• "The Road Ahead: Examining Transportation Infrastructure Funding," 79 Texas Bar Journal 528 (July 2016)
• "Texas Road Finance, Part I," Fiscal Notes (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts), May 2016
• Texas Highway Funding: Legislative Primer, Texas Legislative Budget Board, April 2016
• Annual Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2015, With Independent Auditor's Report, Texas Department of Transportation, December 16, 2015
• Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2016, Texas Department of Transportation, December 1, 2015
• "Proposition 7: 'Texas Miracle' won't endure if we don't pay for roads, highways to support it," Waco Tribune-Herald, October 21, 2015
• Transportation Funding Options: Legislative Policy Report, Texas Legislative Budget Board, February 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature, House Select Committee on Transportation Funding, Expenditures & Finance, December 2014 
• The Road Ahead: County Transportation Funding and Financing, National Association of Counties, February 2014

• Update: State Funding for Border Security (September 1, 2015 - February 29, 2016), Legislative Budget Board, May 2016
• "Lawmakers Probe DPS Border Spending," KVUE.COM, May 6, 2016
• Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw’s testimony to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security & Subcommittee on Government Operations, March 23, 2016
• Border Security Metrics Between Ports of Entry, Congressional Research Service, February 16, 2016
• Measuring the Metrics: Grading the Government on Immigration Enforcement, Bipartisan Policy Center, February 2015
• Border Metrics: How to Effectively Measure Border Security and Immigration Control, Migration Policy Institute, January 2016
• Miscellaneous Provisions: Sec. 17.09. Border Security - Informational Listing (Funding), General Appropriation Act 2016-17, HB 1, 84th R.S., May 26, 2015
• Summary of Conference Committee Report for House Bill 1, Article V - Public Safety and Criminal Justice, Legislative Budget Board, May 2015

• An Audit Report on Deferred Maintenance for the School for the Deaf, Texas State Auditor's Office, October 2015
• "Signs of Neglect, Wear and Tear in State Government," Texas Tribune, February 28, 2015
• Master Facilities Plan Report 2014, Texas Facilities Commission, 2014
• Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) Facilities and Design Construction (FDC) FY2016 and FY2017 General and Deferred Maintenance Procurement Forecast, Texas Facilities Commission

• Committee Meeting Handouts - County Cybersecurity, House Committee on County Affairs, June 10, 2016 

• "Senators Propose Help for Hacking the Hackers" (Blog), National Association of Counties, April 8, 2016 and State and Local Cyber Protection Act of 2016, S.2665, 114th Cong. (2015-2016)
• Moving Forward: Leadership Toolkit for State CISOs, National Association of State Chief Information Officers, 2015
• Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (in response to Executive Order 13636), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Cybersecurity Framework, February 12, 2014
• "Why Cybersecurity Matters to You," County News, National Association of Counties, January 14, 2013
• Cyber for Counties Guidebook v1.0, National Association of Counties, Center for Internet Security, 2013
• Building a More Secure And Prosperous Texas: A Report, Texas Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council, December 1, 2012

• Agency Strategic Plan for the Fiscal Years 2017 to 2021, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, June 23, 2016
• 2014 Annual Report, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, January 31, 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Oversight of Texas Commission on Jail Standards), House Committee on County Affairs, January 2015
• Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 3 - County jails), House Committee on County Affairs, January 2013
• The Texas Commission on Jail Standards: The State's Solution for Implementing a Strong County Jail System, While Protecting Counties From Liability, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, 2012
• An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Jail Standards, Texas State Auditor's Office, August 2011
• Texas Commission on Jail Standards: Final Report, Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2009
• Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Technical Assistance Bulletins, Non-Compliant Jails, Budget Reports, County Population Reports, 84th Legislature Information and Documents)

• Mug Shots and Booking Photo Websites (Overview and 2012-2016 state legislation), National Conference of State Legislatures, April 13, 2016
• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2014, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2015
• Criminal Records in the Digital Age: A Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform in Texas, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, The University of Texas School of Law, March 2013

• Guide to Texas Laws for County Officials, 2016 (Sheriff and Constable), Prepared by David B. Brooks for Texas Association of Counties, June 2016
• Sheriffs' and Constables' Fees, Texas Ahead, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Effective December 15, 2015

• Committee Meeting Handouts - Child Protective Services, House Committee on County Affairs, June 10, 2016
• Committee Meeting Handouts - 1115 Transformation Waiver, Child Protective Services, House Committee on County Affairs, May 16, 2016

• 2016 Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan, Texas Facilities Commission, 2016
• An Audit Report on Deferred Maintenance for the School for the Deaf, Texas State Auditor's Office, October 2015
• "Signs of Neglect, Wear and Tear in State Government," Texas Tribune, February 28, 2015
• Master Facilities Plan Report 2014, Texas Facilities Commission, 2014
• Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) Facilities and Design Construction (FDC) FY2016 and FY2017 General and Deferred Maintenance Procurement Forecast, Texas Facilities Commission

• Agency Strategic Plan for the Fiscal Years 2017 to 2021, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, June 23, 2016
• 2014 Annual Report, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, January 31, 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Oversight of Texas Commission on Jail Standards), House Committee on County Affairs, January 2015
• Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 3 - County jails), House Committee on County Affairs, January 2013
• The Texas Commission on Jail Standards: The State's Solution for Implementing a Strong County Jail System, While Protecting Counties From Liability, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, 2012
• An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Jail Standards, Texas State Auditor's Office, August 2011
• Texas Commission on Jail Standards: Final Report, Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2009
• Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Technical Assistance Bulletins, Non-Compliant Jails, Budget Reports, County Population Reports, 84th Legislature Information and Documents)

• Mug Shots and Booking Photo Websites (Overview and 2012-2016 state legislation), National Conference of State Legislatures, April 13, 2016
• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2014, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2015
• Criminal Records in the Digital Age: A Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform in Texas, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, The University of Texas School of Law, March 2013

• Committee Meeting Handouts - Natural Disasters, House Committee on County Affairs, May 16, 2016
• "New Technologies Aiding States' Disaster Response," Capitol Ideas, Council of State Governments, May/June 2016
• Texas Emergency Management Executive Guide: Fiscal Year 2015 Edition, Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Division of Emergency Management, Revised January 4, 2016
• Lessons From Texas: 10 Years of Disaster Recovery Examined, Texas Appleseed, September 15, 2015
• State of Texas Hazard Mitigation Plan: 2013 Update, Texas Department of Public Safety, 2013

• Committee Meeting Handouts - County Cybersecurity, House Committee on County Affairs, June 10, 2016
• "Senators Propose Help for Hacking the Hackers" (Blog), National Association of Counties, April 8, 2016 and State and Local Cyber Protection Act of 2016, S.2665, 114th Cong. (2015-2016)
• Moving Forward: Leadership Toolkit for State CISOs, National Association of State Chief Information Officers, 2015
• Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (in response to Executive Order 13636), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Cybersecurity Framework, February 12, 2014
• "Why Cybersecurity Matters to You," County News, National Association of Counties, January 14, 2013
• Cyber for Counties Guidebook v1.0, National Association of Counties, Center for Internet Security, 2013
• Building a More Secure And Prosperous Texas: A Report, Texas Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council, December 1, 2012

• Guide to Texas Laws for County Officials, 2016 (Sheriff and Constable), Prepared by David B. Brooks for Texas Association of Counties, June 2016
• Sheriffs' and Constables' Fees, Texas Ahead, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Effective December 15, 2015

