New members join Alamo Endowment Board
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush today announced two new additions to the reconstituted Alamo Endowment Board (AEB). Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., and Esperanza "Hope" Andrade now join the seven current members of the AEB in their mission to raise significant capital for the Alamo Complex redevelopment and for Alamo preservation efforts."The future of the Alamo lies in preserving and protecting its past and expanding the opportunities for sharing the story of Texas’ greatest historic treasure, our Alamo," Bush said. Read More
George P. Bush Announces New Directors for Veterans Programs, Asset Enhancement, and Coastal Protection Divisions of the GLO
Today Commissioner George P. Bush announced newly named Directors for the three main divisions of the Texas General Land Office. Brian Carter will assume the role of Director of the Asset Enhancement division, Colonel Matthew Elledge will be directing the Veterans Programs division and Dr. Read More
GLO Save Texas History Symposium Reception to Feature Special Guest Ross Bennett, Austin-Based Celebrity Fashion Designer
On Saturday, November 14th, Land Commissioner George P. Bush will be joined by several well-known special guests at the VIP Meet & Greet and Save Texas History Reception at the Texas Capitol Visitors Center to help raise funds for this essential program. Read More
GLO Save Texas History Symposium Reception to Feature Special Guest Bruce Shackelford of Antiques Roadshow
On Saturday, November 14th, Land Commissioner George P. Bush will be joined by several well-known special guests at the VIP Meet & Greet and Save Texas History Reception at the Texas Capitol Visitors Center to help raise funds for this essential program. Read More
2015 Border Energy Forum Wrap Up
On Friday the 2015 Border Energy Forum (BEF) concluded following two days of riveting speeches and panel presentations from some of the most renowned leaders across all platforms of the energy industry. The BEF is a bilingual event focused on fostering collaboration and conversation of the most efficient and technologically advanced uses of energy resources on both sides of the border. Attendees engaged in high-level discussions on local, federal, and international policies affecting the energy sector. Read More
Texas Vet Home Residents to Make Honor Flight - Last of a Generation
Veterans and citizens will gather on Friday, October 9th at 9 a.m. in the Austin Bergstrom airport to send-off four Texas WWII veterans as they depart to Washington, D.C. Messrs. Carl Johnson resides in the Floresville Texas State Veterans Homes while Carl Knight, John Marshal and Joseph Novembre live in the Temple Texas State Veterans Homes. Each of these veterans served with honor during WWII and will now have the opportunity to finally travel to our nation's capitol to view the World War II Memorial. Read More
GLO unveils new website
Today Commissioner Bush unveiled a new website for the Texas General Land Office.View the new website at http://www.glo.texas.gov. For more information, visit the official GLO Medium page at https://medium.com/@txglo/texas-general-land-office-cleans-up-reforms-and-reboots-website-40937dd5b80d Read More
Commissioner Bush Announces Amanda Brock to be Featured Speaker for 2015 Border Energy Forum
Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced Amanda Martin-Brock, Chief Executive Officer of Water Standard, will be addressing attendees of the 2015 Border Energy Forum taking place in San Diego, Calif., Oct. 14-16, 2015. Martin-Brock has spent her career focused in the global oil and gas, power and water sectors. Read More
More than 7,000 volunteers pick up 104 tons of trash from Texas beaches during annual Fall Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup
The results for Saturday's 29th annual Fall Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup by the Texas General Land Office are in. Unfortunately red tide conditions resulted in the cancellation of nine sites along the southern part of the coast including six locations in the Corpus Christi area and all three locations in the Rio Grande Valley. Despite this setback, 7,427 volunteers showed up at 21 locations to remove 208,816 pounds of trash from 116 miles of Texas coastline!"Marine debris kills wildlife and hurts local tourism, but it's a problem we can fix together," said Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush. Read More
Commissioner Bush announces new Contracts and Grants Review Committee, latest component of increased accountability initiative
Today Texas General Land Office (GLO) Commissioner George P. Bush announced the creation and implementation of the new Contracts and Grants Review Committee. The committee, which has been in the works for several months and assembles for the first time today, is part of Commissioner Bush's long-term effort to establish the highest standards of government transparency, efficiency and accountability."We will only earn the public trust if there are accountability protocols observed by every member of our agency's team," Commissioner Bush said. Read More