Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the financial analyses and assessments of management control systems at thirteen small agencies in order to establish reasonable controls to enable them to meet legislative mandates and deliver intended benefits.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Bond Guarantee Program, which is certified to be in full compliance with Title 2, Section 45.053 of the Texas Education Code, stating that the amount of bonds guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund do not exceed limits prescribed by the law.

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 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.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to human resource management controls in Texas State government. This report analyzes the current status of human resources at a statewide level, determines whether human resource control systems at four state agencies and universities provide reasonable assurance that human resources are effectively contributing to the achievement of the organization's goals, and collects baseline measurements for human resources benchmarking.

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 the financial statements of the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner (Commission). This report reviews and evaluates significant internal controls for the Commission in order to verify compliance with laws and regulations that have a material effect on the Commission's financial statements.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Teacher Retirement System's (System) general purpose financial statements for fiscal year 1996 are accurately presented in all material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

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.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to major deficiencies in Stephen F. Austin State University's (University) design or implementation of management controls in several areas, which collectively reduce the University's ability to safeguard assets and ensure its mission and objectives will be fully accomplished.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to weaknesses in controls over contracts, budgeting, and licensing, which prevent the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Commission) from ensuring that its mission is achieved.

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.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the existing management control systems at the General Services Commission (Agency) and identifying both strengths opportunities for improvement.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Commissioner and Board of Trustees of the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner's (Commission) inability to establish effective control over critical Commission function; external intervention may be necessary to establish adequate control over the $20 million Texas Statewide Volunteer Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund.

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.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the effectiveness of management processes and control systems within the Texas Lottery Commission, considering issues of strategic planning, organizational structure, management information systems, human resource management, financial control systems, and performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to opportunities for the University of Houston (University) to improve aspects of its resource and policy management control systems to make them more efficient and effective.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to opportunities for the University of North Texas (University) to make its control systems more efficient and effective.

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 entities have adequate control systems in place over the collection and reporting of their performance measures, and providing assistance to selected state entities who were undergoing self-examinations or that have had recurring problems in controlling and reporting performance measure data.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators' (Board) effectiveness in the receipt and resolution of complaints and its compliance with statutory duties and responsibilities.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the Department of Human Services' effectiveness and its compliance with statutory duties and responsibilities in the regulation of long-term care facilities.

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 evaluating the management control systems within the University of Texas at Brownsville, including its management of resources, and to identifying strengths and opportunities for improvement.

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.