"This report highlights many of the major spending issues considered by the 77th Legislature. A detailed summary of SB 1 by Ellis, the general appropriations act, appears in the May 2001 Legislative Budget Board report, Summary of the Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill 1."

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the statewide turnover rate for full-time classified employees, which is used to monitor total employee loss to the State. Retention strategies are provided to monitor and curb excessive turnover, which can affect an organization's ability to meet its mission.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether entities that are required to pay benefits proportionally by fund (1) complied with the Comptroller of Public Accounts' Accounting Policy Statement (APS) 011 requirements to complete Benefits to be Proportional by Fund reports and (2) processed adjustments to achieve proportionality.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Department of Economic Development (TxED) accurately represented its assets, liabilities, and fund reserve balances in its annual financial report for fiscal year 2003; and whether information in TxED's internal accounting system is accurate and reliable and if it corresponds to the information maintained in the Uniform Statewide Accounting System (USAS).

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an opinion on the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner's basic financial statements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2003.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to five accreditation review reports published in fiscal year 2003, required as a part of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) university accreditation process.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an opinion on the Permanent School Fund's financial statements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2003.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an opinion on the Teacher Retirement System's basic financial statements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2003.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining what cause the Texas Commission on Private Security's (Agency) reported budget shortfalls for fiscal year 2002 and 2003; determining whether the Agency made inappropriate payments; and determining whether there was evidence of fraud.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing the format of the Department of Public Safety's seized assets report to ensure all elements required in DPS Rider 11 are included, and to identifying areas for further clarification.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to opinions on the financial statements that collectively comprise the State of Texas's basic financial statements and on the State's compliance with requirements from Federal programs.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the State's basic financial statements accurately reflect the balances and activities for the State of Texas for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2003.

Annual report of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2003. Includes in memoriam entry for illustrator Rob Fleming.

Biennial report to the Texas Legislature describing the activities of the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) during fiscal years 2003 and 2004, including information on state agency financing, claims, losses, and expenditures.

Biennial report to the Texas Legislature describing the activities of the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) during fiscal years 2003 and 2004, including information on state agency financing, claims, losses, and expenditures. This copy includes amendments to the first seven pages of the original report.

Annual financial report for the Texas State Office of Risk Management during fiscal year 2003 including balance sheets for revenues, expenditures, and various funds, with associated notes.

Report on nonfinancial data of the Texas State Office of Risk Management for fiscal year 2003, including information about fees, spaces, progress on the HUB (historically underutilized business) plan, environmentally sensitive purchases, and indirect costs.

Annual report detailing the effectiveness of Texas risk management during fiscal year 2003 including cost containment measures measures to reduce workers' compensation payments.

This report discusses key drinking water issues in the 109th Congress, including problems caused by specific contaminants, such as methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and perchlorate, as well as the related issue of the appropriate federal role in providing financial assistance for water infrastructure projects.

Medicaid is a health insurance program jointly funded by the states and the federal government. Generally, eligibility is limited to low-income children, pregnant women, parents of dependent children, people with disabilities, and the elderly. Each state designs and administers its own program within broad federal guidelines.

A report which describes USAID results in economic growth, agricultural development, education, environmental protection, health, population, democracy and governance, and humanitarian assistance.

This report is an inventory of the profiles of the Environmental Justice Small Grants awarded for FY 2003. It shows each regions grants awards depending on socioeconomic balance, diversity of recipients, and sustainability of benefits.

DOE and PNNL are working to strengthen the technical defensibility of the groundwater flow and transport model at the Hanford Site and to incorporate uncertainty into the model. One aspect of the initiative is developing and using a three-dimensional transient inverse model to estimate the hydraulic conductivities, specific yields, and other parameters using data from Hanford since 1943. The focus of the alternative conceptual model (ACM-2) inverse modeling initiative documented in this report was to address limitations identified in the ACM-1 model, complete the facies-based approach for representing the hydraulic conductivity distribution in the Hanford and middle Ringold Formations, develop the approach and implementation methodology for generating multiple ACMs based on geostatistical data analysis, and develop an approach for inverse modeling of these stochastic ACMs. The primary modifications to ACM-2 transient inverse model include facies-based zonation of Units 1 (Hanford ) and 5 (middle Ringold); an improved approach for handling run-on recharge from upland areas based on watershed modeling results; an improved approach for representing artificial discharges from site operations; and minor changes to the geologic conceptual model. ACM-2 is the first attempt to fully incorporate the facies-based approach to represent the hydrogeologic structure. Further refinement and additional improvements to …

Conceptual models have been identified as one of the sources of uncertainty in the interpretation and prediction of contaminant migration through the vadose zone at Hanford. Current conceptual models are limited partly because they often do not account for the random heterogeneity that occurs under the extremes of very nonlinear flow behavior typical of the Hanford vadose zone. Over the last two years significant progress has been made in characterizing physical heterogeneity and in the development of techniques for incorporating this heterogeneity into predictive and inverse models for field-scale subsurface flow. One of the remaining pieces of the puzzle is the impact of heterogeneity on the distribution of reactive contaminants. Reactive transport occurs over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. However, the manner in which the various subsurface physical and chemical processes interact to influence transport is not very well understood. Hydrogeologic characterization and model analysis, however, have traditionally focused on measurement of physical properties and predicting the effects of variability in these properties on flow and transport. As a result, the role of geochemical heterogeneity on solute transport has remained largely unexplored. This project will use a combination of geophysical and soil physics techniques to investigate the …