Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to business systems in place at Tarleton State University to ensure resources are spent appropriately, and minor issues in information management, service department operations, and the Office of Human Resources which were identified during the audit.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Permanent School Fund Bond Guarantee Program in compliance with Section 45.053(a) of the Texas Education Code.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to information on the number of state employees and the number of consultants and contract individuals who perform services for state government.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to conducting a financial audit of 911 revenues, to determining the adequacy of selected management controls, and to determining the efficiency of the 911 administrative system.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if general controls over information systems at Texas A&M University System General and Administrative Offices, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, help ensure that the automation environment and computer applications are appropriately developed, maintained, and protected.

This report discusses the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which affected alien eligibility for federal, state, and local government assistance programs, both imposing and broadening restrictions on a number of immigration benefits and programs.

This report describes the fundamentals of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which was enacted in 1952 and significantly amended since, most recently by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Married couples filing joint tax returns are liable individually and as a couple for all taxes due on the return with a limited exemption for innocent spouses. This report discusses joint and several liability, which has been the subject of much criticism and calls for reform or elimination.

Several courts in the various circuits have considered whether the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination applies to fear of incrimination in foreign countries, and they have come to divergent conclusions. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States v. Balsys, and on June 25, 1998, decided that a witness may not invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in which only a foreign prosecution is possible. This report provides background on United States v. Balsys and examines the court's opinion.

This report provides an overview of unprecedented developments in the relations between two important U.S. allies, Israel and Turkey.

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on the status of Executive Branch and other implementation of prior years' recommendations, as reported by the federal agencies' represented on the Board.

This report analyzes the pay adjustment that Federal employees are to receive in fiscal 1999 under P.L. 101-509, the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act.

This report provides a side-by-side comparison of the reported versions of H.R.2621 and S. 1269, 105th Congress bills that would provide the President with trade negotiating authority and accord certain resulting agreements and implementing bills expedited legislative consideration.

This report discusses the ramifications of actions taken by lawmakers to reduce the consumption of tobacco in regards to tobacco farms and the farming industry.

This report includes significant decision advancing the rights of individuals who have asymptomatic HIV infection.

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This report should be useful for tracking appropriations and authorization actions on the DOE R&D programs, and the potential implications of those actions.

Technical report that examines the increase of land value in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas in 1997.

Monthly report documenting contracts for road construction and maintentance in Texas, organized by county and district. It includes information about each project including contractor, dates, costs, and other relevant data.

Annual compilation of tabulated data regarding public transit and other transportation in the state of Texas.

This report provides a side-by-side comparison of the reported versions of H.R. 2621 and S. 1269, 105 Congress bills that would provide the President with trade negotiating authority and accord certain resulting agreements and implementing bills expedited -- or “fast-track” -- legislative consideration.

Married couples filing joint tax returns are liable individually and as a couple for all taxes due on the return with a limited exemption for innocent spouses. This report discusses joint and several liability, which has been the subject of much criticism and calls for reform or elimination.

Negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) were completed December 11, 1997, committing the industrialized nations to specified, legally binding reductions in emissions of six "greenhouse gases." This report discusses the major provisions of the Kyoto Protocol.

Semiannual report providing tabular statistical information about motor vehicle accidents that involved motorcycles in Texas during calendar year 1998, with data broken out by various criteria including number of persons, locations, types of accidents, time of day, and other factors.