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Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Senate Higher Education Committee Interim Report (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Senate Higher Education Committee Interim Report

Report from the Texas Senate Higher Education Committee describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate. Higher Education Committee.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0107 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0107

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Texas Lottery Commission to deny, suspend, or revoke a lottery ticket sales agent license in specific instances (RQ,.0096-KP).
Date: August 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0084 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0084

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Questions related to an emergency services district's sales and use tax election that failed to exclude territory where the sales tax was already capped at two percent (RQ-0070-KP).
Date: May 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0082 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0082

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether licensed physical therapists are authorized to practice trigger point dry needling (RQ-0068-KP).
Date: May 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0083 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0083

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county is responsible for costs associated with transporting a body from an autopsy to its final destination (RQ-0069-KP).
Date: May 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0108 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0108

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a nonprofit entity that has offices on land owned by a municipality may restrict the licensed carrying of handguns on the property (RQ-0097-KP).
Date: August 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Public Utility Rulebook Updates: September 19, 2016] (open access)

[Public Utility Rulebook Updates: September 19, 2016]

Memorandum providing updates to rulebook related to public utilities with revised pages containing amendments and instructions for inserting the new pages into existing books.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Public Utility Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board Annual Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board Annual Report: 2016

Annual report of the Texas Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2016.
Date: December 9, 2016
Creator: Texas Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, November 9, 2016] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, November 9, 2016]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for November 2016 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: November 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Bar of Texas Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

State Bar of Texas Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the State Bar of Texas documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: November 9, 2016
Creator: State Bar of Texas
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nueces River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Nueces River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2016

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Date: December 9, 2016
Creator: Nueces River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Anti-Nepotism Statute: Limits on Appointing, Hiring, and Promoting Relatives (open access)

The Federal Anti-Nepotism Statute: Limits on Appointing, Hiring, and Promoting Relatives

This report discusses laws governing the hiring of family members in the executive branch and ant-nepotism efforts.
Date: August 9, 2016
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Nosal" Parts 1 & 2: Password Sharing May Be a Federal Crime & Circuit Split on Restitution for Attorney's Fees (open access)

"Nosal" Parts 1 & 2: Password Sharing May Be a Federal Crime & Circuit Split on Restitution for Attorney's Fees

This report discusses the case of "Nosal v. United States" and charges against Nosal for fraud, stealing trade secrets, and access without authorization charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The charges under the CFAA are discussed in-depth along with implications for consensual password sharing being covered under the act. Restitution of attorneys fees in the case by Nosal are also discussed.
Date: December 9, 2016
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DC Circuit Holds An Agency Official's Private Email Account Not Beyond the Reach of FOIA (open access)

DC Circuit Holds An Agency Official's Private Email Account Not Beyond the Reach of FOIA

This report discusses the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in "Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Office of Science and Technology Policy" stating that emails pertaining to work in personal email accounts are accessible under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Date: August 9, 2016
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, March 9, 2016] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, March 9, 2016]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for March 2016 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: March 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Fiscal Space" and the Federal Budget (open access)

"Fiscal Space" and the Federal Budget

This report discusses plans for the federal budget and the concept of "fiscal space," or the amount of room available for additional government borrowing.
Date: December 9, 2016
Creator: Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Budget Deficit and the Business Cycle (open access)

The Federal Budget Deficit and the Business Cycle

This report discusses the annual federal budget deficit, which has fallen significantly over the course of the current economic expansion, from a high of 9.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) in FY2009 to 3.2% of GDP in FY2016
Date: December 9, 2016
Creator: Driessen, Grant A. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch (open access)

Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch

This report report provides a brief overview on how Congress can establish federal advisory committees, and provides some considerations as to why a federal advisory committee may or may not be an appropriate mechanism to assist a particular policy or funding question. The report also explores why Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) may or may not be appropriate for application to particular advisory committees. It presents data on the number of active FACA committees established by Congress with special emphasis on the committees established in FY2015. This report concludes by presenting a list of the federal advisory committees currently proposed for statutory establishment in the 114th Congress.
Date: December 9, 2016
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy & Burgat, Casey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe V. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (open access)

Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe V. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A report about the Dakota Access pipeline and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: United States. Department of Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 50, Pages 9667-9806, December 9, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 50, Pages 9667-9806, December 9, 2016

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) and Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) and Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC): Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses issues surrounding the funding for development of Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) and Marine Personnel Carriers (MPCs). The Marines are required by law to have the necessary equipment to conduct amphibious operations and land operations.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 114th Congress (open access)

Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 114th Congress

This report discusses border security, interior enforcement, visa security, asylum, and other immigration-related issues that have received legislative action or are of significant congressional interest in the 114th Congress.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Argueta, Carla N.; Bjelopera, Jerome P.; Garcia, Michael John; Kandel, William A. & Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), which is an Army-led, multi-service initiative to develop a family of light tactical vehicles as a successor to the High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs). It includes background information; a description of the JLTV program, program history, and program activities; information about the JLTV contract, Lockheed Martin's protest to the program, budgetary issues, and potential issues for Congress.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 37, Pages 6831-7226, September 9, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 37, Pages 6831-7226, September 9, 2016

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History