An Annual Report on Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2009 (open access)

An Annual Report on Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2009

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the classified state employee turnover rate for Fiscal Year 2009. This report provides and analyzes information on employee turnover and identifies the reasons cited by separating workers for leaving state employment.
Date: December 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Transportation's Bridge Inspection Program (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Transportation's Bridge Inspection Program

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Transportation ensures that bridge inspections are conducted in accordance with federal and state laws and agency policies and procedures; determining whether the Department appropriately addresses bridge inspection recommendations to ensure the safety of the traveling public; and verifying the amount of funds budgeted to and expended for bridge inspections.
Date: December 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Summary Report on Full-time Equivalent State Employees for Fiscal Year 2009 (open access)

A Summary Report on Full-time Equivalent State Employees for Fiscal Year 2009

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to providing the Legislature and the public with information on the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform services for state government.
Date: December 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected State-funded Student Financial Aid Programs at Seven Higher Education Institutions and the Higher Education Coordinating Board (open access)

An Audit Report on Selected State-funded Student Financial Aid Programs at Seven Higher Education Institutions and the Higher Education Coordinating Board

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether Texas higher education institutions administer state-funded student financial aid programs in accordance with state statutes, Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) rules, and institutional policies; whether Coordinating Board staff provide the financial aid offices with timely and accurate data regarding the availability of state-funded student financial aid; and whether the Coordinating Board staff provide decision-makers with accurate information needed to make policy decisions regarding state-funded student financial aid.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Aging and Disability Services' Home and Community-based Services Program (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Aging and Disability Services' Home and Community-based Services Program

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Aging and Disability Services (Department) manages its waiting list for the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) program in a manner that complies with statutes and rules; evaluating the processes the Department uses to assess the needs of HCS program consumers, provide services, and ensure that services were provided according to the needs assessment; and determining whether the Department has controls to ensure that allegations of improper care are reported, disposed of, or investigated in a manner that promotes the safety of consumers.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of State Health Services' Issuance of Birth Certificates (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of State Health Services' Issuance of Birth Certificates

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of State Health Services' (Department) Vital Statistics Unit has controls to ensure that birth certificates are issued for legally authorized purposes.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Financial Responsibility Verification Program (TexasSure) (open access)

An Audit Report on the Financial Responsibility Verification Program (TexasSure)

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Financial Responsibility Verification Program database has accurate and complete data on vehicle insurance coverage and interfaces properly with the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (TLETS); reporting on how law enforcement agencies use the insurance verification system; and determining whether there are opportunities for the Financial Responsibility Verification Program to further reduce the number of uninsured vehicles.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Supplemental Audit Report on the Department of Banking (open access)

A Supplemental Audit Report on the Department of Banking

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Banking complies with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and agency policies in monitoring the safety and soundness of state-chartered commercial banks, and in overseeing the commercial banks identified as having a poor or deteriorating financial condition.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Supplemental Audit Report on the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending (open access)

A Supplemental Audit Report on the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending complies with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and agency policy in monitoring the safety and soundness of state-chartered savings banks, and in overseeing the savings banks identified as having a poor or deteriorating financial condition.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Excise Tax Collection Process (open access)

An Audit Report on the Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Excise Tax Collection Process

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Alcoholic Beverage Commission has processes that provide reasonable assurance that excise taxes due from wholesalers, distributors, and other suppliers of alcoholic beverages are collected for the State.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Insurance's Enforcement of Solvency Standards for Insurance Companies (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Insurance's Enforcement of Solvency Standards for Insurance Companies

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Insurance monitors insurance companies for compliance with solvency standards to identify companies with a deteriorating financial condition in accordance with state laws and agency rules, policies, and procedures; and whether the Department manages conversation and receivership processes to ensure that consumers are protected from companies at risk of becoming insolvent.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Special Investigations Unit Report on Optional Retirement Program Funds at Texarkana College and Dallas County Community College District (open access)

A Special Investigations Unit Report on Optional Retirement Program Funds at Texarkana College and Dallas County Community College District

