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Texas Bulletins - FY 2007

All FY 2007 bulletins will expire on the date Action is due or on September 30, 2007

All Texas bulletins and attachments require Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.

Click on one of the following Titles, Primary Subjects or Symbols to view the list of bulletins issued.

Title	Primary Subject	Symbol
110	Management	ADM
	A-76 Process \| Food and Agriculture Council
120	Administrative Services	ADS
	Procurement \| Agreements \| Purchases \| Accidents \| Freedom of Information Records Management \| Real Property
130	Agency General	AGN
	Crisis Preparedness \| Alternate Headquarters \| Succession of Command
140	Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis	SPP
	Program Development \| Data Collection \| Performance Indicators
150	Basin and Area Planning	BAP
	Flood Plain Management \| Flood Insurance Studies \| River Basin Studies \| Water Policy
160	Budget Planning and Analysis	BDG
	Budget Estimates \| OMB Documents \| Congressional Budget Office (Earmarks) \| Funding Allocations General Accounting Office \| Office Inspector General
170	Cartography & Geographic Information Systems	CGI
	Aerial Photography \| Compilation \| Digitizing \| Sensor Data (Remote Sensing)
180	Conservation Planning and Application	CPA
	Districts \| Organizations \| Technical Assistance \| Locally-Led Conservation
190	Ecological Sciences	ECS
	Agronomy \| Standards and Specifications \| Biology \| Endangered Species \| Environment Archeological and Historical Sites Environmental Impact statements \| Forestry Plant Materials \| Range \| Carbon Sequestration
200	Economics	ECN
	Economic Impact (Site) Analyses \| (Area) Project Analyses \| Conservation Practice Cost Schedule
210	Engineering	ENG
	Conservation Practices \| Construction \| Design \| Geology \| Irrigation Environmental \| Engineering \|Surveying \| Dam Safety
220	Environmental Coordination	EVC
	Environmental Justice
230	Equal Opportunity	EOP
	Federal Women's Program \| Hispanic Employment Program \| Civil Rights \| Disability Employment Program Black Emphasis Program \| Native American Alaskan Native \| Asian American Employment Program \| Employment Program
250	Financial Management	FNM
	Meetings \| Timekeeping \| Travel
260	Public Information	INF
	Educational Relations \| Manuscripts \| Media Relations \| New Releases \| Publications \| Earth Team Program
270	Information Resources Management	IRM
	Security \| Equipment Technology and Office Automation \| Telecommunications Database Management \| Software Development
280	International Conservation	INC

290	Resources Inventory	INV
	Inventory \| Monitoring
300	Land Treatment Programs	LTP
	Conservation Reserve Program \| Emergency Conservation Program \| Emergency Watershed Program Environmental Quality Incentives Program \| Wetlands Reserve Program \| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Grazing lands Conservation Initiative\| Farm and Ranch Land \| Conservation Security Program
310	Land Use	LNU
	Assistance \| Flood Plain Management \| Land Use Policy
320	Legislative Affairs	LEG
	Legislative Action \| Legislative Contacts
330	Operations Management	MGT
	Appraisals \| Audits \| Management Analyses \| Business Plan \| Progress Reports \| Schedule
340	Strategic Planning and Budget Analysis	SPA
	Policy and Procedures
360	Personnel	PER
	Employment \| Classification and Position Management \| Attendance and Leave \| Employee Relations Safety and Health \| Employee Development \| Awards \| Employee Benefits
390	Project Development and Maintenance	PDM
	Watershed Protection \| Flood Prevention \| Resource Conservation and Development Emergency Watershed Protection \| Water Rehabilitation
400	Public Participation Coordination	PPC
	Consumer Affairs
410	Rural Development	RDV
	Organization \| Rural Communities
420	Social Sciences	SSC
	Impacts of NRCS Programs
430	Soil Survey	SOI
	Classification \| Series Descriptions \| Interpretations \| Investigations \| Soil Correlation \| General Soils Maps
440	Programs	PGM
	Debt for Nature
450	Technology	TCH
	State Technical Committee
460	Water Quality Project Implementation	WQP
	EPA \| Clean Water Act \| Waste Management

