By Ellis                                              S.C.R. No. 11
         76R3446 EFD-D                           
                                CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1-1           WHEREAS, The charge of the Texas Workforce Commission is to
 1-2     promote and support a state workforce system beneficial to
 1-3     individuals, employers, and communities; while pursuing this worthy
 1-4     goal, the commission strives to uphold the highest standards of
 1-5     ethics, accountability, and efficiency; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, In its position as a relatively new state agency,
 1-7     the commission is developing many internal policies and procedures,
 1-8     including accounting systems used to track the allocation of
 1-9     budgeted funds used to implement commission programs; and
1-10           WHEREAS, Current barriers exist in the commission's
1-11     accounting system that impede accurate and timely reporting of
1-12     financial data and performance measures; without such vital
1-13     information, the legislature cannot evaluate the level of
1-14     implementation of each commission program; and
1-15           WHEREAS, Such barriers must be removed so that the
1-16     legislature has the information necessary to assess the
1-17     commission's performance and to allocate funds for its future
1-18     operations; now, therefore, be it
1-19           RESOLVED, That the 76th Legislature of the State of Texas
1-20     hereby direct the Texas Workforce Commission to prepare a report
1-21     that includes a comparison of budgeted funds with those actually
1-22     spent on each commission program, and an analysis of the
1-23     commission's compliance with state accounting procedures under
1-24     Chapter 2101, Government Code, including the commission's
 2-1     reconciliation of its accounting system with the uniform statewide
 2-2     accounting system; and, be it further
 2-3           RESOLVED, That the commission submit the report to the
 2-4     governor and the 76th Legislature by April 1, 1999; and, be it
 2-5     further
 2-6           RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official
 2-7     copy of this resolution to the commissioners and executive director
 2-8     of the Texas Workforce Commission.