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Increase access to state assistance for defense communities (open access)

Increase access to state assistance for defense communities

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to combining or improving two economic development programs that are both meant to support military programs and infrastructure in Texas.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Optimize administration of the commercial driver license testing program (open access)

Optimize administration of the commercial driver license testing program

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to the implementation of changes to commercial driver license skills testing, administrative review requirements, and upgrades to information technology networks.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of opioid crisis in Texas (open access)

Overview of opioid crisis in Texas

Staff report outlining contextual information and various issues related to the opioid crisis in Texas and state programs intended to address it.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Decrease state agencies’ customer call wait times (open access)

Decrease state agencies’ customer call wait times

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to reducing overall waiting times when customers call Texas state agencies.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of state response to chronic wasting disease (open access)

Overview of state response to chronic wasting disease

Staff report outlining contextual information and discussion related to the management of a chronic wasting disease that was discovered in a Texas deer-breeding facility and the efficacy of the response.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of state ferry system operations (open access)

Overview of state ferry system operations

Staff report outlining contextual information related to "ferry system operations including funding sources, traffic and congestion, vessel maintenance and replacement, and opportunities for diesel emission reductions" (p. 1).
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of Texas exports during calendar year 2017 (open access)

Overview of Texas exports during calendar year 2017

Staff report outlining contextual information and discussion related to exports from Texas compared to other U.S. states, particularly exports to foreign countries.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiscal impact of hurricane Harvey on state agencies (open access)

Fiscal impact of hurricane Harvey on state agencies

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to "Hurricane Harvey's fiscal impact on state agencies" (p. 1)
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funding options for the Texas coastal resiliency master plan (open access)

Funding options for the Texas coastal resiliency master plan

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to plans for coastal protection and programs to increase resiliency.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implement strategies to increase capacity and manage workload at state crime laboratories and improve state laboratory accreditation (open access)

Implement strategies to increase capacity and manage workload at state crime laboratories and improve state laboratory accreditation

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to the inability 13 crime laboratories administered by the Department of Public Safety to keep up with demand by the many law enforcement agencies that rely on them.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improve alignment of skills development fund grants with workforce training goals (open access)

Improve alignment of skills development fund grants with workforce training goals

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to various state-funded workforce training programs including their administration and evaluation metrics.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Unified Transportation Program Annual Report: 2018 (open access)

Unified Transportation Program Annual Report: 2018

Annual report documenting progress on the unified transportation program, a long-term plan to guide transportation development in Texas. The report covers the last 100 years (1917-2017) activities and discusses project activities and projections for future work from
Date: 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Rural Transportation Plan (open access)

The Texas Rural Transportation Plan

The Texas Rural Transportation Plan (TRTP) is the rural component of the Statewide Long Range Transportation Plan (SLRTP) 2035. As part of the SLRTP, the TRTP is a blueprint for the planning process in the rural areas that will guide the collaborative efforts between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), local and regional decision-makers, and all transportation stakeholders to reach a consensus on needed transportation projects and services through 2035.The report describes current condition, needs and planned improvements, economic impact, stakeholders and public outreach and conclusion.
Date: June 28, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rider 23 Report: Annual Performance Report for the Prescription Drug Rebate Program (open access)

Rider 23 Report: Annual Performance Report for the Prescription Drug Rebate Program

The report describes the prescription drug rebate outstanding principal and interest amounts, age of receivables, annual collection rates, billed amounts, dollar value of pricing and utilization adjustments, and dollars collected. This report includes a separate prescription drug rebate collection report for each managed care and fee for-service (FFS) rebate program.
Date: August 2017
Creator: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Far West Region Research: Goals and Impacts (open access)

Far West Region Research: Goals and Impacts

Impact report describing research in the far west region of Texas, as well as goals and progress on specific projects.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas A & M AgriLife Research
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program Annual Report: 2009 (open access)

Texas Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program Annual Report: 2009

Annual report of the Nonpoint Source Management Program in Texas describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2009.
Date: January 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year In Review, 2018 (open access)

Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year In Review, 2018

Report that summarizes the data on the types and the amount of waste disposed and processed at Texas' permitted and registered MSW facilities, as well as an estimate of the state's remaining MSW landfill disposal capacity.
Date: September 2019
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Waste Permits Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Education Agency Annual Report: 2018 (open access)

Texas Education Agency Annual Report: 2018

The report describe the Texas Education Agency strategic plan, recruit, support and retain teachers and principals, build a foundation of reading and math, connect high school to career and college, improve low-performing schools, enrollment and financial information, national comparison agency response and actions in 2018.
Date: December 2018
Creator: Texas Education Agency
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report on School-Based Health Centers: Fiscal Years 2012-2013 (open access)

Biennial Report on School-Based Health Centers: Fiscal Years 2012-2013

The report describes on creating a program to fund school-based health centers with federal or state funds. The report presents background of the program, findings on the program, program recommendations and financing it. The report also discuss the process measures for subpopulation of students with chronic conditions.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
2018 Report to the People of Texas (open access)

2018 Report to the People of Texas

Annual report from the Texas Governor's Office discussing the various initiatives during 2017, particularly the response to Hurricane Harvey, and plans for fiscal year 2019.
Date: 2018
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Transportation Asset Management Plan (open access)

Texas Transportation Asset Management Plan

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has constructed, maintains, and inspects the largest state network of pavements, bridges, and other assets in the country. This report describes Transportation asset management using data to make informed decisions that, when implemented, sustain a desired level of network performance.
Date: 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public Notice of 2020 Summary of Customer Complaints and Enforcement Activities and Request for Comments (open access)

Public Notice of 2020 Summary of Customer Complaints and Enforcement Activities and Request for Comments

This report provides data related to customer protection as well as oversight & enforcement in the Texas Public Utilities Commission as well as a statement regarding an intention to publish the data more regularly and soliciting public input.
Date: 2019
Creator: Texas. Public Utility Commission.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Workforce Plan Fiscal Year 2019 to 2023 (open access)

Workforce Plan Fiscal Year 2019 to 2023

This report describes workforce plan 2019-2023
Date: June 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Banking
System: The Portal to Texas History
Health & Wellness  Committee Five Year Analysis 2013-2017 (open access)

Health & Wellness Committee Five Year Analysis 2013-2017

This report This report describe factual data and practical guidance regarding key areas of health and wellness to educate and facilitate the development of action guides by individuals and departments.
Date: July 17, 2018
Creator: Texas. Commision on Fire Protection
System: The Portal to Texas History