Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to providing prison officials with a tool for self-assessment of prison unit costs, and determining if unit operating expenditures for related functions are within a reasonable range among units.

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

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the challenges facing the new Texas Workforce Commission, and the Commission's need for management control systems and a comprehensive contract administration program, in order to minimize the risks related to the creation of a new agency.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission's (Commission) monitoring and oversight over water districts and utilities is efficient and adequate to protect consumers and public health, and whether Commission controls and jurisdiction are consistent with risks for entities of various types.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining what action had been taken in response to the recommendations of "An Audit Report on Management Controls at The Texas Rehabilitation Commission."

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to following up on recommendations identified during the review of fiscal years 1993 and 1994 workers' compensation and unemployment reimbursements, and identifying opportunities for enhanced efficiency and compliance.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to Northeast Texas Community College (College) management and staff's significant improvements in the leadership, administration, and financial stability of the institution.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to following up on findings and recommendations from previous State Auditor's Office reports; and reviewing the contractor selection and monitoring processes used by the Texas Department of Insurance and the insurance guaranty associations to determine whether the best contractors are objectively selected and contractor performance is sufficiently monitored.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an assessment of management processes and control systems at the Texas Education Agency.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if there are adequate controls over cash disbursements at the Comptroller's Office to prevent and/or detect errors or irregularities in paid vouchers in a timely manner.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating Texas Health Reinsurance System (System) compliance with Texas statutes and its Plan of Operation and to identifying any opportunities to improve the efficient and effective operation by the Board of Directors and the Department of Insurance.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected state entities are accurately reporting their key performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST) database; whether the selected state entities have adequate control systems in place over the collection and reporting of their performance measures; whether the selected entities have corrected deficiencies identified during the Performance Measure Certification Audits, Phases I-IX; and to providing assistance to selected agencies that have had recurring problems in controlling and reporting performance measure data.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to a request by the Senate Interim Committee on Juvenile Justice and Child Support (Committee), providing information on the total costs of the Texas Child Support Enforcement System (TXCSES), the current status of the TXCSES project, the time frame for federal certification and statewide implementation, the Office of the Attorney General's (OAG) ability to assume responsibility for maintaining the TXCSES system, the correlation between the Integrated Child Support System (ICSS) and TXCSES, all outside contracts negotiated by the OAG for the Child Support Enforcement Program, the payments to Andersen Consulting (Andersen) for services rendered on the TXCSES project, compliance with the State Employees Training Act, and the impact of turnover in OAG executives and TXCSES development leadership.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to following up on recommendations made in "An Audit Report on Management Controls at Texas A&M University System Research and Service Agencies," limited to issues of accounts receivable, revenue, and automation at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to Southwest Texas State University (University) management taking a number of significant actions to address recommendations contained in "An Audit Report on Management Controls at Southwest Texas State University."

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the existing management control systems at the Texas Department of Agriculture (Department) and the Texas Agriculture Finance Authority (TAFA) to identify both strengths and opportunities for improvement, and provide reasonable assurance that Department objectives will be accomplished.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the effectiveness of audits performed by the executive branch including revenue audits, audits of subcontractors and subgrantees, and internal audit; reporting on fiscal accountability in the State, including each department's responsibility for establishing and maintaining internal controls and the status of accounting systems in the State; and summarizing the audit work of the State Auditor for the previous two years.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the full-time classified state employee turnover rate for Fiscal Year 1996. This report provides classified employee turnover information that can be used to evaluate and address areas of concern related to turnover and potentially reduce turnover costs to the State. Turnover rates greater than 35 percent were specifically analyzed and reported by agency, occupational categories, and class series because a rate greater than 35 percent is indicative of organization problems.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Office of the Attorney General being in full compliance with the General Appropriations Act provisions dealing with collections of debts owed to the State and the reappropriation of these collections to the Office of the Attorney General.

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 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 determining whether the financial information of the Senate's Annual Financial Report was presented in accordance with established criteria and whether the Senate adhered to applicable financial compliance requirements.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to identifying and summarizing the issues presented in the internal auditors' annual reports for fiscal years 1995 and 1996; to presenting those issues of concern to more than one agency or university, and to identifying and reporting trends in the issues reported by the internal auditors; and to summarizing the internal auditing functions' compliance with the reporting requirements of the Texas Internal Auditing Act.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the inadequacy in design and/or implementation in several areas of management controls at Sam Houston State University (University), specifically regarding the University's internal audit function, its auxiliary enterprise operations, budgets and budget monitoring, and human resource controls.