2000 Census: New Data Capture System Progress and Risks (open access)

2000 Census: New Data Capture System Progress and Risks

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Bureau of the Census' Data Capture System (DCS) 2000 for the tabulation of 2000 census data, focusing on the status and quality of DCS 2000, as well as the risks Census faces in successfully completing the system."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Office of the President: Analysis of EOP's 1999 Information Technology Architecture Update and Capital Investment Plan Report (open access)

Executive Office of the President: Analysis of EOP's 1999 Information Technology Architecture Update and Capital Investment Plan Report

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Executive Office of the President's (EOP) 1999 Annual Update to the Information Technology Architecture (ITA) and its Capital Investment Plan Report, focusing on whether these documents adequately define a target enterprise systems architecture."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internal Controls: DOD Records Retention Practices Hamper Accountability (open access)

Internal Controls: DOD Records Retention Practices Hamper Accountability

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed the Navy's records retention and financial disbursements, focusing on the Navy's application of a Department of Defense (DOD) Financial Management Regulation (FMR) which calls for copies of disbursing officer records to be destroyed after 1 year."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laboratory Quality: Financing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) Program (open access)

Laboratory Quality: Financing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) Program

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed user fees paid to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) activities, focusing on the: (1) CLIA program budget history, including their rationale for recent fee increases; (2) allocation of increased fees across laboratories and states; and (3) information HCFA provided to states on CLIA program operations and the recent increase in fees."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing for Results: Challenges Agencies Face in Producing Credible Performance Information (open access)

Managing for Results: Challenges Agencies Face in Producing Credible Performance Information

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO identified some of the challenges agencies face in producing credible performance information and how those challenges may affect performance reporting, focusing on: (1) whether the weaknesses identified in agencies' performance plans imply challenges for the performance reports; (2) some of the challenges agencies face in producing credible performance data; and (3) how performance reports can be used to address data credibility issues."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Methodology to Identify and Measure Improper Payments in the Medicare Program Does Not Include All Fraud (open access)

Medicare: Methodology to Identify and Measure Improper Payments in the Medicare Program Does Not Include All Fraud

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the methodology used to estimate the $12.6 billion in Medicare improper payments, as reported by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) for fiscal year (FY) 1998, focusing on whether the methodology included tests to detect improper payments resulting from fraudulent and abusive schemes in the Medicare program."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securities Exchange Act: Review of Reporting Under Section 10A (open access)

Securities Exchange Act: Review of Reporting Under Section 10A

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the reporting procedures under Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934."
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0394 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0394

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to a request for a copy of a police report.
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0395 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0395

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the McAllen, Texas Police Department must release a police report related to a pending case under the Texas Public Information Act.
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0396 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0396

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the City of Euless, Texas Police Department must release information regarding the arrest of Anthony W. Pults while his prosecution is still ongoing.
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0397 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0397

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the Texas Department of Transportation must release information related to accidents on a certain stretch of U.S. 190 near Huntsville, Texas by a person intending to begin a lawsuit in the near future against the agency.
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0398 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0398

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the Dallas, Texas Police Department must release a service report related to a juvenile under the Texas Public Information Act.
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0399 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0399

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the Texas Department of Insurance must release the compensation agreement between PacifiCare of Texas Inc. and a physicians group.
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0400 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0400

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the City of Dallas, Texas must release particular financial records related to city employees who have been accused of abuse of their position.
Date: February 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 5, Pages 639-980, February 4, 2000 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 5, Pages 639-980, February 4, 2000

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: February 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Procurement of Michigan School-Based Medicaid Consulting Services (open access)

Procurement of Michigan School-Based Medicaid Consulting Services

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the process used by eight Michigan school districts to contract for Medicaid consulting and billing services, focusing on whether the process used by the school districts complied with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) procurement regulations."
Date: April 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-203 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-203

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Attendance at meetings and speaking engagements by members of the Board of Managers of the Harris County Hospital District (RQ-0133-JC)
Date: April 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-204 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-204

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Polygraph Examiners Board may inspect a polygraph examiner’s work product in the examiner’s place of business without a search warrant, and related question (RQ-0140-JC)
Date: April 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-205 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-205

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a junior college district may procure insurance using a designated broker of record (RQ-0135-JC)
Date: April 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combating Terrorism: Comments on Bill H.R. 4210 to Manage Selected Counterterrorist Programs (open access)

Combating Terrorism: Comments on Bill H.R. 4210 to Manage Selected Counterterrorist Programs

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Terrorism Preparedness Act of 2000 (H.R. 4210), focusing on the new office it created to manage selected counterterrorist programs."
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Security: Controls Over Software Changes at Federal Agencies (open access)

Information Security: Controls Over Software Changes at Federal Agencies

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on software change controls at federal agencies, focusing on: (1) whether key controls as described in documented policies and procedures regarding software change authorization, testing, and approval comply with federal guidance; and (2) the extent to which agencies contracted for year 2000 remediation of mission-critical systems and the extent to which foreign nationals were involved in these efforts."
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Management Reform: Continuing Attention Is Needed to Improve Government Performance (open access)

Management Reform: Continuing Attention Is Needed to Improve Government Performance

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the management reform efforts conducted by the National Partnership for Reinventing Government, formerly known as the National Performance Review (NPR)."
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: 21st Century Challenges Prompt Fresh Thinking About Program's Administrative Structure (open access)

Medicare: 21st Century Challenges Prompt Fresh Thinking About Program's Administrative Structure

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed ways to improve the administration of the Medicare program, focusing on the: (1) issues the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) faces in administering the Medicare program; and (2) extent to which proposed reforms or alternative models might address these issues."
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-214 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-214

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Questions relating to a conflict between the sheriff and commissioners court of Tarrant County with regard to their respective authority over budgetary matters.
Date: May 4, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History