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Oral History Interview with Mary Jean Tanner, December 30, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mary Jean Tanner, December 30, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mary Jean Tanner. Tanner joined the Army after working as a civilian in a parts warehouse at Kelly Field. She was given special clearance to handle the Norden bombsight. Upon enlisting in the Army, she was sent to Algiers, as secretary to General Sables. She was the only woman in the chemical warfare unit there. The water in Algiers had been so badly contaminated by air raids as to be deemed unsafe, even for bathing. One evening, while she was sitting on her bed, a 90mm high-explosive dud landed where her chest would have been, had she been lying down. Later, an ammunition boat exploded near her office, shattering her window and covering her in glass. Tanner returned home and was discharged in the fall of 1943. As a result of her experiences abroad, she experienced extreme anxiety during thunderstorms, hiding in the closet. And she never told anyone that she had been a WAC, as she felt that women were looked down upon for having served.
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Tanner, Mary Jean
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002

Interview with Phillip Patton, an aircraft mechanic in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He answers questions about life before the war, his experiences overseas, and returning home post-war.
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Elterman, Dora & Patton, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Trubiano, December 30, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Trubiano, December 30, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Trubiano. Trubiano was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on 17 August 1920. Enlisting in the National Guard in February 1939, he joined the 101st Combat Engineers. After the unit was activated, it went to Camp Edwards, Massachusetts for training. On 23 January 1942 they boarded the SS Argentina for a thirty-eight day voyage to Melbourne, Australia. Then they went to Espiritu Santos and built an airstrip. The unit then went to New Caledonia where Trubiano was hospitalized with malaria. Soon after his release from the hospital the unit went to Guadalcanal where they joined the Americal Division becoming the 57th Combat Engineers. He tells of various projects the unit constructed including bridges, piers and an underground hospital. The unit was then sent to Bougainville and he describes seeing air action over the island. While there, he received orders to return to the United States. After a five week sea voyage he arrived in San Francisco and was sent to Camp Edwards. Upon his arrival he was assigned to work in the operating room. Later he was assigned the task of escorting patients to various hospitals throughout the country.
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Trubiano, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report to the 79th Legislature (open access)

Report to the 79th Legislature

A report regarding the use of credit information by insurers in Texas.
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Texas. Department of Insurance.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0288 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0288

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 sheriff in a non-bail bond board county must accept a bail bond signed by an individual surety's attorney-in-fact (RQ-0246-GA)
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Haselby, November 30, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Haselby, November 30, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John V. Haselby. Haselby was born in Grass Creek, Indiana on 24 April 1919. Haselby had 4 brothers and 5 sisters. He and his brothers all served and survived their service to the war effort. Haselby attended flight training at Chickasha, Oklahoma and received his wings and commission in Victoria, Texas in April 1942. He was sent to Morocco aboard USS Chenango (ACV-28) which was transporting 78 P40 airplanes that had been hoisted onboard. He flew 78 missions from Morocco to Sicily protecting and defending ground troops as they moved. Haselby was awarded a Purple Heart for an injury received during a mission flying close to the ground. He also received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and 7 Oak Leaf Clusters. Haselby made a career out of the Air Force and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1957.
Date: November 30, 2004
Creator: Haselby, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Health Awareness Workshop Agenda (open access)

Health Awareness Workshop Agenda

Agenda for a health awareness workshop at Langston University.
Date: October 30, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[National Silver Wings Honorary Membership] (open access)

[National Silver Wings Honorary Membership]

Certificate declaring Rosa Charlyne Creger an honorary member of Region 9 of the National Silver Wings for her service in WWII and the Korean War.
Date: October 30, 2004
Creator: National Silver Wings
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drinking Water: Experts' Views on How Federal Funding Can Best Be Spent To Improve Security (open access)

Drinking Water: Experts' Views on How Federal Funding Can Best Be Spent To Improve Security

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "After the events of September 11, 2001, Congress appropriated over $140 million to help drinking water systems assess their vulnerabilities to terrorist threats and to develop response plans. Utilities are asking for additional funding, however, not only to plan security upgrades but also to support their implementation. This testimony is based on GAO's report, Drinking Water: Experts' Views on How Future Federal Funding Can Best Be Spent to Improve Security (GAO-04-29, October 31, 2003). Specifically, GAO sought experts' views on (1) the key security-related vulnerabilities affecting drinking water systems, (2) the criteria for determining how federal funds are allocated among drinking water systems to improve their security, and the methods by which those funds should be distributed, and (3) specific activities the federal government should support to improve drinking water security."
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Management Systems: HHS Faces Many Challenges in Implementing Its Unified Financial Management System (open access)

