Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Juvenile Justice Department (Department) complied with selected provisions of Texas Education Code, Chapter 30, which requires the Department to implement a comprehensive plan to improve the reading skills of students; determining whether the Department's reporting of performance measure results for reading achievement was accurate and complete; and determining whether the Department designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure compliance with Department policy and state law governing student attendance.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an investigation by the State Auditor's Special Investigations Unit into allegations that the Higher Education Coordinating Board received a forged Hinson-Hazelwood College Access Loan program payment guaranty and promissory note.

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.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of State Health Services has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls for the Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program (Program) to help ensure that only eligible persons receive services through the Program and that it manages the Program's waiting list in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures; and whether the Department has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls for the Program to help ensure that Program expenditures are allowable and made in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Education Agency (Agency) has effective processes and related controls to investigate possible noncompliance with school accountability requirements, and determining why the Agency's investigation of El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) failed to identify the reporting of inaccurate data and other instances of noncompliance with school accountability requirements.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to performing on-site financial audits of selected residential child care providers, and verifying that the selected providers were spending federal and state funds on required services that promote the well-being of foster children in their care.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an investigation by the State Auditor's Special Investigations Unit into allegations that the Higher Education Coordinating Board received a forged Hinson-Hazelwood College Access Loan program payment guaranty and promissory note.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to Texas State University-San Marcos' controls over its financial and operational processes, and to opportunities for improvement in areas such as financial reporting, capital and controlled asset processes, contract management, procurement card purchases, and information technology.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Licensing and Regulation has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure that it conducts inspection activities of selected regulated businesses and equipment in accordance with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and Department policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Transportation's (Department) ability to plan, procure, form, and monitor contracts and authorizations related to the design and reconstruction of an interchange on State Highway 352 in the Department's Dallas District according to applicable statutes and rules and its policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Education Agency's (Agency) ability to procure, manage, and monitor selected contracts for goods and services in accordance with applicable statutes, rules, Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts (Comptroller) requirements, and state entity policies and procedures to help ensure that the State's interests were protected.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Railroad Commission has established and adheres to a risk assessment process to prioritize the plugging of wells with state funds; and whether the Commission has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure that regulated entities establish and maintain the financial assurance required by Texas Natural Resources Code, Chapter 91, in amounts consistent with state law, administrative rules, and Commission policy, and the Commission collects funds from those sources in accordance with Commission policies and procedures, the administrative rules, and the terms of agreements related to that financial assurance.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Medical Board has designed and implemented effective processes and related controls to help ensure that it registers pain management clinics in accordance with applicable statutes, administrative rules, and Board policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Facilities Commission is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Public Safety (Department) sufficiently performing several planning, procurement, formation, and oversight activities for two contracts audited, as well as opportunities for improvement in those areas for similar contracts in the future.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the recruitment and hiring strategies of the Child Protective Services (CPS) Division of the Department of Family and Protective Services' (Department), and strategies to combat high vacancy and turnover rates, specifically in regards to retaining tenured CPS caseworkers and improving caseload management.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Office of Injured Employee Counsel (Office) is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the fiscal year 2012 financial statements of Texas A&M University - San Antonio, as well as a report on internal control over financial reporting, compliance, and other matters.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the administration of selected child protective services (CPS) strategies by the Department of Family and Protective Services (Department), in compliance with state law, regulations, and relevant provisions of the General Appropriations Act. The report also discusses whether the Department has adequate processes and related controls to help ensure that its reported performance measures results for selected CPS strategies are reliable and that the Department uses those results to help manage the associated programs.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to whether incentive compensation at the Teacher Retirement System, the Permanent School Fund, and the Employees Retirement System was calculated and paid in accordance with policies and procedures.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the implementation status of prior State Auditor's Office recommendations for the Employees Retirement System, the Teacher Retirement System, and the University of Texas Investment Management Company, and evaluating whether management has taken corrective actions to address selected recommendations in "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 an investigation by the State Auditor's Special Investigations Unit into allegations that the chief of staff for a member of the House of Representatives had falsified travel vouchers.

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 Texas Education Code and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and recent changes made to the Program's rules and statutes.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected state agencies or higher education institutions complied with statutory requirements and rules established by the Comptroller to implement historically underutilized business (HUB) program requirements and report complete and accurate data to the Comptroller.