• Committee Meeting Handouts - Child Protective Services, House Committee on County Affairs, June 10, 2016
• Committee Meeting Handouts - 1115 Transformation Waiver, Child Protective Services, House Committee on County Affairs, May 16, 2016

• Memorandum from Governor Greg Abbott and Comptroller Glenn Hegar to State Agency Heads RE: New Emergency Leave Policy, June 1, 2016
• Texas Government Code § 661.902, Emergency Leave

• Child Protective Services Handbook (Section 6900 - Adoption Services, Section 7000 - Foster and Adoptive Home Development), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Latest revision June 1, 2016
• Progress Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Child Protective Services Transformation, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, April 2016
• An Assessment of the Economic Implications of Redesigning the Foster Care System in Selected Counties and the State of Texas, The Perryman Group, April 2016
• Meeting the Needs of High Needs Children in the Texas Child Welfare System, The Stephen Group, November 2015
• Foster Care Redesign: Implementation Plan (Draft), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, April 2015
• Strategic Plan to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, Department of Family and Protective Services and Department of State Health Services, March 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Foster care redesign), House Committee on Human Services, January 2015
• 2015 Annual Report and Data Book, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, 2015 
• DFPS CPS Operational Review Phase 1: Assessment Findings – Final Report, The Stephen Group, Revised June 12, 2014
• Texas Foster Care Redesign: Initial Insights Into Foster Care Reform, Child and Family Research Institute at The University of Texas at Austin, April 2014
• DFPS Rider 29 Report for Foster Care Redesign, 2014 (Attachment 2, August 2015), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, February 27, 2014 

• A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury, National Academy of Sciences, June 17, 2016
• Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council Strategic Plan for January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015 (Draft), The Litaker Group, Texas Department of State Health Services, February 28, 2014
• The Right Patient, the Right Place, the Right Time: A Look at Trauma and Emergency Medical Services Policy in the States, National Conference of State Legislatures, September 2012
• Trauma Facility Study: An Analysis of the Need for Additional Level I and Level II Trauma Facilities in Texas (In partial response to SB 1, 81st Legislature, R.S., Article II, Rider 90), American College of Surgeons, Texas Department of State Health Services, Updated December 8, 2010
• Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 8 - Trauma system infrastructure/Driver Responsibility Program), House Committee on Public Health, December 2008
• Trauma Stabilization Services in Rural Texas, Texas Legislative Council, August 2004
• Interim Report to the 78th Legislature, Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Trauma Care, November 2002
• EMS-Trauma Systems, Texas Department of State Health Services

• Presentation to the House Appropriations Committee: Overview of Texas Medicaid Hospital Finance, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, May 7, 2015
• Presentation to the House Appropriations Committee on the Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver: Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, May 7, 2015
• Interim Report to the 81st Legislature, Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, January 2009
• Joint Interim Report with Health and Human Services on Medicaid Provider Rate Reimbursement Methodologies, Hospital Reimbursement and Uncompensated Care, Senate Finance Committee, January 2009
• Rate Analysis for Hospital Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
• Medicaid Transformation Waiver  (Medicaid 1115 waiver) and Waiver Renewal, Texas Health and Human Services Commission

• 2017 State Water Plan: Water for Texas, Texas Water Development Board, adopted by the Board May 19, 2016
• State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (Information and FAQs), Texas Water Development Board
• 31 Texas Administrative Code §§363.1301-363.1312, State Water Implementation Fund for Texas and State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas

• 2017 State Water Plan: Water for Texas, Texas Water Development Board, adopted by the Board May 19, 2016
• "Private Sector Plays a Big Role In State Water Planning," Texas Tribune, March 13, 2015
• Learning from Drought: Next Generation Water Planning for Texas, Texas Center for Policy Studies, May 2014
• 2016 Approved Regional Water Plans, Texas Water Development Board
• Water Resources Planning (state water planning, regional water planning and data, population and water demand projections), Texas Water Development Board

• Bolstering Non-Traditional Student Success: A Comprehensive Student Aid System Using Financial Aid, Public Benefits, and Refundable Tax Credits, Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success at the Center for Law and Social Policy, December 2015
• Keeping College Within Reach: How Texas Can Move More Low-Income and Adult Students Through College, Center For Public Policy Priorities, April 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature, House Committee on Higher Education, January 2015
• "How Astonishingly Low College Completion Rates Are Hurting the Economy," SkilledUp For Companies, November 11, 2014
• The Changing Role of Community Colleges in Workforce Development, National Conference of State Legislatures, October 21, 2014
• "Colleges Adjust to New Reality That More Students Juggle Work, Family," PBS NewsHour, August 25, 2014
• "The New Class: Non-Traditional Students Are Changing the Market for Higher Education," The Economist Intelligence Unit Perspectives, March 25, 2014
• The Economic Payoff For Closing College-Readiness and Completion Gaps, Jobs For the Future, March 2013
• Complete College Texas: Is Texas Utilizing GAME CHANGER Strategies to Boost College Completion? Not Fully, Complete College America, Spring 2013
• Bringing Adults Back to College: Designing and Implementing a Statewide Concierge Model, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, November 2010

• Sunset in Texas: 2015-2017, Sunset Advisory Commission
• Tentative Review Schedule: 2015-2016, Sunset Advisory Commission 

• River Authorities
  • Sulphur River Basin Authority
  • Upper Colorado River Authority
  • Central Colorado River Authority
  • Palo Duro River Authority of Texas
• Texas State Board of Pharmacy
• Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners, Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, and Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners
• State Board of Dental Examiners
• State Bar of Texas and Board of Law Examiners

• Houston Municipal Employees Pension System Actuarial Valuation Report for the Year Beginning July 1, 2015, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company, March 24, 2016
• Houston Municipal Employees Pension System Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Years Ended June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014, Houston Municipal Employees Pension System, November 19, 2015
• "A Story of Missed Opportunities: How Houston's Pensions Got Hijacked" (Inside Policy & Politics Blog), Houston Chronicle, October 13, 2015
• Swamped: How Pension Debt is Sinking the Bayou City, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, August 2015
• Why City Pension Problems Have Not Improved, and a Roadmap Forward, Hoover Institution Economics Working Papers, January 19, 2015

• Safeguarding Public-Pension Systems: A Governance-Based Approach, Manhattan Institute, March 2016
• Study of the Financial Health of Texas Public Retirement Systems, Texas Pension Review Board, December 2014
• A Common-Sense Strategy for Fixing State Pension Problems in Tough Economic Times, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 12, 2011

• Uber, Airbnb and Consequences of the Sharing Economy: Research Roundup, Journalist's Resource, Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center and the Carnegie-Knight Initiative, Updated June 2, 2016
• The Sharing Economy: A Taxing Experience for New Entrepreneurs Part I, (Testimony - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business), Kogod Tax Policy Center, May 24, 2016
• Shared, Collaborative and On Demand: The New Digital Economy, Pew Research Center, May 19, 2016
• Three Paths to Update Labor Law for the Gig Economy, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, April 2016
• The Gig Economy & The Board’s FedEx Home Delivery Independent Contractor Test , Presented at 2016 Midwinter Meeting of the ABA Committee of Development of the Law Under the NLRA, American Bar Association, February 2016
• What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers?, Congressional Research Service, February 5, 2016
• 2016 Symposium Papers - See Workers On-Demand: Employment Law in the Sharing Economy (Application of Employee Versus Independent Contractor Concepts to the Gig Economy) and (Worker Vulnerability in the "Gig Economy"),  Presented at National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association, 2016
• Local Governments and the Sharing Economy: A Roadmap Helping Local Governments Across North America Strategically Engage with the Sharing Economy to Foster More Sustainable Cities (City Cases and Snapshots - Austin, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio), One Earth, October 2015
• A Proposal for Modernizing Labor Laws for Twenty-First Century Work: The "Independent Worker" and Workers and the Online Gig Economy, The Hamilton Project, December 2015
• "State Legislatures and the Sharing Economy ," CQ RollCall, October 2015
• Sharing Economy (Latest research), National League of Cities

• Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services Program Transition, Texas Workforce Commission
• HHS Transformation and HHS Transformation News, Texas Health & Human Services Commission, Updated May 18, 2016
• Transition of DARS Programs and Functions, Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
• Wind Down of Former Emerging Technology Fund Assets and Investment of Texas Economic Stabilization Fund Assets (Presentation to House Investments and Financial Services Committee), Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, March 29, 2016
• "Texas Emerging Technology Fund Still Benefiting Life Sciences Startups," Silicon Hills News, October 21, 2015

• State Hospitals: Mental Health Facilities in Texas: Legislative Primer, Legislative Budget Board, April 2016
• "Texas Must Fix Its Mental Health Hospital System," David Lakey, TribTalk, August 28, 2015
• State Hospital System Long-Term Plan, Texas Department of State Health Services, January 2015
• The Vital Role of State Psychiatric Hospitals, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Medical Directors Council, July 2014 

• Home and Community-Based Services Expansion: Jail and Emergency Department Diversion, Texas Department of State Health Services, April 2016
• "Handling Mentally Ill Offenders," The Prosecutor, Texas District and County Attorneys Association, January-February 2016
• Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness: Pretrial Diversion Across the Country and the Next Steps for Texas to Improve its Efforts and Increase Utilization, Texas Public Policy Foundation, June 2015
• Pretrial Diversion, National Conference of State Legislatures, May 13, 2015
• Statewide Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, February 2015
• Smart Justice, Initiative Resources, Jail Diversion, National Association of Counties

• "Doctors Without Borders," Governing, February 2016
• "State Prisons Turn to Telemedicine to Improve Health and Save Money," Stateline, Pew Charitable Trusts, January 21, 2016 (focuses on Texas)
• Telehealth Policy Trends and Considerations, National Conference of State Legislatures, December 9, 2015
• Realizing the Promise of Telehealth for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, August 2015

• "The Gig Economy Could Cost the IRS Billions of Tax Dollars," Fortune Magazine, May 24, 2016
• "Uber Settlement Doesn’t Settle Gig Economy’s Independent Contractor vs. Employee Dispute," Insurance Journal, April 2, 2016
• Three Paths to Update Labor Law for the Gig Economy, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, April 2016
• The Gig Economy & The Board’s FedEx Home Delivery Independent Contractor Test , Presented at 2016 Midwinter Meeting of the ABA Committee of Development of the Law Under the NLRA, American Bar Association, February 2016
• What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers?, Congressional Research Service, February 5, 2016
• 2016 Symposium Papers - See Workers On-Demand: Employment Law in the Sharing Economy (Application of Employee Versus Independent Contractor Concepts to the Gig Economy) and (Worker Vulnerability in the "Gig Economy"),  Presented at National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association, 2016
• Local Governments and the Sharing Economy: A Roadmap Helping Local Governments Across North America Strategically Engage with the Sharing Economy to Foster More Sustainable Cities (City Cases and Snapshots - Austin, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio), One Earth, October 2015
• A Proposal for Modernizing Labor Laws for Twenty-First Century Work: The "Independent Worker" and Workers and the Online Gig Economy, The Hamilton Project, December 2015
• "State Legislatures and the Sharing Economy ," CQ RollCall, October 2015
• Sharing Economy (Latest research), National League of Cities

• Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 4), House Committee on Business and Industry,  December 2012
• Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 1), House Committee on Business and Industry, December 2010
• Property Owners' Associations (Legal research guide), Texas State Law Library

• The Need for Greater Focus on the Cybersecurity Challenges Facing Small and Midsize Businesses, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, October 19, 2015
• Cybersecurity and Business Vitality: What Every Houston-area Business Leader Needs to Know, Third Edition, Greater Houston Partnership, October 2015
• "Why US Small Businesses Should Worry About Cybersecurity and How to Act" (Blog), IT Governance USA, February 12, 2015
• "Activate, Adapt and Anticipate: How to Get Ahead of Cybercrime," Texas CEO Magazine, January 24, 2015
• "Toward a Global Cybersecurity Standard of Care?: Exploring the Implications of the 2014 NIST Cybersecurity Framework on Shaping Reasonable National and International Cybersecurity Practices," 50 Texas International Law Journal 303 (2015)
• "The Importance of Cybersecurity in the Age of the Cloud and Internet of Things," Government Technology, October 2, 2014
• Texas Business and Commerce Code §§521.001-521.152, Unauthorized Use of Identifying Information

• "Texas Supreme Court Clarifies its Position on Shareholder Oppression in Ritchie v. Rupe and Cardiac Perfusion Services v. Hughes," Insights Journal, Spring 2015
• "The Derivative Nature of Corporate Constitutional Rights," 56 William & Mary Law Review 1673 (2015)
• "Ritchie v. Rupe and the Future of Shareholder Oppression," 124 Yale Law Journal Forum 89 (October 20, 2014)
• "How Corporations Got the Same Rights as People (But Don't Ever Go to Jail)," Consumerist, September 12, 2014

• Real Property Evaluation Reports, Texas General Land Office, 2006-2015
• 2015 Real Property Asset Data, Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, 2015
• Federal Real Property: National Strategy and Better Data Needed to Improve Management of Excess and Underutilized Property, U.S. Government Accountability Office, June 2012
• Knowing What You Own: An Efficient Government How-To Guide for Managing State and Local Property Inventories, Reason Foundation, June 2010
• Senate Bill 1804: Final Report to the Legislature, Plan for a Comprehensive Database of State-owned Real Property, Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Real Estate Development & Management, January 4, 2010
• Interim Report (Charge 3 - State assets and infrastructure), Senate Finance Subcommittee on General Government Issues, January 2009
• Best Practices in Real Property Management in State Governments, U.S. General Services Administration, Office of Real Property, March 2003
• Florida State Owned Lands and Records Information System (FL-SOLARIS), Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Management Services

• Moving Forward: Leadership Toolkit for State CISOs, National Association of State Chief Information Officers, 2015
• Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (in response to Executive Order 13636), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Cybersecurity Framework, February 12, 2014
• "Why Cybersecurity Matters to You," County News, National Association of Counties, January 14, 2013
• Cyber for Counties Guidebook v1.0, National Association of Counties, Center for Internet Security, 2013
• Building a More Secure And Prosperous Texas: A Report, Texas Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council, December 1, 2012

• 2014 Annual Jail Report, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, Updated February 12, 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Oversight of Texas Commission on Jail Standards), House Committee on County Affairs, January 2015
• Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 3 - County jails), House Committee on County Affairs, January 2013
• The Texas Commission on Jail Standards: The State's Solution for Implementing a Strong County Jail System, While Protecting Counties From Liability, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, 2012
• An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Jail Standards, Texas State Auditor's Office, August 2011Texas Commission on Jail Standards: Final Report, Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2009
• Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Technical Assistance Bulletins, Non-Compliant Jails, Budget Reports, County Population Reports, 84th Legislature Information and Documents)

