Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to substantial compliance with the Public Funds Investment Act (Act) reported by the 50 Junior College Districts (Districts) subject to the Act in fiscal year 1996, the year of implementation.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the extent of potential fraud, waste, and/or abuse in the Smart Jobs program by focusing on how many employees were actually trained and how many new jobs were actually created through the use of the Smart Jobs funds.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Public Utility Commission of Texas administered the Texas Universal Service Fund (TUSF) in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected higher education institutions have adequate processes and controls in place for the use of procurement cards to ensure that state funds are spent appropriately, and whether procurement cards are being used in accordance with state procurement laws and/or institutional policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Health and Human Services Commission is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to major managerial deficiencies in the Dallas County Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Center (Center), including the Board of Trustees' (Board) tendency to micromanage the operations of the Center and the staff's tendency to ignore established policies and procedures, which collectively reduce the Center's ability to safeguard its assets and ensure its goals and objectives will be fully accomplished.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Court of Criminal Appeals has processes that provide reasonable assurance that grant funds from the Judiciary and Court Personnel Training Fund are being awarded and used in accordance with Texas Government Code requirements, the terms of grant agreements, administrative and Court rules, and Court policy; and determining the status of implementation of recommendations made by MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether Texas Woman's University has endowment fund investment and annual distribution policies that are consistent with modern endowment management principles as embodied in the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act; whether the University is in compliance with its endowment management policies; has adequate procedures to monitor and report endowment performance against stated objectives; and has controls that provide reasonable assurance of substantial compliance with donor restrictions.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to performing a financial audit in order to express an opinion on the fiscal year 1995 financial statements, and reviewing and evaluating significant internal controls.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining what actions management of the University of Texas at El Paso (University) has taken to address the issues and recommendations from a previous report.

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 evaluating the effectiveness of the State's internal audit departments, and determining whether internal audit departments were meeting the key objectives of internal auditing and assisting agency administrators in carrying out their assigned responsibilities.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to rehabilitation programs at the Department of Criminal Justice (Department) intended to reduce recidivism, determining the Department's ability to collect and maintain sufficient data for measuring the effectiveness of these programs, understanding the outcomes for participants in the programs, and identifying rehabilitation programs in other states that have demonstrated a high level of success.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the accuracy of the custodial officer service credit reports that the Department of Criminal Justice submits to the Employees Retirement System (ERS), and the standards that the Department adopted for custodial officer service credit.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing the adequacy of management controls over investment practices at selected state agencies and universities.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners' (Board) 93 percent rate of compliance with the Position Classification Plan.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to 20 state entities reviewed for compliance with state Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) requirements; these entities demonstrated "good-faith" efforts to increase purchases from HUB vendors.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the management control systems within the Alcoholic Beverage Commission and identifying strengths and opportunities for improvement.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas state University System's (System) and its universities' management of endowment and similar fund investments.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the reliability of financial information at the University of North Texas.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to significant process and information issues at the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) within the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) which inhibit DWC's ability to monitor the quality of health care in the workers' compensation system. Issues include unreliable information, weaknesses in complaint processing, the medical quality review process, and the enforcement and sanction process, all of which increase the risk of injured workers receiving unnecessary medical procedures and overutilization within the workers' compensation system.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the results of the Texas Southern University's implementation and maintenance of systems and controls over finance and accounting, human resources, management information systems, planning and communications, and student financial aid.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the University of North Texas's (University) controls for receiving, safeguarding, and disbursing cash, the accuracy of its accounting and record-keeping of collections and of state revenues, receipts, and disbursements, and its compliance with state laws and regulations related to cash management.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an investigation by the State Auditor's Special Investigations Unit which led to the Public Integrity Unit at the Travis County District Attorney's Office obtaining a plea agreement with Connie Williams Little.