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Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District - Information Technology (2018M-22)
… to officials. Key Recommendations Provide employees with periodic cybersecurity awareness training. Ensure user … confidentially. District officials generally agreed with our recommendations and have initiated, or indicated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/06/01/oyster-bay-east-norwich-central-school-district-information-technologyBath Central School District - Online Banking (2018M-79)
… to online bank accounts was limited or provide users with cyber security training. In addition, sensitive … Obtain adequate bank agreements and become familiar with them. Adopt online banking policies and procedures. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/07/13/bath-central-school-district-online-banking-2018m-79Frontier Central School District - Procurement of Professional Services (2018M-98)
… the District procured professional services in accordance with Board policies and applicable statutory requirements and … professional services. District officials generally agreed with our recommendation and indicated they planned to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/08/17/frontier-central-school-district-procurement-professional-services-2018mVillage of Scottsville - Financial Management (2018M-75)
… supported, for valid Village expenses and in compliance with required statutes and policies. Village officials generally agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2018/08/24/village-scottsville-financial-management-2018m-75Gloversville Enlarged School District - Claims Auditing (2019M-244)
… Audit and approve claims before payment in accordance with New York State Education Law (Education Law), Section 2524. District officials generally agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/03/06/gloversville-enlarged-school-district-claims-auditing-2019m-244Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School - Procurement (2019M-250)
… The Board did not properly approve 18 contracts with cumulative payments totaling $1.3 million, as required … procurement procedures. School officials generally agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2020/03/13/buffalo-academy-science-charter-school-procurement-2019m-250Urban Choice Charter School - Information Technology (2019M-240)
… or a disaster recovery plan. IT users were not provided with IT security awareness training. Sensitive information … procedures and a disaster recovery plan. Provide IT users with IT security awareness training. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2020/06/12/urban-choice-charter-school-information-technology-2019m-240Franklin County – Procurement (2016M-366)
… County did not procure professional services in accordance with the County’s purchasing policy. Documentation was not … officials procure professional services in compliance with the County’s purchasing policy. Ensure that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2017/01/06/franklin-county-procurement-2016m-366Opinion 90-57
… on contract to receive fire protection from village with service award program) FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- … village fire department); (need for referendum on contract with village having service award program) -- Villages … for on contract to receive fire protection from village with service award program) VILLAGES -- Power and Duties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Opinion 92-43
… repair and maintenance of bridges and to control snow and ice. The policies and procedures may reference the … to repair and maintain bridges and to control snow and ice, without prior board approval, within the amounts … they comply with section 104-b. December 31, 1992 G. Peter Van Zandt, Esq., Town Attorney Town of Windsor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-43SUNY Bulletin No. SU-380
… employees must be in a position represented by GSEU (28) with an employee status of Active, Leave with Pay or Leave of Absence. Employees with an Employee Status of Leave of Absence with an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-380-state-university-graduate-student-negotiating-unit-gsnuOpinion 94-32
… a village to transfer its responsibilities in connection with a service award program to a fire company. We have been … service to an area outside the village under contract with the town in which the village is located. Assuming that … Thus, the responsibility for funding the program rests with the village, and not with any area outside the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32State Comptroller DiNapoli and Manhattan D.A. Bragg Announce Indictment of Former NYU Director of Finance for $3.5M Fraud
… and an $80,000 swimming pool. TAPPE is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with one count of … Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality (“TAC-D”), which addresses disproportionality in special education. … fictitious shell companies created by TAPPE: High Galaxy Inc. (“High Galaxy”), and PCM Group Inc. (“PCM”). A portion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-manhattan-da-bragg-announce-indictment-former-nyu-director-finance-35mXI.2.H Multiyear Contracts – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… amount in the final year. Delaying a new procurement cycle with contract terms exceeding five years may only occur in limited circumstances with OSC concurrence. If a contract term longer than five … the certification filed by the contractor in accordance with NYS Finance Law §139-k was intentionally false or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi2h-multiyear-contractsDiNapoli: Former Hempstead School Official and Local Restauranteur Indicted in Kickback Scheme
… indictment of Sharon Gardner, the former Director of Food Services for the Hempstead Union Free School District (HUFSD), and Maria Caliendo, the owner of food service providers Smart Starts NY, Inc. (Smart Starts), … public, the defendants secretly steered lucrative food service contracts to themselves and then illegally …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-former-hempstead-school-official-and-local-restauranteur-indicted-kickback-schemeDiNapoli: Syosset Man Sentenced for Role in $12 Million Ponzi Scheme
… role in a $12 million Ponzi scheme that targeted nearly 50 victims—many of them seniors—between 2015 and 2017. … Brody were ultimately revealed to have victimized nearly 50 individuals and had scammed them out of a total of $12 … role in a $12 million Ponzi scheme that targeted nearly 50 victims many of them seniors between 2015 and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-syosset-man-sentenced-role-12-million-ponzi-schemeXIV.14.F Valuation of Capital Assets – XIV. Special Procedures
… price or construction costs and also additional charges to place a fixed asset in its intended location and condition … professional fees, and legal claims directly attributable to asset acquisition). In the case of land, ancillary costs … Capitalizable costs include, but are not limited to, the following: Land: Original contract price Brokers' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv14f-valuation-capital-assetsNew York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era
… in February, reflecting net gains of nearly 2 million jobs since April 1996. The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a body … million represented the State’s largest monthly loss of jobs on record. New York City lost 944,000 jobs from February to April, and recovered 12.9 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/covid-19-august-19-2020State Comptroller DiNapoli Adds $3 Billion to the State Pension Fund’s Sustainable Investment Program
… in Washington may have withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, but in New York ‘We Are Still In’ and committed to … change, and NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, as a leader of one of the largest pension funds, continues to heed that call … State and Local Retirement System on behalf of more than one million state and local government employees and retirees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-adds-3-billion-state-pension-funds-sustainable-investment-programDiNapoli Takes Action to Hold Corporate America Accountable for Failing to Address Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
… voted against board directors at companies that failed to meet the Fund’s expectations for board diversity and filed shareholder proposals calling on companies to address investors’ concerns about diversity, equity and … voted against board directors at companies that failed to meet the Funds expectations for board diversity and filed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/dinapoli-takes-action-hold-corporate-america-accountable-failing-address-diversity-equity-and