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XI.5 Purchase Authorizations – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… OVERVIEW When a State agency awards a term contract that allows for the purchase of commodities on an as-needed basis, the contract should be established as a Purchase Authorization contract (Purchase Authorization). This section provides …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi5-purchase-authorizationsMedicaid Program – Provider Compliance With the Electronic Visit Verification Program
… and notify them of the requirements. Medicaid paid over $31.5 billion for PC services from January 2021 through March …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/11/13/medicaid-program-provider-compliance-electronic-visit-verification-programState Agencies Bulletin No. 1714
… TWO_YEAR_LOOKBACK_VDC will provide the employee’s earnings by Department ID for the calendar year entered. If the query …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1714-two-year-look-back-tier-6-tiaa-voluntary-defined-contribution-vdcCost-Saving Ideas: Overtime Planning and Management
… and benefits by even a small percentage can result in significant savings. Employee salaries and benefits, … 8 to 30 percent of wages paid to highway employees in New York State are for overtime. A written plan to guide the assignment of overtime hours in the most efficient and effective manner can help control …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-overtime-planning-and-managementComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… (Follow-Up) (2015-F-6) An initial audit report issued in November 2012 examined whether the Bureau of Narcotic … combating prescription drug diversion and abuse in New York state, in large part through its analysis and use of prescription …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0Do Not Call Enforcement Efforts
… is responsible for enforcing the Law, which took effect in 2001. Initially, New York consumers registered their phone numbers on a statewide registry. In 2003, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal … complaints by phone and email. The Law was amended in 2010 to include automated calls, known as robocalls, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/28/do-not-call-enforcement-effortsComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General James Announce Guilty Plea of Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
… of Elections. Thomas was sentenced to pay a $13,000 fine in addition to a one-year conditional discharge during which … General Letitia James. "New Yorkers put their faith in our public servants, and Mayor Thomas’ gross violation of … pleaded guilty to charges of Attempted Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class A misdemeanor, and Offering a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-james-announce-guilty-plea-mount-vernon-mayor-richardNYS Comptroller DiNapoli Files Suit Against Wynn Resorts' Board of Directors
… towards employees and pressured employees to perform sex acts, yet failed to investigate or hold him accountable. … than 50,000 state contracts, visit www.openbooknewyork.com . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-files-suit-against-wynn-resorts-board-directorsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… and check payments ($78,441) to questionable businesses in which there was no evidence that they provided any … maintain a Board member’s property with no lease agreement in place. The work performed raises potential issues under … The New York State Constitution, because no contract was in place at the time. The constitution generally prohibits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1399
… Agencies must submit any Time Entry transactions split by Pay Period effective dates. RGS and other override codes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1399-leap-year-salary-calculation-fiscal-year-2015-2016State Agencies Bulletin No. 1061
… Agencies must submit any Time Entry transactions split by Pay Period effective dates. RGS and other override codes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1061-leap-year-salary-calculation-fiscal-year-2011-12State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… District and the White Plains City School District . “In an era of limited resources and increased accountability, … unrestricted unappropriated fund balance levels are in accordance with statutory requirements, and budget … and reserves while limiting tax increases, resulting in a deficit unrestricted fund balance of $435,655 at the end …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsAll My Children Day Care – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… ended June 30, 2015, AMC reported approximately $8 million in reimbursable costs for its SEIT program. Key Findings AMC … commingling program funds – a practice that is not in compliance with its own stated policy. For fiscal year … ended June 30, 2015, we recommend SED disallow $5,300,127 in reported costs that did not comply with the requirements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/06/08/all-my-children-day-care-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDiNapoli: Retired Westchester County Police Officer Indicted for Forging State Records to Illegally Double-Dip From State Pension Fund
… Department and the State Police for their partnership in holding accountable those who think they can swindle the … After retiring from the Westchester Police Department in 2005, Sciacca was hired as an instructor at Ulster County … Sciacca was not allowed to earn more than $30,000 annually in other public employment while continuing to receive his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-retired-westchester-county-police-officer-indicted-forging-state-records-illegally-doubleDiNapoli: Office of Children and Family Services Can Improve Efforts to Investigate Child Fatalities
… steps to protect children from harm. “The findings in this audit should be a sobering call to action to ensure … and Family Services (OCFS) consistently finds flaws in child abuse investigations that preceded a child’s death. … or regulatory compliance failures and deficiencies in practice, the local departments of social services (LDSS) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-office-children-and-family-services-can-improve-efforts-investigate-child-fatalitiesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2113
… the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … BU05 Background Pursuant to the side letter contained in the 2021-2026 Agreements between the State of New York and … Employees Association (CSEA) and a side letter contained in the 2019-2023 Agreement between the State of New York and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2113-2023-special-assignment-duty-pay-calendar-year-2022XII.6.E Making an Emergency Payment – XII. Expenditures
… Units how to process vouchers to vendors when an emergency procurement exists and the vendor cannot be added using the Vendor Add process prior to payment. An emergency procurement is one in which an urgent and unexpected … of Contracts’ approval must be obtained for an emergency procurement if the procurement’s value is over the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6e-making-emergency-paymentState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Grant Programs (Follow-Up) (2021-F-21) An audit released in April 2020 found that the Division had adequately … part of an Internet address, such as .com, .net, or .org. In March 2012, DoITT entered into a franchise agreement with … collected only one of the four agreed-upon revenue sources in the city’s contract with the vendor during the audit scope …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0State Police Bulletin No. SP-226
… Employees Employees of the Division of State Police in the State Police Investigators Unit (BCI) – BU62 who meet … Senior Investigators and Investigator Specialists in Bargaining Unit 62. Effective Dates The April 1, 2022 2% … Employees with a Comp Rate Code of ANN who are in BU62 The attached April 1, 2022 Salary Schedule reflects …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-226-april-1-2022-2-salary-increase-state-police-employees-represented-newState Agencies Bulletin No. 1724
… Year Salary Calculation Affected Employees All employees in Pay Basis Code ANN and CAL (except employees in SUNY Grade 980) Background In any fiscal year in which February 29th falls, the biweekly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1724-leap-year-salary-calculation-fiscal-year-2019-2020