Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of State Health Services manages selected funding streams for the state laboratory in compliance with the General Appropriations Act and collects revenues and sets fees for lab services in compliance with federal and state statutes and rules; has controls to safeguard and account for inventories of supplies used in laboratory tests; and whether it has, and adheres to, policies and procedures that ensure timely receipt and processing of samples for testing at the state laboratory.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Lottery Commission's (Agency) Charitable Bingo Operations Division has controls to verify that proceeds are distributed for charitable purposes in compliance with state laws and agency rules.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected institutions inform service members and veterans about education opportunities, provide support while these individuals attend the institution, and have implemented other practices to assist these individuals.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to investment practices in place at the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company (Texas Trust), the Employees Retirement System (ERS), and the Texas A&M University System (Texas A&M System), and the presence of and adherence to policies, procedures, and controls that were consistent with applicable statutory requirements of these practices.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether entities required to pay benefits proportionally by fund complied with the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts' (Comptroller) Accounting Policy Statement (APS) 011 reporting requirements and processed needed adjustments to accomplish proportionality.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected independent school districts (ISDs) and higher education institutions have designed and implemented dual credit programs to determine the validity and reliability of the data in those systems.

Report from the Texas House Committee on State Affairs describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.

"Rural and small urban transit systems in Texas will become even more important with predicted changes in population trends. Rural demographic trends indicate growth in the number of persons age 65 and over coupled with a decrease in population density. Small urban area trends indicate substantial population growth and broadened geographic boundaries, yet resources to provide rural and small urban transit are limited. Therefore, transit managers find it is increasingly important to maximize service efficiency and effectiveness. The purpose of this research was to identify peer groups, performance benchmarks, and strategies used by successful transit providers to achieve high performance. The research project identifies peer groups based on the transit environment within which each agency operates, so that agencies can be compared to other operators who face similar environments. Peer group effectiveness and efficiency performance are examined within and between rural and urban peer groups, and high performers are identified for case studies. Through the case studies, key attributes are identified for achieving high operating efficiency and/or effectiveness. Performance strategies are categorized to provide transit providers with transferrable information to improve performance and increase the return on transit investment."

"The current project explored ways to create custom roadway segments for use in the TTI driving simulator. The project initially attempted to use AutoCAD Civil 3D roadway drawings and export them for use in the simulator."

"This project develops a foundation for analysis of the effects of U.S. bio-fuel energy policy on domestic and international grain flows and patterns."

"The report focuses on analyzing and modeling the physical activity participation levels ( in terms of the number of daily "bouts" or "episodes" of physical activity during a weekend day) of all members of a family jointly."

"This project will develop these models, which will be suitable either to determine the best pricing policies to maximize revenue or minimize congestion, or to evaluate alternative toll policies according to these metrics."

"The goal of the research was to access the current transportation challenges facing residents of the colonias and determine the feasibility of vehicle procurement through donations or at-cost purchases from a variety of entities and/or individuals to support the program, and recommendations for alternative funding mechanisms to support the local community centers in their efforts to provide transportation to the colonias population."

"This study presents a novel moisture-induced continuum damage model for asphalt concrete."

"This report summarizes the delivery and outcome of a series of workshops conducted at 23 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) districts across the state on corridor management and preservation in Texas. The workshops served as follow-up implementation work for research project 0-5606, "Creating Partnerships with Local Communities to Manage and Preserve Corridors." The report provides an overview of the project and documents the dates, locations, and attendance of workshops implemented during the three-year project period."

"This report focused on the evaluation of traffic sign sheeting performance in terms of meeting the nighttime driver needs. Using the luminance requirements derived from the study and market-weighted headlamp flux matrices, the researchers developed an approach to sigh sheeting specification that is based on nighttime driver needs."

Changes in the population and land area of urbanized areas in Texas will play a significant role in determining the allocation of public transportation funds to service providers in Texas after Census 2010. The purpose of this research report is to review the impacts of the changes in urbanized area population and non-urbanized (rural) population and land area for 2010 on the current Texas Transit Funding Formula for allocation of Federal Section 5311 and state rural and urban funds. This collaborative effort between the Texas Transportation Institute and the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio draws upon the complementary expertise of public Transportation planners, demographers, and geographic information systems professionals of the two research organizations. The research project identifies areas with the potential to exceed 200,000 in population and those non-urbanized areas that have potential to become urbanized (over 50,000 people) in 2010. The implications of these changes will be examined relative to the current public transportation funding allocations. The research staff provides a comprehensive assessment of these changes for the state as a whole and for individual transit service providers.

"This report was developed to disseminate knowledge, experiences, and reasons for use and benefits of Context-sensitive solutions (CSS) through university courses and technology transfer to facilitate its use by agencies and practitioners in gaining community acceptance of mobility improvement projects."

This report discusses the significant progress that was made towards developing the Total Pavement Acceptance Device (TPAD) during the first year of Project 0-6005.

This report discusses the issues raised during the pre-construction and construction phases of 9-in thick post-tensioned concrete pavement (PCP) with 300-ft long slabs that started in May 2008.

This report covers the implementation programs of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the reentry of offenders par H.B. 1711 requirement.

Partial abstract: This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 1999-00 through 2009-10 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Public Education Information Management System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for special populations and instructional programs. (p. ii).