Agency Reports: Instructions

Instructions for Using Agency Reports
Main Menu

The links listed in the main menu will take you to the three key service areas provided by this site:

List of Agencies with Reports Due

List of Agencies with Reports Due will take you to a page with a list of all agencies that have reports due as specified by current legislation, yet have not submitted a copy of the report by the filing deadline. By clicking on the desired agency name, you can view a list of all reports due for that agency that have not yet been filed.

The List of Agencies with Reports Due is not a complete list. Only those report records that have a report requirement that has not been met by the filing deadline will be listed. If an agency currently has no reports past due, it will not appear on the list.

For each report requirement that is displayed under an agency name that is a continuous requirement (required on a specified date continually each calendar year), all past reports and the dates they were filed will be listed in a table under the report requirement text.

For a complete listing of all reports due for an agency, including those that are not currently due, use the Search for Agency Reports link on the Agency Reports home page.

Special Note
Some deadline dates, as specified by legislation, are considered unquantifiable. This means that there is no specific date set in the legislation for the report to be filed or the requirement for the report is dependent upon other conditions occurring first. Agencies with these types of unquantifiable report due dates will not appear to be past due. For more information on unquantifiable report due dates see the corresponding help section.

Search for Agency Reports

Search for Agency Reports will take you to a search screen where three different search types can be initiated for text search strings typed into a text field.

Agency

The List of Agency Reports database can be searched by Agency for a word, part of a word, or a string of characters, including blank spaces. This can be accomplished by:

choosing Agency from the drop-down list, then
selecting either "Contains" or "Begins with" for the match method, and
typing the text to search for in the text box.

Clicking on the Search button will return a list of all agencies in which a match for the text entered was made. Clicking on any agency in the list will return a list of all the reports due for that agency.

For rules on searching and how query matches are made, see the corresponding help section.

Authority

The List of Agency Reports database can be searched by Authority for a word, part of a word, or a string of characters. This can be accomplished by:

choosing Authority from the drop-down list, then
selecting either "Contains" or "Begins with" for the match method, and
typing the text to search for in the text box.

"Authority" refers to the specific type of law mandating or requesting the report. Clicking on the Search button will return a list of all authority types that match the text entered. Clicking on any authority in the list will return a list of all the reports due under that authority.

For more information on Authority, see the corresponding help section. For rules on searching and how query matches are made, see the corresponding help section.

Description

The List of Agency Reports database can be searched by Description for a word, part of a word, or a string of characters. This can be accomplished by:

choosing Description from the drop-down list, then
selecting either "Contains" or "Begins with" for the match method, and
typing the text to search for in the text box.

Clicking on the Search button will return a list of all reports in which a match was made in the descriptions of each record for the text entered.

For rules on searching and how query matches are made, see the corresponding help section.

Instructions

Instructions (this page), provides information for using the Agency Reports web page.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) provides a list of the most commonly asked questions about the List of Agency Reports.

Help

You can get help for any page in this web site by clicking on the help button at the bottom of each page, or by clicking on a highlighted term or concept.