Medina County, Community of D'Hanis Flood Protection Study (open access)

Medina County, Community of D'Hanis Flood Protection Study

The report discuses the Medina Count-D'Hanis Flood Protection Study, which evaluates the flooding problems in the D'Hanis area within Medina County and develop cost effective flood reduction alternatives considering public safety and welfare. (Ex Summ I).
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guide to a Local Filing Authority's Duties Under the Campaign Finance Law (open access)

Guide to a Local Filing Authority's Duties Under the Campaign Finance Law

"This guide is intended to explain the responsibilities campaign finance filing authorities in cities, school districts, and other political subdivisions other than counties."
Date: September 28, 2011
Creator: Texas Ethics Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: April 2013 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: April 2013

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices (open access)

Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices

This report provides information on retrofitting the signalized traffic intersections and retrofitting the signals to solar energy and switching to light emitting diodes (LED) the city will see major energy and cost savings, as well as a significant decrease in maintenance cost and time due to longer lifespan of the LEDs and solar panels.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation); Goodwin, Ronald E. & Godazi, Khosro
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Cleaning Activities: Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (open access)

Dry Cleaning Activities: Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature

Report on dry cleaning activities by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Remediation Division.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Round Up, December 2012/January 2013 (open access)

Round Up, December 2012/January 2013

Magazine for Texas Lottery retailers that contains news, retailer spotlights, and a list of lottery winners.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geologic Characterization of and Data Collection in the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District and Surrounding Counties (open access)

Geologic Characterization of and Data Collection in the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District and Surrounding Counties

This report describes the methodology of data collection and analysis, and examples of maps that can be created with the database information.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Meyer, John E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Desal Project: Final Report To the Texas Water Development Board (open access)

Texas Desal Project: Final Report To the Texas Water Development Board

Final report of the Texas Desal Project, "a science-based forum where environmental and permitting issues associated with the construction and operation of a full-scale seawater desalination facility may be identified and solutions integrated into the design process" (p. 1).
Date: September 2011
Creator: NRS Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Reuse Research Agenda (open access)

Water Reuse Research Agenda

This report identifies and prioritizes water reuse research topics to advance water reuse in Texas.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diesel Exhaust and School Bus Idling, What You Should Know (open access)

Diesel Exhaust and School Bus Idling, What You Should Know

This pamphlet provides information about upgrading diesel vehicles and recommendations to reduce exposure to diesel exhaust.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: March 2012 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: March 2012

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA) : Case Study Report (open access)

Evaluation of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA) : Case Study Report

This case study evaluates the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA). The report provides a summary of case study findings, describes the how campuses were selected, and presents individual reports for the nine cases studies.
Date: June 2011
Creator: ICF International (Firm)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: November 2011 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: November 2011

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas School Recycling Guide (open access)

Texas School Recycling Guide

This manual is designed to help develop recycling programs in schools.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
How we protect streams, rivers, and lakes (open access)

How we protect streams, rivers, and lakes

This pamphlet provides information about the ways the Texas A&M System control the "quality and standards" of the natural water resources of Texas.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Clayton, Brent
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apply Your Talent Where It Counts (open access)

Apply Your Talent Where It Counts

This pamphlet provides information about the CPA Auditor I position available for new graduates in the office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of Texas Felony Offenses by Category (open access)

Inventory of Texas Felony Offenses by Category

This report contain information on offenses in Texas statutory law punishable as felonies.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Research Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $468 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $468 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document provides information on the distribution of $468 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date: June 8, 2011
Creator: Combs, Susan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: July 2012 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: July 2012

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Supply Facility Planning, New Terrell City Lake (open access)

Water Supply Facility Planning, New Terrell City Lake

This report began discusses action began "in May of 2010 when Freese and Nichols (FNI) was retained by the City of Terrell, Texas in cooperation with Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to assess, alternative uses of New Terrell City Lake (CITY Lake) and perform a dam condition assessment. The City of Terrell no longer uses the water supply from New Terrell City Lake and would like to find alternative uses for this supply." (p. ES-1).
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Rural Planning Organization Workshop Implementation Project Summary (open access)

Texas Rural Planning Organization Workshop Implementation Project Summary

This report documents rural planning organization (RPO) workshops conducted throughout Texas.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Overman, John H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements (open access)

Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements

This report's focus was to explore the use of nanotechnology-based nanofilaments, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers (CNFs), as reinforcement for improving the mechanical properties of Portland cement paste and creating multifunctional and sensing concrete. (p. 1).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Upland Game Bird Strategic Plan: A Five Year Roadmap (2011-2015) (open access)

Upland Game Bird Strategic Plan: A Five Year Roadmap (2011-2015)

This report "addresses the conservation needs of two of three subspecies of wild turkey, four species of quail, lesser prairie-chicken, pheasant and chachalaca within Texas." (p. 6).
Date: February 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department. Small Game Program.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
State of Texas Assessments Academic Readiness The Next Generation, A parent's guide to the high school testing program (open access)

State of Texas Assessments Academic Readiness The Next Generation, A parent's guide to the high school testing program

This pamphlet provides information about the testing program called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.
Date: 2011?
Creator: Texas Education Agency
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History