• Mug Shots and Booking Photo Websites (Overview and 2012-2016 state legislation), National Conference of State Legislatures, April 13, 2016
• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2014, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2015
• Criminal Records in the Digital Age: A Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform in Texas, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, The University of Texas School of Law, March 2013

• Guide to Texas Laws for County Officials, 2016 (Sheriff and Constable), Prepared by David B. Brooks for Texas Association of Counties, June 2016
• Sheriffs' and Constables' Fees, Texas Ahead, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Effective December 15, 2015

• "Texas Ballot Proposition Would Divert More Money to Highways," Dallas Morning News, October 18, 2015
• Amendments Proposed for November 2015 Ballot (Proposition 5), House Research Organization, July 30, 2015
• Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments, November 3, 2015, Election (Proposition 5), Texas Legislative Council, 2015

• "No More Surprises," Texas Medicine, May 2016
• Surprise Medical Bills, Kaiser Family Foundation, March 17, 2016
• "A Tale of Two Deliveries, or An Out-of-Network Problem" (Blog), Health Affairs, November 3, 2015
• Getting Started on Surprise Medical Bills: An Advocate's Guide, ConsumersUnion, November 2015
• Transparency and Disclosure of Health Costs and Provider Payments: State Actions, National Conference of State Legislatures, Updated August 2015
• Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws, Catalyst for Payment Reform and Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, March 25, 2014
• Interim Report to the 80th Legislature (Charge 5 - Health care cost transparency), Senate Committee on State Affairs, December 2006

• 2017 State Water Plan: Water for Texas, Texas Water Development Board, adopted by the Board May 19, 2016 (Draft, March 3, 2016; the adopted 2017 State Water Plan document will be posted soon)
• "With State Population Growing, Texas Water Board Eyes New Water Plan," Austin American-Statesman, May 19, 2016
• Learning from Drought: Next Generation Water Planning for Texas, Texas Center for Policy Studies, May 2014
• Water Resources Planning (state water planning, regional water planning and data, population and water demand projections), Texas Water Development Board
• 2016 Approved Regional Water Plans, Texas Water Development Board

• "Conjunctive Groundwater Management as a Response to Socio-Ecological Disturbances: A Comparison of 4 Western U.S. States," Texas Water Journal, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University, 2016
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Groundwater), House Committee on Natural Resources, January 2015
• Report to the 84th Legislature, Texas Groundwater Protection Committee, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, January 2015
• Groundwater (Aquifers, groundwater management areas, conservation districts, data, and models), Texas Water Development Board

• Surface Water Rights and Availability (including permits) and Applications for Surface Water Rights and Ownership Changes, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

• "A Growing S.A. Spurs New Efforts to Protect Bases," San Antonio-Express News, December 27, 2015
• Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 3), House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs, January 2013
• Minimizing Encroachment and Incompatible Land Use Near Military Installations, National Conference of State Legislatures, January 2013
• Report and Recommendations to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 4), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, December 2008
• Project Documents, Fort Hood Joint Land Use Study
• Maps & Reports, Southern New Mexico - El Paso, Texas Joint Land Use Study
• Public Workshops, Camp Swift Joint Land Use Study
• Reports, Randolph Joint Land Use Study
• Compatible Use - Texas, Office of Economic Adjustment, U.S. Department of Defense

• State Policy Options (Real estate or neighboring property disclosure), National Conference of State Legislatures Task Force on Military and Veterans Affairs, Updated April 2013
• Fair Disclosure and Airport Impact Statements in Real Estate Transfers  (E. Disclosure of Military Airports) and (Appendix C - Requiring disclosure of military airports and flight operations or of a military Air Installation Compatible Use Zone),  Airport Cooperative Research Program, November 2011
• Camp Bullis Awareness Zone Voluntary Real Estate Disclosure Statement, City of San Antonio

• "The Pentagon Threatened Congress: We'll Close Bases Without You," Military Times, April 19, 2016
• "Pentagon to Congress: We Need Base Closures," Defense News, April 15, 2016
• Military's Impact on State Economies, National Conference of State Legislatures, April 12, 2016
• Department of Defense Infrastructure Capacity (Base Realignment and Closure Authorization),  Department of Defense, March 2016
• Office of the Governor Awards Second Round of Grants to Texas Military Installations (Press Release), Texas Military Preparedness Commission, April 1, 2016
• Base Realignment And Closure - Army (Fiscal Year 2017 President's Budget Submission), Department of Defense, February 2016
• "Army Bases Bleed, Then BRAC Comes," Breaking Defense, October 21, 2015
• Report and Recommendations to the 84th Legislature (Base Realignment and Closure), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, December 2014

• "Sequestration Budget Cuts Pose 'Greatest Risk' to DoD," Defense News, March 17, 2016
• "Former Defense Secretary Gates Reveals the Biggest Weakness of America's Military Might," Business Insider, January 26, 2016
• Final Sequestration Report for Fiscal Year 2016 (Includes defense funding), Congressional Budget Office, December 2015
• Sequestration, U.S. Department of Defense

• Exploring the Economic & Employment Challenges Facing U.S. Veterans: A Qualitative Study of Volunteers of America Service Providers & Veteran Clients, Volunteers of America, May 2015
• Evaluation of the Number of Future Veterans and Related Relatives In Texas Eligible to Receive Assistance Through the Hazlewood Exemption, 2016-2025, Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, April 11, 2015
• Report and Recommendations to the 84th Texas Legislature (Charge 2 and Charge 5), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, December 2014
• College Credit for Heroes, Texas Workforce Commission
• Veterans Education Program, Texas Veterans Commission

• Correctional Managed Health Care Policy Manual (Decision making, classification, programs, and treatment tracks for mentally ill offenders), Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Updated 2016
• State Mental Health Legislation 2015: Trends, Themes & Effective Practices (Health insurance parity, criminal justice), National Alliance on Mental Illness, December 2015
• Enforcing Mental Health Parity (Health Policy Brief), Health Affairs, November 9, 2015
• Annual Report on the Screening of Offenders with Mental Illness (Rider 35), Texas Department of State Health Services, September 2015
• Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness: Pretrial Diversion Across the Country and the Next Steps for Texas to Improve its Efforts and Increase Utilization, Texas Public Policy Foundation, June 2015
• A Long Road Ahead: Achieving True Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Care, National Alliance on Mental Illness, April 2015
• The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey, Treatment Advocacy Center, National Sheriffs Association, April 8, 2014
• Statewide Law Enforcement/Mental Health Efforts: Strategies to Support and Sustain Local Initiatives, Council of State Governments, Justice Center, December 2012

• "What Declining Oil Prices Mean for Cattle and Beef," Western Livestock Journal, January 22, 2016
• Impact of Low Oil Prices on Food and Other Commodities, CEIC Data, June 11, 2015
• U.S. Drought 2012: Farm and Food Impacts, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, July 26, 2013
• "Agricultural Impacts of Texas' Driest Year on Record," Choices Magazine (Agricultural & Applied Economics Association), Third Quarter 2012
• Impacts of Higher Energy Prices on Agriculture and Rural Economics, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, August 2011
• An HSI Report: The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and Climate Change, Humane Society International, June 2011
• Managing Risk in Agriculture: A Holistic Approach, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2009

