Texas Department of Criminal Justice Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 6, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation and Texas Department of Licensing and regulations describing the organizations' planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 6, 2012
Creator: Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Insurance Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Department of Insurance Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Department of Insurance describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 6, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Insurance.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Impact of the 2011 Drought and Beyond (open access)

The Impact of the 2011 Drought and Beyond

This document discusses the current drought and its impacts on the state; current and future water resources in Texas; and innovative solutions governments in Texas and elsewhere are using to solve the water crisis.
Date: February 6, 2012
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $514 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $514 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document provides information on the distribution of $514 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date: June 6, 2012
Creator: Combs, Susan
Object Type: Book
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
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Real Estate Commission and Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board: Strategic Plan 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Real Estate Commission and Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board: Strategic Plan 2013-2017

The Texas Real Estate Commission and Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board mission is to safeguard the public interest and protect consumers of real estate services.
Date: July 6, 2012
Creator: Texas Real Estate Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lead Safe, Cleaning Tips (open access)

Lead Safe, Cleaning Tips

This pamphlet provides individuals with helpful information about cleaning their homes.
Date: April 6, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses (open access)

Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses

This report first explores the potential uses of drones in the domestic sphere by federal, state, and local governments. It then surveys current Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, including cases surrounding privacy in the home, privacy in public spaces, location tracking, manned aerial surveillance, and those involving the national border. Next, it considers how existing jurisprudence may inform current and proposed drone uses. It then describes the various legislative measures introduced in the 113th Congress to address the legal and policy issues surrounding drones. Finally, it briefly identifies several alternative approaches that may constrain the potential scope of drone surveillance.
Date: September 6, 2012
Creator: Thompson, Richard M., II
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues (open access)

Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues

This report provides a historical examination of the SBA's size standards, assesses competing views concerning how to define a small business, and discusses how the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 might affect program eligibility. It also discusses H.R. 585, the Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011, which would authorize the SBA's Office of Chief Counsel for Advocacy to approve or disapprove a size standard proposed by a federal agency if it deviates from the SBA's size standards.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Dilger, Robert J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues (open access)

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues

This report examines debates over what constitutes an unfunded federal mandate and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA's) implementation. It focuses on UMRA's requirement that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issue written cost estimate statements for federal mandates in legislation, its procedures for raising points of order in the House and Senate concerning unfunded federal mandates in legislation, and its requirement that federal agencies prepare written cost estimate statements for federal mandates in rules.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay & Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy (open access)

China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy

This report examines the importance to the U.S. economy of China's investment in U.S. securities, as well as the policy implications of its holdings for both the United States and China.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DNA Testing in Criminal Justice: Background, Current Law, Grants, and Issues (open access)

DNA Testing in Criminal Justice: Background, Current Law, Grants, and Issues

This report provides an overview of how DNA is used to investigate crimes and help protect the innocent. It also reviews current statutory law on collecting DNA samples, sharing DNA profiles generated from those samples, and providing access to post-conviction DNA testing. The report also includes a summary of grant programs authorized by Congress to assist state and local governments with reducing DNA backlogs, provide post-conviction DNA testing, and promote new technology in the field.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: James, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy

This report looks at Kuwait's relationships with its neighbors in the Persian Gulf, and its own political system which has been in turmoil since 2006.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides a brief overview of the key issues for Congress related to Egypt and information on U.S. foreign aid to Egypt. The United States has provided significant military and economic assistance to Egypt since the late 1970s. U.S. policy makers have routinely justified aid to Egypt as an investment in regional stability, built primarily on long-running military cooperation and on sustaining the March 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Ballistic Missile and Space Launch Programs (open access)

Iran's Ballistic Missile and Space Launch Programs

This report provides an overview of the sociopolitical and economic situation in Iran, and discusses Iran's ballistic missile and space launch programs.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Hildreth, Steven A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians (open access)

Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians

This report collects statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). OEF actions took place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also include American casualties in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Chesser, Susan G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Right to Work Laws: Legislative Background and Empirical Research (open access)

Right to Work Laws: Legislative Background and Empirical Research

This report is divided into two parts. The first part discusses right to work (RTW) laws themselves. It provides a brief legislative history on the federal role in the regulation of unions, a summary of the origin and development of RTW laws, a discussion of recent events at the state level, and federal legislation related to RTW. The second part of the report reviews the varied empirical research on the effects of RTW laws. Specifically, it will discuss the mixed evidence indicating relationships between RTW laws and other economic outcomes.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Collins, Benjamin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Brief: Next Steps in the War in Afghanistan? Issues for Congress (open access)

In Brief: Next Steps in the War in Afghanistan? Issues for Congress

This report considers issues that may be of interest to Congress as it considers the strength and duration of further U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, to 2014 and beyond.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Dale, Catherine
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Operating Budget: Fiscal Year 2012 (open access)

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Operating Budget: Fiscal Year 2012

Operating budget submitted by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation with financial summaries detailing expected costs for various agency programs and activities.
Date: March 6, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Transportation Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Department of Transportation Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Department of Transportation describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 6, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 6, 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of Public Insurance Counsel.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Secretary of State Strategic Plan: 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Secretary of State Strategic Plan: 2013-2017

Report on the strategic plan for the Texas Office of the Secretary of State describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 6, 2012
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Midwestern State University Historically Underutilized Business Strategic Plan: [2013]

Strategic plan for Midwestern State University outlining goals, objectives, measures, and other information about working with Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) during fiscal year 2013.
Date: July 6, 2012
Creator: Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Tex.)
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The Portal to Texas History