An Audit Report on Border Security Funds (open access)

An Audit Report on Border Security Funds

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the sources of border security funding, the amounts spent in each category of expenditures for fiscal years 2004 through 2008 (including expenditures for staff, capital budget purchases, and information technology), and whether or not these expenditures were allocated appropriately.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Staffing and Caseloads at the Department of Family and Protective Services (open access)

An Audit Report on Staffing and Caseloads at the Department of Family and Protective Services

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to analysis of staffing levels and caseloads at the Department of Family and Protective Services to compare the results and evaluate the effectiveness of staffing strategies and enhancements over time, and verifying whether current caseload-per-worker performance measures, definitions, and methodologies accurately reflect the workloads of protective services caseworkers.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Texas State University System Foundation, Inc. and Transactions Involving the Texan Hall Dormitory at Angelo State University (open access)

An Audit Report on the Texas State University System Foundation, Inc. and Transactions Involving the Texan Hall Dormitory at Angelo State University

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to examining the transactions of the Texas State University System Foundation's (Foundation) financing of the Texas Hall dormitory at Angelo State University, including the transactions involving the formation and dissolution of the limited liability company; and determining whether the Foundation has transferred all funds pertaining to the construction and operation of the Texan Hall dormitory appropriated, dedicated, or held for the use and benefit of Angelo State University to the Texas Tech University System.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Investigative Report on the Adjutant General's Department (open access)

An Investigative Report on the Adjutant General's Department

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether members of the Adjutant General's Department (Department) used state emergency leave while serving on federal military orders, and determining if state emergency leave, used while serving on federal military orders, quantify the extent of the use.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Bexar Metropolitan Water District's Projected Financial Data for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 (open access)

A Review of Bexar Metropolitan Water District's Projected Financial Data for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing the Bexar Metropolitan Water District's forecasted 18-month financials to determine whether the projections were reasonable.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Expenditures Related to Hurricane Ike at Texas A&M University at Galveston (open access)

A Review of Expenditures Related to Hurricane Ike at Texas A&M University at Galveston

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to examining Texas A&M University at Galveston's hurricane-related expenditures to determine whether the expenditures were supported and documented; examining the University's hurricane-related impact and costs to determine whether they were developed using reasonable methodologies; determining whether there are any indications of fraud, waste, or abuse with respect to the University's hurricane-related expenditures; and identifying which cost estimates were subject to reimbursement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other non-state funding sources.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Special Investigations Unit Report on a Department of Housing and Community Affairs HOME Program Contract Awarded to the Lone Star Garden Development Corporation (open access)

A Special Investigations Unit Report on a Department of Housing and Community Affairs HOME Program Contract Awarded to the Lone Star Garden Development Corporation

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an investigation of allegations that funds the Department of Housing and Community Affairs awarded through its HOME Program had been misapplied.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2008 (open access)

Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2008

Annual report of federal funds expended by the state of Texas including financial statements and reports from auditors related to fiscal year 2008.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Agencies' and Higher Education Institutions' Background Check Procedures (open access)

An Audit Report on Agencies' and Higher Education Institutions' Background Check Procedures

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the authorization of the majority of state agencies and higher education institutions to conduct background checks, the procedures for reporting on these checks, and the determination of whether other agencies institutions should be conducting background checks.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Chiropractic Examiners (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Chiropractic Examiners

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Board of Chiropractic Examiners accurately reports selected key performance measures to ABEST, and has adequate control systems in place over the collecting, calculating and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Professional Land Surveying (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Professional Land Surveying

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Board of Professional Land Surveying accurately reported selected key performance measures to ABEST, and has adequate control systems in place over the collecting, calculating, and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected Business Functions at the Texas Forest Service (open access)

An Audit Report on Selected Business Functions at the Texas Forest Service

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Forest Service has proper controls to ensure that it follows applicable state laws and agency policies and procedures for selected business functions; specifically, the audit determines whether the Forest Service accounts for emergency responses in accordance with applicable policies and regulations to ensure accuracy, and whether the Forest Service awards, processes expenditures from, and monitors grants to volunteer fire departments in accordance with applicable policies, grant provisions, and regulations.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of State Agency, University, and Community College District Compliance with the Public Funds Investment Act and Investment Reporting Requirements (open access)

A Review of State Agency, University, and Community College District Compliance with the Public Funds Investment Act and Investment Reporting Requirements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to ensuring that state agencies and most higher education institutions complied with the Public Funds Investment Act's (Act) requirement to submit a compliance report to the State Auditor's Office by January 1, 2008; and determining whether higher education institutions complied with Rider 5 (General Appropriations Act, 80th Legislature) reporting requirements as prescribed by the State Auditor's Office in a previous audit.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2007 (open access)

Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2007

Annual report of federal funds expended by the state of Texas including financial statements and reports from auditors related to fiscal year 2007.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2006 (open access)

An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2006

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the total amount of school district bonds guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund's (Fund) Bond Guarantee Program (Program), and whether these were within the limits established by Section 45.053(a) of the Texas Education Code and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Correctional Managed Health Care Funding Requirements (open access)

An Audit Report on Correctional Managed Health Care Funding Requirements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the deficit for the 2006-2007 biennium that was reported and projected by the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, and the follow-up on recommendations in prior State Auditor's Office reports.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Financial Processes at the Parks and Wildlife Department (open access)

An Audit Report on Financial Processes at the Parks and Wildlife Department

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the overall management and operation of the state park system by the Parks and Wildlife Department, particularly regarding improvements in park visitation report accuracy, maximizing state park revenue, effectiveness of management and operation, and the consistency of cost estimating processes.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Examiners of Psychologists (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the accuracy of the Board of Examiners of Psychologists' performance measures data and the adequacy of related control systems over the collection and reporting of selected performance measures.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected Rehabilitation Programs at the Department of Criminal Justice (open access)

An Audit Report on Selected Rehabilitation Programs at the Department of Criminal Justice

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to rehabilitation programs at the Department of Criminal Justice (Department) intended to reduce recidivism, determining the Department's ability to collect and maintain sufficient data for measuring the effectiveness of these programs, understanding the outcomes for participants in the programs, and identifying rehabilitation programs in other states that have demonstrated a high level of success.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Textbook Inventory Accountability at the Texas Education Agency (open access)

An Audit Report on Textbook Inventory Accountability at the Texas Education Agency

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Education Agency has controls to ensure accurate, complete, and timely data on school district and charter school textbook inventories in the Educational Materials and Textbook (EMAT) system to prevent unnecessary purchases of textbooks from textbook depositories.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending's Protection of Consumers from Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending's Protection of Consumers from Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending is protecting consumers from predatory mortgage lending practices by reviewing the Department's licensee application approval procedures and enforcement procedures.
Date: March 2007
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 Classification Compliance Review Report on the State's Attorney, Assistant Attorney General, and General Counsel Positions (open access)

A Classification Compliance Review Report on the State's Attorney, Assistant Attorney General, and General Counsel Positions

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether state agencies conform to the Position Classification Plan by ensuring proper classification of legal positions.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Investigative Report on the Texas Youth Commission (open access)

An Investigative Report on the Texas Youth Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to gathering financial and operational information to develop a rehabilitation plan for the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) and submit the plan to the Legislative Audit Committee, and coordinating with the Special Master appointed by the Governor, law enforcement organizations, and other oversight authorities.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History