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Steele appointed as DART Vice President, CIO
News release about DART naming Allan Steele as its new vice president and CIO.
Date:
December 30, 2008
Creator:
Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Domestic Nonprofit Corportation Certificate of Dissolution]
Photocopy of the form completed by Jeannette Goodrum to dissolve the Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII as a nonprofit corporation in the state of California. A sticky note attached to the form includes a handwritten message stating, "It is finally finished. Hope you are well - and your husband also. Jan."
Date:
December 26, 2008
Creator:
California. Secretary of State
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Homeland Security Grant Program Risk-Based Distribution Methods: Presentation to Congressional Committees - November 14, 2008 and December 15, 2008
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report formally transmits the briefing in response to P.L. 110-329, the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act, that required GAO for the fourth year to review the methodology the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) use to allocate Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) grants, including the risk assessment methodology they use to determine which urban areas are eligible to apply for grants. HSGP includes the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) and Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) grants. Our objective was to identify any changes in the methodology for risk assessment and grant allocation for 2009 and to assess the reasonableness of the methodology. We analyzed DHS and FEMA documents including the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 risk analysis models and grant guidance and interviewed DHS and FEMA officials about the changes in the 2009 model. We did our work between October and December 2008 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. We briefed the mandated reporting committees with two briefings in November 2008 and December 2008 on the results of our analysis."
Date:
December 23, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Scientific Collections: Mission-Critical Infrastructure for Federal Science Agencies
This report describes the nature and state of federally-held scientific collections which exist for scientific study to provide insight about historical trends in biodiversity, climate, and ecosystems.
Date:
December 23, 2008
Creator:
National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Committee on Science, Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Natural Hazard Mitigation and Insurance: The United States and Selected Countries Have Similar Natural Hazard Mitigation Policies but Different Insurance Approaches
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Natural hazards adversely affect hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year and cause extensive property damage. In 2007, a year that was not considered an exceptional one for natural hazards, natural hazards caused an estimated 14,600 deaths and $70 billion in property losses. For that year, the insurance industry covered $23.3 billion in losses. In catastrophic loss years, such as 2005--the year that saw Hurricane Katrina--losses can be far greater. Scientific assessments indicate that climate change is expected to alter the frequency and severity of natural hazard events, and as a result, losses can be expected to climb. Given this scenario, examining policies that are used in other countries to reduce the loss of life and property caused by natural hazard events and examining insurance approaches that provide coverage for natural hazard losses can help identify practices in both areas that could benefit the United States. Similarly, given the ongoing challenges facing the United States, international cooperative efforts may provide instructive examples of risk management and disaster reduction. Because of Congressional interest in these areas, GAO was asked to (1) identify policies used by other countries to …
Date:
December 22, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Olian Perry, December 22, 2008
Transcript of an oral interview with Olian Perry. Perry went to boot camp in San Diego. They were supposed to have ten week's of training but only had seven before they were shipped overseas on the Mastonia, landing in New Zealand. He was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, 18th Marines, 1st Battalion, Company "C" as a dynamite man. After some training on New Zealand, they went to Guadalcanal on a troop ship. Once onshore, they started digging their foxholes but couldn't get any sleep because of washing machine charlie coming over. Perry talks about the land crabs crawling into their foxholes after the Japanese would bomb or shell the island. After Guadalcanal, he went back to New Zealand and then to Tarawa. Perry went into Tarawa on a Higgins boat and describes it as "just murder"; he went over the side of the boat and into waist deep water. Perry states "men were dropping around you side by side". After Tarawa, they went to Parker Ranch in Hawaii for R&R. From there they went to Saipan and Tinian. Perry describes seeing a man and woman come out, throw their kids over the cliff, and then jump in right after …
Date:
December 22, 2008
Creator:
Perry, Olian Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Editor's Foreword [Winter 2008]
Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date:
Winter 2008
Creator:
Holden, Janice Miner
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas Underwood, December 20, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Underwood. Underwood joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936. He entered the Navy in 1940 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Portland (CA-33) at Pearl Harbor, where he was trained as a signalman. He was out on maneuvers on 7 December 1941 and recalls seeing a signal come in from the flag ship that the harbor was under attack. When he returned a few days later, the USS Arizona (BB-39) was still smoking. Underwood spent the remainder of the war escorting ships and carrying out shore bombardments. After the Portland was torpedoed at the Battle of Surigao Strait, Underwood enjoyed a few months in Australia. There, he reconnected with old friends he had made on a goodwill tour before the war began. When the war ended, Underwood returned home for shore duty and remained in the Navy for another 20 years. His picture can be found in LIFE Magazine’s January 1942 issue, showing the Portland’s signalmen.
