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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1240
… Employees with line number changes reported in the New York State Electronic Personnel System (NYSTEP) Effective Date(s) 03/28/13 – Administration 04/04/13 – Institution Agency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1240-reporting-line-number-changes-and-budget-year-changes-fiscal-year-2013Oversight of Critical Foster Care Program Requirements
… March 22, 2017. Background OCFS regulates and supervises child welfare services, including foster care and adoption, … and case plans for families and children. Key Findings At each of the ten sites we visited, foster home records lacked evidence that counties or VAs met certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/21/oversight-critical-foster-care-program-requirementsEffectiveness of Cost Containment Initiatives
… of savings is limited to payroll and benefit expenses, with estimated savings averaging about $26 million per year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/11/17/effectiveness-cost-containment-initiativesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1134
… line number changes, use LNR (Line Item Realignment); do not use MOV. Upon approval by NYSTEP, agencies must then … the effective date of the line change, the incumbent will not be automatically updated. In this case, the agency is … Budget Year is specified on the Position Pool Table. It is not necessary to insert a row to make any changes on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1134-reporting-line-number-changes-and-budget-year-changes-fiscal-year-2012State Agencies Bulletin No. 1057
… Purpose To inform agencies of the process for reporting line number changes and to describe how account codes will be charged in Fiscal Year … Agencies must first report line number changes in NYSTEP. When reporting these line number changes, use LNR (Line Item …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1057-reporting-line-number-changes-and-budget-year-changes-fiscal-year-2011Opinion 91-48
… depending on the nature of that relationship, consider not participating in the proceedings. You ask whether a town … Municipal Law, §802). If an interest in a contract is not prohibited, General Municipal Law, §803 requires, with … agreement with a municipality, express or implied". It is not clear whether applications for and granting of building …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-48Opinion 90-51
… services necessary to establish and provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system. Other expenses related to the … maintenance of such system are a municipal expense and may not be paid for with surcharge funds. This is in reply to … parcel. These numbers alert the person who receives the call as to which emergency service provider will respond to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-51Opinion 96-8
… imposed is expressly declared to be civil in nature and is not made part of the motor vehicle operating record of the … of toll collection regulations under section 2985 does not constitute a misdemeanor. However, Public Authorities … order, rule or regulation regulating traffic which is not declared by this chapter or other law of this state to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-8XIV.14.C Necessity for General Capital Assets Reporting – XIV. Special Procedures
All capital assets including infrastructure subject to defined levels of materiality are included in the States governmentwide financial statements as required by GASBS 34
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv14c-necessity-general-capital-assets-reportingXIII.4.A Employee Travel Card Reconciliation – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… the travel card charges and out-of-pocket expenses to the expense report, and submitting the expense report … and out-of-pocket expenses are considered fully reconciled when the related expense report has been approved by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) and any Due to State amount resulting from the creation of an expense …
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
… . 13 Governing and Chicago Tribune (Dan Petrella), 8 States Ask for Freeze on Unemployment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/update-new-yorks-unemployment-insurance-trust-fund-challenges-continueMedicaid Program – Cost Saving Opportunities on Payments of Medicare Part C Claims
… for Medicare Part C cost-sharing claims in accordance with federal requirements. The audit covered the period from … for Medicare Part C costsharing claims in accordance with federal requirements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/21/medicaid-program-cost-saving-opportunities-payments-medicare-part-c-claimsCollection of Petroleum Business Tax and Motor Fuel Excise Tax
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) has systems and practices in place that allow it to appropriately collect Petroleum … is imposed at a cents-per-gallon rate at different points in the distribution chain (e.g., at importation into the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/20/collection-petroleum-business-tax-and-motor-fuel-excise-taxCUNY Bulletin No. CU-789
… NYSNA, OSC will identify employees in Bargaining Unit TE with dues (Deduction Code 207) and increase the current …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-789-new-york-state-nurses-association-nysna-dues-increaseArtificial Intelligence Governance
… using AI to aid their operations. For example, the NYC Police Department (NYPD) uses AI to power its facial … in accountability as their inputs and operations are not always visible. The U.S. Government Accountability Office … not require any steps to determine whether the AI tools available to its schools have been evaluated to address …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/02/16/artificial-intelligence-governanceDiNapoli: MTA Not Holding Paratransit Contractor Accountable
… the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) did not collect almost $400,000 in penalty fees from Global Contact Services (GCS), a contractor who mishandled customer … MTA does not hold the contractor accountable for repeated errors,” said DiNapoli. “By not penalizing excessive and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-mta-not-holding-paratransit-contractor-accountableCUNY Bulletin No. CU-767
… NYSNA, OSC will identify employees in Bargaining Unit TE with dues (Deduction Code 207) and increase the current …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-767-new-york-state-nurses-association-nysna-dues-increaseTown of North Greenbush – Town Clerk (2017M-132)
… a timely and accurate manner. Key Findings The Clerk did not record, deposit, disburse or report all money collected … in a timely and accurate manner. Collections were not deposited in a timely manner or intact. As of December … 31, 2015, more than $16,000 in cash was collected but not deposited. In 2016, over $13,500 in cash was deposited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/04/15/town-north-greenbush-town-clerk-2017m-132Village of Watkins Glen – Justice Court Operations (2021M-146)
… collected, recorded, deposited, reported and remitted Justice Court (Court) collections in a timely and accurate … of the reporting errors was a $3,320 overpayment to the Justice Court Fund. In addition, Justice Miller had a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2021/12/29/village-watkins-glen-justice-court-operations-2021m-146VI.3.C Budget Transfers Between Business Units (Interunit Budget Transfers) – VI. Budgets
… to SFS Coach. SFS Coach is accessible from the SFS home page after logging in with your SFS user ID and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vi3c-budget-transfers-between-business-units-interunit-budget-transfers