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Controls Over Selected Expenditures (Follow-Up)
… The Office of Victim Services’ (OVS) mission is to provide compensation to innocent victims of crime and their families … Victim Assistance Programs (VAPs); and to advocate for the rights and benefits of all innocent crime victims. OVS also … generally ensured that its expenditures for crime victim compensation claims, VAP grants, and FRE claims were made …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/02/controls-over-selected-expenditures-followPublic Safety – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… Reported Crimes Rose in 2022 According to data published by the State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/public-safetyMonitoring and Administration of Public Protection Grant Programs (Follow-Up)
… officer. SNUG is a violence-reduction initiative that uses street outreach to address the issues causing gun violence …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/11/16/monitoring-and-administration-public-protection-grant-programs-followControls Over Selected Expenditures
… to May 10, 2018. Background OVS’ mission is to provide compensation to innocent victims of crime and their families … Victim Assistance Programs (VAPs); and to advocate for the rights and benefits of all innocent crime victims. OVS is led … and therefore claimants must exhaust all other sources of compensation before it pays for their crime-related losses. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/04/controls-over-selected-expendituresMonitoring and Administration of Public Protection Grant Programs
… Objective To determine whether the Division of Criminal Justice … and monitoring selected public protection grant programs to ensure expenses are allowable under the related contracts. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/24/monitoring-and-administration-public-protection-grant-programsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Department of Health (DOH): Improper Medicaid Payments for Recipients Diagnosed With Severe Malnutrition (Follow-Up) … computer-assisted auditing techniques to identify areas for further review by an analyst. However, OMH generally does … parking accounts have operated with a cash deficit balance for at least four consecutive years and $429,420 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: College Student Loan Debt Doubled in New York Over Last Decade
… of 112 percent. “New Yorkers from all walks of life have found higher education the path to a more satisfying and … or saving for the future. Such struggles have implications not only for those individuals and families with such debt … debt in New York in 2015. Figures on student loans do not include other debt families and individuals incur to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-college-student-loan-debt-doubled-new-york-over-last-decadeCharter School of Educational Excellence – Information Technology (2023M-174)
… of six tested users of the cloud-based application used for School operations stored sensitive student data without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2024/06/07/charter-school-educational-excellence-information-technology-2023m-174Saugerties Central School District – Extra-Classroom Activities (2017M-77)
… 2016. Background The Saugerties Central School District is located in the Towns of Saugerties, Ulster and Woodstock … receipts totaling $127,553, and district officials do not have adequate assurance that student treasurers are … the source, date, amount and purpose of collections, such as a daily sales report. Monitor all club sales subject …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/07/14/saugerties-central-school-district-extra-classroom-activities-2017m-77Oversight of Chronic Absenteeism (Follow-Up)
… April 1, 2014 through April 24, 2018, and was issued on September 18, 2018, identified risks to the implementation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/06/oversight-chronic-absenteeism-followCharter School of Inquiry – Student Enrollment and Billing (2017M-74)
… 2, 2017. Background The Charter School of Inquiry, located in the City of Buffalo, is a public school financed by local, … Ensure that student information is entered correctly in the system, including entry and exit dates used for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/07/21/charter-school-inquiry-student-enrollment-and-billing-2017m-74Oversight of Chronic Absenteeism
… factor to whether a student may be chronically absent. Researchers have estimated that the rate of chronic … York school districts, by encouraging school personnel to track student absenteeism and develop strategies to increase … at the morning’s homeroom period are reported as absent. In contrast, students at another high school in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/18/oversight-chronic-absenteeismNorth Tonawanda City School District – Information Technology (2023M-102)
… network user accounts. Properly manage permissions for 517 user accounts in the student information application … and as a result, District officials lacked preparedness for a cyberattack. Key Recommendations Ensure that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/11/03/north-tonawanda-city-school-district-information-technology-2023m-102Hinsdale Central School District – Extra-Classroom Activities (2017M-244)
Hinsdale Central School District ExtraClassroom Activities 2017M244
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/03/16/hinsdale-central-school-district-extra-classroom-activities-2017m-244SUNY Bulletin No. SU-357
… to process nonresident alien Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) payments using the … United States to attend those schools, U.S. Department of State-designated Exchange Visitor Program sponsors and J-1 … (TIN) are subject to 30% withholding. OSC Actions: A new earn code SVS has been created so that the SEVIS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-357-suny-nra-sevis-fee-reimbursementVoorheesville Central School District – Extra-Classroom Activities (2017M-181)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether District officials properly accounted … requests are adequately supported and approved prior to disbursing ECA funds. Ensure that student treasurers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/12/08/voorheesville-central-school-district-extra-classroom-activities-2017mSouthside Academy Charter School - Enrollment and Billing (2019M-70)
… and it under-billed four other resident districts a total of $27,389. The School does not have a good process in place … being billed. Ensure that every enrolled student has proof of residence and that the necessary documentation is kept on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2019/05/31/southside-academy-charter-school-enrollment-and-billing-2019m-70Amherst Central School District – Network User Account Access and Application User Accounts and Permissions (2023M-5)
… or revoke unnecessary network user account access. As many as 1,570 accounts were unneeded but were not disabled. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/02/amherst-central-school-district-network-user-account-access-andDetermination of Residency for Tuition Purposes
… are making accurate residency determinations for students and thus charging the correct tuition rates. The audit covers … show proof of domicile – defined as a fixed, permanent home to which a person plans to return after an absence – … of the 150,116 total assessments for these seven campuses alone, we identified 421 assessments with either no or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/05/26/determination-residency-tuition-purposesComptroller DiNapoli: Schools Must Do More to Limit Access to Sensitive Student Databases
… Employees in six upstate New York school districts had inappropriate computer access … authorization, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Student …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-schools-must-do-more-limit-access-sensitive-student-databases