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Village of Mexico – Financial Management (2023M-170)
… (Board) adopted realistic budgets and managed fund balance. Key Findings The Board did not adopt realistic budgets or manage fund balance. As a result, more taxes were levied than needed to … through 2022-23), the Board: Did not establish a fund balance policy and maintained an excessive level of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/02/16/village-mexico-financial-management-2023m-170Chittenango Central School District – Information Technology (2023M-155)
… users. Officials also have less assurance that, in the event of a disruption or disaster such as a ransomware …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/08/chittenango-central-school-district-information-technology-2023m-155Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Meals Provided at Meetings (2023M-183)
… Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) officials ensured meals and refreshments (meals) provided at BOCES meetings and events (meetings) were … Key Findings BOCES officials did not adequately support meals provided at meetings were appropriate, which increased …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2024/03/29/washington-saratoga-warren-hamilton-essex-board-cooperative-educational-servicesVillage of Airmont – Claims Auditing (2024M-1)
… not audit claims before payment to ensure that claims were for appropriate Village purposes, accurate, and adequately … vendor’s use of the higher year-end Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate instead of the monthly CPI rate. Six claims totaling $42,406 did not comply with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/05/24/village-airmont-claims-auditing-2024m-1Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District – Information Technology Assets and Network Access (2022M-151)
Determine whether FrankfortSchuyler Central School District District officials maintained appropriate information technology IT asset inventory records and established adequate controls over network user accounts
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/12/30/frankfort-schuyler-central-school-district-information-technology-assetsSilver Creek Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-153)
… the Silver Creek Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials properly managed fund balance and reserves. Key Findings The Board and District officials need to improve their budgeting … whether the Silver Creek Central School District District Board of Education Board and District officials properly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/01/06/silver-creek-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-153Montauk Union Free School District – Information Technology (2022M-137)
… (District) officials secured access to the network and financial application and developed an information technology (IT) contingency … to officials, we found: Twenty-five percent, or 140, of the District’s network user accounts were not needed. Two …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/01/27/montauk-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2022m-137Newfield Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-17)
… inventoried and safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key … officials did not appropriately track or inventory IT assets, maintain complete IT inventory records or establish adequate controls to … school audit newfield IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/newfield-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-17Norwich City School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-18)
… inventoried and safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key … they did not appropriately track or maintain complete IT inventory records or establish adequate controls to safeguard IT assets. As a result, officials cannot assure taxpayers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/03/16/norwich-city-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-18Freeport Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-10)
… safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key Findings District … officials cannot assure taxpayers that money invested in IT assets has been appropriately spent or safeguarded. We … costs of approximately $12,500 were not inventoried. In addition, annual inventories were not conducted, IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/freeport-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-10Geneseo Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-11)
… inventoried and safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key … officials did not appropriately track or inventory IT assets, maintain complete IT inventory records or establish adequate controls to … geneseo audit schools statewide IT asset management …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/geneseo-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-11Gloversville Enlarged School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-12)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 37 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. … Nine Chromebooks, including, four with a total cost of $856 and five with an estimated total cost of $1,070 based on recent purchases could not be located but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/gloversville-enlarged-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-12Kings Park Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-13)
… susceptible to damage from a water leak in a server room ceiling and officials did not adopt a comprehensive written …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/kings-park-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-13Afton Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2023M-18)
… fund balance exceeded the 4 percent statutory limit in each of the last three fiscal years by approximately $2.9 … appropriated fund balance that was not needed, which in effect is a reservation of fund balance that is not … the statutory limit. The District incurred $63,561 in unnecessary interest and other associated costs for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/16/afton-central-school-district-fund-balance-management-2023m-18West Webster Fire District – Financial Management (2023M-23)
… The District did not have a written multiyear financial plan and comprehensive capital plan, which inhibited the Board and District officials from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2023/07/07/west-webster-fire-district-financial-management-2023m-23Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School – Credit Cards (2023M-71)
… – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School (School) credit card charges were properly … audit charter school persistence preparatory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/09/01/persistence-preparatory-academy-charter-school-credit-cards-2023m-71North Tonawanda City School District – Information Technology (2023M-102)
… complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether North Tonawanda City School District (District) officials … audit school north tonawanda …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/11/03/north-tonawanda-city-school-district-information-technology-2023m-102Town of Alexandria - Water and Sewer District Financial Condition (2019M-116)
… Town officials effectively managed the financial condition of the water and sewer districts by reasonably estimating budgets and … did not effectively manage the financial condition of the water and sewer districts. We found the following: … Town officials effectively managed the financial condition of the water and sewer districts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/12/13/town-alexandria-water-and-sewer-district-financial-condition-2019m-116Town of Oyster Bay - Financial Condition Management (2020M-74)
… condition. Key Findings The Board and Town officials need to continue to improve their management and oversight of the Town’s financial condition. Three of the Town’s funds … our comments on issues raised in the Town’s response letter. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/09/04/town-oyster-bay-financial-condition-management-2020m-74City of Mount Vernon – Financial Reporting and Oversight (2020M-96)
… whether financial information was made available to the City Council and City officials for the effective management of operations. Key Findings The City Council and officials … whether financial information was made available to the City Council and City officials for the effective management …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2020/09/17/city-mount-vernon-financial-reporting-and-oversight-2020m-96