Assessment of the Effects of Regional Channel Stability and Sediment Transport on Roadway Hydraulic Structures: Final Report (open access)

Assessment of the Effects of Regional Channel Stability and Sediment Transport on Roadway Hydraulic Structures: Final Report

Technical report on the failures of using HEC-RAS when considering stream channel stability.
Date: June 2014
Creator: University of Texas at San Antonio. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected Contracts at the Health and Human Services Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on Selected Contracts at the Health and Human Services Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Health and Human Services Commission's (Commission) ability to comply with state requirements for contract formation and oversight for two Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT), and the Commission's inability to provide documentation showing that it complied with certain procurement requirements and scored vendors' proposals in accordance with applicable requirements.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the CSCOPE Contract at Education Service Centers (open access)

An Audit Report on the CSCOPE Contract at Education Service Centers

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the development and implementation of the CSCOPE curriculum management system was conducted in compliance with applicable procurement and contracting laws; determining the amounts of revenues or fees assessed or collected, expenditures, and support or in-kind contributions that education service centers or independent school districts made or authorized for the development, installation, distribution, and marketing of CSCOPE and whether those amounts were administered in compliance with applicable laws and rules; and determining the amounts of expenditures, revenues, or in-kind contributions that education service centers made to the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (Collaborative) and whether those amounts were administered in compliance with laws and rules.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the LatinWorks Marketing Contract at the Texas Lottery Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on the LatinWorks Marketing Contract at the Texas Lottery Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Lottery Commission (Commission) planned, procured, and established the selected contract for goods and services in accordance with applicable statutes, rules, Comptroller's Office requirements, and state entity policies, and procedures to help ensure that the State's interests were protected; and whether the Commission managed and monitored the selected contract for goods and services to help ensure that the contractor performed according to the terms of the contract and that contractor billings were valid and supported, in accordance with applicable statutes, rules, Comptroller's Office requirements, and state entity policies and procedures.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condition of Texas Pavements: Pavement Management Information Systems Annual Report, 2011-2014 (open access)

Condition of Texas Pavements: Pavement Management Information Systems Annual Report, 2011-2014

Annual report describing the condition of Texas pavements based on distress ratings and ride quality measurements from the Pavement Management Information System (PMIS) during fiscal years 2011-2014. "The report includes the percentage of lane miles in 'Good' or better condition, trends for the major highway systems (IH, US, SH and FM) and pavement types (ACP, CRCP and JCP), trends for pavement distress types and maintenance level of service information" (p. ii).
Date: June 6, 2014
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design and Scope of Impact of Auxiliary Lanes: Technical Report (open access)

Design and Scope of Impact of Auxiliary Lanes: Technical Report

Technical report developing implementation-oriented guidelines on the use of auxiliary lanes constructed in Texas.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Qi, Yi; Chen, Xiaoming; Cheu, Ruey Kelvin; Yu, Lei; Wu, Jianing; Wang, Yubian et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: May 2014 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: May 2014

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Personal Financial Statement (Form PFS) Instruction Guide (open access)

Personal Financial Statement (Form PFS) Instruction Guide

Instructions to the Texas Ethics Commission Form PFS, or Personal Financial Statement.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Texas Ethics Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safe Prisons Program Fiscal Year 2013 (open access)

Safe Prisons Program Fiscal Year 2013

Report on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Safe Prisons Program which outlines the program's regulations and presents statistics tracked in the program.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stretch and Flex Guidebook (open access)

Stretch and Flex Guidebook

Study of the effectiveness of TxDOT Stretch and Flex programs to reduce employee strain/sprain-related injuries.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Griffin, Lisa; Leite, Fernanda; Machemehl, Randy; Fleisher, Tim & Choe, Sooyoung
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sustainability of Transportation Structures Using Composite Materials to Support Trade and Growth (open access)

Sustainability of Transportation Structures Using Composite Materials to Support Trade and Growth

"This report presents the experimental and analytical investigations of structural performance of a full-scale American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) I-girder Type I, reinforced and prestressed with aramid-fiber-reinforced polymer bars, where the bridge girder is composite with a topping deck."
Date: June 2014
Creator: Gar, Shobeir Pirayeh; Hurlebaus, Stefan; Mander, John B.; Cummings, Wesley; Prouty, Michelle J. & Head, Monique H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Office of Injured Employee Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 (open access)

Texas Office of Injured Employee Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019

Strategic plan of the Texas Office of Injured Employee Counsel describing the scope, functions, organization, and financial aspects of the agency along with goals for the next five years.
Date: June 23, 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of Injured Employee Counsel.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 (open access)

Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019

Agency strategic plan by the Office of Public Utility Counsel of Texas for FY 2015-2019.
Date: June 23, 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of Public Utility Counsel.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Racing Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 (open access)

Texas Racing Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Racing Commission describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2015 through 2019.
Date: June 23, 2014
Creator: Texas Racing Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Library and Archives Commission Report on Customer Service, June 1, 2014 (open access)

Texas State Library and Archives Commission Report on Customer Service, June 1, 2014

A report on the findings of a customer service survey for the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Date: June 1, 2014
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
TxDOT Guidelines to assign PMIS Treatment Levels (open access)

TxDOT Guidelines to assign PMIS Treatment Levels

Report developed to provide TxDOT with guidelines to assign PMIS treatment levels for asphalt and rigid pavements.
Date: June 2014
Creator: University of Texas at El Paso. Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems.
System: The Portal to Texas History
TxDOT Wildland Fire Management Training (open access)

TxDOT Wildland Fire Management Training

None
Date: June 2014
Creator: Nash, Phillip T.; Senadheera, Sanjaya; Kumfer, Wesley & Beierle, Micah-John
System: The Portal to Texas History