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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an audit of the Texas Workforce Commission's tax audit function.

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.

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 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.