Date:
December 20, 2008
Creator:
Underwood, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DOD Personnel Clearances: Preliminary Observations about Timeliness and Quality
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This correspondence provides our preliminary assessment of the timeliness and quality of the Department of Defense's (DOD) personnel security clearance program. These findings are based on an ongoing engagement that we have been conducting since February 2008 under the Comptroller General's authority to conduct evaluations on his own initiative. In 2009, we plan to issue a report providing more details regarding these findings. In response to a draft of this briefing report, DOD provided written comments and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) provided comments via email. Our summary and evaluation of DOD's and OPM's comments and DOD's written comments are included. We are addressing this product to Congress at Congress' request due to Congress' continued interest in the DOD personnel security clearance program."
Date:
December 19, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Endangered Species Act: Many GAO Recommendations Have Been Implemented, but Some Issues Remain Unresolved
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 protects plant and animal species that are either facing extinction (endangered species) or are likely to face extinction in the foreseeable future (threatened species) and protects the ecosystems upon which they depend. The act includes provisions for listing species that need protection, designating habitat deemed critical to a listed species' survival, developing recovery plans, and protecting listed species against certain harms caused by federal and nonfederal actions. Since the act's inception, more than 1,300 species occurring in the United States or its territories have been placed on the list of threatened and endangered species. The Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)--collectively referred to as "the services"--are responsible for administration and implementation of the ESA, but all federal agencies have responsibilities for protecting species under the act. The act has long been a lightning rod for political debate about the extent to which the nation's natural resources should be protected and how best to protect them. Proponents of the act believe that it is important to preserve the …
Date:
December 19, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lottery Security Study
This document reports on the security, including computer security, systems security and all aspects of lottery security, of the Texas Lottery Commission and provides recommendations for improvement.
Date:
December 19, 2008
Creator:
Texas Lottery Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Frasher, December 19, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Frasher. Frasher joined the Marine Corps in September of 1943. He provides details of his training. He served as a pilot in a Corsair in Marine Aircraft Group 51 (MAG-51). He served on the carrier USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107). He provides some details of his experiences catapulting off, and landing on, the carrier. Beginning in April of 1945 he participated in the Battle of Okinawa, covering landings and completing daily bomb runs in the Sakishima Islands. He also covered Australian landings that occurred in Balikpapan, Borneo. He strafed air strips on Formosa and made over 50 carrier landings. He shares some of his experiences of life aboard the carrier. He was discharged in December of 1945.
Date:
December 19, 2008
Creator:
Frasher, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transit agency employees deliver a train-load of help
News release about DART's "Friendly Food Fight," a charity drive to collect food donations in partnership with Dallas's Union Gospel Mission.
Date:
December 18, 2008
Creator:
Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Louis Lehmann House]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Louis Lehmann, in Brenham, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date:
December 17, 2008
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0687
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 monies held in trust in a certain sub-account of the state highway fund may be transferred to a regional transport authority (RQ-0721-GA).
Date:
December 17, 2008
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DART ridership continues growth in November
News release about DART continuing to set ridership records despite falling gas prices.
Date:
December 16, 2008
Creator:
Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten notes]
Handwritten notes on December 16, 2008 which reads "Internet merchant account, meet or beat policy."
