CR News, Volume 18, Number 3, July-September 2013 (open access)

CR News, Volume 18, Number 3, July-September 2013

Quarterly newsletter of the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to crime records and other safety issue within Texas, along with a departmental directory.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas. Crime Records Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Main Street Matters, July 2013 (open access)

Main Street Matters, July 2013

Newsletter issued by the Texas Main Street Program discussing news, events, and other information related to the program as well as featuring designated participating communities and providing technical advice regarding conservation and restoration.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1013 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1013

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 require a permit and charge a fee for installing an access point to a county road (RQ-111 0-GA).
Date: July 22, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1012 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1012

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 State of Texas has a legal obligation to pay unfunded losses that exceed the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's ability to pay (RQ-1112-GA).
Date: July 1, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1009 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1009

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 2013 Qualified Allocation Plan adopted by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs complies with Government Code section 2306.6710(b) (RQ-1106-GA).
Date: July 1, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1014 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1014

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 counties operating under the County Road Department System may accept money from private entities in exchange for agreeing to repair or improve county roads designated by the private entities (RQ-1111-GA).
Date: July 22, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1011 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1011

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 water control and improvement district may adopt and enforce rules regarding illegal dumping and weed control (RQ-11 09-GA).
Date: July 1, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1010 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1010

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 enter into an agreement with a third party to fund road construction (RQ-11 07-GA).
Date: July 1, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1015 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1015

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 machinery and equipment at a cattle feedlot are used in the "production of farm or ranch products" for purposes of Tax Code section 11.161 (RQ-1113-GA).
Date: July 22, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meteorological and Wave Measurements for Improving Meteorological and Air Quality Modeling (open access)

Meteorological and Wave Measurements for Improving Meteorological and Air Quality Modeling

This is a report on the developed atmospheric boundary layer environmental observations program on offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The report provides information on the project objectives, deployment of instruments, data availability, data processing, data formats, preliminary data analyses, and recommendations.
Date: July 2013
Creator: MacDonald, Clinton P.; Ray, Alison E.; Roberts, Paul T.; Knoderer, Charley A.; Bariteau, Ludovic & Fairall, Chris W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Force F-22 Fighter Program (open access)

Air Force F-22 Fighter Program

This is a report that discusses the procurement of Air Force F-22 Raptor fighters, which began in Fiscal Year 1999, and a total of 195 (177 production aircraft, 16 test aircraft, and 2 development aircraft) were procured through FY2009.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Insurance Premium Credits in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

Health Insurance Premium Credits in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

This report describes who will be eligible for the premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies, and how the credit and subsidy amounts will be calculated. It also highlights selected issues addressed in the final regulation on premium credits.
Date: July 9, 2013
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette & Gabe, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Employer Penalties Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

Potential Employer Penalties Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

This report describes the potential employer penalties and proposed regulations to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer provisions.
Date: July 22, 2013
Creator: Mulvey, Janemarie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority: Options and Issues (open access)

Privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority: Options and Issues

This report will discuss the history and role of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) mostly from an energy standpoint, considering current and future obligations, and other issues related to TVA’s provision of electrical energy. Issues for Congress may involve consideration of whether a federal role is still necessary to achieve the TVA Act’s objectives.
Date: July 29, 2013
Creator: Campbell, Richard J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements (open access)

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

This report is categorized into six categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Arms Control Between the United States and States of the Former Soviet Union, (III) Multilateral Nuclear Nonproiferation Activities, (IV) Non-Nuclear Multilateral Endeavors, (V) Conventional Technology Controls and (VI) Weapons Control and Elimination Conventions.
Date: July 15, 2013
Creator: Woolf, Amy E.; Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discretionary Spending in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (open access)

Discretionary Spending in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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Date: July 1, 2013
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen; Lister, Sarah A.; Colello, Kirsten J.; Sarata, Amanda K. & Heisler, Elayne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Issues in the 113th Congress: An Overview (open access)

Clean Air Issues in the 113th Congress: An Overview

This report discusses EPA's regulatory actions on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that have been one focus of congressional interest. It also points out Emissions of other Pollutants from Power Plants.
Date: July 15, 2013
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Safety Net Provisions in a 2013 Farm Bill: S. 954 and H.R. 2642 (open access)

Farm Safety Net Provisions in a 2013 Farm Bill: S. 954 and H.R. 2642

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Date: July 24, 2013
Creator: Shields, Dennis A. & Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (open access)

Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

This report discusses the community connect broadband grants, Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program, Other Broadband Programs and pilot Broadband Loan and Grant Programs.
Date: July 12, 2013
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations (open access)

Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations

This report provides a brief background on political and economic conditions in Ecuador under President Correa, and examines current U.S. relations with Ecuador.
Date: July 3, 2013
Creator: Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Surveillance and the Future of Standing to Sue Post-Clapper (open access)

Foreign Surveillance and the Future of Standing to Sue Post-Clapper

This report is categorized into three categories: (I) Background on the Doctrines of Constitutional and Prudential Standing, (II) Clapper v. Amnesty International, and (III) Future of Litigation Challenging the Foreign Surveillance Practices.
Date: July 10, 2013
Creator: Nolan, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Filling U.S. Senate Vacancies: Perspectives and Contemporary Developments (open access)

Filling U.S. Senate Vacancies: Perspectives and Contemporary Developments

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Date: July 16, 2013
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual Development Accounts (IDAs): Background on Federal Grant Programs to Help Low-Income Families Save (open access)

Individual Development Accounts (IDAs): Background on Federal Grant Programs to Help Low-Income Families Save

This report describes IDA(Individual Development Accounts) programs funded by two major federal grants.
Date: July 10, 2013
Creator: Falk, Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Delay in Implementation of Potential Employer Penalties Under ACA (open access)

Delay in Implementation of Potential Employer Penalties Under ACA

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Date: July 16, 2013
Creator: Mulvey, Janemarie; Fernandez, Bernadette & Mach, Annie L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library