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The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 147, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 147, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Emergency Preparedness and Response (open access)

The Americans with Disabilities Act and Emergency Preparedness and Response

This report discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which provides broad nondiscrimination protection for individuals with disabilities in employment, public services, and public accommodations and services operated by private entities. Although the ADA does not include provisions specifically discussing its application to disasters, its nondiscrimination provisions are applicable to emergency preparedness and responses to disasters.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Security: Progress Made but Actions Needed to Address Challenges in Meeting the Air Cargo Screening Mandate (open access)

Aviation Security: Progress Made but Actions Needed to Address Challenges in Meeting the Air Cargo Screening Mandate

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses air cargo screening. In 2008, about 7.3 billion pounds of cargo was transported on U.S. passenger flights--approximately 58 percent of which was transported domestically (domestic cargo) and 42 percent of which was transported on flights arriving in the United States from a foreign location (inbound cargo). The 2009 Christmas Day plot to detonate an explosive device during an international flight bound for Detroit provided a vivid reminder that terrorists continue to view passenger aircraft as attractive targets. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the security threat posed by terrorists introducing explosive devices in air cargo shipments is significant, and the risk and likelihood of such an attack directed at passenger aircraft is high. To help enhance the security of air cargo, the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Commission Act) mandated the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a system to physically screen 50 percent of cargo on passenger aircraft--including the domestic and inbound flights of foreign and U.S. passenger operations--by February 2009, and 100 percent of such cargo by August 2010. The 9/11 Commission Act defines screening for …
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 129, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 129, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Halter, Janie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader (open access)

Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. government has a history of employing health surveillance to help limit malady, loss of life, and economic impact of diseases. Recent legislation and presidential directives have called for a robust and integrated biosurveillance capability; that is, the ability to provide early detection and situational awareness of potentially catastrophic biological events. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act directed GAO to report on the state of biosurveillance and resource use in federal, state, local, and tribal governments. This report is one in a series responding to that mandate. This report addresses (1) federal efforts that support a national biosurveillance capability and (2) the extent to which mechanisms are in place to guide the development of a national biosurveillance capability. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed federal biosurveillance programs, plans, and strategies and interviewed agency officials from components of 12 federal departments with biosurveillance responsibilities."
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brazil's WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program (open access)

Brazil's WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program

This report provides a description and status report on Brazil's challenge to certain aspects of the U.S. cotton program under the rules of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) dispute settlement process in case DS267.1 The "Brazil cotton case" had its WTO origins in 2002 and has since evolved into a sprawling legal enterprise that is still ongoing as of mid-2010. The report begins by summarizing the most recent developments in the case. It then provides a detailed history of the case in chronological phases. Readers interested in the current status of the dispute, and in particular details of the negotiations to reach a mutual settlement and avoid trade retaliation against U.S. goods and services, should proceed directly to the report section entitled "Phase V: Retaliation or Settlement?"
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Henry, Mark
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Has Made Some Progress but Not Yet Completed a Strategic Plan for Its Global Nuclear Detection Efforts or Closed Identified Gaps (open access)

Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Has Made Some Progress but Not Yet Completed a Strategic Plan for Its Global Nuclear Detection Efforts or Closed Identified Gaps

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In April 2005, a Presidential Directive established the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enhance and coordinate federal, state, and local efforts to combat nuclear smuggling abroad and domestically. DNDO was directed to develop, in coordination with the departments of Defense, Energy, and State, an enhanced global nuclear detection system of radiation detection equipment and interdiction activities. (DNDO refers to this system as an architecture.) DNDO is to implement the domestic portion of the architecture. Federal efforts to combat nuclear smuggling have largely focused on established ports of entry, such as seaports and land border crossings, and DNDO has also been examining nuclear detection strategies along other pathways. Over the past 7 years, GAO has issued numerous recommendations on nuclear or radiological detection to the Secretary of Homeland Security, most recently in January 2009. This testimony discusses the status of DHS efforts to (1) complete the deployment of radiation detection equipment to scan all cargo and conveyances entering the United States at ports of entry, (2) prevent smuggling of nuclear or radiological materials via the critical gaps DNDO identified, and (3) …
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contracting Strategies: Better Data and Management Needed to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprisewide Contracts (open access)

Contracting Strategies: Better Data and Management Needed to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprisewide Contracts

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Agencies can use several different types of contracts to leverage the government's buying power for goods and services. These include interagency contracts--where one agency uses another's contract for its own needs--such as the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs multiple award schedule (MAS) contracts, multiagency contracts (MAC) for a wide range of goods and services, and governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWAC) for information technology. Agencies spent at least $60 billion in fiscal year 2008 through these contracts and similar single-agency enterprisewide contracts. GAO was asked to testify on the management and oversight of interagency contracts, and how the government can ensure that interagency contracting is efficient and transparent. GAO's testimony is based on its recent report, Contracting Strategies: Data and Oversight Problems Hamper Opportunities to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprisewide Contracts (GAO-10-367, April 2010). In that report, GAO made recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to strengthen policy, improve data, and better coordinate agencies' awards of MACs and enterprisewide contracts, and to GSA to improve MAS program pricing and management. Both agencies concurred with GAO's recommendations."
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Assessments of Selected Complex Acquisitions (open access)

