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DOD Financial Management: The Army Faces Significant Challenges in Achieving Audit Readiness for Its Military Pay (open access)

DOD Financial Management: The Army Faces Significant Challenges in Achieving Audit Readiness for Its Military Pay

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "We found that the Army could not readily identify a complete population of Army payroll accounts for fiscal year 2010, given existing procedures and systems. The Army and DFAS-IN did not have an effective, repeatable process for identifying the population of active duty payroll accounts. In addition, the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), DOD’s central source for personnel information, did not have an effective process for comparing military pay account files to military personnel files to identify a valid population of military payroll transactions. For example, it took 3 months and repeated attempts before DFAS-IN could provide a population of service members who received active duty Army military pay in fiscal year 2010. Similarly, it took DMDC over 2 months to compare the total number of fiscal year 2010 active duty payroll accounts to its database of personnel files. "Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government" requires all transactions and other significant events to be clearly documented and the documentation readily available for examination. DOD’s "Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Guidance" sets out key tasks essential to achieving audit readiness, including defining and identifying the population …
Date: March 22, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Preparedness: Countermeasures for Thermal Burns (open access)

National Preparedness: Countermeasures for Thermal Burns

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The SNS contains supportive care items for thermal burns, such as bandages, pain medications, intravenous fluids, and topical antimicrobial cream needed for the immediate treatment of burn injuries to reduce the risk of infection and stabilize injured individuals. HHS officials told us that the goal of the SNS is to supplement state and local supplies used for immediate care in the initial response—identified as within 72 hours of sustaining injury. CDC compiled supplies needed for the immediate treatment of burn injuries into kits in 2002 and 2003, based on information provided at that time by burn experts about needed items. Because most medical countermeasures for thermal burns can be found in local hospitals, countermeasures in the SNS would be used to supplement local supplies and inventories, with kits deployed within 24 to 48 hours of notification. The SNS does not contain other countermeasures that may be available for both the immediate care and the longer-term treatment of burn injuries. However, HHS is currently considering whether to acquire some additional countermeasures, including those for longer-term treatment of burn injuries."
Date: February 22, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Preliminary Observations on DHS's Efforts to Improve Employee Morale (open access)

Department of Homeland Security: Preliminary Observations on DHS's Efforts to Improve Employee Morale

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Over time, federal surveys have consistently found that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are less satisfied with their jobs than the government-wide average. In the 2004 Office of Personnel Management’s federal employee survey—a tool that measures employees’ perceptions of whether and to what extent conditions characterizing successful organizations are present in their agency—56 percent of DHS employees responded that they were satisfied with their jobs, compared to 68 percent government-wide. In subsequent years, the disparity continued—ranging from a difference of 8 percentage points in 2006 to a 4 percentage point difference in 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2011, DHS’s percentage of positive responses was lower than the averages for the rest of the federal government. For example, slightly less than half of the DHS employees surveyed reported positive responses to the statement “My talents are used well in the workplace,” nearly 12 percentage points less than the rest of the federal government average. In two areas, DHS’s percentage of positive responses was nearly the same or higher than the rest of the federal government average. For example, DHS’s percentage of positive responses to the statement “Considering everything, …
Date: March 22, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Historic Marker Application: Simonton School] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Simonton School]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Simonton School, in Simonton, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0915 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0915

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: Whether a county clerk must allow the public to copy records with a sheet-feed scanner (RQ-0916-GA)
Date: March 22, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0916 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0916

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: Whether a county treasurer, county auditor, or a county Human Resources officer is responsible for the performance of various duties involving disbursement and endorsement (RQ-998-GA)
Date: March 22, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Guthrie O'Donnell, May 22 2012 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Guthrie O'Donnell, May 22 2012

Transcript of an interview with Guthrie O'Donnell, a rancher.
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Engineering Extension Service Historically Underutilized Business Strategic Plan: 2013 (open access)

Texas Engineering Extension Service Historically Underutilized Business Strategic Plan: 2013

Strategic plan for the Texas Engineering Extension Service outlining goals, objectives, measures, and other information about working with Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) during fiscal year 2013.
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Texas A & M University. Engineering Extension Service.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Board of Nursing Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Board of Nursing Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Board of Nursing describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Texas Board of Nursing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Creative brief for Winnsboro] (open access)

[Creative brief for Winnsboro]

Creative brief for an article about Winnsboro, Texas that was published in the January 2013 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: October 22, 2012
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART to go dark for Earth Hour 2012 (open access)

DART to go dark for Earth Hour 2012

News release about DART's plan to turn off all non-essential lights at its headquarters as part of Earth Hour.
Date: March 22, 2012
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History