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LGAC - Archive of Prior Meetings

… There were public meetings of the Finance Committee and Board of Directors on March 5, 2020. The meeting notices and agenda are below: Finance Committee Meeting Notice Board of Directors Meeting Notice Agenda There were public …

Selected Aspects of Discretionary Spending

… Purpose To determine whether the New York State Thruway Authority's discretionary spending … Authority was created in 1950 by Article 2, Title 9 of the New York State Public Authorities Law for the purpose of …

Selected Aspects of Discretionary Spending

… communities throughout the State by lowering the costs of financing projects that prevent water pollution and … water. During the audit period, we identified expenditures of approximately $5.2 million that were discretionary in … formal approvals and supporting documentation. The absence of such internal controls increases the risk that unnecessary …

Examination of Unemployment Insurance Benefits

… payments for examination based on ris k . We reviewed the high risk claims identified by the filters and file matches … benefit overpayments. The results contained in our report cover select high risk payment requests and payments DOL processed from …

Review of Growe Technologies Inc.

… January 2009 through federal legislation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services set new standards for electronic … appropriate evidence that justify the need to rule out normal procurement processes. Direct Downstate to timely …

Examination of Unemployment Insurance Benefits

… Purpose The objectives of our examination were to determine if: (i) Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit payment requests and payments made by … in future payments that would have been made over the life of the claim had DOL not taken corrective action based …

Maximum Number of Reportable Days – Enhanced Reporting

… paid on a weekly basis should be credited with a maximum of five working days per week. For monthly reports consisting … number of working days for employees vary based on the type of pay cycle …

XI.2.M Acknowledgment of Contractor’s Signature – XI. Procurement and Contract Management

… signature affixed thereto. Refer to attachment for examples of acknowledgments . The requirement for …

XI.2.F Timely Submittal of Contracts – XI. Procurement and Contract Management

… OVERVIEW It is the State agency's responsibility to properly plan its procurements so that … Sufficient time must be incorporated to allow for review of contract transactions submitted to the Office of the State … Law that provides for prompt contracting and interest payments for NFP corporations. Significant interest penalties …

Review of Advance Contract Payments

… Purpose The objective of our examination was to determine whether the New York … expended the advanced funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contracts. Background Our office examined certain …

III.3 Scope of the SFS – III. Statewide Financial System (SFS)

… (SFS) includes the last three phases of the New York State Financial Cycle as previously outlined in Chapter II … the appropriation and segregation authorizations made by the State Legislature and the Division of the Budget …

Town of Cicero - Procurement (2020M-8)

… officials: Complied with competitive bidding requirements for 15 of 18 tested purchase and public works contracts … million. However, they did not competitively bid contracts for paving services and brush collection totaling $471,700. Did not seek competition for 10 professional services totaling $1.1 million. Did not …

Oversight of Construction Management Contracts

… the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is adequately monitoring construction management contracts to … of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (Parks) is responsible for operating and maintaining the State park, … to include additional projects throughout New York and is Parks’ largest CM contract. In addition to the DASNY …

V. Chart of Accounts (COA) Governance – V. Chart of Accounts (COA) Governance

Oversight of Pupil Transportation Services

… of training and school bus accident information. Based on risk and verified complaints, the Department also asks … as of yet, no strategy has been developed regarding how to use those additional reviews. PTSI’s school bus … is incomplete and does not account for all reportable accidents statewide. The information from the database is …

Lead Contamination of State Armories

… and air conditioning system; and as a result of weapons cleaning, maintenance, movement, or storage. Personal … and dermal contact and can result in growth disorders as well as damage to the nervous system, kidneys, and … agreement and one is a military museum in a former armory building. Lead hazard awareness training was not provided to …

Oversight of Select High-Technology Projects

… About the Program ESD is the chief agency responsible for the coordination of New York State’s economic development programs and has approved billions of dollars in investments since 2013 intended to stimulate job … such goals will be met, given that much work remains to yield the overall employment and investment targets – in some …

Oversight of the Farm-to-School Program

… To determine if the Department of Agriculture and Markets is adequately overseeing the Farm-to-School Program to ensure … audit covers the period January 1, 2016 through October 20, 2020. About the Program The mission of the Department of … Develop policies and procedures to provide guidance on what documentation should be maintained for contract …

Use of Vendor-Supported Technology (Follow-Up)

… Objective To assess the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our … systems are up to date and maintained at vendor-supported levels. Our initial audit report, covering the period June … requirements to maintain its systems at vendor-supported levels. We evaluated selected systems and determined that, …

Localities’ Procurements of Paper Ballots

… an adequate number of paper ballots for each election district within their respective jurisdictions. Key Findings …