1996 Small Agency Management Control Audit (open access)

1996 Small Agency Management Control Audit

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the financial analyses and assessments of management control systems at eight small agencies in order to establish reasonable controls to ensure that public funds were appropriately used, missions were accomplished, goals and objectives were achieved, and resources were safeguarded.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Audit of the Electronic Benefits Transfer System (open access)

Audit of the Electronic Benefits Transfer System

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system effectively providing government benefits to recipients of food stamps and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and opportunities to improve controls to ensure retailers are provided with correct information, access is properly restricted, automated program changes are authorized, disruptions to the system do not occur, and cards and personal identification numbers are replaced in accordance with contract requirements.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Board of Architectural Examiners Classification Compliance Audit (open access)

Board of Architectural Examiners Classification Compliance Audit

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners' (Board) 93 percent rate of compliance with the Position Classification Plan.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Follow-Up Audit Report on Management Controls at Texas A&M University and the System Offices (open access)

Follow-Up Audit Report on Management Controls at Texas A&M University and the System Offices

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining what actions management Texas A&M University and the System Office have taken to address the issues and recommendations from a previous report.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Management Control Audit of the General Land Office and Veterans Land Board (open access)

A Management Control Audit of the General Land Office and Veterans Land Board

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the management control systems of the General Land Office and Veterans Land Board in order to provide reasonable assurance that objectives will be met.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Management Letter on the Financial and Operational Review of Texas Southern University (open access)

A Management Letter on the Financial and Operational Review of Texas Southern University

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an examination of cash flows, financial controls, and management systems such as human resources and information management at Texas Southern University.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Management Letter on the Tax Audit Function at the Texas Workforce Commission (open access)

A Management Letter on the Tax Audit Function at the Texas Workforce Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an audit of the Texas Workforce Commission's tax audit function.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Management Letter on the Tax Revenue System at the Comptroller of Public Accounts (open access)

A Management Letter on the Tax Revenue System at the Comptroller of Public Accounts

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to assessing the effectiveness of the accountability system over tax revenues collected by the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Quarterly Report of Full-Time Equivalent State Employees for the Quarter Ending August 31, 1996 (open access)

A Quarterly Report of Full-Time Equivalent State Employees for the Quarter Ending August 31, 1996

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.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on Prison Unit Cost Comparison Texas Department of Criminal Justice (open access)

A Report on Prison Unit Cost Comparison Texas Department of Criminal Justice

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.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Controls Over Investment Practices at Six Major State Investing Entities (open access)

A Review of Controls Over Investment Practices at Six Major State Investing Entities

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing the adequacy of management controls over investment practices at state agencies and universities.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the State Auditor to the Texas Southern University Regents - November 15, 1996] (open access)

[Letter from the State Auditor to the Texas Southern University Regents - November 15, 1996]

A letter to Mr. Cabell, the chairman of the Board of Regents of Texas Southern University in response to his August 1996 request. The State Auditor's office has conducted a financial and operational review at the Texas Southern University.
Date: November 15, 1996
Creator: Laurence F. Alwin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report on Full-Time Classified State Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 1997 (open access)

Annual Report on Full-Time Classified State Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 1997

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the full-time classified state employee turnover rate for Fiscal Year 1997. 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.
Date: November 1997
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Management Controls at the Dallas County Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center (open access)

An Audit Report on Management Controls at the Dallas County Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to major managerial deficiencies in the Dallas County Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Center (Center), including the Board of Trustees' (Board) tendency to micromanage the operations of the Center and the staff's tendency to ignore established policies and procedures, which collectively reduce the Center's ability to safeguard its assets and ensure its goals and objectives will be fully accomplished.
Date: November 1997
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
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 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 Report on Management Controls at Texas A&M University - Kingsville (open access)

An Audit Report on Management Controls at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to Texas A&M University - Kingsville's (University) effective management of current fund revenues, and opportunities for improvement to prevent financial or compliance problems.
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 Juvenile Probation Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on Management Controls at the Juvenile Probation Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to how the Juvenile Probation Commission (Commission) ensures that local juvenile probation departments (local departments) accomplish the tasks that the Legislature expects, and how the Commission ensures that the information it provides to the Legislature and others is accurate.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Audit Functions with Four or Fewer Staff Members (open access)

An Audit Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Audit Functions with Four or Fewer Staff Members

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determine the effectiveness of small internal audit functions by evaluating the effectiveness of internal audit departments with four or fewer staff members and internal audit services provided by contractors at 33 state agencies and universities, and by surveying internal audit directors, agency directors, university presidents, and board chairs to obtain their opinions regarding the effectiveness of internal audit functions.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on University Purchases Subject to Local Controls at Universities (open access)

An Audit Report on University Purchases Subject to Local Controls at Universities

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if appropriate purchasing controls exist at universities, and identifying any material instances of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Quarterly Report of Full-time Equivalent Classified Employees for the Quarter Ending August 31, 1998 (open access)

A Quarterly Report of Full-time Equivalent Classified Employees for the Quarter Ending August 31, 1998

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.
Date: November 1998
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 Revenue Processing at Four State Agencies (open access)

An Audit Report on Revenue Processing at Four State Agencies

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if selected high-risk revenues have appropriate procedures in place to ensure that those revenues are maximized.
Date: November 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History