In this weekly post, we feature helpful research tools and recent articles of interest to the legislative community.

• Explore the most recent life expectancy data for the Unites States. (National Center for Health Statistics, August 23, 2022)
• Track rainfall totals and other information related to the lower Colorado River basin. (Lower Colorado River Authority, accessed August 24, 2022)
• Read about ways to filter microplastics from water. (Popular Science, updated June 19, 2022)
• Consider the implications of America's retirement savings shortfall. (Bloomberg via Wealth Management.com, August 16, 2022)
• Browse a variety of topics related to health in the Unites States. (National Center for Health Statistics, August 12, 2022)

Librarians review and select articles from more than 1,000 print and online sources to compile a weekly annotated list of Current Articles of interest to the legislative community. View this week's Current Articles.

Members of the Texas legislative community may request articles by using our online form or by calling 512-463-1252.

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Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.

August 30, 2022
Joint Oversight Committee on Investment in Information Technology Improvement and Modernization Projects
Invited testimony on the following:

• Projects to improve or modernize state agency information resources technologies; and
• Strategies for the state to ensure long-term investment solutions for projects to improve or modernize state agency information resources technologies.

• Agency-Wide Information Technology Plan: Modernization Template (pursuant to HB 4018, 87th Legislature, R.S.), Texas Department of Information Resources, July 6, 2022
• Can Texas Reinforce Its Cybersecurity Through IT Modernization?, Texas 2036, June 21, 2022
• Investing in Texas: Cybersecurity and IT Modernization, Center for Public Finance at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and Texas 2036, June 21, 2022
• Texas' IT Systems Need an Upgrade, Texas 2036, August 24, 2021
• Texas Legacy Systems to See $900M in Modernization Funds, Government Technology, July 20, 2021
• Modernizing State Information Systems, Texas 2036, March 24, 2021
• Prioritized Cybersecurity and Legacy Systems (PCLS) Study: Report to the Legislative Budget Board (LBB), Texas Department of Information Resources, October 30, 2020
• Legacy Modernization Strategy (pursuant to HB 1890, 84th Legislature, R.S.), Texas Department of Information Resources

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