A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which provides direction to the federal executive boards (FEBs), is now emphasizing that in the post-9/11 environment, the boards have a transformed emergency support role. The report discusses the boards' emergency preparedness roles and responsibilities and their potential role in preparing for and responding to pandemic influenza. GAO selected 14 of the 28 FEBs for review because they coordinate the greatest number of federal employees or had recent emergency management experience."

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since January 1, 2006, all dual-eligible beneficiaries--individuals with both Medicare and Medicaid coverage--must receive their drug benefit through Medicare's new Part D prescription drug plans (PDP) rather than from state Medicaid programs. GAO analyzed (1) current challenges in identifying and enrolling new dual-eligible beneficiaries in PDPs, (2) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) efforts to address challenges, and (3) federal and state approaches to assigning dual-eligible beneficiaries to PDPs. GAO reviewed federal law, CMS regulations and guidance and interviewed CMS and PDP officials, among others. GAO also made site visits to six states to learn about the enrollment of dual-eligible beneficiaries from the state perspective."

Heating by irradiation of a solid surface in vacuum with 5 x 10{sup 20} W cm{sup -2}, 0.8 ps, 1.05 {micro}m wavelength laser light is studied by x-ray spectroscopy of the K-shell emission from thin layers of Ni, Mo and V. A surface layer is heated to {approx} 5 keV with an axial temperature gradient of 0.6 {micro}m scale length. Images of Ni Ly{sub {alpha}} show the hot region has a {approx} 25 {micro}m diameter, much smaller than {approx} 70 {micro}m region of K{sub {alpha}} emission. 2D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations suggest that the surface heating is due to a light pressure driven shock.

The B-model topological string theory on a Calabi-Yau threefold X has a symmetry group {Lambda}, generated by monodromies of the periods of X. This acts on the topological string wave function in a natural way, governed by the quantum mechanics of the phase space H{sup 3}(X). We show that, depending on the choice of polarization, the genus g topological string amplitude is either a holomorphic quasi-modular form or an almost holomorphic modular form of weight 0 under {Lambda}. Moreover, at each genus, certain combinations of genus g amplitudes are both modular and holomorphic. We illustrate this for the local Calabi-Yau manifolds giving rise to Seiberg-Witten gauge theories in four dimensions and local IP{sub 2} and IP{sub 1} x IP{sub 1}. As a byproduct, we also obtain a simple way of relating the topological string amplitudes near different points in the moduli space, which we use to give predictions for Gromov-Witten invariants of the orbifold C{sub 3}/ZZ{sub 3}.

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Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to personnel records of commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to longevity pay for assistant prosecutors.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company and the application of certain statutes to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax and to the rate of the tax.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the seal of a district court and the signature of the district clerk used on process issued by the court.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the Ninth Court of Appeals District.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to entrance examination procedures for certain police officers under municipal civil service.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the oath taken by witnesses appearing before a grand jury.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to civil remedies and qui tam provisions under the Medicaid fraud prevention act.

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the school district's tax rate and protecting a school district against any resulting loss in local revenue.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives recognizing April 3, 2007, as Texas Medal of Arts Awards Day at the Capitol.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating the Mart Panthers football team on winning the 2006 2A State Championship.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to recognizing the 2007 and 2008 appointments of State Poet Laureate, State Musician, and State Visual Artists.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to commemorating the Texas Maritime Museum's 20th anniversary as the official State Maritime Museum of Texas.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to in memory of the Honorable Frank Madla of San Antonio.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to notice of provisions authorizing tax deferral or abatement.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to reimbursement of members of the Guardianship Certification Board for certain expenses.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the threshold amount at which certain water districts are required to solicit competitive bids before awarding certain contracts and to the ability of such districts to enter those contracts.