Bulletin	Date	Action due date	Subject
110 - ADM			Management
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120 - ADS			Administrative Services
TX120-07-04 (PDF; 43 KB)	10-02-06		ADS - ADA Compliance of Offices
TX120-07-05 (PDF; 38 KB)	01-25-07		ADS - Acquisition, Small Purchases
TX120-07-06 (PDF; 54 KB)	10-06-06		ADS - Communications
TX120-07-07 (PDF; 47 KB)	12-18-06		ADS – Acquisition and Management of Office Space
TX120-07-08 (PDF; 41 KB)	05-11-07		ADS – New postal rates change and attachments
			The Shape of Things to Come (PDF; 122 KB)
			Rates and Fees (PDF; 535 KB)
TX120-07-09	07-23-07	07-31-07	ADS – Use and Maintenance of Private and Sensitive Information and attachments
			Printable Version TX120-07-09 (PDF; 38 KB) Inventory of Private and Sensitive Information in Software Applications, Databases, Web Sites, Electronic Files, Paer forms, Reports and Other (XLS; 22 KB) Certification of Review of Office and Computer for Private and Sensitive Information (DOC; 33 KB)
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130 - AGN			Agency General
TX130-07-01 (PDF; 39 KB)	10-02-06		AGN - Succession of Authority
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140 - SPP			Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis
TX140-07-02 (PDF; 50 KB)	10-02-06		SPA - Cultural Resources Reporting and attachment
			Cultural Resources Compliance Process (DOC; 48 KB)
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150 - BAP			Basin and Area Planning
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160 - BDG			Budget Planning and Analysis
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170 - CGI			Cartography and GIS
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180 - CPA			Conservation Planning and Application
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190 - ECS			Ecological Sciences
TX-190-07-01 (PDF; 38 KB)	10-02-06		ECS - Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Fillable Open Space Agricultural Valuation Wildlife Management Plan and Annual Report and attachments.
			1-D-1 Open Space Agricultural Valuation Wildlife Management Plan (DOC; 588 KB) 1-D-1 Open Space Agricultural Valuation Wildlife Management Annual Report (DOC; 501 KB)
TX190-07-02 (PDF; 44 KB)	01-18-07		ECS-Cultural Resources consideration, Record Keeping and Reporting at the Field Office level and attachment.
			Basic Cultural Resources Compliance Procedure for Texas NRCS (DOC; 47 KB)
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200 - ECN			Economics
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210 - ENG			Engineering
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220 EVC			Environmental Coordination
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230 - EOP			Equal Opportunity
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250 - FNM			Financial Management
TX250-07-06 (PDF; 415 KB)	10-02-06		FNM - Documentation of Leave in WebTCAS
Revised	04-02-07
			Travel Card Regulations (DOC; 75 KB) Request for Approval of Cash Advance (DOC; 25 KB)
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260 - INF			Public Information
TX260-07-03 (PDF; 35 KB)	04-30-07		INF - Employee News on NRCS Texas Intranet
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270 - IRM			Information Resources Management
TX270-07-04 (PDF; 31 KB)	05-04-07		IRM - Identify and Preserving Electronically Stored Information and attachment
			Memo - OGC Regional Attorney Ruth M. Worthington (PDF; 142 KB)
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280 - INC			International Conservation
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290 - INV			Resource Inventory
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300 - LTP			Land Treatment Programs
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310 - LNU			Land Use
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320 - LEG			Legislative Affairs
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330 - MGT			Operations Management
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340 - SPA			Strategic Planning and Budget Analysis
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360 - PER			Human Resources
TX360-07-01 (PDF; 40 KB)	10-02-06		PER - Standards of Ethical Conduct - Outside Employment or Activity
Revised	05-24-07
TX360-07-05 (PDF; 46 KB)	10-02-06		PER - Compensatory Time for Travel and attachments
			Compensatory Time Off for Travel (PDF; 4.4 MB) Compensatory Leave Blanket Letter (DOC; 29 KB) PER - Attendance and Leave, Request for Compensatory (DOC; 38 KB)
TX360-07-06 (PDF; 50 KB)	10-02-06		PER - Compensatory Time Off Policy and attachment
Revised	01-23-07
			Request for Credit Hours, Overtime, or Compensatory Time Off (PDF; 762 KB)
TX360-07-08 (PDF; 109 KB)	10-02-06		PER - Setting Standard Operating Procedures for NRCS Offices in Texas and attachment
Revised	03-28-07
			Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) (DOC; 43 KB)