Department of Homeland Security: Assessments of Selected Complex Acquisitions

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acquisitions represent hundreds of billions of dollars in life-cycle costs to support a wide range of missions. Creating acquisition policies and processes to provide insight into the performance of a wide array of complex investments, while also providing oversight for many component agencies new to acquisition management, has been an ongoing challenge for DHS. GAO performed this review because DHS implementation and transformation is on GAO's high risk list. This report (1) provides an update on DHS's efforts to implement acquisition oversight for all investments; (2) describes acquisition performance and common challenges across selected programs; and (3) provides individual profiles for 18 selected programs, 15 of which were major programs that had initiated acquisition activities. GAO selected programs based on relevance to frontline homeland security missions and assessed cost and schedule performance and acquisition planning challenges."
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Email from Daniel Graney to Al Daniels] (open access)

[Email from Daniel Graney to Al Daniels]

Email from Daniel Graney to Al Daniels discussing Amended Appointment of Campaign Treasurer filed with Texas Ethics Commission. Letter from Shaun McDade Nelson to Texas Ethics Commission regarding the Amended Appointment of Campaign Treasurer form. The remaining scanned pages are of the enclosed Amended Appointment of Campaign Treasurer and Request for Electronic Filing Password forms.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude. June 2010 (open access)

EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude. June 2010

This report provides background information and analysis of the U.S.-EU economic relationship for Members of the 111th Congress as they contemplate the costs and benefits of closer U.S. economic ties with the EU.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Wray, Kelly
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 125, June 30, 2010, Pages 37707-37974 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 125, June 30, 2010, Pages 37707-37974

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance: USAID Needs to Improve Its Strategic Planning to Address Current and Future Workforce Needs (open access)

Foreign Assistance: USAID Needs to Improve Its Strategic Planning to Address Current and Future Workforce Needs

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) oversees U.S. foreign assistance programs in more than 100 countries. In 2003, GAO recommended that USAID develop a comprehensive workforce planning system to better identify its staffing needs and requirements. Key principles for effective strategic workforce planning are important to an agency's ability to carry out its mission. GAO examined (1) changes in USAID's workforce and program funding since 2004, (2) the extent to which it has developed a strategic workforce plan, (3) the efforts it has taken to implement two key human capital initiatives, and (4) the challenges and constraints that affect its workforce planning and management. To conduct the work, GAO analyzed staffing and program funding data; reviewed documentation related to the agency's workforce planning; and interviewed officials in Washington, D.C., and at six overseas missions selected to obtain an appropriate mix of geographic coverage, programs, and workforce size and composition."
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2010 Supplemental for Wars, Disaster Assistance, Haiti Relief, and Other Programs (open access)

FY2010 Supplemental for Wars, Disaster Assistance, Haiti Relief, and Other Programs

This report discusses the $64 billion in requested supplemental appropriations for FY2010, which includes $2.8 billion for Haiti earthquake-related reconstruction and foreign aid and $243 million for activities related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and more.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Belasco, Amy; Else, Daniel H.; Lindsay, Bruce R.; Margesson, Rhoda; Nakamura, Kennon H. & Taft-Morales, Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 85, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 85, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 256, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 256, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 257, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 257, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 258, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 258, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Highway Trust Fund: Nearly All States Received More Funding Than They Contributed in Highway Taxes Since 2005 (open access)

Highway Trust Fund: Nearly All States Received More Funding Than They Contributed in Highway Taxes Since 2005

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Federal funding for highways is provided to the states mostly through a series of grant programs known as the Federal-Aid Highway Program, administered by the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). In 2005, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) authorized $197.5 billion for the Federal-Aid Highway Program for fiscal years 2005 through 2009. The program operates on a "user pay" system, wherein users contribute to the Highway Trust Fund through fuel taxes and other fees. The distribution of funding among the states has been a contentious issue. States that receive less than their highway users contribute are known as "donor" states and states that receive more than their highway users contribute are known as "donee" states. GAO was asked to examine for the SAFETEA-LU period (1) how contributions to the Highway Trust Fund compared with the funding states received, (2) what provisions were used to address rate-of-return issues across states, and (3) what additional factors affect the relationship between contributions to the Highway Trust Fund and the funding states receive. To conduct this review, GAO obtained and …
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homelessness: A Common Vocabulary Could Help Agencies Collaborate and Collect More Consistent Data (open access)

Homelessness: A Common Vocabulary Could Help Agencies Collaborate and Collect More Consistent Data

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Multiple federal programs provide homelessness assistance through programs targeted to those experiencing homelessness or through mainstream programs that broadly assist low-income populations. Programs' definitions of homelessness range from including primarily people in homeless shelters or on the street to also including those living with others because of economic hardship. GAO was asked to address (1) the availability, completeness, and usefulness of federal data on homelessness, (2) the extent to which research identifies factors associated with experiencing homelessness, and (3) how differences in definitions and other factors impact the effectiveness of programs serving those experiencing homelessness. GAO reviewed laws, agency regulations, performance and planning documents, and data as well as literature on homelessness, and spoke with stakeholders, such as government officials and service providers, about potential barriers."
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library