Financial Management Systems: HHS Faces Many Challenges in Implementing Its Unified Financial Management System

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO has previously reported on systemic problems the federal government faces in achieving the goals of financial management reform and the importance of using disciplined processes for implementing financial management systems. As a result, the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, House Committee on Government Reform, asked GAO to review and evaluate the agencies' plans and ongoing efforts for implementing financial management systems. The results of GAO's review of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) ongoing effort to develop and implement the Unified Financial Management System (UFMS) are discussed in detail in the report Financial Management Systems: Lack of Disciplined Processes Puts Implementation of HHS' Financial System at Risk (GAO-04-1008). In this report, GAO makes 34 recommendations focused on mitigating risks associated with the project. In light of this report, the Subcommittee asked GAO to testify on the challenges HHS faces in implementing UFMS."
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Level Radioactive Waste: Future Waste Volumes and Disposal Options Are Uncertain (open access)

Low-Level Radioactive Waste: Future Waste Volumes and Disposal Options Are Uncertain

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) management concerns persist despite the LLRW Policy Act of 1980, as amended, which made states responsible for providing for disposal of class A, B, and C LLRW and made the Department of Energy (DOE) responsible for the disposal of greater-than-class C LLRW. This testimony is based on GAO's June 2004 report, which examined the adequacy of disposal availability for class A, B, and C wastes, and GAO's April 2003 report, which assessed recovery efforts involving greater-than-class-C waste. This testimony examines (1) changes in LLRW disposal availability since 1999, (2) recent LLRW disposal volumes and potential future volumes, (3) any current or anticipated shortfalls in disposal availability, (4) the potential effects of any such shortfalls, (5) the effectiveness of the Act in developing regional disposal options for class A, B, and C wastes, and (6) the status of DOE's effort to dispose of greater-than-class-C waste."
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harris Lease, August 30, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harris Lease, August 30, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harris Lease. Lease joined the United States Army Air Forces around 1942. He traveled to New Zealand, Karachi, Burma, Ceylon, and Calcutta on the New Amsterdam Liberty Ship beginning May of 1943. He provides detail of the ship and his experiences aboard. He also discusses food and travel among these various countries. He met some pilots who flew over the Hump and provides their stories. He and his crew worked on building runways. He served a total of 3 years and 2 months and was potentially discharged around 1945.
Date: August 30, 2004
Creator: Lease, Harris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0242 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0242

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 commissioners court may hold an election that creates an emergency service district and imposes a sales and use tax within the proposed district’s boundaries (RQ-0202-GA)
Date: August 30, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core Financial System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (Superseded by GAO-05-225G) (open access)

Core Financial System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (Superseded by GAO-05-225G)

Guidance issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This publication has been superseded by GAO-05-225G, Core Financial System Requirements: Checklist for Reviewing Systems under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act, February 2005. The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA) requires, among other things, that agencies implement and maintain financial management systems that substantially comply with federal financial management system requirements. These requirements are detailed in the Federal Financial Management System Requirements series issued by the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) and in the guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Circular A-127, Financial Management Systems, and the January 4, 2001, Revised Implementation Guidance for the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) of 1996. JFMIP intends for the requirements to promote understanding of key financial management systems concepts and requirements, to provide a framework for establishing integrated financial management systems to support program and financial managers, and to describe specific requirements of financial management systems. We are issuing this checklist, which reflects JFMIP's revised Core Financial System Requirements (JFMIP-SR-02-01, November 2001), to assist (1) financial systems analysts, systems accountants, systems developers, program managers, and others who design, develop, implement, operate, or …
Date: July 30, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
GAO/PCIE: Financial Audit Manual: Checklist for Federal Accounting Reporting, and Disclosures (open access)

GAO/PCIE: Financial Audit Manual: Checklist for Federal Accounting Reporting, and Disclosures

Guidance issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) maintain the GAO/PCIE Financial Audit Manual (FAM). The FAM provides guidance for performing financial statement audits of federal entities. It is a key tool for enhancing accountability over taxpayer-provided resources."
Date: July 30, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
GAO/PCIE: Financial Audit Manual: Update (open access)

