The Advocate, Volume 15, Issue 4, October-December 2010 (open access)

The Advocate, Volume 15, Issue 4, October-December 2010

Quarterly update providing information on environmental regulations for small businesses and local governments in Texas.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alternative methods for developing external travel survey data (open access)

Alternative methods for developing external travel survey data

Report on research examining alternative methods for collecting data on external travel movements and evaluating the potential for synthesizing/modeling external travel in lieu of conducting external surveys. The report also provides recommendations to the Texas Department of Transportation on the most viable methods to estimate external travel movements for use in travel demand models in urban areas in Texas.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Farnsworth, Stephen; Talbot, Eric; Songchitruksa, Praprut; Reeder, Phillip & Pearson, David
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Assessing the environmental justice impacts of toll road projects (open access)

Assessing the environmental justice impacts of toll road projects

"The objective of this study was to extend the work that was conducted under TxDOT Research Project 0-5208 by (a) reviewing the ability of available tools and analysis techniques to quantify and qualitatively describe the (environmental justice) EJ impacts associated with toll road projects and toll road systems through an evaluation of state-of-the-practice applications, and (b) recommending a suitable approach to assess the EJ impacts of toll roads and toll road systems on EJ communities."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Prozzi, Jolanda; Carroll, Lindsey; Loftus-Otway, Lisa Dawn; Bhat, Chandra; Paleti, Rajesh & McCray, Talia M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Parole Division Operations at the Department of Criminal Justice (open access)

An Audit Report on Parole Division Operations at the Department of Criminal Justice

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Criminal Justice (Department) using the tools available to it to monitor parole officer caseloads, track drug tests and offender contacts, and ensure that parole offices had sufficient coverage for parole officers on leave.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Motor Vehicles (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Motor Vehicles

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to establishing financial benchmarks for the Department of Motor Vehicles on its overall status and condition in relation to funds on hand, equipment and other assets, and pending matters.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Texas Records Exchange System at the Texas Education Agency (open access)

An Audit Report on the Texas Records Exchange System at the Texas Education Agency

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Records Exchange System (TREx) is being used by selected school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and higher education institutions as intended; whether it meets standards approved by the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Higher Education; and whether it adheres to applicable federal and state statutes regarding data confidentiality and applicable Texas Education Agency (Agency) rules.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat Control in Schools (open access)

Bat Control in Schools

This document provides information on how to "prevent or minimize problems associated with bats" in a school environment. (p. 1).
Date: October 2010
Creator: Hurley, Janet A.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs: 2010 Report (open access)

Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs: 2010 Report

This report summarizes biodiversity conservation and forestry programs supported by the United States Agency for International Development in fiscal year 2009.
Date: October 2010
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CAPCOG Connections, October/November 2010 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, October/November 2010

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 Launches Regional Training Center," "CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy Graduates Another Class," "CAPCOG Completes Provider Database to the Regional Transit Coordination Committee," "9-1-1 Awards Presented," "Medicare Health Coverage Options and Change 2010-2011," "Regional Interoperable Communications Plan Created," and "Second Annual Construction and Demolition Waste Management Summit Set."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Characterizing information propagation through inter-vehicle communication on a simple network of two parallel roads (open access)

Characterizing information propagation through inter-vehicle communication on a simple network of two parallel roads

"In this report, we study information propagation via inter-vehicle communication along two parallel roads. By identifying an inherent Bernoulli process, we are able to derive the mean and variance of propagation distance."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Yin, Kai & Wang, Bruce X.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, October 2010 (open access)

Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, October 2010

Bilingual newsletter from the Texas Department of State Health Services providing information on health care for children with special needs, including resources for medical help and community services.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Contract Types: An Overview of the Legal Requirements and Issues (open access)

Contract Types: An Overview of the Legal Requirements and Issues

This report provides an overview of the various contract types (e.g., fixed-price, cost-reimbursement) used in federal procurement and the legal requirements and issues pertaining to each. Current congressional and public interest in contract types is, in part, an outgrowth of the reported increase in the use of cost-reimbursement contracts during the George W. Bush Administration1 and the Obama Administration's proposal to reduce by at least 10% the funds obligated in FY2010 by "high risk-contracting authorities," such as cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, and labor-hour contracts.
Date: October 1, 2010
Creator: Manuel, Kate M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing an Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Transportation Planning (open access)