• "Status Update and Trends of Texas Rural Working Lands," Texas Land Trends, October 2014
• "Tax Relief for Property Used in Ag Production," Rockdale Reporter, March 21, 2013
• Agriculture Taxes in Texas, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M System, January 2012
• "The Roundup on Agricultural Property Tax Appraisals," The Cattleman Magazine, October 2010
• Agricultural and Timberland Appraisal, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Texas Tax Code §§23.51-23.60, Appraisal of Agricultural Land

• Household Hazardous Waste: A Guide for Texans  and Household Hazardous Waste: Program Assistance, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Household Hazardous Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Presentations at 2013 Scrap Tire Workshop in San Antonio, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, April 2013
• Tracking the Fate of Scrap Tires in Texas: An Audit Report, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, December 2010
• Tracking the Fate of Scrap Tires in Texas: An Audit Report, TCEQ, December 2008
• Using Scrap Tire and Crumb Rubber in Texas Highway Construction Projects (Progress Report) Texas Department of Transportation, January 2007
• Health interim report: Texas Border Health (Tire Recycling Program), Senate Committee on Border Affairs, December 2000
• Interim Report to the 76th Texas Legislature (Waste Tire Program), House Committee on Environmental Regulation, November 1998
• Interim Report to the 75th Legislature: Implementation of the Waste Tire Recycling Bill, Senate Natural Resources Interim Subcommittee, September 1996
• Scrap Tire Management and Scrap-Tire Recycling, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Scrap Tires and Rubber, Texas Department of Transportation

• "High Court Hears From Ranch, Lubbock in Water Case "and "High Court Might Clarify Water and Surface Rights," Texas Tribune, October 14, 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Groundwater), House Committee on Natural Resources, January 2015
• "Whose Water Is It Anyway?," Tierra Grande, Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, July 2014 (Revised 2015)
• "Texas Groundwater Rights and Immunities: From East to Day and Beyond," Texas Water Journal, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University, 2014
• "Edwards Aquifer Authority V. Day And Bragg—Predictions on Their Effects For Regulatory Takings Claims For Groundwater Used In Oil & Gas Operations," 66 Baylor Law Review 471 (2014)
• "Liquid Assets: Groundwater in Texas," 122 Yale Law Journal 143, (December 4, 2012)
• Applications for Surface Water Rights and Ownership Changes and Surface Water Rights and Availability, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

• "Local Police Use of Vast License Plate Database Raises Privacy Concern," Austin American-Statesman, February 18, 2016
• "Concerns Raised about Accessibility of Police Body Camera Footage," Houston Chronicle, February 7, 2016
• Police Body Camera Policies (includes policies on data retention, release, and security), Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law, February 5, 2016
• Policy Body Cam Footage: Just Another Public Record (White Paper), Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, Yale Law School, December 2015
• Local Police Departments, 2013: Equipment and Technology, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2015
• Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing (Pillar 3: Technology & social media), U.S. Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Service, May 2015
• Force Multiplier: Police Seek Effective Uses of Technology (6-part Digital Communities report on wearable cameras, predictive policing, cloud computing, social media, crime-fighting civic apps, the future of policing &  technology), Government Technology, September 22, 2014
• Interim Report to the 78th Texas Legislature (Charge 4 - Evaluate the use of advanced technologies by local law enforcement agencies), House Committee on Public Safety, November 2002

• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2014, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 3 - Sale of criminal histories), House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, January 2015
• Criminal Records in the Digital Age: A Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform in Texas, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, The University of Texas School of Law, March 2013
• Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Background Checking Companies Harm Workers and Businesses (Part IV/C, Bulk dissemination of records and state regulation of bulk dissemination), National Consumer Law Center, April 2012
• An Audit Report on The Criminal Justice Information System at the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State Auditor's Office, September 2011

• "Court: Austin Must ID Private Emails Used for Public Business," Austin American-Statesman, April 9, 2016
• The Austin Bulldog v. Mayor Lee Leffingwell et al.; Opinion (No. 03-13-00604-CV; open meetings, e-mail records), Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District, Austin, April 8, 2016
• State Integrity Investigation 2015, Texas (Public access to information), Center for Public Integrity, November 9, 2015
• Public Information Handbook 2016 (Government Code Sec. 552.232, Responding to Repetitious or Redundant Requests), Office of Attorney General, Revised October 2015
• "Few Cities Have Policies on Use of Private Email by Public Officials," Dallas Morning News, May 29, 2015
• "On the Record: Public Information in North Texas," Dallas Morning News, January 23, 2015

• Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook, Texas Department of Public Safety, June 2014
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety: Modifying the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Program Would Improve the Ability to Identify High Risk Carriers, U.S. Government Accountability Office, February 2014
• A Texas Motor Carrier's Guide to Highway Safety, Texas Department of Public Safety, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, August 2013
• Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (overview, history, CMV laws and rules by topic), Texas Department of Public Safety
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (49 CFR Parts 350-399), U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Texas Commercial Vehicle Regulations and Enforcement Procedures, 37 Texas Administrative Code, Part 1, Chapter 4
• Texas Transportation Code, Ch. 644, Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

• ROW (Right of Way) Utility Manual, Texas Department of Transportation, May 2016
• Local Government Projects Policy Manual (Chapter 6 - Right of Way and Utilities), Texas Department of Transportation, June 2015

• FY 2015-2018 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (Estimated revenues and expenditures), Texas Department of Transportation, May 2016 Quarterly Revision
• Texas Toll Road Primer: Final Report, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, November 2014

• 2015 Texas Rail Plan: Executive Summary (Draft), Texas Department of Transportation, December 2015
• 2015 Texas Rail Plan Update (Chapters 1-5, Draft), Texas Department of Transportation, December
• Rail-Highway Operations Manual, Texas Department of Transportation, August 2015

• TxDOT Awarded $20 Million in Federal Funds to Improve Rural Transit, Texas Department of Transportation, October 29, 2015
• Texas Rural Transportation Plan 2035 – Final Report (Appendixes and maps), Texas Department of Transportation, June 2012

• Registration and Title Fees By State, National Conference of State Legislatures, March 7, 2016
• Estimating the Cost to Process Vehicle Registration and Title Transactions in Texas Counties: Technical Report, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, May 2015

• Paying for Local Infrastructure in a New Era of Federalism: A State-By-State Analysis, National League of Cities, 2016
• "Shifting Gears: the Federal FAST Act Might Help States Find More Sustainable Transportation Revenue," State Legislatures, May 2016
• "How States Make Infrastructure Budgets," (Survey), Governing, May 29, 2014
• "States Get Creative to Fund Transportation Infrastructure," FutureStructure, April 8, 2014
• The Road Ahead: County Transportation Funding and Financing, National Association of Counties, February 2014
• The Future of Transportation Infrastructure Investments: Determining Best Practices for States' Funding and Financing Mechanisms, Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy, College of William & Mary, January 2014
• On the Move: State Strategies for 21st Century Transportation Solutions, National Conference of State Legislatures, July 2012

• "Contracting Experiment Drawing Mixed Reviews," Texas Tribune, May 22, 2015
• "Texas Could Save $1 Billion Per Year: The Biggest Reform You've Never Heard Of," Breitbart, March 28, 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Texas Legislature (Charge 3 – Design/Build project delivery), Senate Transportation Committee, January 2015
• 2015 State Statute Report: A Guide to State Design-Build Laws, Design-Build Institute of America, 2015
• 84th Legislature 2015 - Mapping for the Future: Summary of Enacted Legislation (HB20, Rider 47), Texas Department of Transportation, 2015
• Survey on the Use of Design-Build and Other Alternative Project Delivery Methods in Texas, Texas Legislative Council, December 2012
• Texas Transportation Code, §§223.241-223.250, Design-Build Contracts

