenses, and the approaches that local school food authorities have adopted to manage their school food service finances. It uses data from six selected states. This report does not provide specific information on the expense of producing a reimbursable school lunch or breakfast."

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Following the terrorist attacks of September 2001, prosecuting the global war on terrorism became the United States' primary foreign policy priority. The United States focused its initial efforts on Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom because the country harbored elements of Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. As a result, countries in the region--Pakistan and the five Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan--became frontline states in the war on terrorism, raising the profile of U.S. relations with these countries."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In 2000 and 2002, Maine and Arizona held the nation's first elections under voluntary programs that offered full state funding for political candidates who ran for legislative and certain statewide offices. The goals of these programs, passed as ballot initiatives by citizens in these states, included increasing electoral competition and curbing increases in the cost of campaigns. Congress has considered legislation for public financing of congressional elections nearly every session since 1956, although no law has been enacted. In the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (P.L. 107-155 (2002)), Congress mandated that GAO study the results of the unique public financing programs in Maine and Arizona. For the 2000 and 2002 elections in Maine and Arizona, this report provides: (1) statistics on the number of candidates who chose to campaign with public funds and the number who were elected; and (2) observations, based on limited data, regarding the extent to which the goals of the public funding programs were met."

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, enacted October 30, 2000, mandated that we assess a merchantable material contracting pilot program authorized by the act and report on our assessment by September 30, 2003. The pilot program encompasses certain forest-related projects undertaken as a result of the act and mandates the use of separate contracts for the harvesting or collection of merchantable material, such as timber, and the sale of that material rather than a single contract for both activities."

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the continuation and functions of the State Board of Dental Examiners.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring the life of Jay Jahnke of Houston.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring the life of John Lance Foster of Midland.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to in memory of B. R. Ralston "Boots" Douglas of Lacy-Lakeview.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring the First Baptist Church of Mart on its 125th anniversary.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to designating May 1, 2003, as Law Day in the State of Texas.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to designating April 2003 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Texas.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to designating April 20-26, 2003, as Minority Cancer Awareness Week in Texas.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to recognizing April 29, 2003, as Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to designating April 29, 2003, as Dale Earnhardt Day in Texas.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to in memory of J. Hugh Liedtke of Houston.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the regulation of boilers.

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to post-conviction DNA testing

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to information required to be placed in a pen packet accompanying a defendant on transfer from county jail to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real Estate Commission.

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of ethics ordinance provisions proposed for adoption by the City of Seguin (RQ-0626-JC)

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Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Computation of effective flow properties of fluids in porous media based on three dimensional (3D) pore structure information has become more successful in the last few years, due to both improvements in the input data and the network models. Computed X-ray microtomography has been successful in 3D pore imaging at micron scale, which is adequate for many sandstones. For other rocks of economic interest, such as chalk and diatomite, submicron resolution is needed in order to resolve the 3D-pore structure. To achieve submicron resolution, a new method of sample serial sectioning and imaging using Focused Ion Beam (FIB) technology has been developed and 3D pore images of the pore system for diatomite and chalk have been obtained. FIB was used in the milling of layers as wide as 50 micrometers and as thin as 100 nanometers by sputtering of atoms from the sample surface. The focused ion beam, consisting of gallium ions (Ga+) accelerated by potentials of up to 30 kV and currents up to 20,000 pA, yields very clean, flat surfaces in which the pore-grain boundaries appear in high contrast. No distortion of the pore boundaries due to the ion milling is apparent. After each milling step, as a …