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.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Hidalgo County's Enforcement of Model Subdivision Rules - Phase II (open access)

A Review of Hidalgo County's Enforcement of Model Subdivision Rules - Phase II

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to developing an accurate population of subdivisions approved by Hidalgo County from 1991 to 1994; drawing a statistically valid sample of subdivisions composed of four or more residential lots not located within any city limit from this population; determining an accurate number of exceptions within the sample; and projecting a reliable rate of exception for the entire 1991 to 1994 population.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Voter Registration System at the Texas Secretary of State's Office (open access)

An Audit Report on the Voter Registration System at the Texas Secretary of State's Office

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the records in the statewide voter registration database are accurate in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA); assessing whether the statewide voter registration system will be available when needed; and determining whether the Web-based statewide voter registration system is protected from unauthorized access.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Supplemental Audit Report on the Department of Banking (open access)

A Supplemental Audit Report on the Department of Banking

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Banking complies with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and agency policies in monitoring the safety and soundness of state-chartered commercial banks, and in overseeing the commercial banks identified as having a poor or deteriorating financial condition.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Financial Review of Prairie View A&M University (open access)

A Financial Review of Prairie View A&M University

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether Prairie View A&M University provides accurate and consistent financial information to legislative budget committees and University management, spends state appropriations and local funds in accordance with state laws and regulations, has effective controls over grant and contract management, reports accurate performance measure results, and reviewing the University's controls over the information technology resources associated with the preceding objectives.
Date: November 2003
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit at the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner - FY 1997 Financial Statements and Management Control Follow-Up (open access)

An Audit at the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner - FY 1997 Financial Statements and Management Control Follow-Up

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the financial statements of the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner (Commission). The report discusses the changes that the Commission has implemented to reduce investment operations risk, and the reportable conditions related to internal controls that, if not corrected, could adversely affect the Commission's ability record, process, summarize, and report its financial data accurately.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Management Controls at the Texas Correctional Industries (open access)

An Audit Report on Management Controls at the Texas Correctional Industries

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Correctional Industries' (TCI) insufficient management controls to ensure that inmates are provided with effective vocational training or that operations contribute to recovering the cost of confining inmates.
Date: November 1997
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Summary of the State Auditor's Comments on Proposed Changes to the State Board of Education's Permanent School Fund Ethics Rules (open access)

A Summary of the State Auditor's Comments on Proposed Changes to the State Board of Education's Permanent School Fund Ethics Rules

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing the proposed changes to the Permanent School Fund's ethics rules that the State Board of Education approved.
Date: November 2003
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Follow-up Audit Report on Selected Financial Processes at Sam Houston State University (open access)

A Follow-up Audit Report on Selected Financial Processes at Sam Houston State University

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the implementation status of prior State Auditor's Office recommendations for Sam Houston State University (University) and evaluate whether management has taken corrective actions to address selected recommendations in "An Audit Report on Selected Financial Processes at Sam Houston State University."
Date: November 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Management of Correctional Managed Health Care Contracts (open access)

An Audit Report on Management of Correctional Managed Health Care Contracts

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to deficiencies in the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee's (Committee) management of inmate health care and potential conflicts of interest between the Committee and university providers, which could indicate that a separate committee is no longer critical to the management of contracts for inmate health care.
Date: November 2004
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Residential Construction Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Residential Construction Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Residential Construction Commission accurately reports selected key performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST) and has adequate control systems in place over the collecting, calculating, and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Pipeline Safety at the Railroad Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on Pipeline Safety at the Railroad Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Railroad Commission adheres to state and federal law and agency policies and procedures in administering the Pipeline Safety Program and the Damage Prevention Program.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Supplemental Audit Report on the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending (open access)

A Supplemental Audit Report on the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending complies with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and agency policy in monitoring the safety and soundness of state-chartered savings banks, and in overseeing the savings banks identified as having a poor or deteriorating financial condition.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Optometry Board (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Optometry Board

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if the Optometry Board accurately reported selected key performance measures to ABEST and has adequate control systems in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Summary Report on Full-Time Equivalent State Employees for Fiscal Year 2005 (open access)

A Summary Report on Full-Time Equivalent State Employees for Fiscal Year 2005

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to providing the Legislature and the public with information on the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform services for state government.
Date: November 2005
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on State Agency and Transportation Authority Implementation of Sunset Advisory Commission Management Actions (open access)

A Report on State Agency and Transportation Authority Implementation of Sunset Advisory Commission Management Actions

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the implementation status of the 25 management actions included in the Sunset Advisory Commission Report to the 82nd Legislature.
Date: November 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of the Department of Public Safety's Fiscal Year 2002 Seized Assets Report (open access)

A Review of the Department of Public Safety's Fiscal Year 2002 Seized Assets Report

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing the format of the Department of Public Safety's seized assets report to identify areas for further clarification.
Date: November 2002
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on the Audit of the Teacher Retirement System's Fiscal Year 2005 Financial Statements (open access)

A Report on the Audit of the Teacher Retirement System's Fiscal Year 2005 Financial Statements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an opinion on the Teacher Retirement System's fiscal year 2005 financial statements, as well as a report on internal controls over financial reporting, compliance, and other matters.
Date: November 2005
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Internal Controls and Financial Processes at the Structural Pest Control Board (open access)

An Audit Report on Internal Controls and Financial Processes at the Structural Pest Control Board

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Structural Pest Control Board's (Board) processes and operation ensure that it is meeting statutory responsibilities, safeguarding resources, and complying with applicable laws and regulations.
Date: November 2003
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Health Plan Cost Containment Measures and Contract Management at the Employees Retirement System and the Teacher Retirement System (open access)

An Audit Report on Health Plan Cost Containment Measures and Contract Management at the Employees Retirement System and the Teacher Retirement System

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the measures that the Employees Retirement System (ERS) and the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) have implemented to reduce the amount the State pays for its health care plans. The report determines whether the cost-containment measures taken for the self-insured ERS and TRS health care plans are achieving intended results, whether ERS and TRS health care contracts are properly administered to ensure that the State receives health care services at the lowest cost, and identifies additional cost-containment measures (including new plan designs) used by other state health insurance plans that could be applicable to the ERS and TRS plans.
Date: November 2004
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Can Benefit From Using A Standard Framework to Manage Software Development - A Pilot Study Using the Capability Maturity Model for Software (open access)

Texas Can Benefit From Using A Standard Framework to Manage Software Development - A Pilot Study Using the Capability Maturity Model for Software

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to making available a baseline set of standard processes for information technology (IT) software project implementation management for Texas state agencies; and determining the degree to which Carnegie Mellon University-Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMM) framework can be used to improve state agencies' software development processes so that software projects will be cost-effective and successful and provide reliable systems developed on time, within budget, and with agreed-to functionality.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Financial Responsibility Verification Program (TexasSure) (open access)

An Audit Report on the Financial Responsibility Verification Program (TexasSure)

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Financial Responsibility Verification Program database has accurate and complete data on vehicle insurance coverage and interfaces properly with the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (TLETS); reporting on how law enforcement agencies use the insurance verification system; and determining whether there are opportunities for the Financial Responsibility Verification Program to further reduce the number of uninsured vehicles.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History