GAO/PCIE: Financial Audit Manual: Update

Guidance issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) maintain the GAO/PCIE Financial Audit Manual (FAM). The FAM provides guidance for performing financial statement audits of federal entities. The FAM is a key tool for enhancing accountability over taxpayer-provided resources."
Date: July 30, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0222 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0222

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: Implementing a tax freeze by a county, city, or town, or junior college district for persons with disabilities or persons sixty-five years of age or older (RQ-0171-GA)
Date: July 30, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0223 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0223

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 condominium development is a subdivision subject to county regulation under Local Government Code chapter 232 (RQ-0177-GA)
Date: July 30, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0224 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0224

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 member of the board of directors of a water improvement district may simultaneously serve as a school district trustee (RQ-1074-GA)
Date: July 30, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Environmental Biosciences Program Fourth Quarter Report (open access)

Environmental Biosciences Program Fourth Quarter Report

In May 2002, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) signed Assistance Instrument Number DE-FC09-02CH11109 with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to support the Environmental Biosciences Program (EBP). This funding instrument replaces DOE Assistance Instrument Number DE-FC02-98CH10902. EBP is an integrated, multidisciplinary scientific research program, employing a range of research initiatives to identify, study and resolve environmental health risks. These initiatives are consistent with the MUSC role as a comprehensive state-supported health sciences institution and with the nation's need for new and better approaches to the solution of a complex and expansive array of environment-related health problems. The intrinsic capabilities of a comprehensive health sciences institution enable MUSC to be a national resource for the scientific investigation of environmental health issues. EBPs success as a nationally prominent research program is due, in part, to its ability to task-organize scientific expertise from multiple disciplines in addressing these complex problems Current research projects have focused EBP talent and resources on providing the scientific basis for risk-based standards, risk-based decision making and the accelerated clean-up of widespread environmental hazards. These hazards include trichloroethylene (TCE), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), asbestos and low-dose ionizing radiation. A project is also being conducted in the use …
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Mohr, Lawrence C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard Straw, June 30, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Richard Straw, June 30, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Straw. Straw was born in Pulaski County, Indiana 18 August 1914. He was unable to complete high school as he had to help his father on the farm. Drafted into the Army Air Corps in February 1942 he went to Kelly Field, Texas for basic training. Upon completion of basic he was sent to Los Angeles for aircraft mechanic school, which he attended for three and one-half years. He recalls working on engines of the B-17 and B-24 bombers. He was sent to a base in England for a period of time, then to Italy where he worked on P-38s. He disliked working on P-38 engines. He then went to Belgium, remaining there until the surrender of Germany.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Straw, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Additional Posthearing Questions Related to Proposed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Human Capital Regulations (open access)

Additional Posthearing Questions Related to Proposed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Human Capital Regulations

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "On February 25, 2004, Congress heard testimony at a hearing entitled "The Key to Homeland Security: The New Human Resources System." This report responds to additional questions posed by Senator Akaka and Senator Lautenberg."
Date: April 30, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
HHS OIG: Allegations of Misspending Were Unsubstantiated (open access)

HHS OIG: Allegations of Misspending Were Unsubstantiated

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Health and Human Service's (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) plays a vital role in auditing and investigating allegations of fraud and abuse in federal health and welfare programs. Because it independently evaluates various programs, activities, and functions, the OIG must act with integrity at all times. In the fall of 2003, anonymous allegations charged that certain officials in the HHS OIG's Office of Evaluation and Inspections (OEI) sponsored training and management meetings for nonwork purposes and improperly renovated a regional office. The allegations primarily focused on the actions of the Acting OEI Deputy Inspector General in relation to specific events that took place from July through September 2003. The allegations charged that she (1) sponsored training at a Florida resort to facilitate vacation time for staff, (2) scheduled several follow-up training meetings as a way of providing staff with leisure time, and (3) held a managers' meeting in New York as a pretext for participants to attend a retirement celebration for one of OEI's managers. A fourth allegation charged that the Acting OEI Deputy Inspector General, along with an Acting OEI Regional Inspector General, …
Date: April 30, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Historic Marker Application: William B. and Sue J. Houston House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: William B. and Sue J. Houston House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the William B. and Sue J. Houston House, in Gonzales, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: April 30, 2004
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History