Title:
Governor's Office of Financial Accountability records
Description:
The Texas Office of Financial Accountability (OFA), a division of the Governor's Office, promoted open and accountable government and assisted state agencies and institutions of higher education to do the same. Records of the OFA created and maintained during Governor Rick Perry's term of office include correspondence, news clippings, reports, presentations, plans, legal documents, meeting agenda, and memorandums, that date 1999-2014 and undated. Subjects include impressions of the Governor's Office of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), ways the office sought to shape how Texas would use federal funding, internal and external discussions regarding compliance and monitoring issues, creation of reports to and from agencies receiving funds, and information about ARRA sent to or from the Governor's Office.
Collection:
Governor's Office of Financial Accountability records, Texas Governor Rick Perry records
Creator:
Texas. Governor (2000-2015 : Perry)
Date range of creation:
1999 to 2014
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Texas. ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) Working Group
Subject:
Texas. Governor's Office of Budget, Planning and Policy. State Grants Team
Subject:
Texas. Office of the Governor. Office of Financial Accountability
Subject:
Doggett, Lloyd
Subject:
Duncan, Arne
Subject:
Dunnam, Jim, 1963-
Subject:
Texas Education Agency
Subject:
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Subject:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Federal Economic Stabilization Funding
Subject:
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Subject:
Federal aid
Subject:
Transparency
Subject:
Economic stabilitization
Subject:
Politics and government
Type:
Agendas (administrative records)
Type:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Type:
Correspondence
Type:
Legal documents
Type:
Memorandums
Type:
Plans (reports)
Type:
Presentations (communicative events)
Type:
Reports
Citation information:
(Identify the item and cite the series), Governor's Office of Financial Accountability records, Texas Governor Rick Perry records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
The records are organized into seven series: Administrative correspondence, General correspondence, Office of Financial Accountability plans and planning records, State Grants Team plans and planning records, Reports, Meeting minutes and agenda, and Litigation
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions:
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, social security numbers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.147); home addresses, phone numbers and personal family information of government employees and officials (Texas Government Code, Section 552.117); certain email addresses (Texas Government Code, 552.137); attorney-client working papers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.107); confidentiality of government information related to security or infrastructure issues for computers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.139); audit working papers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.116); and communication between a member of the legislature and the Texas Legislative Budget Board (Texas Government Code, Section 552.146), an archivist must review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552).
Size or duration:
2.5 cubic ft. and 505.84 MB (1,903 files)
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/40126.xml
Language:
English