A Report on the State's Law Enforcement Salary Schedule (Salary Schedule C) and Law Enforcement Position Parity (open access)

A Report on the State's Law Enforcement Salary Schedule (Salary Schedule C) and Law Enforcement Position Parity

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to analyzing the direct compensation package the State provides to law enforcement personnel who are paid according to the law enforcement salary schedule; determining whether parity exists among the responsibilities of selected law enforcement positions across state agencies; and determining whether law enforcement positions were properly classified.
Date: August 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of State Health Services' Human Resources Management at State Mental Health Hospitals (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of State Health Services' Human Resources Management at State Mental Health Hospitals

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of State Health Services' human resources practices at state hospitals regarding criminal history background checks and allegations of abuse and neglect comply with applicable laws, policies, and procedures; and whether the Department trains state hospital staff and managers in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and procedures.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Special Investigations Unit Report Regarding The Cottage (open access)

Special Investigations Unit Report Regarding The Cottage

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an investigation by the State Auditor's Special Investigations Unit of allegations that a husband and wife stole more than $20,000 in checks from the State of Texas and a substance abuse facility known as The Cottage.
Date: September 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Unemployment Insurance Tax at the Texas Workforce Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on Unemployment Insurance Tax at the Texas Workforce Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Workforce Commission has effective processes and related controls to verify whether entities that are subject to unemployment insurance tax make proper tax payments.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Higher Education Authorities Established by Westlake and Cameron (open access)

An Audit Report on Higher Education Authorities Established by Westlake and Cameron

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the higher education authorities established by the Town of Westlake (Westlake) and the City of Cameron (Cameron), operating within the provisions of Chapter 53 of the Texas Education Code and of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act, and issuing tax-exempt revenue bonds to be used for educational or student housing facilities.
Date: October 2002
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Transportation's Aviation and Metropolitan Transportation Planning Grant Programs (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Transportation's Aviation and Metropolitan Transportation Planning Grant Programs

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Transportation awards funds for selected grant programs in accordance with award criteria and based on verified data, where applicable, and maintains sufficient oversights of grants for selected programs to ensure that funds are spent as intended and program objectives are achieved.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Regional Planning Commissions' Financial and Performance Reports (open access)

A Review of Regional Planning Commissions' Financial and Performance Reports

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing and reporting on significant issues in Regional Planning Commissions' (RPCs) audit reports, and determining whether RPCs' performance reports include sufficient information to enable meaningful state oversight.
Date: December 2002
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected Contracts at the Department of Transportation (open access)

An Audit Report on Selected Contracts at the Department of Transportation

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Transportation's (Department) ability to plan, procure, form, and monitor contracts and authorizations related to the design and reconstruction of an interchange on State Highway 352 in the Department's Dallas District according to applicable statutes and rules and its policies and procedures.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Correctional Officer Staffing at the Department of Criminal Justice (open access)

An Audit Report on Correctional Officer Staffing at the Department of Criminal Justice

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the growing correctional officer shortage in the Department of Criminal Justice. The report assesses how current correctional officer staffing levels compare to authorized staffing patterns, evaluates whether the Department has an effective process for determining the number of correctional officers needed at its institutions, determines if the Department ensures the safety of staff members and inmates in light of its current staffing situation, and evaluates whether the Department has a sound process for recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining qualified correctional officers.
Date: February 2001
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Centers' Expenditures (open access)

An Audit Report on Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Centers' Expenditures

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) ensuring that community mental health mental retardation centers are spending state funds as intended by the Legislature.
Date: August 2006
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the CSCOPE Contract at Education Service Centers (open access)

An Audit Report on the CSCOPE Contract at Education Service Centers

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the development and implementation of the CSCOPE curriculum management system was conducted in compliance with applicable procurement and contracting laws; determining the amounts of revenues or fees assessed or collected, expenditures, and support or in-kind contributions that education service centers or independent school districts made or authorized for the development, installation, distribution, and marketing of CSCOPE and whether those amounts were administered in compliance with applicable laws and rules; and determining the amounts of expenditures, revenues, or in-kind contributions that education service centers made to the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (Collaborative) and whether those amounts were administered in compliance with laws and rules.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (open access)