• Medicaid Transformation Waiver, Texas Health and Human Services Commission

• Progress Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Child Protective Services Transformation (Improving Quality - Harris & Travis Counties), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services,  April 2016
• Progress Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Child Protective Services Transformation (Harris County Transformation), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, October 2015
• Texas Child Protective Services (CPS), Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

• Texas Emergency Management Executive Guide: Fiscal Year 2015 Edition, Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Division of Emergency Management, Revised January 4, 2016
• "Judge's Corner: Texas Should Invest More Funding for Natural Disasters," Austin American-Statesman, December 30, 2015
• Lessons From Texas: 10 Years of Disaster Recovery Examined, Texas Appleseed, September 15, 2015
• Sustaining Statewide Disaster Response Capabilities From a Fire Service Perspective (Thesis, focuses on fire service in Texas and Texas Task Force 1), Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA), March 2013
• State of Texas Hazard Mitigation Plan: 2013 Update, Texas Department of Public Safety, 2013
• Examining Local Jurisdictions' Capacity and Commitment for Hazard Mitigation Policies and Strategies Along the Texas Coast (Dissertation), Texas A&M University, May 2012
• Flood Risk Management Approaches: As Being Practiced in Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States, Institute for Water Resources, United States Army Corps of Engineers, September 2011
• Resilient Regions: Integrating Economic Development Strategies, Sustainability Principles and Hazard Mitigation Planning, National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation, July 2011
• Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning, American Planning Association, May 2010
• "Lessons We Don't Learn: A Study of the Lessons of Disasters, Why We Repeat Them, and How We Can Learn Them," 2 Homeland Security Affairs, Article 4, July 2006

• SCOTUS Ruling Requires Relook at State Asset Forfeiture Laws, National Conference of State Legislatures, April 1, 2016
• Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture, 2nd Edition, Institute for Justice, November 2015
• Civil Asset Forfeiture: Good Intentions Gone Awry and the Need for Reform, Heritage Foundation, April 20, 2015
• New Bill Would End Policing for Profit in New Mexico (HB560), American Civil Liberties Union, February 19, 2015
• Audit of the Assets Forfeiture Fund and Seized Asset Deposit Fund Annual Financial Statements Fiscal Year 2014, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, January 2015
• FY2015 Asset Forfeiture Fund Reports to Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, 2015
• Asset Forfeiture in Texas: DPS and County Interactions, Office of Court Administration, December 2014
• "Reverse Robin Hood: The Tale of How Texas Law Enforcement Has Used Civil Asset Forfeiture to Take From Property Owners and Pad the Pockets of Local Government – the Righteous Hunt for Reform is On," 46 Texas Tech Law Review 1169 (Summer 2014)
• Taking Contraband Without Taking Our Liberties: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform in Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, March 2014

• Formula Funding Recommendations for the 2018-19 Biennium, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, April 2016
• Texas Public Higher Education: Overview of Tuition and State Support Since Tuition Deregulation, Legislative Budget Board, Presented to Senate Higher Education Committee, April 2016
• Texas Public Higher Education: Public Community/Junior Colleges Funding Overview, Legislative Budget Board, Presented to House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Article III, March 24, 2016
• Federal and State Funding of Higher Education: A Changing Landscape, Pew Charitable Trusts, June 11, 2015
• Texas Public Higher Education: State Funding Overview, Legislative Budget Board, Presented to House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Article III, February 16, 2015
• Financing Higher Education in Texas: Legislative Primer, 5th Edition, Legislative Budget Board, February 2013
• Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 6, Higher education funding), House Committee on Higher Education, January 2011
• Interim Charge Recommendations to the 82nd Legislature (Higher Education Funding), Senate Committee on Finance, January 2011
• Formula Funding (overview of formula funding, basis for legislative appropriations, Formula Advisory Committee meetings and agenda materials), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

• "Sharp Calls for Funding Equity for UTRGV School of Medicine," Rio Grande Guardian, October 7, 2015; including Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp's letter to Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, October 5, 2015
• Integration of General Academic Institutions and Health Related Institutions, Legislative Budget Board, Presented to House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Article III, February 24, 2015
• Texas Public Higher Education: State Funding Overview (General Academic Institution and Health Related Institution formulas), Legislative Budget Board, Presented to House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Article III, February 16, 2015

• Resource Guide: Reforming the Assessment and Enforcement of Fines and Fees, United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, March 2016
• Probation Revocation and Its Causes: Profiles of State and Local Jurisdictions: Wharton and Matagorda Counties, Texas and Bell  County, Texas, University of Minnesota Law School, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 2016
• Statewide Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, February 2015
• Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Probation Revocation: Summary Findings and Implications from a Multisite Study (Includes Dallas County, Texas), Urban Institute, April 2014
• Cutting Edge Corrections: Using Technology to Improve Community Supervision in Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, April 2014
• Profiting From Probation: America's "Offender-Funded" Probation Industry, Human Rights Watch, February 2014
• Profiles in Probation Revocation: Examining the Legal Framework in 21 States, University of Minnesota Law School, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 2014
• Safer, Smarter, and More Cost-Efficient Approaches to Reducing Crime in Texas, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, February 2013
• A Framework to Improve How Fines, Fees, Restitution, and Child Support Are Assessed and Collected from People Convicted of Crimes, Council of State Governments Justice Center, Texas Office of Court Administration, March 2, 2009

• Attorney General Lynch Releases Roadmap to Reentry: The Justice Department's Vision to Reduce Recidivism through Federal Reentry Reforms, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, April 25, 2016
• "States Examine Policies, Conditions for Solitary Confinement in Prisons," Interim News, House Research Organization, February 17, 2016
• "Darrington Seminary Graduates First Class of Ministers," Criminal Justice Connections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, May/June 2015
• Statewide Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, February 2015
• Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism, Congressional Research Service, January 12, 2015
• "Solitary Confinement, Public Safety, and Recidivism," 47 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform  495 (Winter 2014)
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, Windham School District, Board of Pardons and Paroles: Final Report with Legislative Action (Issue 2 - Reentry strategies), Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2013
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 1 - Review correctional facilities and procedures, reentry & parole), House Committee on Corrections, January 2015
• Reentry and Integration Division (Reentry resource guide, reentry articles and reports), Rehabilitation Programs Division, Peer Recovery Support Services, Texas Department of Criminal Justice

• Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness: Pretrial Diversion Across the Country and the Next Steps for Texas to Improve its Efforts and Increase Utilization, Texas Public Policy Foundation, June 2015
• Pretrial Diversion, National Conference of State Legislatures, May 13, 2015
• Smart Justice, Initiative Resources, Jail Diversion, National Association of Counties

• Fourteenth Report Examining Reporting Compliance to the Texas Computerized Criminal History System, Texas Department of Public Safety, January 2016
• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2014, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 3 - Sale of criminal histories), House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, January 2015
• Criminal Records in the Digital Age: A Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform in Texas, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, The University of Texas School of Law, March 2013
• Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Background Checking Companies Harm Workers and Businesses (Part IV/C, Bulk dissemination of records and state regulation of bulk dissemination), National Consumer Law Center, April 2012
• Report of the National Task Force on the Commercial Sale of Criminal Justice Record Information, SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, 2005
• Interim Report, 77th Legislature: Charge Three (Criminal records), Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, September 2000

