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Oversight of Critical Foster Care Program Requirements
… for families and children. Key Findings At each of the ten sites we visited, foster home records lacked evidence … specific law or regulation specifying minimum performance standards. However, OCFS officials overlooked their own internal operating standards, which auditors used to assess OCFS’s performance. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/21/oversight-critical-foster-care-program-requirementsEffectiveness of Cost Containment Initiatives
… 1, 2012 through January 13, 2016. Background The Authority is responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Thruway, a 570-mile tolled … benefit expenses, with estimated savings averaging about $26 million per year between 2010 and 2014. As a result of its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/11/17/effectiveness-cost-containment-initiativesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1134
… Purpose To inform agencies of the process for reporting line number changes and to describe how account codes will be charged in Fiscal Year 2012-13. Affected Employees … To inform agencies of the process for reporting line number …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1134-reporting-line-number-changes-and-budget-year-changes-fiscal-year-2012Westchester Attorney Indicted for Fraud and False Statement Charges Arising From His Attempt to Embezzle From a Decedent's Estate for Which He Was Court-Appointed Administrator
… States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York … a Westchester attorney, with conspiracy, mail fraud and false statements. These charges arise from PARISI's … administrator. PARISI was arrested yesterday morning and was presented before the United States District Judge …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/westchester-attorney-indicted-fraud-and-false-statement-charges-arising-his-attempt-embezzleState Agencies Bulletin No. 734
… Purpose To inform the Department of Environmental Conservation of the procedure to return employees in the titles of Forest Ranger 1, 2 and 3 to the original … To inform the Department of Environmental Conservation of the procedure to return employees in the titles of Forest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/734-return-certain-arbitration-eligible-employees-bargaining-units-31-and-61Overpayments for Services Also Covered by Medicare Part B (Follow-Up)
… areas or populations. Our initial audit report, which was issued on July 9, 2013, identified $7.3 million in … we identified. At the time of our follow-up, $3,125 was recovered, but more than $1 million in potential …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/06/26/overpayments-services-also-covered-medicare-part-b-followReview of Real Property Holdings for Disposal (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the five recommendations made in our initial report, Review of Real Property Holdings for Disposal ( 2010-S-48 ). … To determine the extent of implementation of the five recommendations made in our initial report Review …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/07/review-real-property-holdings-disposal-followOverpayments of Hospitals’ Claims for Lengthy Acute Care Admissions (Follow-Up)
… Acute Care Admissions (2010-S-30). Background Medicaid is a federal, state, and local government-funded program that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/07/07/overpayments-hospitals-claims-lengthy-acute-care-admissions-followCollection of Lease and Permit Revenues (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the four recommendations made in our initial report, Assessment and Collection of Lease and Permit Revenues ( 2012-S-6 ). Background Our … To determine the extent of implementation of the four recommendations made in our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/07/collection-lease-and-permit-revenues-followMotor Vehicle Financial Security and Safety Responsibility Acts – Assessable Expenses for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2014
… Purpose The purpose of this performance audit was to determine whether the Department of Motor Vehicles … The purpose of this performance audit was to determine whether the Department of Motor Vehicles …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/15/motor-vehicle-financial-security-and-safety-responsibility-acts-assessable-expenses-fiscalViolations of Law, Conflicts of Interest and Other Improprieties at the Department of Correctional Services' Food Production Center (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the two recommendations included in our original report, Violations of Law, Conflicts of … with State laws relating to ethics and procurement. In that report, we cited ethical violations regarding … vendors for annual picnics and parties, which resulted in his staff improperly attending these events free of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/06/04/violations-law-conflicts-interest-and-other-improprieties-department-correctional-servicesAssessment and Collection of Selected Fees and Penalties (Follow-Up)
… had not collected about $3.8 million in fees and penalties for the Public Work Enforcement Fund (Fund), the boiler … the Department does not have accurate records to show who is required to pay boiler inspection and asbestos-related … in addressing the issues identified in our initial report. For example, the Department has: Improved its methods used to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/02/05/assessment-and-collection-selected-fees-and-penalties-followDairy Inspections
… if the Department of Agriculture and Markets (Department) is adequately monitoring the inspection of dairy processing … through July 21, 2014. Background The Department’s mission is to foster a competitive food and agriculture industry that … and Dairy Services Unit (Unit) within the Department is responsible for inspecting the State’s dairy industry. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/10/06/dairy-inspectionsApproved State Contracts and Payments
… $14 million with Montesano Bros., Inc., for electronic toll conversion at the Harriman Toll Plaza, Orange County. … New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. NYS Legislature - Assembly $82,500 to Rossein Associates for … for independent investigations of sexual harassment. NYS Legislature - Senate $7,800 to Defio Kean PLLC for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/approved-state-contracts-and-paymentsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-461
… transit benefit exclusion (under section 132 (f) (2) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code) from $125 to $240 per month for the period of January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012. … a letter and a copy of Prior Year Social Security and Medicare Tax Refund Certification ( Form AC 3206 ), to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-461-retroactive-pre-tax-transit-adjustmentOpinion 90-51
… COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (use of surcharge revenues for establishment of an enhanced emergency telephone service) … expense and may not be paid for with surcharge funds. This is in reply to your letter inquiring about the use of … costs of certifying and training trainers and purchasing all training equipment and services. Under the category of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-51Tax Check-off Funds
… (Marcellino) – Establishes uniform requirements for all funds in which tax check-off monies are deposited and … Establishes uniform requirements for all funds in which tax checkoff monies are deposited and requires …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/tax-check-fundsOpinion 2007-6
… not to exceed one year, the next subordinate officer would assume the additional duties of performing certain … sum at the conclusion of the one year period. The payment would be made irrespective of the amount of time actually … to General Municipal Law § 207-m, the police chief would be entitled to a monetary payment in the amount of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-6Fire Prevention, Safety and Control
… 10,000 persons per year. The Office has approximately 675 facilities that provide daytime services and 339 bedded facilities that provide services 24 hours a day, seven days a … safety inspections are conducted annually at the bedded facilities, which house persons overnight, and every other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/11/21/fire-prevention-safety-and-control-0Omnibus Technical Corrections
… relating to removing the requirement that an application for membership in the New York State and Local Employees’ … certain funds as joint custody; authorizing regulations for new payment technologies; and eliminating the filing of an annual report regarding certain expenditures for indigent legal services with the State Comptroller. Memo …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/omnibus-technical-corrections