April 23rd
Senate Committee on Government Organization
Charge: State bidding process
- Texas Contract Management Guide, Texas Comptroller, 2012
- "Favored Consultants Got $420K in Texas Contracts, Auditors Say," Houston Chronicle, June 8, 2011
- Texas Procurement Manual, Texas Comptroller, 2011
- "DPS Outsourced Border Security to Private Firm Via No-Bid Contracts," Austin American-Statesman, March 15, 2012
Charge: Energy savings performance contracts
- An Audit Report on Energy Savings Performance Contracts at Selected Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education, Texas State Auditor, September 2008
- Advancing Green Building Policy in the States, U.S. Green Building Council, September 2011
- Energy Savings Performance Contracting Guidelines for State Agencies, State Energy Conservation Office, November 2009
- "Contractors Seeing Work from Focus on Energy Savings," Washington Post, February 14, 2012
April 24th
House Committees on Homeland Security & Public Safety and Border & Intergovernmental Affairs (Work Session/Joint Hearing, Copperas Cove)
Charge: Interstate coordination concerning border security and intelligence sharing
- "Arizona Seeking Pacts with Other States to Defy Federal Government," The Arizona Republic, March 9, 2011
- Backgrounder: Southwest Border Security Operations, National Immigration Forum, Updated December 2010
Charge: Border security, steamship agencies and land ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico border
- "Groups Allege Proposed Budget Harms Trade, Immigrants," The Texas Tribune, February 15, 2012
- Meeting Land Port of Entry Modernization Needs in Constrained Budgetary Environment, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Joint Working Committee - October 27-28, 2011
- El Paso Regional Ports of Entry Operations Plan, Texas Department of Transportation, June 2011
- Atlas of the Land Entry Ports on the U.S. – Mexico Border, Border Policy Research Institute, 2010
- North American Border Crossing/Entry Data (Port Location), Bureau of Transportation Statistics
House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Charge: Deer breeders
- "Smuggling Brings Down Texas Deer Breeders," Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2012
- Deer Breeder Program, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- "'Deer Doctor' Works to Preserve Whitetail Population," Wise County Messenger, March 12, 2012
- "Game Wardens Target Deer Smugglers," Houston Chronicle, October 18, 2011
Charge: Agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 82nd Legislature
House Committee on Higher Education
Charge: Manufacturing capability
- Boiling Point? The Skills Gap in U.S. Manufacturing, Deloitte Consulting LLP and the Manufacturing Institute, October 17, 2011
- Driving Innovation from the Middle: Middle-Skill Jobs in the American South's Economy, August 2011, and Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs: State-by-State Snapshots, including Texas, National Skills Coalition (formerly Workforce Alliance)
- Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (monthly), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, latest report March 26, 2012
April 25th
House Committees on Economic & Small Business Development and Higher Education (Joint Hearing)
Charge: University research and technology commercialization
- The Researcher Guidebook: A Guide for Successful Institutional-Industrial Collaborations, University-Industry Demonstration Partnership, March 12, 2012
- Jumpstarting University Technology Innovation Ecosystems: Private-Sector Partners Can Help Universities Make More of Their Research, Science Progress, March 14, 2012
- "Texas A&M Announces Plans to Strengthen and Enhance Research Initiatives," TAMU Times, September 16, 2011
- "Research Institutions Are Vital to the Success of Texas, Say Leaders in Academia and Industry," Texas Enterprise, July 18, 2011
- "University/Industry Partnerships Work: Don’t Kill the Golden Goose," IP Watchdog, July 15, 2011
- Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Texas at Austin
- Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, The National Academies
April 26th
Joint Committee on Aging
Topic: Innovative transportation strategy for seniors; workforce serving the aging population
- Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices, AARP Public Policy Institute and National Conference of State Legislatures, December 2011 (including transportation choices)
- "Improving the Long-Term Care Workforce Serving Older Adults," Health Affairs, January 2010[Contact Library for full text]
- Keeping Baby Boomers Mobile: Preserving the Mobility and Safety of Older Americans, TRIP, A National Transportation Research Group, and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), February 2012
- Report of Findings, Nursing Facility Staffing Survey 2010, American Health Care Association, October 2011 (including retention and turnover rates by state)
- "Why Nursing-Home Staffing Is Crucial to Health," U.S. News and World Report, April 13, 2012
House Committee on County Affairs (El Paso)
Charge: Population growth in unincorporated areas
- "Demand for Services May Strain County," San Antonio Express-News, May 16, 2011
- County Subdivision Regulation Sourcebook, Texas Association of Counties, 2010
- "Red Tape, Catch 22s Impede Progress in Texas' Colonias" and "Conditions, Health Risks Sicken Colonias Residents," Texas Tribune, July 2011
Charge: County jails
- County Jail Population Reports, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, last updated March 1, 2012
- Public Safety and Cost Control Solutions for Texas County Jails, Texas Public Policy Foundation, March 2012
- "Minding the Gap," Denton Record-Chronicle, March 1, 2012
- Costly Confinement & Sensible Solutions: Jail Overcrowding in Texas, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, October 2010
- Crisis Care Services for Counties: Preventing Individuals with Mental Illnesses from Entering Local Correction Systems, National Association of Counties, June 2010
Charge: Agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 82nd Legislature, including:
