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Village of Ocean Beach – Credit Card Usage (2022M-206)
… audit credit card claims, ensuring that documentation to support credit card purchases is intact, before approving …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2023/06/30/village-ocean-beach-credit-card-usage-2022m-206Village of Hempstead – Budget Review (B7-16-4)
… totaling $4.2 million to liquidate the accumulated deficit in the Village’s general and water funds as of May 31, 2005. … found the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the proposed budget are reasonable. Based on the 2016-17 … rely on real property taxes as an increased revenue source in the future is limited. The Village’s proposed budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2016/04/07/village-hempstead-budget-review-b7-16-4Newark Valley Central School District – Procurement (2022M-60)
… bidding. As a result, goods and services may not have been procured economically and in the best interest of … officials generally agreed with our recommendations and have initiated, or indicated they planned to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/24/newark-valley-central-school-district-procurement-2022m-60Rockville Centre Union Free School District – Information Technology (2023M-140)
… on District computers although the District’s regulations for acceptable Internet use and computer resources and data …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/08/rockville-centre-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2023mCity of Salamanca – Employee Benefits (2023M-96)
… supported or accurately calculated. This resulted in unsupported and possibly improper payments being made. Of … Review the contents of the City Charter (Charter) in its entirety, review payments made to former City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2023/11/22/city-salamanca-employee-benefits-2023m-96Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … the foundation is not sufficiently detailed to determine how the delivery of services will be measured and the fee structure does not appear to be reasonable. School officials have not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsJamesville-Dewitt Central School District – Claims Auditing (2022M-149)
… Board of Education (Board) appointed a new claims auditor in July 2022 to correct this internal control deficiency. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/12/02/jamesville-dewitt-central-school-district-claims-auditing-2022m-149DiNapoli Announces Review of State Health Department's Progress in Addressing Nursing Home Pandemic Failures
… today that his office will conduct a follow up review of the state Department of Health (DOH) after an audit … disease outbreaks at nursing homes. It also found that, under the direction of the Executive, DOH did not provide the … in nursing homes. The audit recommended that DOH improve how it prevents and responds to outbreaks and how it collects …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-announces-review-state-health-departments-progress-addressing-nursing-home-pandemic-failuresCompliance With the Clery Act (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Compliance With the Clery Act (Report 2013-S-70). Background In 1990, Congress enacted the Clery Act, which requires … to the State University of New York (SUNY) to develop strategies to enhance compliance with the Clery Act and to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/09/02/compliance-clery-act-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 767
… Service regulations require employees eligible for advance payment of Earned Income Credit to file a new Form W-5 Earned … Federal government provides either a credit or an income tax refund to employees who earn low or modest wages, provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/767-advance-payment-earned-income-creditState Agencies Bulletin No. 877
… Direct Deposit. Affected Employees Employees who currently have Deduction Code 738 on the General Deduction page … through the Direct Deposit page. Agencies no longer will have access to update Deduction Code 738 through the General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/877-conversion-sing-sing-employees-federal-credit-union-deduction-directBenefit Eligibility Assessment Process (Follow-Up)
… describe the case resolution. Key Finding OTDA and HRA have made significant progress in addressing the issues … initial report. Of the three prior recommendations, two have been implemented and one was partially implemented. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/16/benefit-eligibility-assessment-process-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 912
… OSC Actions OSC will update the Garnishment Spec panels in PayServ to reflect this change. Garn Spec 1 also will be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/912-processing-change-support-order-arrearsLicense Fee Revenues (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report, License Fee Revenues (Report … ended June 30, 2013 the Department collected $8.1 million in license fees, $10 million in franchise fees, and fines totaling $14.3 million. We found …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/05/license-fee-revenues-followElwood Union Free School District – Electronic Transfers (2014M-133)
… The Elwood Union Free School District is located in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, and is governed by … evidence that two people from the District were involved in the processing of any of the electronic transactions. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/07/11/elwood-union-free-school-district-electronic-transfers-2014m-133Town of Butternuts – Highway Facility Capital Project (2021M-94)
Determine whether the Town of Butternuts Town Board transparently planned and monitored the highway garage and salt shed capital project Project
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/01/07/town-butternuts-highway-facility-capital-project-2021m-94X.7.B Local Customers – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… AND POLICIES A Business Unit should use Local Customers to bill and track receivables and receipts from vendors who … reviewed by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) is not required. (Refer to Chapter XI, Section 7 – Revenue and … set up as Local Customers those vendors who pay a fee to have a booth at the State Fair. In these instances, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x7b-local-customersV.3.G Product Code – V. Chart of Accounts (COA) Governance
The Product ChartField is used to record revenue or expenses related to agencyprovided goods or services at a more detailed level than statewide eg revenueexpenses related to specific fees fines or licenses
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-v/v3g-product-codeXII.9.B Liens Against Payments Processed Using a Joint Custody Account – XII. Expenditures
Prior to processing vouchers for payment the Office of the State Comptrollers OSC Offset Unit is responsible for determining if a lien offset or payment assignment against each vendor exists
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii9b-liens-against-payments-processed-using-joint-custody-accountTupper Lake Central School District – Records and Reports (2021M-14)
… funds were not used to pay related debt, which could have reduced the District’s tax levies, and $480,853 in … officials generally agreed with our recommendations and have initiated or indicated they planned to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/06/25/tupper-lake-central-school-district-records-and-reports-2021m-14