A Report on the Audit of the Teacher Retirement System's Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Statements (open access)

A Report on the Audit of the Teacher Retirement System's Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Statements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an opinion on the Teacher Retirement System's fiscal year 2008 financial statements, as well as a report on internal controls over financial reporting, compliance, and other matters.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Special Investigations Unit Report on the San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District (open access)

A Special Investigations Unit Report on the San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an investigation by the State Auditor's Special Investigations Unit, which led to additional criminal charges being filed against a former agent-dealer of a copier equipment manufacturer and distributing company who sold copier and printer equipment to the San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Annual Report on Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2008 (open access)

An Annual Report on Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2008

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the classified state employee turnover rate for Fiscal Year 2008. The report provides and analyzes information on employee turnover and identifies the reasons cited by separating workers for leaving state employment.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Striving for academic excellence: a profile of seven economically disadvantaged school districts (open access)

Striving for academic excellence: a profile of seven economically disadvantaged school districts

"This report identifies the programs and practices that characterize seven economically disadvantaged school districts that are on the road to academic excellence. The purpose of this study is to examine the various ways that school districts respond to their responsibility of educating the local community and the district's response to the demographics of the students they serve."
Date: December 2008
Creator: McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0685 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0685

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; whether an out-of-state company may be considered a "resident bidder" under particular circumstances (RQ-0703-GA).
Date: December 2, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0686 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0686

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the comptrollers report required by tax code sections 313.008 and 313.032 must be limited to the items listed therein ad excluded information that is locked as confidential (RQ-0727-GA).
Date: December 11, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0687 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0687

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether monies held in trust in a certain sub-account of the state highway fund may be transferred to a regional transport authority (RQ-0721-GA).
Date: December 17, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Plan For The Implementation Of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) For The State Of Texas (open access)

A Plan For The Implementation Of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) For The State Of Texas

A report on the results of the Enterprise Resource Planning Advisory Council ERP plan for Texas authorized by the 80th Legislature of Texas.
Date: December 15, 2008
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joint Report: The Needs of Texas Public School Libraries (open access)

Joint Report: The Needs of Texas Public School Libraries

Report over a study conducted of public school libraries to determine their needs, which agency is best suited to meet them, and issue a joint report on the study with agency recommendations.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Business Review, December 2008 (open access)

Texas Business Review, December 2008

This document provides information on Texas business review for the University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Business Research Division.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Laszlo, Kathia C.; Laszlo, Alexander & De Fougères, Lorraine
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Round Up, December 2008/January 2009 (open access)

Round Up, December 2008/January 2009

Magazine published for Texas lottery retailers with information about the lottery games, incentives for retailers, and other news.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tracking the Fate of Scrap Tires in Texas: An Audit Report (open access)

Tracking the Fate of Scrap Tires in Texas: An Audit Report

The scrap tire program described in this report only monitors the handling of newly generated scrap tires and enforces environmental regulations to ensure that the illegal disposal of scrap tires is minimized throughout the state.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Field Operations Support Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report to the Legislature Pursuant to House Bill 429, 80th Legislature, Health Care Savings from Releasing Certain Offenders Age 55 and Over (open access)

Report to the Legislature Pursuant to House Bill 429, 80th Legislature, Health Care Savings from Releasing Certain Offenders Age 55 and Over

Report on the TDCJ's potential savings on health care costs by releasing some offenders aged 55+.
Date: December 1, 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Central Texas Turnpike System Financial Statements: 2008 (open access)

Central Texas Turnpike System Financial Statements: 2008

Financial report of the Central Texas Turnpike System for the fiscal year 2008, including an overview of the organization and activities, audited and unaudited reports, and basic financial statements with notes.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation. Division of Finance.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Travel Log, December 2008 (open access)

Texas Travel Log, December 2008

Newsletter dedicated to traveling in Texas, including information about news, locations, and events of interest to visitors as well as statistics and summaries of travel in the state.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
International Trade Corridor Plan (open access)

International Trade Corridor Plan

This is an updated report to the 2006 version of the International Trade Corridor Plan. It consists of topics of trade, Texas roads, and truck traffic. There are charts and graphs showing the levels of trade between Mexico and the United States.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas Transportation Institute
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 81st Texas Legislature: Department of Insurance (open access)

Biennial Report to the 81st Texas Legislature: Department of Insurance

Biennial report of the Texas Department of Insurance, summarizing needed changes in Texas laws relating to regulation of the insurance industry with statements of the reasons for the changes.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Insurance.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lottery Security Study (open access)

Lottery Security Study

This document reports on the security, including computer security, systems security and all aspects of lottery security, of the Texas Lottery Commission and provides recommendations for improvement.
Date: December 19, 2008
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demographic Study of Texas Lottery Players: 2008 (open access)

Demographic Study of Texas Lottery Players: 2008

This report provides the results of a random survey of adult Texas residents aged 18 and older to measure the citizen participation rates, the distribution and frequency of play, and the demographic profiles of the past-year lottery players and non-players.
Date: December 1, 2008
Creator: University of Houston. Center for Public Policy.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 81st Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management (open access)

Biennial Report to the 81st Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management

Biennial report to the Texas Legislature describing the activities of the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) during fiscal years 2006 and 2007, including information on state agency financing, claims, losses, and expenditures.
Date: December 31, 2008
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Lottery Commission Internal Audit: Background Investigations (open access)

Texas Lottery Commission Internal Audit: Background Investigations

Report detailing the Internal Audit Division's review of Background Investigations in order to evaluate the effectiveness of controls in place for ensuring policies, procedures and practices are in compliance with statutory requirements, to ensure that background investigations are conducted in a consistent, efficient, effective and fair manner, and that records are adequately protected from inappropriate disclosure and unauthorized access.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission. Internal Audit Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Biennial Disability Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Biennial Disability Report: 2008

A joint biennial report of the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities and the Office for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities describing each agency's activities and recommendation to the legislature to improve services to those with developmental disabilities. It also includes personal stories illustrating the needs of the community.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Office of Risk Management Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2008 (open access)

Texas State Office of Risk Management Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2008

Report on nonfinancial data of the Texas State Office of Risk Management for fiscal year 2008, including information about fees, spaces, progress on the HUB (historically underutilized business) plan, environmentally sensitive purchases, and indirect costs.
Date: December 16, 2008
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature: House Committee on Business and Industry (open access)

Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature: House Committee on Business and Industry

Report from the Texas House Committee on Business and Industry describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 81st Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Business and Industry.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History