An Audit Report on The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if the Department of Housing and Community Affairs has developed a process to deliver housing services to the neediest areas of the state, objectively awards and monitors its contracts, and maximizes its use of housing funds.
Date: December 2000
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Collection Improvement Program at the Office of Court Administration (open access)

An Audit Report on the Collection Improvement Program at the Office of Court Administration

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Office of Court Administration complies with state law, administrative rules, and Office policies and procedures governing the Collection Improvement Program, as those requirements apply to the Office's calculation of collection rates for court costs, fees, and fines, technical assistance provided to counties and municipalities, and audit function; and whether the Office has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure the accuracy and completeness of Program data that counties and municipalities submit to the Office.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Workforce Commission's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Choices Program (open access)

An Audit Report on the Workforce Commission's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Choices Program

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Workforce Commission ensures that the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Choices program's purpose of ending the dependence of needy parents on governmental benefits by promoting job preparation and work is achieved; and whether selected local workforce development boards have appropriate processes in place to ensure that the Choices program's purpose is achieved.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of State Health Services' Issuance of Birth Certificates (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of State Health Services' Issuance of Birth Certificates

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of State Health Services' (Department) Vital Statistics Unit has controls to ensure that birth certificates are issued for legally authorized purposes.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Transportation's Bridge Inspection Program (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Transportation's Bridge Inspection Program

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Transportation ensures that bridge inspections are conducted in accordance with federal and state laws and agency policies and procedures; determining whether the Department appropriately addresses bridge inspection recommendations to ensure the safety of the traveling public; and verifying the amount of funds budgeted to and expended for bridge inspections.
Date: December 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Inventory Management at the Texas Department of Transportation (open access)

An Audit Report on Inventory Management at the Texas Department of Transportation

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if management controls for the selected segments of the Texas Department of Transportation's (Department) inventories and fixed assets were adequate and if related performance goals were routinely and accurately measured.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on Management Controls at the Education Service Centers (open access)

A Report on Management Controls at the Education Service Centers

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to assessing the adequacy of management controls in the areas of policy management, information management, resource management, and performance management within six of the twenty education service centers.
Date: September 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Inspection and Enforcement Activities in the Field Operations Section of the Railroad Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on Inspection and Enforcement Activities in the Field Operations Section of the Railroad Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Railroad Commission's Field Operations' inspection processes are designed and operate to minimize pollution associated with oil and gas activities, and whether the Commission's enforcement function is designed and operated to ensure that violations of state laws and rules identified by Field Operations are corrected and sanctions are administered in accordance with state law, rules, and Commission policy.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Special Report for The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools on Midwestern State University (open access)

A Special Report for The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools on Midwestern State University

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Current Funds Balance Sheet, the Statement of Current Funds Expenditures, and related Notes of Midwestern State University.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Summary of Financial and Performance Reports Submitted by Regional Planning Commissions (open access)

A Summary of Financial and Performance Reports Submitted by Regional Planning Commissions

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the regional planning commissions (RPCs) have submitted reports, audits, and salary schedules to the State Auditor, and report any failure to comply with the reporting requirements to the Governor's Office; and analyzing the RPCs' reports and audits, including any working papers and other supporting documentation, as deemed necessary.
Date: November 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Texas Education Agency's Monitoring of Average Daily Attendance Reporting (open access)

An Audit Report on the Texas Education Agency's Monitoring of Average Daily Attendance Reporting

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the School Financial Audits Division at the Texas Education Agency (Agency) has processes that address the risk of over- and under-reporting the attendance data by school districts and charter schools; verifying that the Agency adjusts funding for school districts and charter school that have over- or under-reported average daily attendance; and determining whether information systems at the Agency have controls that provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy and completeness of average daily attendance data that school districts and charter schools report.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Summary of Financial and Performance Reports Submitted by Regional Planning Commissions (open access)

A Summary of Financial and Performance Reports Submitted by Regional Planning Commissions

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the regional planning commissions (RPCs) have submitted audited annual financial statements and salary schedules to the State Auditor, and report any failure to comply with the reporting requirements to the Governor's Office; and analyzing audited financial statements and salary schedules, including any working papers and other supporting documentation, as deemed necessary.
Date: October 2013
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Financial and Operational Processes at Midwestern State University (open access)

An Audit Report on Financial and Operational Processes at Midwestern State University

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to selected financial processes at Midwestern State University, ensuring that the University has implemented a system of financial and administrative controls.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History