Blog

11/04/2024

11/04/2024

In August and September, the staff of OCA’s Sustainability Division hosted six Climate Justice Community Meetings throughout Harris County.

03/10/2023

03/10/2023

This post reflects on the policy reports, technical assistance work, and achievements within the Analyst's Office in 2022. The Analyst’s Office’s first annual satisfaction survey showed that 85% of our technical assistance partners reported a positive experience working with the Analyst’s Office team. Looking forward to 2023! 

12/02/2022

12/02/2022

This blog provides background information on emergency services districts (ESDs) and compares the 2021 adopted annual budget per capita for 30 Harris County ESDs.

11/18/2022

11/18/2022

This blog provides cost estimates of county services for an individual experiencing homelessness in Harris County from FY2019-FY2021. 

09/27/2022

09/27/2022

This blog provides background information on the Texas Prompt Payment Act and examines Harris County's payment processing times to vendors from FY2017-FY2022.

08/29/2022

08/29/2022

This blog summarizes the types and amounts of pandemic-related funding received by school districts in Harris County.

07/27/2022

07/27/2022

This post explores the effect of fraudulent temporary tags on incidents of crime and potential lost revenue for Harris County.

02/10/2022

02/10/2022

This blog highlights two storm surge projects under consideration for Galveston Bay (the Galveston Bay Park Plan and the Texas Coastal Study) and describes how hurricane frequency and storm surge impact Harris County. 

01/31/2022

01/31/2022

This post reflects on activity and achievements within the Analyst's Office in the past year. From new team members to exceeding our project completion target by 60 percent—we were busy in 2021.

01/17/2022

01/17/2022

This blog highlights existing sustainability practices and policies in place within Harris County departments. 

12/27/2021

12/27/2021

This post includes data on vaccination rates by zip code, including social vulnerability scores, death counts, and median income for each zip code from April 2021 through December 2021.

11/22/2021

11/22/2021

Jury service is an integral component of the United States’ legal system. In Texas, juror selection occurs in counties by selecting names from a randomized list of residents (compiled by the Texas Secretary of State) who are registered to vote or hold a driver’s license or Texas identification card. This post highlights strategies that helped increase juror appearance rates, reviews the impact of pay increases in other jurisdictions, and examines whether an increase in pay in other jurisdictions resulted in greater turnout and/or greater diversity of juror participation.

10/25/2021

10/25/2021

This post explores spending on public safety, social services, and county services across ten jurisdiction over a nine year period. 

07/09/2021

07/09/2021

This post includes data on the total annual deaths in Harris County, including the City of Houston, from January 2010 through December 2020 by age, and race and ethnicity.