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The government of Texas operates under the Constitution of Texas and consists of a unitary democratic state government operating under a presidential system that uses the Dillon Rule, as well as governments at the county and municipal levels. Austin is the capital of Texas. The State Capitol resembles the United States Capitol in Washington, D ...
The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Colombia ( Spanish: Contraloría General de la República de Colombia) is a Colombian independent government institution that acts as the highest form of fiscal control in the country. As such, it has a mission to seek the proper allocation of resources and public funds and contribute to ...
Occupation. Attorney. Robert L. Clarke (born June 29, 1942) was Comptroller of the Currency of the United States [1] from 1985-1992. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [2] Clarke, a Texas banking attorney, was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. His tenure coincided with an era of extraordinary turbulence in ...
Executive Branch. Women have been most present in the Texas executive branch as part of the State Board of Education.The first woman ever elected to statewide office in Texas was elected as Superintendent of Public Instruction (this position no longer exists; the duties of the former Superintendent of Public Instruction are now carried out by the appointed Commissioner of Education).
In 24 states, the state auditor is a constitutional officer elected by the voters or the state legislature for specified terms of office. For example, state auditors in California, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington are elected by the voters. Maine and Tennessee are the only states where the state auditor is ...
The Comptroller General of the Union ( Portuguese: Controladoria-Geral da União, abbreviated CGU ), is a branch of the Brazilian federal government tasked with assisting the president regarding the treasury and public assets and the government's transparency policies. These tasks are carried out by way of public audits, fraud deterrence ...
A 2004 report by Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn was very critical of the Texas foster care system. A follow-up statement with continued criticisms of the Texas foster care system was made in 2006 by the Comptroller and renewed a request to have the governor create a Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team.
The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings ( SOAH) was created in 1991 by the 72nd Texas Legislature as an independent agency to manage and conduct hearings in contested cases for most licensing and other state agencies. [1] SOAH provides a forum for administrative hearings for agencies without staff to conduct hearings. [2] SOAH derives ...