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an investigation by the State Auditor's Special Investigations Unit into allegations from the Higher Education Coordinating Board and a member of the board of trustees for Texarkana College that Brian Patrick Troy was submitting falsified documents to American International Group Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (AIG VALIC) to transfer optional retirement program accounts of Texarkana College employees to tax sheltered annuities or money market accounts.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Enrollment Reporting by Texas Public Community, State, and Technical Colleges (open access)

An Audit Report on Enrollment Reporting by Texas Public Community, State, and Technical Colleges

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to enhancing accountability for enrollment reporting by reviewing self-reported enrollment data from Texas public institutions of higher education and auditing the accuracy of the base year data used for formula funding, and reporting on the use of distance education as a component of state-funded enrollment hours.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Enrollment Reporting by Texas Public Universities (open access)

An Audit Report on Enrollment Reporting by Texas Public Universities

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to enhancing accountability for enrollment reporting at Texas public universities by reviewing self-reported enrollment data from Texas public institutions of higher education and auditing the accuracy of the base year data used for formula funding, and to reporting on the use of distance education as a component of state-funded enrollment hours.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Economically Distressed Areas Program at the Water Development Board (open access)

An Audit Report on the Economically Distressed Areas Program at the Water Development Board

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether processes associated with the Economically Distressed Areas Program (EDAP) at the Water Development Board (Agency) provide reasonable assurance that recipients of financial assistance complete projects in a timely manner and within budget; that the Agency's payments to grant recipients are supported and comply with the terms of grant agreements; that recipients of financial assistance are financially sound; and that the Agency funds viable projects in a timely manner.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners: A Self-directed, Semi-independent Agency (open access)

An Audit Report on the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners: A Self-directed, Semi-independent Agency

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to verifying the accuracy of certain key financial statement balances and the effectiveness of key financial controls at the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (Agency); verifying the accuracy of, and evaluating trends in, selected performance measures that the Agency uses; and evaluating the Agency's processes for setting fees and penalties.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Texas Education Agency's Monitoring of Average Daily Attendance Reporting (open access)

An Audit Report on the Texas Education Agency's Monitoring of Average Daily Attendance Reporting

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the School Financial Audits Division at the Texas Education Agency (Agency) has processes that address the risk of over- and under-reporting the attendance data by school districts and charter schools; verifying that the Agency adjusts funding for school districts and charter school that have over- or under-reported average daily attendance; and determining whether information systems at the Agency have controls that provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy and completeness of average daily attendance data that school districts and charter schools report.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Report on On-site Audits of Residential Child Care Providers (open access)

A Report on On-site Audits of Residential Child Care Providers

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to verifying that residential child care providers are spending federal and state funds for required services that promote the well-being of foster care children placed in their care.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Reports Submitted by Regional Planning Commissions (open access)

A Review of Reports Submitted by Regional Planning Commissions

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs) have submitted reports and audits to the State Auditor's Office as required under Texas Local Government Code, and report any failure to submit reports and audits to the Governor's Office.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Human Resources Management Statutes Inventory - 2010-2011 Biennium (open access)

Texas Human Resources Management Statutes Inventory - 2010-2011 Biennium

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to summarizing state and federal human resources management laws that apply to Texas state employees in state agencies and institutions of higher education.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Campus Safety and Security Emergency Management Plans at Texas Health-related Institutions (open access)

An Audit Report on Campus Safety and Security Emergency Management Plans at Texas Health-related Institutions

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to campus safety and security emergency management plans designed and implemented by nine Texas public health-related institutions.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (Agency) is accurately reporting its performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST), has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures, and has implemented prior State Auditor's Office recommendations regarding its information technology systems.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Information Resources and State Data Center Consolidation (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Information Resources and State Data Center Consolidation

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected state agencies, the Department of Information Resources, and the state data center contractor have identified, clearly defined, and effectively managed application changes that are required to move systems and data from agencies to the state data centers; determining the extent to which state resources are used to support state data center service levels and whether the state data center contractor's calculations of service levels are accurate, complete, and reported correctly to the Department; and whether the state data center contractor procures hardware and software needed to support agency operations in a timely manner.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending complies with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and agency policy in monitoring the safety and soundness of state-chartered savings banks and overseeing the savings banks identified as having a poor or deteriorating financial condition.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History