• Screening Out Family Time: The For-Profit Video Visitation Industry in Prisons and Jails, Prison Policy Initiative, January 2015
• Video Visiting in Corrections: Benefits, Limitations, and Implementation Considerations, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, December 2014
• Video Visitation: How Private Companies Push For Visits By Video and Families Pay the Price, Grassroots Leadership and Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, October 2014
• Study of the TDCJ Offender Visitation Policies, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, August 2014
• Please Deposit All of Your Money: Kickbacks, Rates, and Hidden Fees in the Jail Phone Industry, Prison Policy Initiative, May 2013
• "Prison Visitation Policies: A Fifty-State Survey," 32 Yale Law & Policy Review 149 (2013)
• Children of Incarcerated Parents, National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2009

• Constitutional Limitations on Texas State Spending (Presentation), Legislative Budget Board, January 7, 2016
• TEL It Like It Is: Why Texas Needs Spending Limit Reform (Policy Brief), Texas Public Policy Foundation, December 2015
• "Effort to Tighten Spending Cap Dies," Texas Tribune, May 31, 2015
• Summary of Conference Committee Report for House Bill 1: Appropriations for the 2016–17 Biennium, (ARTICLE VIII, §22, Limitation on the Growth of Certain Appropriations), Legislative Budget Board, May 2015
• Tax Relief and the Spending Limit (Issue Brief), Legislative Budget Board, February 2015
• State Tax and Expenditure Limits - 2010, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2010
• Interim Charge Recommendations to the 82nd Legislature (Limits on Public Spending), Senate Committee on Finance, January 2011

• Zika in Texas (Guidance for protecting outdoor workers and health care professionals, confirmed cases, outreach materials), Texas Department of State Health Services.
• "Congressional Inaction Hinders Public Health Fight Against Zika," Governing, April 26, 2016
• Public Health Advisory: The Emerging Mosquito-Borne Zika Virus Outbreak (Overview, FAQ, federal preparations, CDC resource pages and response guidance for states), National Conference of State Legislatures, April 12, 2016
• Top Questions on Zika: Simple Answers (detailed discussion on issues of pregnancy, preparedness and protection, transmission, outbreak, response, and mosquito control), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, April 7, 2016
• Zika Virus: Quick Facts for State Leaders, Council of State Governments, March 9, 2016

• Rate Analysis for Long-Term Services and Supports, Texas Health and Human Services Commission

• "Texas Attorney General Unveils Unit to Fight Human Trafficking," Texas Tribune, January 14, 2016
• The Sex Trafficking Marketplace: Addressing Demand through Legislation and Tactics, Children at Risk, 2015
• The Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force Report to the Texas Legislature, Office of Attorney General, December 2014
• Report to the Texas Legislature: Sexually Oriented Businesses and Human Trafficking : Associations, Challenges, and Approaches, Office of Attorney General, May 2013
• Report to the 83rd Legislature, Joint Interim Committee to Study Human Trafficking, January 2013
• Human Trafficking, Office of Attorney General
• Texas Statistics & Resources, National Human Trafficking Resource Center 
• Understanding Human Trafficking, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

• "The Big Data Jury,"  91 Notre Dame Law Review 935 (2016)
• Texas Jury Participation, Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, June 2014
• Interim Report to the 76th Legislature (Charge 6 - Jury Service), October 1998
• Jury Service Resources, State Bar of Texas

• Texas Lemon Law and Texas Lemon Law Annual Reports, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles

• "States Urged to Reduce Pregnancy-Related Deaths," Stateline (Pew Charitable Trusts), May 3, 2016
• "Panel Calls for Depression Screenings During and After Pregnancy," New York Times, January 26, 2016
• Resources on Strategies to Improve Postpartum Care Among Medicaid and CHIP Populations, Maternal & Infant Health Initiative, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, February 2015
• "Unjust Barriers: Prenatal Care and Undocumented Immigrants," 31 Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy 96 (2015)
• Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force Report, Texas Department of State Health Services, September 2014
• Birth Outcomes Exploratory Study, First 5 LA, April 18, 2014
• Improving Birth Outcomes in Medicaid, National Governors Association, July 2013
• "Pregnancy Medical Homes Gain Momentum in North Carolina," Stateline (Pew Charitable Trusts), February 24, 2012
• Deadly Delivery: the Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA (Spring 2011 Update), Amnesty International, March 2010

• Texas Land Grab: Annexations Trample Property Rights, Texas Watchdog, August 27, 2015
• Ending Forced Annexation in Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, July 2015
• "'Liberty Cities' Spring Up in Texas: Local Accountability, Individual Rights Come First in Municipal Annexation," PanAm Post, March 9, 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Texas Legislature (Charge 3 - Extraterritorial jurisdiction), House Committee on Land and Resource Management, December 2014
• Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 6 - Extraterritorial jurisdiction and property rights), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, December 2010
• Municipal Annexation in Texas: "Is it Really That Complicated?," Texas Municipal League, Updated March 2012 
• Texas Local Government Code, Ch. 42, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Municipalities
• Texas Local Government Code, Ch. 43, Municipal Annexation
• The Impact of Overly Restrictive Annexation Policy on Economic Activity in Texas and Its Metropolitan Regions, The Perryman Group, April 2003

• "Lt. Governor Patrick Holds Press Conference on Escalating University Tuition Rates and Student Debt (Charts: Academic Charges vs CPI, Academic Charges vs MHI, Rising Academic Charges)," Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, April 26, 2016
• "Who's a Better Steward When it Comes to Texas College Costs? Data Show Lawmakers Hiked Tuition Faster Than Schools," Dallas Morning News (Interactive), April 4, 2016
• A Guidebook on State Budgeting for Higher Education, National Association of State Budget Officers, December 2015
• "The Role of Financial Aid in Promoting College Access and Success: Research Evidence and Proposals for Reform," 45 Journal of Student Financial Aid 7-22 (Issue 3, Article 3), November 2, 2015
• Trends in College Pricing 2015, Full Report (PDF), Tuition and Fees by State, College Board, November 2015
• Project on Student Debt: State by State Data, Student Debt and the Class of 2014, The Institute for College Access & Success, October 2015
• Higher Education: State Funding Trends and Policies on Affordability, U.S. Government Accountability Office, December 2014
• A Strategy to Ensure College Affordability for Low and Middle Income Families, Education Reform Now, January 5, 2014
• Doing Away with Debt: Using Existing Resources to Ensure College Affordability for Low and Middle-Income Families, The Education Trust, February 2013
• The Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree: Reform Measure or Red Herring?, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, September 2012
• Four Steps to Finishing First: An Agenda for Increasing College Productivity to Create a Better-Educated Society, Lumina Foundation, September 1, 2011
• College Affordability and Transparency Center, State Spending Charts, U.S. Department of Education
• Tuition and Fee Data, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

• Senate Select Committee for Property Tax Reform & Relief, committee information, video/audio archives, documents and downloads, presentations
• Interim Hearings - Week of March 21, 2016, Senate Select Committee Property Tax Reform & Relief, Legislative Reference Library, March 14, 2016

