Comprehensive analysis of IT staffing contracts across Texas state agencies. Time-series trends, vendor analysis, ethnicity distribution, HUB compliance, worker-level data, and a Solicitations tab that includes OAG PIR requisitions plus local LBB/HHSC records.
Deep-dive into multi-vendor billing anomaly patterns. Ethnicity overindex analysis, vendor networks, agency exposure, buyer analysis, and investigation resources.
LBB CMS purchase orders plus already-local OAG PIR POs, OAG LBB contracts, HHSC ITSAC parses, and other-agency LBB staffing rows. OAG was not re-downloaded.
PIR R033979 productions, hosted in full. Page ledger against the OAG's 24,545-page estimate, purchase orders, solicitations, contingent-worker roster, and every source file for download.
This site presents publicly available data for transparency and research purposes only. Nothing on this site constitutes an accusation of wrongdoing.
The term "billing anomaly" refers to data patterns where a worker appears to bill through multiple vendors in the same reporting period. There are many legitimate explanations for these patterns, including vendor transitions, subcontracting arrangements, corrections, and data entry errors.
All individuals and organizations referenced in this data are presumed innocent of any wrongdoing. The presence of a name on this site does not imply guilt, fraud, or any illegal activity. Only authorized government investigators and courts of law can make such determinations.
Ethnicity classifications are probabilistic inferences from names and will contain errors. They are included solely to identify potential systemic patterns in public contracting, not to characterize any individual.
The authors of this site are not affiliated with any Texas state agency. This is an independent public transparency project using open data.
Rate/hr field: The "Unit Price" field from state data does not always represent an hourly rate. In some cases it is a monthly rate, lump sum payment, or per-deliverable price. Entries showing rates above $300/hr should be interpreted with caution. For example, Protiviti Government Services bills at $700/hr (plausible for Big 4 consulting), while some entries show $10,000+ "rates" that are actually lump-sum payments reported as 1 unit.
Avg Rate calculation: Average rates are computed from the unit_price field across all invoices where rate > 0. Outlier lump-sum entries inflate the average. The median rate across all invoices is approximately $90/hr.
Ethnicity classification: Inferred from worker names using GPT-4o-mini. This is probabilistic and will contain errors, particularly for ambiguous names. Categories are broad cultural/regional groupings, not precise ethnic identities. ~2% of names remain unclassified.
Billing anomaly detection: A "billing anomaly" means a worker billing through 2+ different vendors in the same reporting month. This can indicate legitimate subcontracting (LOW risk = same agency), vendor transitions, or potential irregularities (HIGH risk = different agencies). It is not proof of wrongdoing — it is a pattern that may warrant further review by authorized investigators.
FY2026 data: Pulled from the live Texas Socrata API (a743-wj72). Last refresh: October 03, 2026 (32,020 FY2026 invoice rows). Use "Same Period" mode on the Overview tab for fair YoY comparison.
Worker names: Some source data contains pipe-delimited names, comma-reversed names (Last,First), or partial names. These are normalized at display time. A small number of entries have job titles or descriptions in the name field.
Contract Viewer: Original LBB CMS parse plus an overlay of already-local OAG PIR purchase orders, OAG LBB contracts, HHSC ITSAC parses, and other-agency LBB staffing rows (11,109 after dedupe). OAG was not re-fetched. Parsing errors remain possible. Some agencies (TWC) redact worker names.
Solicitations / over-requiring years: OAG PIR job descriptions are scored for 10+ and 15+ years floors (8 at 10+, 1 at 15+). Those floors typically price a seat at Level 3 / Specialist NTE. Other-agency LBB/HHSC rows usually carry only a short solicitation label, not the full job description.
OAG Open Records: Public archive of PIR R033979. Files are hosted exactly as produced. 2 tranche(s) total 4,638 PDF pages (18.9% of the OAG's estimated 24,545) in 496 files. The same local extracts appear on the ITSAC Dashboard Solicitations tab, the Billing Anomalies OAG tab, and the Contract Viewer — they are not downloaded again.