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Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-238
… of OSC’s automatic processing of the Judicial Longevity Payment (JLP) and to provide instructions for payments not … – BU 87) and provides for an annual longevity lump sum payment beginning in April 2016 in the amounts of $2,250, … eligible employees in allocated (graded) positions. This payment replaces the Longevity Increments and Longevity Bonus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-238-april-2017-state-new-york-unified-court-system-ucs-judicialOpinion 99-8
… the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES - Imposition of (for a subscription to minutes of board meetings) LOCAL LAWS - Fees (imposition of by town for subscription to minutes of board meetings) PUBLIC MEETINGS - Minutes (imposition of fees by town for subscription to minutes of board meetings) TOWNS - Fees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-8Security Over Critical Information Systems
… scope covers the period September 29, 2016 through March 30, 2017. Background The Department administers school aid, … and student records. The Department is responsible for safeguarding its data and for ensuring the … risk that unauthorized persons could access these systems. This is largely because the Department has not taken …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/19/security-over-critical-information-systemsUpstate Medical University's Billing Practices
… New York’s only academic medical center, specializes in research and treatment of the most prevalent human … facilities, including its downtown campus location in Syracuse and over 100 specialty clinics. Upstate serves … revenue of approximately $1.4 billion for the same period. In 2013, Upstate hired a consultant to help strengthen its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/02/17/upstate-medical-universitys-billing-practicesFiscal Oversight and Monitoring of AIDS Institute Service Provider Contracts
… Purpose To determine if the Department of Health’s AIDS Institute (Institute) has … consistent with contract requirements. Our audit covered the period April 1, 2014 through February 6, 2017. Background The Institute’s stated mission is to protect and promote the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/22/fiscal-oversight-and-monitoring-aids-institute-service-provider-contractsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1203
… may update/edit this field to capture a unique agency identifier, if one is used. In addition to these changes to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1203-changes-online-hire-transaction-entry-payservOpinion 89-30
… under a town contract to the private organization for use in the private organization's bus. You ask whether a … to provide gasoline to the private organization for use in the organization's bus. The bus is used to provide … the town purchases gasoline, annually, after advertising for competitive bids. Town Law, §64(2-a) authorizes a town to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-30Opinion 2006-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 2004-9
… state or local government funding may be made pursuant to joint agreements under Public Health Law §2803-a under the … federal, state, or local government funding" for the joint purchase of goods, supplies and services. General … indicate that those amendments were intended primarily to permit local governments that were providing preventative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-9Opinion 2003-5
… AND EMPLOYEES -- Death Benefits (line-of-duty presumption for paid firefighter) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §208-b; … death benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law §208-b, for a firefighter who died of cancer prior to retirement. … General Municipal Law §208-b provides, in relevant part, for the payment of death benefits to the "widow" of a regular …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-223
… to the method of submission of the voluntary deduction for Bankers Security Group Life. Affected Employees Courts … code 398. The vendor will submit all transactions for enrollments, cancellations and/or changes in a biweekly file. Agency update access is no longer available for this deduction. Agency Actions Notify affected employees. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-223-update-existing-deduction-code-398-bankers-sec-gr-lifeOpinion 93-16
… VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (credit for activities performed by local government employees during … AND PHRASES -- "Regularly Assigned Work Periods" (meaning for purposes of General Municipal Law, §217[f]) GENERAL … may not earn credit under a service award program for responding to fire alarms during their "regularly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Oversight of Homeless Shelters
… oversees homeless shelters to ensure they are operating in compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. … to county Departments of Social Services (Local Districts) in the operation of these programs. Through its Bureau of … and ensuring they meet certain standards, as established in New York Codes, Rules and Regulations. In contrast, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/12/oversight-homeless-sheltersSelected Aspects of Inactive Hazardous Waste Site Remediation Cost Recovery
… Conservation (Department) has effective systems in place to fully and accurately accumulate State costs … bill for and collect these costs from responsible parties in a timely manner, and identify and pursue parties … (Program), also known as the State Superfund Program, in New York. The purpose of the Program is to identify, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/22/selected-aspects-inactive-hazardous-waste-site-remediation-cost-recoveryOtselic Valley Central School District – Procurement (2022M-58)
… goods and services to State contracts and contracts bid by other governments. District officials agreed with our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/08/otselic-valley-central-school-district-procurement-2022m-58Newark Valley Central School District – Procurement (2022M-60)
… officials did not always seek competition for the purchase of goods and services not subject to competitive bidding. As … have been procured economically and in the best interest of taxpayers. We reviewed 30 purchases totaling $200,012 and … that officials did not: Seek competition for 13 purchases of goods and services totaling $44,401. Compare billed prices …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/24/newark-valley-central-school-district-procurement-2022m-60XII.6.S Paying a Vendor in a Foreign Currency – XII. Expenditures
… Units with guidance on how to process payments to a vendor in foreign currency using the Statewide Financial System. New … cannot process Automated Clearing House or check payments in foreign currencies. In the event that a vendor requires checks to be paid in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6s-paying-vendor-foreign-currencyXII.6.A Paying Another State Agency – XII. Expenditures
… Payments from one Business Unit to another require the use of the Special Use Vendor IDs called Interagency Vendor IDs. The Office of the State Comptroller’s (OSC) Vendor Management Unit (VMU) … SFS. The transaction is processed without the production of a check. The Billing Business Unit creates a bill to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6a-paying-another-state-agencyInternal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations
… Guard Bureau (NGB) allows DMNA to be reimbursed by NGB for expenses it incurs in operations and training of the State Army and Air National … despite a Division of the Budget requirement that it do so. There were significant weaknesses in DMNA’s controls over …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/27/internal-controls-over-selected-financial-operationsControls Over Transportation Services and Transportation-Related Expenses
… Our audit objective was to determine whether the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) has … OPWDD transportation expenses (outside New York City) for the period April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2019 and … March 13, 2020. About the Program OPWDD is responsible for coordinating services for nearly 140,000 New Yorkers with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/07/28/controls-over-transportation-services-and-transportation-related-expenses