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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.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ability to Repay, Risk-Retention Standards, and Mortgage Credit Access
This report examines the developments associated with the implementation of mortgage lending reforms. The report begins with a summary of proposed ability to repay and risk-retention standards. Next, the report describes risky underwriting and financing practices that occurred prior to the mortgage crisis, followed by a discussion of how access to mortgage credit might be affected.
Date:
June 5, 2012
Creator:
Getter, Darryl E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abortion Services and Military Medical Facilities
The purpose of this report is to describe and discuss the provisions for providing abortion services to military personnel, their dependents, and other military health care beneficiaries at military medical facilities. The report describes the history of these provisions, with particular emphasis on legislative actions. Finally, this report discusses a number of proposals to modify the law, as well as other related legislative and administrative actions.
Date:
June 7, 2012
Creator:
Burrelli, David F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adopt-A-Prairie Chicken Newsletter, Summer 2012
Newsletter regarding population control and conservation efforts of the Attwater's Prairie Chicken.
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Afghanistan: USAID Oversight of Assistance Funds and Programs
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has experienced systemic challenges that have hindered its ability to manage and oversee contracts and assistance instruments in Afghanistan. Key challenges include gaps in planning for the use of contractors and assistance recipients and having visibility into their numbers. For example, GAO reported in April 2010 that, absent strategic planning for its use of contractors, individual offices within USAID often made case-by-case decisions on using contractors to support contract or grant administration and risks, such as possible conflicts of interest, were not always addressed. While having reliable data on contractors and assistance recipients is a starting point for informing agency decisions and ensuring proper management, GAO has also reported on limitations in USAIDs visibility into the number and value of contracts and assistance instruments in Afghanistan, as well as the number of personnel working under them. USAID, along with other agencies, has not implemented GAOs recommendation to address such limitations. USAID, however, has taken other actions to mitigate risks associated with awarding contracts and assistance instruments in Afghanistan. In June 2011, GAO reported on USAIDs vendor vetting program, then in its …
Date:
June 6, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Pollution: EPA Needs Better Information on New Source Review Permits
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not maintain complete information on New Source Review (NSR) permits issued to fossil fuel electricity generating units. State and local permitting agencies track the NSR permits they issue, but EPA does not maintain complete or centralized information on permits, despite a 2006 recommendation by the National Research Council that it do so. EPA maintains several databases that compile data on draft and issued NSR permits, but these sources are incomplete and thus cannot be used to identify all of the NSR permits that have been issued nationwide. In addition, EPA has the opportunity to review and comment on every draft NSR permit issued by state and local permitting agencies, but it does not compile data on whether the permitting agencies address EPAs comments in final permits. The absence of more complete information on NSR permitting makes it difficult to know which units have obtained NSR permits or to assess how state and local permitting agencies vary from EPA in their interpretations of NSR requirements."
Date:
June 22, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Fuel and Advanced Vehicle Technology Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs
This report gives an overview of the federal incentives support the development and deployment of alternatives to conventional fuels and engines in transportation including tax deductions and credits for vehicle purchases and the installation of refueling systems; federal grants for conversion of older vehicles to newer technologies; mandates for the use of biofuels; and incentives for manufacturers to produce alternative fuel vehicles. It also addresses how these incentives relate to goals of reducing petroleum consumption and import dependence, improving environmental quality, expanding domestic manufacturing, and promoting agriculture and rural development.
Date:
June 12, 2012
Creator:
Cunningham, Lynn J.; Roberts, Beth A.; Canis, Bill & Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The American Opportunity Tax Credit: Overview, Analysis, and Policy Options
This report gives an overview of the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)—enacted on a temporary basis by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and extended through the end of 2012 by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010— which is a partially-refundable tax credit that provides financial assistance to taxpayers who are attending college, or whose children are attending college. There are a variety of policy options mentioned in the report regarding the AOTC, including extending the credit, extending a modified AOTC, or repealing the Hope and Lifetime Credits and extending a modified AOTC that includes provisions included in these credits.
