Letter from a state auditor on the changes occurring at Texas A&M and Southwest Texas State universities to improve their operations.

Summary report describing issues with providing housing and utilities to state employees. This includes situations in which employees receive free, state-subsidized housing and utilities; live in state-owned properties for a nominal monthly rate; or receive monthly cash payments in lieu of in-kind housing benefits; and in which employees receive some form of educational assistance from their employing agencies

Report to Governor Bush on the Texas Health Reinsurance System.

Letter to Dr. E. James Hindman, President of Angelo State University from Lawrence F. Alwin, Texas State Auditor regarding managemetn of systems for financial aid, contracting, human resources, and fixed assets. Angelo State Management's Response also included.

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.

Letter announcing the completion of the management control audit at the University of Texas Pan American.

Letter on the findings of an audit on the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Letter detailing the audit of General Revenue fund distribution to three universities.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining what action had been taken in response to the recommendations of "An Audit Report on Management Controls at The Texas Rehabilitation Commission."

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an independent accounting and analysis of all funds received under the Alberti court order and state funds allocated to Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) for fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

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.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the results of a limited program effectiveness audit of the Texas Workforce Commission's Communities in Schools program.

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 evaluating caseload management within the State Courts of Appeals, focusing on efficiency and compliance with established equalization procedures.

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 state 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 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 management controls at the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (Commission). The report evaluates the existing management control systems at the Commission, which enable the Commission to accomplish its mission, goals, and strategies, and also provides suggestions for improvements to existing practices and systems.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to deficiencies in the design and implementation of controls over the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) purchasing and contracting functions, which have prevented TDCJ from ensuring that it spends funds according to state law or on the most effective, efficient services.

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 analyzing the increase in new debt in school districts; determining types of alternative debt, implications for future school district solvency, and the amount of debt associated with each type; and reviewing the roles of the Texas Education Agency, the Attorney General's Office, and the Texas Bond Review Board to determine the extent of oversight and to identify gaps in oversight responsibilities.

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.

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.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Department of Insurance and its liquidation of insolvent insurance companies and its monitoring of the insurance guaranty associations.

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.