TX360-07-13	10-02-06		PER - Position Descriptions for Training/Developmental positions
Revised	06-25-07		Printable Version TX360-07-13 (PDF; 42 KB)
TX360-07-14 (PDF; 41 KB)	10-02-06		PER - Standards of Ethical Conduct - Gifts and Prizes
TX360-07-16 (PDF; 39 KB)	10-13-06		PER - Promotion Conversion, etc., Guidelines and attachment
Revised	01-30-07
			Required Documentation for Developmental Positions (DOC; 42 KB)
TX360-07-17 (PDF; 50 KB)	10-02-06		PER - Documentation of Completed Training
TX360-07-18 (PDF; 55 KB)	10-02-06		PER - GS-09 Promotion Protocol and attachments
			Proficiency Model (XLS; 48 KB) EDP Soil Scientist (XLS; 62 KB) EDP Engineering GS05, GS07, GS 09 (XLS; 230 KB) Employee Development Plan GS 05 (XLS; 54 KB) Employee Development Plan GS 07 (XLS; 54 KB) Employee Development Plan GS 09 (XLS; 54 KB)
TX360-07-19 (PDF; 47 KB)	10-02-06		PER - Employee Development, Training Milestones Documentation and attachments
			Agricultural Engineer - 24 months (DOC; 38 KB) Agricultural Engineer - 18 months (DOC; 52 KB) Agricultural Engineer - 12 months (DOC; 46 KB) Agricultural Engineer - 6 months (DOC; 52 KB) Agricultural Engineer - 3 months (DOC; 49 KB) Evaluation of Performance/Conduct - 24 months (DOC; 61 KB) Evaluation of Performance/Conduct - 18 months (DOC; 60 KB) Evaluation of Performance/Conduct - 12 months (DOC; 63 KB) Evaluation of Performance/Conduct - 6 months (DOC; 60 KB) Evaluation of Performance/Conduct - 3 months (DOC; 60 KB) Training Plan for New Soil Scientist - 24 month (DOC; 70 KB) Training Plan for New Soil Scientist - 18 month (DOC; 72 KB) Training Plan for New Soil Scientist - 12 month (DOC; 141 KB) Training Plan for New Soil Scientist - 6 month (DOC; 109 KB) Training Plan for New Soil Scientist - 3 month (DOC; 91 KB) Soil Conservationist/Rangeland Management Specialist - 24 months (DOC; 37 KB) Soil Conservationist/Rangeland Management Specialist - 18 months (DOC; 46 KB) Soil Conservationist/Rangeland Management Specialist - 12 months (DOC; 44 KB) Soil Conservationist/Rangeland Management Specialist - 6 months (DOC; 47 KB) Soil Conservationist/Rangeland Management Specialist - 3 months (DOC; 45 KB)
TX360-07-20 (PDF; 45 KB)	10-02-06		PER - Career Intern Program Employee Training, Probationary Period, and Conversion and attachments
			Request For Personnel Action (PDF; 87 KB) Probationary or Trial Period Report (PDF; 159 KB) Career Intern Program Documentation Checklist (PDF; 102 KB)
TX360-07-22 (PDF; 39 KB)	10-18-06		PER - Ethics
Revised	10-31-06
TX360-07-23 (PDF; 32 KB)	01-30-07		PER - New Employee/Trainee Training Location Evaluation and attachment
			New Employee/Trainee Training Location Evaluation (DOC; 36 KB)
TX360-07-27	06-26-07		PER - SkillSoft Training Courses
			Printable Version TX 360-07-27 (PDF; 43 KB)
TX360-07-28	08-14-07		PER– Subpoenas for Testimony or For Records From an Employee of the Texas Natural Resources Conservation (NRCS)
			Printable Version TX 360-07-28 (PDF; 34 KB)
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390 - PDM			Project Development and Maintenance
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400 - PPC			Public Participation Coordination
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410 - RDV			Rural Development
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420 - SSC			Social Sciences
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430 - SOI			Soil Survey
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440 - PGM			Programs
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450 - TCH			Technology
TX450-07-01 (PDF; 44 KB)	10-02-06		TCH - Policy for Digital Data and attachments
			Technology Technical Note TX-3 (DOC; 33 KB) Appendix A - Official NRCS Policy in Texas for Using GPS to Certify Conservation Practices. Technology Technical Note TX-3 (PDF; 3 MB) Procedure for Utilizing a Garmin GPSmap 76 for Field Data Collection in Texas. Authorization to Release Digital Files to Contractors (DOC; 32 KB)
TX450-07-02	07-11-07		TCH – Outlook User Group (UG)
			Printable version TX450-07-02 (PDF; 32 KB)
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460 - WQP			Water Quality Project Implementation
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