Date:
June 11, 2012
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Angler Recognition Program
This packet has a breakdown of awards given based on fishes caught and also records for fish weight and length. An award application form as well as general rules for fish captured documentation and rules for all award categories are also included.
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Energy Outlook 2012: with Projections to 2035
The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2010), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035, based on results from EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS).
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
United States. Energy Information Administration.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of Groundwater Monitoring at Centralia, Kansas, in 2011
This Annual report talks about the groundwater monitoring at Centralia, Kansas, in 2011
Date:
June 7, 2012
Creator:
LaFreniere, L. M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appraised Values on Tax Returns: Burdens on Taxpayers Could Be Reduced and Selected Practices Improved
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Appraisers most prominent role relative to the three types of tax returns GAO studied is in the valuation of estates. In the most recent years for which GAO had data, appraisers were likely involved in the valuation of property worth from $75 billion to $167 billion reported on estate tax returns in 2009. In contrast, less than $17 billion worth of gifts in 2009 and less than $10 billion in noncash contributions in 2008 likely involved an appraiser. Gift tax returns that likely used appraisers had higher audit rates than gift returns that were unlikely to have appraisers. The use of appraisers was not associated with higher audit rates for estate tax returns and individual returns with noncash contributions."
Date:
June 5, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding
This report discusses the firefighting activities that are traditionally the responsibility of states and local communities. The report also talks about the funding for firefighters, which is provided mostly by state and local governments. However, during the 106th Congress, many in the fire community asserted that local fire departments require and deserve greater support from the federal government.
Date:
June 8, 2012
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding
This report discusses the firefighting activities that are traditionally the responsibility of states and local communities. The report also talks about the funding for firefighters, which is provided mostly by state and local governments. However, during the 106th Congress, many in the fire community asserted that local fire departments require and deserve greater support from the federal government.
Date:
June 1, 2012
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Audit Report on Selected Financial Controls at the State Office of Administrative Hearings
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) has processes and related controls to help ensure that budgets are prepared using a reasonable methodology and appropriate data, financial data is secure, and the Hearing Activity Report is accurate and complete.
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected Financial Processes and Related Internal Controls at the Commission on State Emergency Communications
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected financial processes and related internal controls at the Commission on State Emergency Communications are designed and operating to help ensure accurate and complete financial information and accountability for appropriated funds.
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report Related to the National Research University Fund
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to auditing all or a representative sample of restricted research funds awarded to eligible higher education institutions and the higher education institutions' expenditures of those funds.
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automated Grid Disruption Response System
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Green Electricity Network Integration (GENI) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses topology control to detect and manage electric grid disruptions as part of the "Robust Adaptive Topology Control (RATC)" project.
Date:
June 4, 2012
Creator:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aviation and the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme
The report discusses how the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme Works, U.S. government actions and climate change.
Date:
June 11, 2012
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.; Elias, Bart & Shedd, Daniel T.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Security: Status of TSA's Acquisition of Technology for Screening Passenger Identification and Boarding Passes
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In summary, TSA has completed its initial testing of the CAT/BPSS technology and has begun operational testing at three airports. We found the projects associated life cycle cost estimate to be reasonably comprehensive and well documented, although we are less confident in its accuracy due to questions about the assumed inflation rate. In addition, we could not evaluate its credibility because the current version does not include an independent cost estimate or an assessment of how changing key assumptions and other factors would affect the estimate. Our past work has identified three key challenges related to TSAs efforts to acquire and deploy technologies to address homeland security needs: (1) developing and meeting technology program requirements, (2) overseeing and conducting testing of new screening technologies, and (3) developing acquisition program baselines to establish initial cost, schedule, and performance parameters."
Date:
June 19, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Begin with the End in Mind: A Records Management and Archive Manual for Texas Legislators
This manual is a records management and archives manual for Texas legislators.
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Big Time Texas Hunts
Descriptions of game hunting events hosted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boating & Seagrass
This pamphlet describes brief guidelines on how to properly avoid seagrass bed destruction with boat propellers. Seagrass types and purposes are described in brief. Pictures on proper lift, drift, pole, or troll techniques are included as well as pictures of each identified seagrass type.
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History