Date:
December 16, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Enhanced to Better Inform Congress
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) prepositions equipment at strategic locations around the world in order to field combat-ready forces in days, rather than the weeks it would take if equipment had to be moved from the United States to the locations of conflicts. DOD's prepositioned stock programs support the National Military Strategy and are an important part of its overall strategic mobility framework. Prepositioned materiel and equipment have played an important role in supporting ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, sustained continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a toll on the condition and readiness of military equipment. In April 2008 we testified that it was unclear when these critical reserve stocks would be reconstituted or how much the total cost would be. The Army and Marine Corps face a number of ongoing and long-term challenges that will affect both the timing and the cost of equipment repair and replacement--particularly to its prepositioned stocks. DOD has reported to Congress that the military services are committed to resetting prepositioned materiel but must balance its efforts within the priorities of reorganization of those prepositioned capabilities and changes in …
Date:
December 15, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 2001, Congress has provided the Department of Defense (DOD) with about $808 billion in supplemental and annual appropriations, as of September 2008, primarily for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). DOD's reported annual obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in fiscal year 2001 to about $162.4 billion in fiscal year 2008. The United States' commitments to GWOT will likely involve the continued investment of significant resources, requiring decision makers to consider difficult trade-offs as the nation faces an increasing fiscal challenge. The magnitude of future costs will depend on several direct and indirect cost variables and, in some cases, decisions that have not yet been made. DOD's future costs will likely be affected by the pace and duration of operations, the types of facilities needed to support troops overseas, redeployment plans, and the amount of equipment to be repaired or replaced. DOD compiles and reports monthly and cumulative incremental obligations incurred to support GWOT in a monthly Supplemental and Cost of War Execution Report. DOD leadership uses this report, along with other information, to advise Congress …
Date:
December 15, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations around the world have highlighted the need for U.S. forces to train as they intend to fight. Department of Defense (DOD) training ranges and operating areas are required to be managed and operated to support their long-term viability and utility to meet the national defense mission. The use of military training ranges enhances training by providing realistic, hands-on experience. Sustainable training range management focuses on the practices that allow the military to manage its ranges in a way that ensures their usefulness well into the future. Because the military faces obstacles in acquiring new training lands, the preservation and sustainable management of its current lands must be priorities. New advances in technology, coupled with a shift in force posture, mean that DOD needs to continually update and maintain its training ranges. Military training ranges vary in size from a few acres--for small arms training--to over a million acres for large maneuver exercises and weapons testing, and include broad open ocean areas for offshore training and testing. These ranges face ever increasing limitations and restrictions on land, water, and airspace as …
Date:
December 15, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus Executive Board Meeting and Conference Call
Minutes for the December 14, 2008 meeting of the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus Executive Board Meeting and Conference Call, documenting a breakdown of various topics including Treasurer's report during the meeting.
Date:
December 14, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[TSDC Executive Board Meeting and Conference Call]
Minutes for the December 14, 2008 meeting of the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus Executive Board Meeting and Conference Call, documenting a breakdown of various topics including Treasurer's report during the meeting. General ledger of all the financial transactions as of December 31, 2008. TSDC All Transactions for Houston Stonewall Young Democrats. TSDC All Transactions for Houston Area Stonewall Democrats (Cust). Handwritten notes on yellow lined paper, regarding TSDC meeting on December 14, 2008.
Date:
December 14, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Historic Marker Application: Hinmann House]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Hinmann House, in New Braunfels, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date:
December 11, 2008
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2007)
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Section 402 of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2009 required us to report to the appropriate congressional committees by the end of the 110th Congress regarding the Department of Defense's (DOD) progress in implementing GAO's recommendations over the last 7 years. During this period of time, we issued 637 reports to DOD or its components that included 2,726 recommendations. By law, agencies, including DOD, are required to submit written statements to Congress explaining actions taken in response to recommendations we have made. We follow up on the implementation status of each recommendation at least annually to determine whether DOD has instituted sufficient corrective actions. This report, which responds to this mandate, contains the results of our analysis on the implementation status of the 2,726 recommendations we made to DOD or its components in reports issued during fiscal years 2001 through 2007. Based on discussion with congressional staff, we are also providing examples of related financial accomplishments3 reported for the period, based on DOD-related work."
Date:
December 11, 2008
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
System:
The UNT Digital Library