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[Contact Information for Steve Bratka and Rosemary Galdiano] (open access)

[Contact Information for Steve Bratka and Rosemary Galdiano]

Email inquiring about contact information for Steve Bratka and Rosemary Galdiano with a response containing their emails.
Date: February 29, 2008
Creator: Garrett, Sarah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Millard Schwartz, February 29, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Millard Schwartz, February 29, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Millard Schwartz. Schwartz was drafted into the Army in December of 1942. He provides details of his weapons training and boot camp. He served with A Battery, 919th Field Artillery, 94th Infantry Division. They traveled to Scotland in August of 1944, and landed on Utah Beach on 7 September. Schwartz shares his experiences traveling overseas aboard the troop ship, the Queen Elizabeth and his time spent in London. His division relieved another in the St. Nazaire area serving to maintain security against the pockets of 50 to 60,000 Germans there. Going into December they traveled to Belgium and participated in the Battle of the Bulge, where they were attached to General Patton’s 3rd Army. They were assigned to an area around the Siegfried Line, near Eschweiler, Germany. He provides vivid details of his experiences through this battle. He was honorably discharged in December of 1945.
Date: February 29, 2008
Creator: Schwartz, Millard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0605 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0605

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: The meaning of "proper magistrate" or "proper court" within article 15.20(b), Code of Criminal Procedure (RQ-0624-GA).
Date: February 29, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Defense Budget: Visibility and Accountability of O&M Fund Movements (open access)

Defense Budget: Visibility and Accountability of O&M Fund Movements

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) fiscal year (FY) 2001 budget as it relates to readiness needs, focusing on: (1) identifying the aggregated differences between the amounts Congress initially designated for the operation and maintenance (O&M) subactivities and those DOD reported as obligated for the same subactivities; (2) identifying those O&M subactivities where DOD obligated funds differently than congressionally initially designated in each year of the 5-year period GAO examined (1994 through 1998); and (3) assessing information available to Congress to track DOD's movement of funds among O&M subactivities."
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internal Revenue Service: Results of Fiscal Year 1999 Financial Statement Audit (open access)

Internal Revenue Service: Results of Fiscal Year 1999 Financial Statement Audit

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the results of its fiscal year (FY) 1999 financial statement audit of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)."
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
SBA Loan Monitoring System: Substantial Progress Yet Key Risks and Challenges Remain (open access)

SBA Loan Monitoring System: Substantial Progress Yet Key Risks and Challenges Remain

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the progress of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) efforts to implement its loan monitoring system, focusing on: (1) SBA's progress in completing the mandated actions of the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997; (2) GAO's evaluation of SBA's products completed thus far; (3) the processes used to develop these products and manage key activities; and (4) actions SBA needs to take to manage risks."
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform: Evaluation of the Nick Smith Proposal (open access)

Social Security Reform: Evaluation of the Nick Smith Proposal

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO analyzed the potential budgetary and economic effects of Nick Smith's proposal to reform Social Security."
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Customs Service: Reasonableness of Costs for Processing Air and Sea Passengers Cannot Be Determined (open access)

U.S. Customs Service: Reasonableness of Costs for Processing Air and Sea Passengers Cannot Be Determined

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the reasonableness of the Customs Services' underlying costs supporting its merchandise and air and sea passenger processing user fee."
Date: February 29, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Reform: GAO Can Assist the Congress and the Intelligence Community on Management Reform Initiatives (open access)

Intelligence Reform: GAO Can Assist the Congress and the Intelligence Community on Management Reform Initiatives

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For decades, GAO has assisted Congress in its oversight role and helped federal departments and agencies with disparate missions to improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of their operations. GAO's work provides important insight on matters such as best practices to be shared and benchmarked and how government and nongovernmental partners can become better aligned to achieve important outcomes for the nation. In addition, GAO provides Congress with foresight by highlighting the long-term implications of today's decisions and identifying key trends and emerging challenges facing our nation before they reach crisis proportions. For this hearing, GAO was asked to (1) highlight governmentwide issues where it has made a major contribution to oversight and could assist the intelligence and other congressional committees in their oversight of the Intelligence Community, and (2) comment on the potential impact on GAO's access to perform audit work on personnel security clearances if the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were to assume management of this issue from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Given historical challenges to GAO's ability to audit the Intelligence Community's programs and activities, this testimony also …
Date: February 29, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Management Letter: Recommendations for Improvements to MCC's Internal Controls and Policies on Premium Class Air Travel (open access)

Management Letter: Recommendations for Improvements to MCC's Internal Controls and Policies on Premium Class Air Travel

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "On September 28, 2007, GAO issued a report detailing our findings of improper and abusive premium class travel governmentwide. The audit was performed at the request of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, and Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate. As part of the audit, we tested premium class transactions at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). While our report provided recommendations to the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the purpose of this letter is to report on specific matters identified during our audit that relate to weaknesses in internal controls at MCC. This letter contains three recommendations that warrant management's consideration."
Date: February 29, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library