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Area #4 – Contracts and Service Level Agreements for IT Services – Information Technology Governance
… will be used. The contract’s duration and a description of what will happen to shared PII upon the contract’s expiration (e.g., whether, when and in what format it will be returned and/or whether, when and how … year are installed timely, the SLA should indicate exactly what operating system(s) and application(s) are covered and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-4-contracts-and-service-level-agreements-it-servicesEmployee Qualifications, Hiring, and Promotions (Follow-Up)
… Transit officials also hire and promote using JVNs when a list is not available. MTA also allows interagency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/09/26/employee-qualifications-hiring-and-promotions-followHazard Mitigation and Coordination
… Management (NYCEM) adequately monitors and coordinates with New York City agencies for natural hazard mitigation, … and private infrastructure, and left many New Yorkers with limited access to food, drinking water, health care, and … Made up of several combined storms, it was one of the most damaging hurricanes ever to make landfall in the United …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/25/hazard-mitigation-and-coordinationDiNapoli: State Needs to Help Addiction Support Providers Better Prepare for Emergencies
… treatment programs may not be adequately prepared in an emergency to prevent gaps in care, which could … OASAS has not tried to improve the accuracy of its wait list data for certified substance use disorder programs. As a … needed information to OASAS for its central waiting list directory or are sending inaccurate information. If …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-needs-help-addiction-support-providers-better-prepare-emergenciesDiNapoli: Medicaid Redesign Presents Opportunities and Risks
… The state’s efforts to limit Medicaid spending are showing measurable progress with annual … growth at less than 2 percent. Still, state spending on Medicaid is projected to rise by nearly $700 million a year … the next four years and improving the quality of care for Medicaid patients remains a challenge after more than two …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-medicaid-redesign-presents-opportunities-and-risksDetermination 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-purposesLocal Government – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… Real Property Taxes and Sales Taxes Are Major Local Revenue Sources Real property taxes remain the single largest … revenue source for counties (34 percent). Local sales tax collections declined by $1.8 billion, or 10 percent, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/local-governmentState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… audit of the clerk’s records. Town of Delhi – Highway Department Leave Records (Delaware County) Town officials did … the former deputy highway superintendent from 2015 through 2019 were overstated by a total of 362 hours valued at almost … for and submitted to the town board. Town of Owego – Water Fund Operations (Tioga County) Town officials did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsReimbursement of Homeless Shelter Providers – Westhab Inc.’s Coachman Family Center
… Objective To determine if the Office of Temporary and Disability … shelters across the State provide an array of services to families and adults, including assessment and case …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/03/01/reimbursement-homeless-shelter-providers-westhab-incs-coachman-family-centerOpinion 93-3
… A fire district is not required to advertise for sealed bids to contract for the services of physicians to give … a fire district is required to advertise for sealed bids to engage the services of physicians to give physicals … responsible bidder. Therefore, it would be an unreasonable construction of the bidding statute to apply it to these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… The City of Albany (Albany), the Village of Coxsackie (Greene) and the towns of Bennington (Wyoming), West Turin …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresDiNapoli: Critical Pre-School Special Education Services Not Reaching All Students Who Need Them
… Preschool students in need of special education services are not always getting … because it did not know how many students were enrolled in the preschool special education service program, the services they are receiving in real time, or the number of districts using waitlists. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-critical-pre-school-special-education-services-not-reaching-all-students-who-need-themState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … were not implemented and one was partially implemented. … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program
… Objectives To determine whether Empire State Development (ESD) awarded funds according to COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program … over half of the funded businesses (54%). Additionally, due to this methodology, several women-owned businesses and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/05/07/covid-19-pandemic-small-business-recovery-grant-programHousing Trust Fund Corporation – Internal Controls Over and Maximization of Federal Funding for Various Section 8 Housing Programs and the COVID Rent Relief Program (Follow-Up)
… Housing Programs and the COVID Rent Relief Program ( 2022-S-28 ). About the Program HCR is the State’s affordable housing agency, with a mission to build, … the cost of security deposits for tenants entering into new lease agreements. SDA was a temporary initiative started …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/04/housing-trust-fund-corporation-internal-controls-over-and-maximization-federal-fundingControls Over the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative
… the providers to maintain confidential and comprehensive case files that document and demonstrate service provision … conditions at some housing units, and inadequate case management for support services. Of a sample of 81 … address each resident’s needs and goals. Eight residents’ case files (10%) were lacking evidence of adequate case …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/08/08/controls-over-empire-state-supportive-housing-initiativeEssex County Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2024M-146)
… financial assistance, including tax exemptions (e.g., real property, mortgage recording and sales and use taxes), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/08/15/essex-county-industrial-development-agency-project-approval-and-monitoring-2024mXI-A.9 Receiving – XI-A. Purchasing
… should develop written policies and procedures to ensure staff consistently perform the receiving function … Chapter XII, Section 5.F – Adjusting the MIR Date of this Guide for additional guidance on this topic. Online Agencies … orders and receipts. Coach is accessible from the SFS home page after logging in with your SFS user ID and password. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a9-receivingOversight of Water Supply Emergency Plans (2021-S-39) (DHSES 180-Day response)
To determine if the Department of Health (Department) is providing sufficient guidance and oversight to ensure that water system operators have completed and submitted updated emergency response plans timely, including vulnerability assessments, to the Department as required.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-21s39-response2.pdfImproper Overlapping Medicaid and Essential Plan Enrollments (2020-S-66) 180-Day Response
To determine whether Medicaid and Essential Plan enrollments determined by NY State of Health were accurately reflected in eMedNY when individuals transitioned between the Medicaid and Essential Plan programs and to identify overpayments resulting from inaccurate enrollments.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-20s66-response.pdf