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United Nations Environment Programme 2009 Annual Report (open access)

United Nations Environment Programme 2009 Annual Report

The 2009 UNEP annual report provides detailed information about various UNEP activities during the year of 2009, including analysis of the outcome of the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference. The report emphasizes the need to mobilize behind climate action in 2009 and to continue to ensure that environmental sustainability is recognized both as a legitmate goal in itself and as a means to achieving all other development objectives including the Millennium Development Goals.
Date: February 2010
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Outcomes of Copenhagen: The Negotiations and the Accord (open access)

The Outcomes of Copenhagen: The Negotiations and the Accord

This document evaluates the Copenhagen climate talks, including the status of the negotiations on the key issues under the formal negotiating tracks and the provisions of the Copenhagen Accord, and draws implications for the implementation of actions in developing countries.
Date: February 2010
Creator: Averchenkova, Alina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan (open access)

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan

This action plan articulates the most significant ecosystem problems for the Great Lakes, and describes efforts to address them. The five areas are toxic substances, invasive species, health and pollution, wildlife and habitat preservation and restoration, and finally a component that covers accountability and evaluation.
Date: February 21, 2010
Creator: United States. Council on Environmental Quality.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emeritus College Presentation Lecture Notes (open access)

Emeritus College Presentation Lecture Notes

These lecture notes accompany a presentation titled 'This Side of the Border: The Mexican Revolution through the Lens of American Photographer Otis Aultman.' The lecture notes discuss the fifty-two presentation slides with the topics and details.
Date: February 17, 2011
Creator: Carlisle, Tara
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0757 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0757

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 the Behavioral Health Unit of the Titus Regional Medical Center is a "private facility" for purposes of section 118.055, Local Government Code (RQ-0795-GA)
Date: February 3, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0758 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0758

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 the South Texas Water Authority may adopt an effective tax rate under the provisions of chapter 26 of the Tax Code (RQ-0815-GA)
Date: February 9, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0759 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0759

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: Authority of a licensing agency to obtain criminal history information regarding an applicant (RQ-0820-GA).
Date: February 16, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0760 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0760

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:Authority of a sheriff to accept a fee from a private organization that contracts with the sheriff's county to operate the county jail (RQ-0823-GA).
Date: February 17, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0839 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0839

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; Authority of a county judge to unilaterally grant access to county financial records to a volunteer financial consultant (RQ-0908-GA)
Date: February 7, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0840 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0840

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 an individual may simultaneously serve as Director of Judicial Support Services for Bexar County and as a visiting statutory county court judge in that county (RQ-0909-GA)
Date: February 7, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0841 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0841

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 part-time municipal court judge may simultaneously serve as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7 (RQ-0911-GA)
Date: February 7, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0842 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0842

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 local civil service commission may impose a fee for an applicant to take a fire department promotional civil service examination (RQ-0912-GA)
Date: February 7, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0843 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0843

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; Authority of the Sandy Land Underground Water Conservation District to transfer certain assets to an individual or other entity (RQ-0904-GA)
Date: February 16, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0844 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0844

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; Constitutionality of subsection 32.0248(h), Human Resources Code, which prohibits the Health and Human Services Commission from contracting under the Women's Health Program with entities that perform or promote elective abortions or with affiliates if such entities (RQ-0902-GA)
Date: February 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0845 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0845

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 the Health and Human Services Commission may adopt a definition of the term "affiliate" for purposes of section 32.0248 of the Human Resources Code (RQ-0903-GA)
Date: February 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0846 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0846

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 section 542.2035, Transportation Code, prohibits a municipal peace officer from using a handheld laser speed enforcement device to collect evidence before initiating a traffic stop (RQ-0914-GA)
Date: February 28, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0847 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0847

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 information contained in a presentence investigation report may be released to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the protection of a child (RQ-0917-GA)
Date: February 28, 2011
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0910 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0910

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; Application of nepotism law, chapter 573, Government Code, to a school superintendent's reassignment of his spouse, a school district counselor (RQ-0991-GA)
Date: February 7, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0911 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0911

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; Jurisdiction of the Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board over a property tax appraiser's uniform and equal analysis (RQ-0992-GA)
Date: February 7, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0912 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0912

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 justice of the peace may adjudicate truancy cases where an interlocal agreement between the county and the school district provides that a school attendee officer will serve as juvenile court coordinator (RQ-0994-GA)
Date: February 27, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0913 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0913

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 an eight-liner machine that dispenses tickets for prizes redeemable only at the bingo hall in which the machine is located is a "gambling device" within the meaning of section 47.01(4) of the Penal Code (RQ-0995-GA)
Date: February 27, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0914 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0914

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 the Board of Physical Therapy Examiners may provide the social security numbers of its licensees to a nonprofit organization composed of physical therapy licensing authorizes in the United States (RQ-0996-GA)
Date: February 27, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Media Ethics and Dilemmas: Journalists, Citizens and Technology [Presentation Notes] (open access)

Media Ethics and Dilemmas: Journalists, Citizens and Technology [Presentation Notes]

This document offers notes that accompany a presentation on media ethics and dilemmas. The presentation and its accompanying notes were presented with an essay that was awarded a 2013 Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Award. The notes discuss media ethics and how changes in journalism and technology have led to new ethical dilemmas.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Lewis, Christopher G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Problem of Data: iSchools and the New Data Professional (open access)

The Problem of Data: iSchools and the New Data Professional

Paper outlining a fishbowl discussion event at the 2013 International iConference. The theme of the fishbowl event is data curation, data lifecycle, pedagogy, professional development, and library education.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C. & Stark, Shannon
System: The UNT Digital Library