Developing an Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Transportation Planning

Final report of a project to develop and implement a graduate certification program in transportation planning at Texas A & M University.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Ndubisi, Forster, 1955- & Dumbaugh, Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of performance-based evaluation methods and specifications for roadside maintenance (open access)

Development of performance-based evaluation methods and specifications for roadside maintenance

" This report documents the work performed during Project 0-6387, "Performance Based Roadside Maintenance Specifications." "
Date: October 2010
Creator: Gharaibeh, Nasir G.; Shelton, Debora; Ahmed, Jubair; Chowdhury, Arif & Krugler, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children (open access)

Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children

Report evaluating seven Social and Character Development (SACD) programs designed to positively impact behavior and academic performance of a cohort of elementary students during their third through fifth grade years (2004-2007). The impact of each program is evaluated both together and separately.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Allen, Ruby & Doolittle, Emily
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An evaluation of the effects of transit oriented development in a suburban environment (open access)

An evaluation of the effects of transit oriented development in a suburban environment

"Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) refers to dense, pedestrian-friendly, livable communities that have good transit as a nucleus. While transit facilities are missing in most suburban towns and the residents are heavily dependent on their vehicles, it is wondered whether residents would take advantage if public facilities were available. This paper presents information about some vital aspects of TOD when viewed in suburban communities."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abel & Lastrape, Krystal M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Examining the Role of Trip Length in Commuter Decisions to Use Public Transportation (open access)

Examining the Role of Trip Length in Commuter Decisions to Use Public Transportation

Report that examines traveler trip lengths across transit modes, work trip duration frequency distributions and mode share distributions in 7 major cities, 8 Combined Statistical Areas and one Metropolitan Statisical Area and found the effects of increasing population and transit mdoe gvariety on work trip travel time and travel distance.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Yu, Yao & Machemehl, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Facilitating Creation of Transit System Technology User Groups (open access)

Facilitating Creation of Transit System Technology User Groups

"The purpose of this research was to inventory current technology applications and vendors by transit agency and to assess the current use(s) of these applications" (p. i).
Date: October 2010
Creator: Edrington, Suzie; Sandidge, Matthew & Arndt, Jeffrey C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
FCC Record, Volume 25, No. 16, Pages 12948 to 13915, September 13 - October 1, 2010 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 25, No. 16, Pages 12948 to 13915, September 13 - October 1, 2010

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: October 2010
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 25, No. 17, Pages 13916 to 14803, October 4 - October 22, 2010 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 25, No. 17, Pages 13916 to 14803, October 4 - October 22, 2010

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: October 2010
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 25, No. 22, Pages 18164 to 18992, Supplement (August 2010-October 2010) (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 25, No. 22, Pages 18164 to 18992, Supplement (August 2010-October 2010)

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: October 2010
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 190, October 1, 2010, Pages 60567-61034 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 190, October 1, 2010, Pages 60567-61034

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: October 1, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction in the Brazos River Basin: Evidence from Lake Connection History and Chemical and Isotopic Compositions (open access)

Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction in the Brazos River Basin: Evidence from Lake Connection History and Chemical and Isotopic Compositions

This report describes study methods used in determining the sources of the water in oxbow lakes along the Brazos River, characteristics of the Brazos River and oxbow lakes, and the hydrogeologic setting that hydraulically connects the aquifer, river, and lakes.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Chowdhury, Ali H.; Osting, Tim; Furnans, Jordan & Mathews, Ray
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incorporating sustainability into Texas Department of Transportation's transportation decision making : summary of work performed, methods used and results achieved (open access)

Incorporating sustainability into Texas Department of Transportation's transportation decision making : summary of work performed, methods used and results achieved

"This report summarized the work performed in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 and 2010 under TxDOT Implementation Project 5-5541-01-"Regional Workshops on Sustainability Enhancement Tool."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Zietsman, Josias; Eisele, William L. & Ramani, Tara L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History