Student and Exchange Visitor Program: DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight Functions (open access)

Student and Exchange Visitor Program: DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight Functions

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has not developed a process to identify and analyze program risks since assuming responsibility for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) in 2003, in accordance with internal controls standards and risk management guidance. Within ICE, officials from SEVP and the Counterterrorism and Criminal Exploitation Unit (CTCEU), which tracks, coordinates, and oversees school fraud investigations, have expressed concerns about the fraud risks posed by schools that do not comply with requirements. Investigators said that identifying and assessing risk factors, such as the type of school, are critical to addressing potential vulnerabilities posed across the more than 10,000 SEVP-certified schools. However, SEVP does not have processes to (1) evaluate prior and suspected cases of school noncompliance and fraud and (2) obtain and assess information from CTCEU and ICE field offices on school investigations and outreach events. For example, ICE reported that it has withdrawn at least 88 schools since 2003 for non-compliance; however, ICE has not evaluated schools’ withdrawals to determine potential trends from their noncompliant actions because case information is not well-organized, according to SEVP officials. Without a process to …
Date: June 18, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
VA/DOD Federal Health Care Center: Costly Information Technology Delays Continue and Evaluation Plan Lacking (open access)

VA/DOD Federal Health Care Center: Costly Information Technology Delays Continue and Evaluation Plan Lacking

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins ""
Date: June 26, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding (open access)

Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding

Report that looks at the purpose and background of Community Services Block Grants (CSBG), which provide federal funds to states, territories, and tribes for distribution to local agencies to support a wide range of community-based activities to reduce poverty.
Date: June 21, 2012
Creator: Spar, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Audit Report on Selected Financial Controls at the State Office of Administrative Hearings (open access)

An Audit Report on Selected Financial Controls at the State Office of Administrative Hearings

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) has processes and related controls to help ensure that budgets are prepared using a reasonable methodology and appropriate data, financial data is secure, and the Hearing Activity Report is accurate and complete.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Follow-up Audit Report on Staffing and Caseloads at the Department of Family and Protective Services (open access)

A Follow-up Audit Report on Staffing and Caseloads at the Department of Family and Protective Services

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the implementation status of prior State Auditor's Office recommendations regarding staffing and caseloads for the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on State Agency, University, and Community College District Compliance with the Public Funds Investment Act and Investment Reporting Requirements (open access)

A Report on State Agency, University, and Community College District Compliance with the Public Funds Investment Act and Investment Reporting Requirements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether state agencies and most higher education institutions complied with the Public Funds Investment Act's requirement to submit a compliance report to the State Auditor's Office; and determining whether higher education institutions complied with Rider 5 of the General Appropriations Act and reporting requirements as prescribed by the State Auditor's Office in a previous audit.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Follow-up Audit Report on the Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Excise Tax Collection Process (open access)

A Follow-up Audit Report on the Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Excise Tax Collection Process

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the implementation status of prior State Auditor's Office recommendations to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission (Commission) related to excise tax collection processes and information resources.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report Related to the National Research University Fund (open access)

An Audit Report Related to the National Research University Fund

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to auditing all or a representative sample of restricted research funds awarded to eligible higher education institutions and the higher education institutions' expenditures of those funds.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on the Audit of Texas A&M University - San Antonio's Fiscal Year 2011 Financial Statements (open access)

A Report on the Audit of Texas A&M University - San Antonio's Fiscal Year 2011 Financial Statements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the fiscal year 2011 financial statements of the Texas A&M University - San Antonio, and significant deficiencies of internal controls over financial reporting.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: May 2012 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: May 2012

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 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Begin with the End in Mind: A Records Management and Archive Manual for Texas Legislators (open access)

Begin with the End in Mind: A Records Management and Archive Manual for Texas Legislators

This manual is a records management and archives manual for Texas legislators.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $514 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $514 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document provides information on the distribution of $514 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date: June 6, 2012
Creator: Combs, Susan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program, Habitat Conservation Plan, Final Report, Volume 1 (open access)

Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program, Habitat Conservation Plan, Final Report, Volume 1

First part of a report evaluating the environmental impacts of adopting a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) prepared by the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program (EARIP) that would permit incidental take of endangered species during other lawful activities, while attempting to minimize or mitigate expected impacts. This volume contains the executive summary and chapters describing the purpose and need for the action, alternatives, the affected environment, environmental consequences, and coordination and consultation as well as a list of preparers, references, and associated tables and appendices.
Date: June 2012
Creator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Walking Guide to the Sauceda Historic District, Big Bend Ranch State Park (open access)

Walking Guide to the Sauceda Historic District, Big Bend Ranch State Park

Pamphlet detailing a walking guide to the Sauceda Historic District at Big Bend Ranch State Park, including historical information about the buildings and ranch.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locating, Scanning, and Delivering Digital Geophysical Well Logs and Associated Data for Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS) (open access)

Locating, Scanning, and Delivering Digital Geophysical Well Logs and Associated Data for Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS)

This report provides information on the effort to identify, determine locations, and scan geophysical logs that could be used to help characterize brackish groundwater resources of Texas, enter key attributes of those geophysical logs in a database designed by Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) , and deliver the scans and database to TWDB as part of the Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS) effort. (p. 1).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Ortuno, Daniel H.; Averett, Aaron R.; Clift, Sigrid J. & Paine, Jeffrey G.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Results of the 2012 Research and Survey of Adult Education Providers in Texas (open access)

Results of the 2012 Research and Survey of Adult Education Providers in Texas

This document provides information on research conducted on the Adult Education resources in Texas, and includes a comprehensive list of adult education and literacy providers in the state.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas Workforce Investment Council
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adult and Juvenile Correctional Population Projection, Fiscal Years 2012-2017 (open access)

Adult and Juvenile Correctional Population Projection, Fiscal Years 2012-2017

"This report is provided to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice so they may incorporate the relevant information into their Legislative Appropriations Requests for the 2014-15 biennium" (June 2012).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Updating the Hydrogeologic Framework for the Northern Portion of the Gulf Coast Aquifer (open access)

Updating the Hydrogeologic Framework for the Northern Portion of the Gulf Coast Aquifer

This report documents the development of the structure, lithology, and depositional framework for the Gulf Coast Aquifer system from the Brazos River north to the Sabine River and into Louisiana. (p. xiii).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Young, Steven C.; Ewing, Tom; Hamlin, Scott; Baker, Ernie & Lupton, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chronic Wasting Disease Management Plan (open access)

Chronic Wasting Disease Management Plan

This document provides management strategies, risk developments, and protecting big game resources from chronic wasting disease in captive or free ranging cervid populations.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Health Professions Council Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Health Professions Council Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Health Professions Council describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Texas. Health Professions Council.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Commission of Texas Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Railroad Commission of Texas Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Railroad Commission of Texas describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Commission on the Arts Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Commission on the Arts Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Commission on the Arts describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on the Arts
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Adjutant General's Department Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Adjutant General's Department Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Adjutant General's Department describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Texas. Adjutant General's Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Veterans Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Veterans Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Veterans Commission describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Texas Veterans Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History