Summary of Report 21-019

Table 1 shows recommendations that were reported by state agencies and higher education institutions as fully implemented, for which auditors followed up and determined implementation status. Those recommendations were addressed to the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, University of Houston, Commission on Environmental Quality, Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Workforce Commission, Department of Transportation, and Office of Injured Employee Counsel. Auditors verified that recommendations in 7 (77.8 percent) of the 9 report chapters were fully implemented. However, auditors determined that recommendations in 1 (11.1 percent) chapter were substantially implemented and recommendations in 1 (11.1 percent) chapter were incomplete or ongoing.

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In 70 performance audit reports to state agencies and higher education institutions released from September 1, 2017, through June 30, 2020, the State Auditor’s Office made recommendations to state agencies and higher education institutions in 270 report chapters. Of those, the audited entities self-reported that they fully implemented the recommendations in 233 (84.1 percent) chapters, that they had substantially implemented the recommendations in 16 (5.8 percent) chapters, that implementation was incomplete or ongoing for the recommendations in 24 (8.7 percent) chapters, and that the recommendations were not implemented in 4 (1.4 percent) chapters.

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Sections:

• Article I – General Government

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• Article II – Health and Human Services

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• Article III – Education

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• Article V – Public Safety and Criminal Justice

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• Article VI – Natural Resources

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• Article VII – Business and Economic Development

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• Article VIII – Regulatory

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• Other State Entities

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