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2012 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide: For Texas Public School Districts and Campuses (open access)

2012 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide: For Texas Public School Districts and Campuses

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) analyzing the test results, graduation rates, and other evaluation measures for performance of school districts in the state of Texas.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Performance Reporting. Department of Assessment and Accountability.
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Biennial Report on Seawater Desalination (open access)

2012 Biennial Report on Seawater Desalination

This report examines progress toward the goal of creating water supplies in Texas through seawater desalination, and identifies several areas where the financial support of the state could effectively expedite the advancement of desalination.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan (open access)

2012 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan

Plan outlining conservation concerns as well as outdoor needs as noted by citizens and outdoor professionals when surveyed.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department. State Parks Division. Recreation Grants Branch.
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals (open access)

2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals

This report focuses on the mission and objectives of transportation security professionals and introduces a pre-selected group of high school students to the various career opportunities within the profession.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Godazi, Khosro; Goodwin, Ronald E. & Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accommodating oversize and overweight loads: technical report (open access)

Accommodating oversize and overweight loads: technical report

"In this report the research project resulted in a statewide map recommending primary and alternate Oversize/ overweight (OS/OW)route networks for the most common origins and destinations based on historical Motor Carrier Division data. Keeping strategic routes open for OS/OW loads and minimizing the number of reroutes along the way will reduce the impedance and unknowns in this critical segment of the motor carrier industry."
Date: July 2012
Creator: Middleton, Daniel R.; Li, Yingfeng; Le, Jerry & Koncz, Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Activating Teens to Prevent Traffic Crashes (open access)

Activating Teens to Prevent Traffic Crashes

Document discussing methods for preventing traffic crashes by American teenagers.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Henk, Russell H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Administering Overpayment Recovery Audits in the State of Texas: Fiscal Years 2010-2012 (open access)

Administering Overpayment Recovery Audits in the State of Texas: Fiscal Years 2010-2012

Report on administering the overpayment recovery audit program in Texas for fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adult and Juvenile Correctional Population Projection, Fiscal Years 2012-2017 (open access)

Adult and Juvenile Correctional Population Projection, Fiscal Years 2012-2017

"This report is provided to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice so they may incorporate the relevant information into their Legislative Appropriations Requests for the 2014-15 biennium" (June 2012).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Assessment of Aquatic and Riparian Habitat in the Brazos River and Blanco River, Texas (open access)

Aerial Assessment of Aquatic and Riparian Habitat in the Brazos River and Blanco River, Texas

This report's purpose is "to evaluate the use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UVA) to acquire high resolution multispectral aerial imagery from Texas rivers supporting natural resource management objectives" (p. 2).
Date: May 6, 2012
Creator: Hardy, Thomas B.; Kollaus, Kristy; Tolman, Kristina; Heard, Thomas & Tennant, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Algorithms for Routing Vehicles and Their Application to the Paratransit Vehicle Scheduling Problem (open access)

Algorithms for Routing Vehicles and Their Application to the Paratransit Vehicle Scheduling Problem

"As the demand for paratransit services increases, there is a constant pressure to maintain the quality of service provided to the customers while minimizing the cost of operation: this is especially important as the availability of public funding for paratransit services has been on the decline. Key tasks in accomplishing this objective are efficiently allocating vehicles to service trips and adjusting the schedules of vehicles dynamically in response to calls received by the service providers from the customers on the day of the service."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Park, Myoungkuk; Oberlin, Paul; Rathinam, Sivakumar; Quadrifoglio, Luca & Darbha, Swaroop
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alternative Methods of Flexible Base Compaction Acceptance (open access)

Alternative Methods of Flexible Base Compaction Acceptance

"This report summarizes the concerns expressed with the current Texas Department of Transportation(TxDOT) methods, presents approaches some TxDOT districts have taken to overcome problems, and summarizes the current status of other agencies' efforts at mechanistic based acceptance for flexible base. Also this report presents results and findings from a full-scale compaction experiment."
Date: May 2012
Creator: Sebesta, Stephen; Taylor, Ross & Frazier, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alternative Methods of Flexible Base Compaction Acceptance (open access)

