Biennial Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (open access)

Biennial Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Biennial report of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the 82nd Legislature of Texas describing the agency's goals, activities, and recommendations for further plans.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: Texas Department of Insurance (open access)

Biennial Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: Texas Department of Insurance

Biennial report of the Texas Department of Insurance, summarizing needed changes in Texas laws relating to regulation of the insurance industry with statements of the reasons for the changes.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Insurance.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, December 2010/January 2011 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, December 2010/January 2011

Newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments containing articles and news about the civic institutions in the ten-county Capital Area. The articles included are "CAPCOG Awarded HUD Sustainable Communities Grant for Capital Area Consortium," "CAPCOG Tests 9-1-1 Equipment," "CAPCOG Honors Our Nation's Family Caregivers," and "Region Conducts Annual CBRNE Exercise."
Date: December 2010
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Central Texas Turnpike System Financial Statements: 2010 (open access)

Central Texas Turnpike System Financial Statements: 2010

Financial report of the Central Texas Turnpike System for the fiscal year 2010, including an overview of the organization and activities, audited and unaudited reports, and basic financial statements with notes.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation. Division of Finance.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress, [Part] 1. Executive Summary (open access)

Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress, [Part] 1. Executive Summary

First part of the Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST), a project to study school districts and campuses to find better ways of allocating resources. This section contains an executive summary of the project and results.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress, [Part] 2. School District Listings (open access)

Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress, [Part] 2. School District Listings

Second part of the Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST), a project to study school districts and campuses to find better ways of allocating resources. This section contains a summary and rating for each school district in Texas to document academic progress and spending.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress, [Part] 3. Smart Practices for Minimizing Costs (open access)

Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress, [Part] 3. Smart Practices for Minimizing Costs

Third part of the Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST), a project to study school districts and campuses to find better ways of allocating resources. This section describes strategies and practices related to spending in Texas school districts.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress, [Part] 4. Beyond K-12: Cost Efficiencies in Higher Education (open access)

Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress, [Part] 4. Beyond K-12: Cost Efficiencies in Higher Education

Fourth part of the Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST), a project to study school districts and campuses to find better ways of allocating resources. This section describes methods used in universities and community colleges to save money, such as resource sharing and schedule stacking.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of pedestrian safety based warrants for permissive left-turn control (open access)

Development of pedestrian safety based warrants for permissive left-turn control

"The objective of this research is to develop pedestrian safety based warrants for protected left-turn control."
Date: December 2010
Creator: Guo, Aohan & Qi, Yi
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating existing culverts for load capacity allowing for soil structure interaction (open access)

Evaluating existing culverts for load capacity allowing for soil structure interaction

Report on a study exploring culvert load-rating practices and procedures and finding ways to address the discrepancies between actual culvert performance and culvert analysis practices. The study used the Texas Department of Transportation's archive of culvert designs and inventory of 13,000 in-service reinforced concrete box culverts as the basis of their data.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Lawson, William D.; Wood, Timothy A.; Newhouse, Charles D. & Jayawickrama, Priyantha W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Field Evaluation of Asphalt Mixture Skid Resistance and Its Relationship to Aggregate Characteristics (open access)

Field Evaluation of Asphalt Mixture Skid Resistance and Its Relationship to Aggregate Characteristics

Report documenting the findings from the research that was carried out as part of Phase II of Texas Department of Transportation Project 0-5627. The research included measurements and analysis of mechanical and physical properties of aggregates used in surface mixes in the state of Texas.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Masad, Eyad; Rezaei, Arash; Chowdhury, Arif & Freeman, Thomas J.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Information Guide for Families of Offenders (open access)

General Information Guide for Families of Offenders

This pamphlet provides information about programs intended to assist and support criminal offenders and their loved ones.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
House Bill 3 Transition Plan: A Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature from the Texas Education Agency (open access)

House Bill 3 Transition Plan: A Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature from the Texas Education Agency

A report describing the process used to develop and implement provisions of House BIll 3 (81st TX Legislature, 2009).
Date: December 1, 2010
Creator: Texas Education Agency
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic capacity of type-h inlets: final report (open access)

Hydraulic capacity of type-h inlets: final report

Report on the performance of Type H Inlets as median drains for divided highways. The study consists of a literature review, experimental results of drain performance, and recommendations for estimation of Type H inlet performance.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Cleveland, Theodore G.; Rainwater, Kenneth A.; Smirnov, Sergey; Barnes, Wade; DaCosta, Larissa; Basnet, Bijay et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report To The 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Business & Industry (open access)

Interim Report To The 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Business & Industry

Report from the Texas House Committee on Business and Industry describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Business and Industry.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Report from the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Emergency Preparedness (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Emergency Preparedness

Report from the Texas House Committee on Emergency Preparedness describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Environmental Regulation (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Environmental Regulation

Report from the Texas House Committee on Environmental Regulation describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Environmental Regulation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Fiscal Stability (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Fiscal Stability

Report from the Texas House Committee on Fiscal Stability describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Fiscal Stability.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics

Report from the Texas House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on General Investigating and Ethics.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Natural Resources (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Natural Resources

Report from the Texas House Committee on Natural Resources describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Natural Resources Committee.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Public Education (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Public Education

Report from the Texas House Committee on Public Education describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Public Education.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Public Health (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Public Health

Report from the Texas House Committee on Public Health describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Public Health.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
International Trade Corridor Plan (open access)

International Trade Corridor Plan

2010 updated version of the International Trade Corridor Plan (ITCP), summarizing Texas' involvement in international trade.
Date: December 1, 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History