Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the recruitment and hiring strategies of the Child Protective Services (CPS) Division of the Department of Family and Protective Services' (Department), and strategies to combat high vacancy and turnover rates, specifically in regards to retaining tenured CPS caseworkers and improving caseload management.

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), whether these were within the limits established by Texas Education Code and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and recent changes made to the Program's rules and statutes.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the administration of selected child protective services (CPS) strategies by the Department of Family and Protective Services (Department), in compliance with state law, regulations, and relevant provisions of the General Appropriations Act. The report also discusses whether the Department has adequate processes and related controls to help ensure that its reported performance measures results for selected CPS strategies are reliable and that the Department uses those results to help manage the associated programs.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to Texas State University-San Marcos' controls over its financial and operational processes, and to opportunities for improvement in areas such as financial reporting, capital and controlled asset processes, contract management, procurement card purchases, and information technology.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has processes and related controls to help ensure that grantees perform in accordance with the terms of their grants, and whether CPRIT has processes and related controls to help ensure that grants are awarded in accordance with state law, rules, and CPRIT policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to whether incentive compensation at the Teacher Retirement System, the Permanent School Fund, and the Employees Retirement System was calculated and paid in accordance with policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected state entities (1) made purchases through the Information and Communications Technology Cooperative Contracts Program (Program) when required to do so; (2) properly procured the contracts, including negotiating prices and deliverables as appropriate; (3) obtained information technology commodity goods and services as statutorily defined through the Program; and (4) managed and monitored contractors to help ensure that they performed in accordance with the terms of the contracts; and determining whether state entities that purchase goods or services through the Program reported related major information resources projects to the Quality Assurance Team as required by law.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected state entities (1) made purchases through the Program when required to do so; (2) properly procured the contracts, including negotiating prices and deliverables as appropriate; (3)obtained information technology commodity goods and services as statutorily defined through the Program; and (4) managed and monitored contractors to help ensure that they performed in accordance with the terms of the contracts; and to determining whether state entities that purchase goods or services through the Program reported related major information resources projects to the Quality Assurance Team as required by law.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Licensing and Regulation has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure that it conducts inspection activities of selected regulated businesses and equipment in accordance with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and Department policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Medical Board has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure that it registers pain management clinics in accordance with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and Board policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Commission on the Arts is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Higher Education Coordinating Board is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Office of Injured Employee Counsel (Office) is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Facilities Commission is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Public Safety (Department) sufficiently performing several planning, procurement, formation, and oversight activities for two contracts audited, as well as opportunities for improvement in those areas for similar contracts in the future.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Transportation's (Department) ability to plan, procure, form, and monitor contracts and authorizations related to the design and reconstruction of an interchange on State Highway 352 in the Department's Dallas District according to applicable statutes and rules and its policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected groundwater conservation districts complied with applicable statutes and to summarizing information from districts' audited annual financial statements.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Education Agency's (Agency) ability to procure, manage, and monitor selected contracts for goods and services in accordance with applicable statutes, rules, Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts (Comptroller) requirements, and state entity policies and procedures to help ensure that the State's interests were protected.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected state agencies or higher education institutions complied with statutory requirements and rules established by the Comptroller to implement historically underutilized business (HUB) program requirements and report complete and accurate data to the Comptroller.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of State Health Services has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls for the Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program (Program) to help ensure that only eligible persons receive services through the Program and that it manages the Program's waiting list in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures; and whether the Department has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls for the Program to help ensure that Program expenditures are allowable and made in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Office of Court Administration complies with state law, administrative rules, and Office policies and procedures governing the Collection Improvement Program, as those requirements apply to the Office's calculation of collection rates for court costs, fees, and fines, technical assistance provided to counties and municipalities, and audit function; and whether the Office has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure the accuracy and completeness of Program data that counties and municipalities submit to the Office.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Information Resources (Department) designed and implemented effective processes and related controls for the Information and Communications Technology Cooperative Contracts Program (Program) to help ensure that it procures contracts in accordance with applicable state laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures and that the State's interests are protected.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Juvenile Justice Department (Department) complied with selected provisions of Texas Education Code, Chapter 30, which requires the Department to implement a comprehensive plan to improve the reading skills of students; determining whether the Department's reporting of performance measure results for reading achievement was accurate and complete; and determining whether the Department designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure compliance with Department policy and state law governing student attendance.