Alternative Methods of Flexible Base Compaction Acceptance

Partial abstract: "This report presents the results from the second year of research work investigating issues with flexible base acceptance testing within the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).... Based on the findings, this report presents a modified construction specification for flesible base and a draft test procedure for using the [dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP)] for compaction acceptance."
Date: February 2012
Creator: Sebesta, Stephen; Shon, Chang-Seon & Scullion, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angler Education Instructor Guide: November 2012 (open access)

Angler Education Instructor Guide: November 2012

Guide for angler education volunteers covering basic knowledge and skills necessary for students to become successful anglers.
Date: November 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Annual Report on Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2012 (open access)

An Annual Report on Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2012

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the classified state employee turnover rate for Fiscal Year 2012. This report provides and analyzes information on employee turnover and summarizes exit survey data, which includes the reasons that employees left state employment.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application guide and specifications for geotextiles in roadway applications (open access)

Application guide and specifications for geotextiles in roadway applications

Abstract: "Geotextiles, one among the different geosynthetic products, can be used for a number of functions or applications in pavement design. The benefits of using geotextiles in pavements and other transportation applications have triggered a proliferation of products. While this abundance of new products has led to reduction in costs, it has also made it difficult for TxDOT personnel to choose appropriate products based on their engineering properties. Consequently, this report provides the basis for (i) guidelines for proper use and selection of geotextiles in pavements, (ii) material specifications for geotextiles in pavement applications, and (iii) draft construction specifications."
Date: February 2012
Creator: Zornberg, Jorge G. & Thompson, Nathan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aquifer Test and Related Well Information from Public Water Supply Wells in Groundwater Management Area 8: Final Report (open access)

Aquifer Test and Related Well Information from Public Water Supply Wells in Groundwater Management Area 8: Final Report

This report developed a database and a suite of visualization tools to support the analysis of information from approximately 1,000 aquifer tests and 4,000 public water supply (PWS) wells located in Groundwater Management Area 8 (GMA 8). (p. ix).
Date: July 2012
Creator: Young, Steven C.; Jia, Meng; Pinkard, James & Lupton, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project in Fort Worth, Texas to determine whether there were any cultural resources in the area.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: Chavez, Michael R. & Hall, Crystal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archeological Monitoring for the proposed Lake Texana Pipeline Repolacement Jackson County, Texas (open access)

Archeological Monitoring for the proposed Lake Texana Pipeline Repolacement Jackson County, Texas

This report was conducted for archaeological monitoring for the Lake Texana Pipeline Replacement Project in Jackson County, Texas.
Date: 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archival and Archeological Research: Camino Real de los Tejas and Texas State Parks (open access)

Archival and Archeological Research: Camino Real de los Tejas and Texas State Parks

Report on the route of El Camino Real as it extends through four Texas State Parks.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Weddle, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Assessing Public Benefits and Costs of Freight Transportation Projects: Measuring Shippers' Value of Delay on the Freight System (open access)

Assessing Public Benefits and Costs of Freight Transportation Projects: Measuring Shippers' Value of Delay on the Freight System

This report gauges the economic impact of freight delay due to highway congestion, this project focuses on estimating shippers' value of delay (VOD).
Date: July 2012
Creator: Gong, Qi; Miao, Qing; Wang, Bruce X. & Adams, Teresa M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2011 (open access)

An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2011

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the total amount of school district bonds guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund's (Fund) Bond Guarantee Program (Program), whether these were within the limits established by Section 45.053(a) and (d) of the Texas Education Code and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and recent changes made to the Program's rules and statutes.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Community Justice Assistance Division Diversion Program Grants at the Department of Criminal Justice (open access)

An Audit Report on Community Justice Assistance Division Diversion Program Grants at the Department of Criminal Justice

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Community Justice Assistance Division's (Division) processes and controls that are designed and operating to help ensure that local departments use diversion funds in accordance with approved community justice plans and grant agreements.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Contract Management at the Department of Motor Vehicles (open access)

An Audit Report on Contract Management at the Department of Motor Vehicles

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) procures contracted goods and services in accordance with applicable state laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures to help ensure that the State's financial interests are protected, and whether the Department has processes and related controls to help ensure that contractors perform according to the terms of their contracts and that the Department processes contractor payments in accordance with applicable state laws, rules, Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts requirements, and Department policies and procedures.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Financial and Operational Processes at Midwestern State University (open access)

An Audit Report on Financial and Operational Processes at Midwestern State University

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to selected financial processes at Midwestern State University, ensuring that the University has implemented a system of financial and administrative controls.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History