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Internal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations (Follow-Up)
… identified significant weaknesses in DMNA’s controls over accounting for employee credit card purchases, including lack …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/06/22/internal-controls-over-selected-financial-operations-followXIII.2 Overview – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… employees adhere to all employee expense policies outlined in this guide, as well as all relevant rules and regulations. … to Section 9 – Allowed Values for Processing Payments in the SFS of this Chapter for a complete listing of expense … To ensure the timely processing of bulkload transactions in the Travel and Expense module, each expense report must …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii2-overviewValhalla Union Free School District – Network User Accounts (2022M-26)
… 3, 2012, to September 3, 2021, and account for 15 percent of the District’s network user accounts. Ensured District … user accounts enabled on the network increases the risk of unauthorized access. Key Recommendations Disable … as soon as they are no longer needed and maintain a list of authorized network users to periodically review network …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/valhalla-union-free-school-district-network-user-accounts-2022m-26Lump Sum Payments – Enhanced Reporting
… Lump sum payments should be reported in the month they were earned. Report any lump sum payments under the appropriate earnings code . Lump Sum Payments at Separation or Retirement You will receive a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/lump-sum-paymentsXIV.14.C Necessity for General Capital Assets Reporting – XIV. Special Procedures
… to defined levels of materiality, are included in the State’s government-wide financial statements as required by … in a very similar manner to capital assets in a commercial accounting environment and are also subject to depreciation … these assets, as reduced by appropriate depreciation, as general assets of the State. Capital assets will be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv14c-necessity-general-capital-assets-reportingOnteora Central School District – Procurement and Claims Auditing (2021M-216)
… to District’s financial application to verify availability of funds and ensure pricing matches vendor agreements. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/05/27/onteora-central-school-district-procurement-and-claims-auditing-2021m-216XIII.4.A Employee Travel Card Reconciliation – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… part of creating and submitting travel expense reports in the Statewide Financial System (SFS). These reports should … the ramifications if those charges are not reconciled in accordance with the guidance above. Agencies must also … not paid back within 30 days of the expense report date in which the Due to State was created. It is important for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii4a-employee-travel-card-reconciliationUpdate on New York’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund: Challenges Continue
… on their experience in the State’s unemployment insurance system. If New York does not repay its outstanding advance by … 2020 compared to February 2020 (jobs lost), at https://dol.ny.gov/current-employment-statistics-0 . 5 New York State … Labor Force Data – NYS , at https://statistics.labor.ny.gov/lslaus.shtm . 6 U.S. Department of Labor, Employment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/update-new-yorks-unemployment-insurance-trust-fund-challenges-continueCity of Yonkers – Budget Review (B21-6-8)
… which impact the City of Yonkers’ financial condition in the current and future years. Background The Office of the … year 2021-22 and the related justification documents are in compliance with the requirements of the Fiscal Agent Act … to borrow up to $15 million for tax certiorari settlements in the 2021-22 fiscal year. Firefighting overtime costs could …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/07/02/city-yonkers-budget-review-b21-6-8Oversight of Direct Placement of Children (Follow-Up)
… About the Program OCFS oversees the State’s child welfare system, and its Central Office is responsible for supervising … in direct placement is tracked in CONNECTIONS, the system of record for child welfare in New York State. As of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/30/oversight-direct-placement-children-followMedicaid Program – Cost Saving Opportunities on Payments of Medicare Part C Claims
… Objective To determine whether Medicaid cost savings can be achieved by … is the primary payer for medical services provided to these dual-eligible recipients. Medicaid typically pays … states already use this approach, and it is similar to how New York Medicaid currently pays Medicare Part B …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/21/medicaid-program-cost-saving-opportunities-payments-medicare-part-c-claimsMount Pleasant Central School District – Information Technology User Accounts (2021M-31)
… officials did not establish adequate controls over the District’s user accounts to prevent unauthorized use, … and/or loss. Officials did not: Monitor compliance with the District’s acceptable use policy (AUP). Adequately manage … and implement procedures to monitor compliance with the AUP. Develop written procedures for managing system …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/07/16/mount-pleasant-central-school-district-information-technology-userOversight of School Safety Planning Requirements (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report, Oversight of School Safety … Planning Requirements ( 2018-S-34 ). About the Program In New York, schools are required to develop and regularly … safety plans as part of the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act. The SAVE Act aims to improve the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/01/13/oversight-school-safety-planning-requirements-followPayroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-003
… for updating and designating queries to be included in the upgrade migration. Affected Agencies All PS Query … May 29, 2020. The migration will be effective at Go-Live in late July. Background OSC is preparing to upgrade PayServ … will have the opportunity to test their designated queries in a test database prior to Go-Live as some of the queries …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/payroll-improvement-project/pip-003-payroll-improvement-project-ps-query-updates-andPayroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-003.1
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of the process for updating and designating queries to be included in the upgrade migration. Affected Employees … at Go Live on March 15, 2021. Background OSC is preparing to upgrade PayServ from PeopleSoft version 9.1 to version …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/payroll-improvement-project/pip-0031-payroll-improvement-project-ps-query-updates-andCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data)
… Objectives To determine whether the Department of State (Department) is … providing, in a timely manner, publishable State data to the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/08/compliance-executive-order-95-open-data-0DiNapoli: State Agencies Persistently Late with Not-For-Profits Contracts
… A report released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found 50 percent of the contracts in 2019 between Not-for-Profit (NFP) … that after decades of the work, the prompt contracting problem has not been resolved and is actually going in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/dinapoli-state-agencies-persistently-late-not-profits-contractsCity of Yonkers – Budget Review (B20-6-6)
… which impact the City of Yonkers’ financial condition in the current and future years. Background The Office of the … year 2020-21 and the related justification documents are in compliance with the requirements of the Fiscal Agent Act … to borrow up to $15 million for tax certiorari settlements in the 2020-21 fiscal year. Over the last 10 years, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2020/06/24/city-yonkers-budget-review-b20-6-6Collection of Petroleum Business Tax and Motor Fuel Excise Tax
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Taxation and Finance … has systems and practices in place that allow it to appropriately collect Petroleum Business Tax and Motor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/20/collection-petroleum-business-tax-and-motor-fuel-excise-taxOversight of Selected Fiscal Aspects of Homeless Shelter Services (Follow-Up)
… on shelter occupancy and type (i.e., family or single adult) and internal documents such as Budget Construct, used …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/06/oversight-selected-fiscal-aspects-homeless-shelter-services-follow