An Audit Report on the Texas Department of Insurance's Annuities Regulation (open access)

An Audit Report on the Texas Department of Insurance's Annuities Regulation

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Department of Insurance (Department) regulates annuities by ensuring that companies' annuity form filings comply with applicable laws and regulations, and whether the Department licenses and regulates individuals who sell annuities according to relevant laws and regulations.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Follow-up Audit Report on Hurricane Recovery Funds Administered by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Office of Rural Community Affairs (open access)

A Follow-up Audit Report on Hurricane Recovery Funds Administered by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Office of Rural Community Affairs

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the extent to which the Department of Housing and Community Affairs (Department) and the Office of Rural Community Affairs (Office) have implemented recommendations in "An Audit Report on Hurricane Recovery Funds Administered by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Office of Rural Community Affairs"; and determining the amount of hurricane recovery funds the Department and the Office have spent.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Board of Public Accountancy: A Self-directed, Semi-independent Agency (open access)

An Audit Report on the Board of Public Accountancy: 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 Board; verifying the accuracy of, and evaluate trends in, selected performance measures that the Board uses; and evaluating the Board's process for setting fees and penalties.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Banking (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Banking

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Banking (Department) complies with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and agency policy in monitoring the safety and soundness of state-chartered commercial banks, and overseeing the commercial banks identified as having a poor or deteriorating financial condition.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Classification Compliance Review Report on the State's Program Specialist Positions (open access)

A Classification Compliance Review Report on the State's Program Specialist Positions

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether state agencies are conforming to the State's Position Classification Plan by ensuring proper classification of program specialist positions.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Expenditures Related to Hurricane Ike at the Parks and Wildlife Department (open access)

A Review of Expenditures Related to Hurricane Ike at the Parks and Wildlife Department

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to examining the Parks and Wildlife Department's (Department) hurricane-related expenditures to determine whether the expenditures were supported and documented; examining the Department's hurricane-related impact and costs to determine whether they were developed using reasonable methodologies; determining whether there are any indications of fraud, waste, or abuse with respect to the Department's hurricane-related expenditures; and identifying which cost estimates are subject to reimbursement by FEMA and other non-state funding sources.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Special Investigations Unit Report on Texas Tech University's Institute for Child and Family Studies (open access)

A Special Investigations Unit Report on Texas Tech University's Institute for Child and Family Studies

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an investigation by the State Auditor's Special Investigations Unit into allegations from Texas Tech University's Office of Audit Services that James Dannis Mitchell was operating a private business selling Institute-developed training materials for his own profit.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2008 (open access)

An Audit Report on Certification of the Permanent School Fund's Bond Guarantee Program for Fiscal Year 2008

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the total amount of school district bonds guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund's (Fund) Bond Guarantee Program (Program), whether these were within the limits established by Section 45.053(a) and (d) of the Texas Education Code and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and recent changes made to the Program's rules and statutes.
Date: June 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (School) accurately reported key performance measures to ABEST and had adequate control systems in place over the collecting, calculating, and reporting of key performance measures.
Date: June 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Board of Professional Engineers: A Self-directed, Semi-independent Agency (open access)

An Audit Report on the Board of Professional Engineers: 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 Board of Professional Engineers (Agency); verifying the accuracy of, and evaluating trends in, selected performance measures the Agency uses; and evaluating the Agency's process for setting fees and penalties.
Date: June 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners accurately reports key performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST), and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of performance measures.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Fire Protection (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Fire Protection

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Commission on Fire Protection accurately reported selected key performance measures to ABEST and had adequate control systems over the collection, calculation, and reporting of the Commission's key performance measures.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the School for the Deaf (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the School for the Deaf

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the School for the Deaf (School) accurately reports selected key performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST) and has adequate control systems in place over the collecting, calculating, and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Follow-up Audit Report on the Texas Youth Commission (open access)

A Follow-up Audit Report on the Texas Youth Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the implementation status of selected recommendations from "An Investigative Report on the Texas Youth Commission," reviewing abuse and neglect allegations and documentation to ensure that the allegations were properly screened and investigated and that appropriate action was taken, and determining whether selected expenditures at the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) comply with state law and are properly authorized and reasonable for the performance of TYC functions and the facilitation of legislative reform efforts.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Ethics Policies for Trustee Investing Practices at the Employees Retirement System, the Teacher Retirement System, and The University of Texas Investment Management Company (open access)

An Audit Report on Ethics Policies for Trustee Investing Practices at the Employees Retirement System, the Teacher Retirement System, and The University of Texas Investment Management Company

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the ethics policies for trustee investing practices of the Employees Retirement System, the Teacher Retirement System, and The University of Texas Investment Management Company (investing entities), which must be consistent with applicable statutory requirements.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Financial Transactions Associated with Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita at the Lamar Higher Education Institutions and the Texas State University System (open access)

An Audit Report on Financial Transactions Associated with Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita at the Lamar Higher Education Institutions and the Texas State University System

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining how the Lamar higher education institutions calculated and supported expenditure and revenue losses attributable to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, and how the Texas State University System approved and allocated emergency funds.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Tax Professional Examiners (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Board of Tax Professional Examiners

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Board of Tax Professional Examiners accurately reports selected key performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST), and has adequate control systems in place over the collecting, calculating, and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Bond Review Board (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Bond Review Board

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Bond Review Board accurately reported selected key performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST), and had adequate control systems in place over the collecting, calculating, and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Office of Public Insurance Counsel

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) accurately reported selected key performance measures to ABEST and had adequate control systems in place over the collecting, calculating, and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Veterans Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Veterans Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Veterans Commission is accurately reporting selected key performance measures to ABEST and has adequate control systems over the collection, calculation, and reporting of selected key performance measures.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Court of Criminal Appeals' Administration of Grant Funds from the Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund (open access)

An Audit Report on the Court of Criminal Appeals' Administration of Grant Funds from the Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Court of Criminal Appeals has processes that provide reasonable assurance that grant funds from the Judiciary and Court Personnel Training Fund are being awarded and used in accordance with Texas Government Code requirements, the terms of grant agreements, administrative and Court rules, and Court policy; and determining the status of implementation of recommendations made by MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Expenditures Related to Hurricane Ike at the General Land Office (open access)

A Review of Expenditures Related to Hurricane Ike at the General Land Office

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to examining the General Land Office's (Land Office) hurricane-related expenditures to determine whether the expenditures were supported and documented; examining the Land Offices' hurricane-related impact and costs to determine whether they were developed using reasonable methodologies; determining whether there are any indications of fraud, waste, or abuse with respect to the Land Office's hurricane-related expenditures; and identifying which cost estimates were subject to reimbursement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other non-state funding sources.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Expenditures Related to Hurricane Ike at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (open access)

A Review of Expenditures Related to Hurricane Ike at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to examining the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston's (Medical Branch) hurricane-related expenditures to determine whether the expenditures were supported and documented; examining the Medical Branch's hurricane-related impact and costs to determine whether they were developed using reasonable methodologies; determining whether there are any indications of fraud, waste, or abuse with respect to the Medical Branch's hurricane-related expenditures; and identifying the Medical Branch's estimates for reimbursement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other non-state funding sources.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
State of Texas Financial Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report for the Year Ended August 31, 2008 (open access)

State of Texas Financial Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report for the Year Ended August 31, 2008

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, 2008.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
System: The Portal to Texas History