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Model Identity Theft Policy And Facta Compliance, Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Includes background information on FACTA, model identity theft policy, and resolution.

Your Municipal Code: Adopting It And Keeping It Up-To-Date, Steve Lobertini

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide explains code adoption and requirements and how to keep municipal codes current.

Purchasing Guide For Tennessee Municipalities (2008), Rick Whitehead, Ralph Cross, Mike Tallent

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide is designed to answer questions about purchasing and to save cities money. Includes sample forms and ordinances.

City Recorder Certification Update (2008), Margaret Norris

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

In 1994 Chapter 648 of Public Acts of 1994 added a law that required municipal clerks and recorders to become certified by completing 100 hours of education. The legislation also required that the certification be maintained by obtaining 18 hours of continuing education every three years.

Original Out Logo, James R. Weaver

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

The original OUT Logo used to promote LGBT Commission activities and events.

Dialog Finds A New Home., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

THE BIGGEST INDUSTRY NEWS this summer was the announcement that proQuest had acquired Dialog from Thomson Reuters. Dialog was beginning to look like an unwelcome stepchild as new strategies by Thomson Reuters were moving the firm away from traditional databases and library markets. ProQuest, by contrast, has a solid foundation in both areas and has been aggressively building with new acquisitions and products.

Still, the news came as a surprise to most of us, as the change happened remarkably fast--rarely is a major acquisition rumored, announced, and completed all within a month.

Dialog, the grandfather of online database systems that …

Hot Topic: Public Chapter 779 Water And Sewer Rate Study, Randy Gustafson

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

MTAS will be assisting the Water and Wastewater Funding Board in surveying cities about water rates, sewer rates, and tap fees, as well as sanitation and recycling efforts, following the MURTS format.

Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee (2008), Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Technical Bulletins: Interviewing And The Law (2008), Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Congress provided Federal legal enforcement for equal employment in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with strengthening amendments added in 1972.

The Competitive Cable And Video Services Act: Increasing Competition And Diminishing Local Authority, Melissa Ashburn

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This legislation is part of the national trend to diminish or eliminate the franchising authority of cities by granting cable companies the right to provide services without negotiating agreements with local governments.

Municipal Personnel Report: Recruiting And Selecting Management And Professional Personnel, Warren Nevad

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication provides local governments with basic information and a general framework for recruiting, interviewing, and selecting managerial and professional personnel.

Technical Bulletins: Considerations For Any City Thinking About Developing A New Sewer System, Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Ask lots of questions and get answers you can live with before building a centralized sewer system.

Hot Topic: New Reporting Requirement For Traffic Courts, Rex Barton

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The purpose of the law is to create a database of traffic offenders who have had their traffic offenses dismissed upon completion of a driver improvement class or traffic school.

Hot Topic: Flsa Reminder: Congress Increased Minimum Wage (2008), Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The FLSA has been amended to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps.

Technical Bulletins: How To Conduct A City Council Meeting Based On Roberts' Rules Of Order, Melissa Ashburn

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

A guide to conducting city council meetings that includes the duties of the mayor and the city recorder, handling of motions, and keeping the minutes.

A Public Policy Institute Year Of Discovery: Building Capacity For Citizen Dialogue, Gary Petree

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

“A year of discovery” best describes the first year of Public Policy Institute (PPI) activity at the University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS).

Hot Topic: Federal Mileage Rate Increase Effective July 1, 2008, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The optional standard mileage rate increased to 58.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008.

The Past Catches Up., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

IF YOU WERE IN LIBRARY SCHOOL anytime during the last 40 years, you are probably familiar with F.W. Lancaster and his books on indexing, online searching, or paperless information systems. I recently reread the first online searching textbook ever written, while preparing a Library Trends article (Spring/Summer 2008) in tribute to Lancaster. The book, Information Retrieval On-Line (Melville), by Lancaster and Emily Fayen, appeared in 1973 when only a few librarians and subject specialists were tackling the new world of online databases.

Through A Glass Darkly: The State Of The Campus From An Lgbt Perspective July 2008, George H. Hoemann

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is not an island. Rather, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, co-exists with other institutions of higher learning and operates within the larger social and political context of early 21st century America. To compete successfully for the highest quality faculty, students, staff and resources, the university must implement a vigorously inclusive policy of recruitment and retention. Any university – but especially a university that has labored under nearly four decades of litigation to overcome its legacy of segregation and racial discrimination – also has a moral obligation to lead its constituent members as well as the …

Hot Topic: Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program Funding, Warren Nevad

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry, announces the availability of Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) funds for community tree planting projects.

Hot Topic: Interest Rate Set At 9.00 Percent Effective July 1, 2008, On Delinquent Taxes Collected Or Administered By The State Of Tennessee, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The rate of interest effective July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, has been set at 9.00 percent, which is a decrease from last year.

Hot Topic: Bill Of Rights For Water Quality Control Act Permit Applicants, Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Tennessee Legislature recently enacted protections for permit applicants under the Water Quality Control Act.

Hot Topic: Confidentiality Of Municipal Employees' Personal Information, Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The scope of the confidentiality of municipal employee personal information is expanded to include home telephone numbers, personal cell phone numbers and residential street addresses.

Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication explains what a municipal charter is, what it does, and how it may be changed.

African American Old-Time String Band Music: A Selective Discography, Chris Lh Durman

Music Publications and Other Works

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Seru: A Licensing Advance., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

SERU (Shared E-Resources Understanding) is a document of understanding between libraries and publishers that avoids the time, effort, and expense of license negotiation, relying instead on a purchase order and copyright law.

Records Management For Municipal Government: A Reference Guide For City Officials And Municipal Public Records Custodians (2007), Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

A basic summary of laws, regulations and practices regarding records management by city governmental offices.

Hot Topic: State Shared Taxes And Appropriations (2008-2009), Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Based on revenue projections for FY 2008-2009, cities are expected to receive approximately $112.46 per capita for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.

Struggling For Social Justice In The Capitalist World System: The Cases Of African Americans, Oromos, And Southern And Western Sudanese, Asafa Jalata

Sociology Publications and Other Works

This article identifies and examines the processes through which the social justice movements of African Americans in the US, Oromos in Ethiopia, and Southern and Western Sudanese in Sudan emerged, and the successes and failures of these movements in a global and comparative perspective. It specifically explores four interrelated issues. First, the paper deals with some theoretical and methodological insights. Second, the piece explains how the racialized capitalist world system and its political structures facilitated the creation of the states of the US, Ethiopia, and Sudan and legalized racial/ethnonational oppression, colonialism, exploitation, and continued subjugation. Third, it explains comparatively the …

Hot Topic: Posting Of Charters On Municipal Web Sites Now Required, Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Public Chapter No. 808 requires each Tennessee municipality and county to post, no later than Jan. 1, 2009, its charter of incorporation on a Web site maintained by the municipality or county.