• State of Texas Contract Management Guide, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Updated March 1, 2016
• "Contract Reform Legislation Headed to Abbott," Texas Tribune, June 1, 2015
• 83rd Texas Legislature Interim Report (Charge 2 - State Contracting), Senate Committee on Government Organization, December 2014
• State Agency Contract Management Procedures, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Senate Bill 20: Centralized State Purchasing Study, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Contracts Database and Reporting Information, Legislative Budget Board
• Tribpedia: State Contracts and Contract High (Series on state contracting problems and how the Legislature addressed the issue in 2015), Texas Tribune

• State Information Request: Teacher-Student Relationships (Recent state policy responses to misconduct, digital solutions), Education Commission of the States, February 29, 2016
• "Districts Withhold Data from State in 15 Teacher Misconduct Cases," Austin American-Statesman, December 14, 2015
• Federal Agencies Can Better Support State Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Abuse by School Personnel, U.S. Government Accountability Office, January 2014

• Connecting Anchor Institutions: A Broadband Action Plan, Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, Grow2Gig, Benton Foundation, April 2016
• "The Digital Divide in Texas Public Schools" (Blog), Texas AFT, March 14, 2016
• "Bridging a Digital Divide That Leaves Schoolchildren Behind," New York Times, February 22, 2016
• Public School Network Capabilities Study, Texas Education Agency, December 1, 2015
• "Major Effort Underway to Eliminate RGV’s Digital Divide," Rio Grande Guardian, November 19, 2015
• The 2015 State of the States: A Report on the State of Connectivity in America's K-12 Public Schools, EducationSuperHighway, 2015
• Broadband and Education - Connecting Students in Texas, Connected Texas, September 2014
• Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 3 - Barriers to virtual schools), January 2013 and Committee Handouts/Written Testimony, October 8, 2012, Senate Committee on Education
• Broadband Landscape (maps), Connected Texas

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• "State Parks Find New Ways to Save, Make Money," Stateline (Pew Charitable Trusts), April 14, 2016
• Operating Budget, Fiscal Year 2016, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, December 1, 2015
• The Economic Contributions of Texas State Parks, Texas A&M University, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, November 2014

• Governor Abbott Establishes Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative, Governor Greg Abbott, March 7, 2016
• Preparing High School Students for College: An Exploratory Study of College Readiness Partnership Programs in Texas (Report) and (Brief), National Center for Postsecondary Research, May 2012
• "Lessons from a School District-University Research Partnership: The Houston Education Research Consortium," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, May 2015
• Sharing Responsibility for College Success a Model Partnership Moves Students to Diplomas and Degrees, Educate Texas, December 2014
• Lesson 9. Partnering to Support College and Career Readiness and Lesson 9 Resources, Texas Online College and Career Readiness Resource Center, Spring 2014
• Preparing High School Students for College: An Exploratory Study of College Readiness Partnership Programs in Texas (Report) and (Brief), National Center for Postsecondary Research, May 2012
• Network Partners, Texas College Access Network (TxCan)
• Division of College Readiness and Success, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

• Apprenticeship - Program Overview, Texas Workforce Commission
• Advanced FLSA Issues, Student Interns - Trainees, Especially for Texas Employers, Texas Workforce Commission
• Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act, U.S. Department of Labor, April 2010

• Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Combined State Plan (July 1, 2016-June 30, 2020), Texas Workforce Commission, draft modifications approved by Commission April 5, 2016
• Employer Engagement Toolkit: From Placement to Partners, Jobs for the Future, October 2015
• Aligning K-12 and Postsecondary Career Pathways with Workforce Needs (Business and industry engagement, career pathways), Education Commission of the States, October 2015
• The Progress of Education Reform: Reimagining Business Involvement: A New Frontier for Postsecondary Education, Education Commission of the States, June 2013
• How Career and Technical Education Can Help Students Be College and Career Ready: A Primer, American Institutes for Research, March 2013
• State Training Inventory (Compilation of Texas education and workforce training providers), Texas Workforce Commission

• Prompt Pay FAQs ,Texas Department of Insurance, Updated April 1, 2016
• An Interstate Comparison of Healthcare Prompt-Pay Laws, Texans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation, January 31, 2016
• 28 Texas Administrative Code §21.2815, Failure to Meet the Statutory Claims Payment Period, Texas Department of Insurance
• Interim Report to the 78th Legislature, Texas Senate Special Committee on Prompt Payment of Health Care Providers, November 2002

• Surprise Medical Bills (Balance billing Q&A), Texas Department of Insurance, last updated March 29, 2016
• "New Law Helps Patients with Bills for Out-of-Network Medical Care," Texas Department of Insurance, September 10, 2015
• "Balance-Billing Ban Back in 2015 Legislature," Texas Medicine, Texas Medical Association, May 2015
• Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 7 - Medical price transparency), Senate Committee on State Affairs, January 2015
• "Surprise Medical Bills Take Advantage of Texans: Little-Known Practice Creates A 'Second Emergency' for ER Patients," Center for Public Policy Priorities, September 15, 2014
• Report of the Health Network Adequacy Advisory Committee, Senate Bill 1731, Section 11

• "Texas Ports Stay Busy as Trade Values Fall Along Gulf, Rise Inland," Southwest Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Fourth Quarter 2015
• Texas Ports 2015-2016 Capital Program: Executive Summary, Port Authority Advisory Committee, November 11, 2015
• Survey of State Funding Practices for Coastal Port Infrastructure, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, May 2015
• 2014 Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, January 20, 2015 
• The Texas Maritime Transportation System: Delivering the Goods, Texas Department of Transportation, January 20, 2015
• Texas Intracoastal Waterway Master Plan: Technical Report, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Resubmitted August 2014
• Master Plan for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Texas, Texas Department of Transportation, June 2014

• "Some Fear Texas Unprepared for Panama Canal Expansion," Texas Tribune, December 1, 2015
• Trade Flows and Texas Gulf Ports: Panama Canal Expansion and South American Markets, Center for Transportation Research at University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M Transportation Institute, August 2013
• Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 1 - Panama Canal Expansion), Senate Transportation Committee, February 2013
• Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 2 - Panama Canal Expansion), House Committee on Transportation, December 2012
• Preparing Texas Land and Sea for the Panama Canal Expansion: Final Report, Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group, November 2012

• Congressional Consent and the Permission for States to Enter into Interstate Compacts (Brief), Council of State Governments Knowledge Center, July 5, 2011
• "When Should Interstate Compacts Require Congressional Consent?," Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, Volume 42, Number 4, 2009
• Resources, National Center for Interstate Compacts (NCIC)

• Interim Hearings - Week of March 21, 2016, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, Subcommittee on Border Security, Legislative Reference Library, March 14, 2016

• Performance-Based Funding for Higher Education, National Conference of State Legislatures, July 31, 2015
• Federal and State Funding of Higher Education: A Changing Landscape, Pew Charitable Trusts, June 11, 2015
• Formula Funding Recommendations 2014 (FY 2016-2017 Biennium), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, April 2014
• "Search Still On for Higher Ed Performance-Funding Model," Texas Tribune, January 7, 2014
• Financing Higher Education in Texas: Legislative Primer, 5th Edition, Legislative Budget Board, February 2013
• Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 1 - Funding), Senate Finance Higher Education Subcommittee, December 2008
• Interim Report to the 79th Texas Legislature (Volume 3 - Higher education charges), Senate Finance Committee, December 2004

• "Judge Blocks Texas Immigrant Harboring Law," Texas Tribune, April 14, 2016
• Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw's testimony to House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, February 4, 2016
• "State Trooper Rotations to Border Will Continue," Texas Tribune, January 21, 2016
• Border Security Statistics, Texas Department of Public Safety