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Accidental Death Benefit – Basic Plan with Increased-Take-Home-Pay (ITHP)
… of your years of service credit, if you die as the natural and proximate result of an on-the-job accident not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1511/accidental-death-benefitDiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… County officials have not ensured that the department account clerks’ financial duties were adequately segregated. … town’s customers. For the audit period, the town could not account for 53 percent of the water produced. Auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsExtra-Classroom Activity (2015-MR-5)
… $64,000, or 23 percent, lacked appropriate support at the club level. Key Recommendations The Board should adopt, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/17/extra-classroom-activity-2015-mr-5Department of Social Services – Monitoring of Service Provider Agreements (2016-MS-1)
… audit was to determine if counties effectively monitored service provider agreements for the period January 1 through … ensure that all services are provided in accordance with service provider agreements and that invoices for payment are … (Chemung, Fulton, Monroe and Tioga) were not monitoring service provider agreements in accordance with managements’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2016/07/19/department-social-services-monitoring-service-provider-agreements-2016-ms-1School of Professional Studies – Controls Over Bank Accounts
… To determine whether there was fraud, waste, or abuse in the use of funds held in its bank accounts. Background The City University of New … York School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) was founded in 2003 to meet the educational needs of working adults, … To determine whether there was fraud waste or abuse in the use of funds held in its bank accounts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/06/02/school-professional-studies-controls-over-bank-accountsAccuracy of Reported Cost Savings
… steps to identify changes in the Medicaid program that impact cost savings activities and update cost savings … Medicaid Inspector General: Quality of Internal Control Certification (2012-S-46) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/07/11/accuracy-reported-cost-savingsAccounts Payable Advisory No. 3
… accept all payments for a vendor, others have specific payment processing requirements. These vendors and their … is intended to remind Business Units how to process payment information to Vendor IDs that have more than one … to the address on the invoice where the vendor wants the payment sent. The State sends the payment to the address …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/3-address-sequenceSelected Aspects of Discretionary Spending
… dollar thresholds, supporting documentation, and formal approvals that are necessary to be accountable for such … thresholds, necessary justifications, and required formal approvals and supporting documentation. The absence of such … for necessary justifications, dollar thresholds, formal approvals, and supporting documentation. Other Related …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/30/selected-aspects-discretionary-spending-3Empire BlueCross BlueShield Selected Payments for Special Items for the Period January 1, 2011 Through March 31, 2011
… Purpose To determine whether Empire BlueCross BlueShield's (Empire) … for certain special items were reasonable in relation to the hospitals' actual purchase and acquisition costs. … To determine whether Empire BlueCross BlueShields Empire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/02/01/empire-bluecross-blueshield-selected-payments-special-items-period-january-1-2011-throughMattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2013M-322)
… are not limited to, increasing necessary reserves, paying off debt, financing one-time expenditures and reducing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/01/24/mattituck-cutchogue-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2013mState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsImproper Medicaid Payments for Misclassified Patient Discharges (Follow-Up)
… who were reported as discharged from a hospital but then admitted to a different hospital within 24 hours of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/01/18/improper-medicaid-payments-misclassified-patient-discharges-followRensselaer City School District – Internal Controls Over Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2013M-153)
… Background The Rensselaer City School District is located in the City of Rensselaer in Rensselaer County. The District is governed by the Board … for the activity fund, but is not adequate because it does not provide detailed procedures for the financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/09/06/rensselaer-city-school-district-internal-controls-over-extra-classroomNew Suffolk Common School District – Selected Financial Operations (2013M-197)
… District officials have not properly budgeted for tuition and teacher personnel salaries. District officials also … extra $2,167 in compensation to the former Superintendent and attempt to recover it, if appropriate. Ensure that all claims are audited and approved before the Treasurer pays the claims. Any claims …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/12/13/new-suffolk-common-school-district-selected-financial-operations-2013mDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for 17 Cities
… Thomas P. DiNapoli issued fiscal stress scores today for the 17 cities in New York that have fiscal years ending … stress,” said DiNapoli. “Local leaders, however, are on the frontlines and must use this information to continue to … short-term borrowing and patterns of operating deficits, the monitoring system creates an overall fiscal stress score …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-17-citiesOpinion 89-46
… §3; ELECTION LAW, §5-102: An individual who is not a U.S. citizen may not be a member of a town planning board. You ask … a person who otherwise qualifies for office, but is not a citizen of the United States, may serve as a member of the … a civil office who shall not, among other things, "be a citizen of the United States". Further, Town Law, §23 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-46Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… , Orchard Park Central School District , Oysterponds Union Free School District and the Salem Central School … properly plan for the use of reserve funds. Oysterponds Union Free School District – Financial Management, Check … District Orchard Park Central School District Oysterponds Union Free School District and the Salem Central School …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsBenefit Eligibility Assessment Process
… are often reversed at Fair Hearings due to insufficient case preparation or inaccurately prepared supporting documents; and The current OTDA administrative codes assigned to closed cases do not adequately describe how … cases. To HRA: Take action to reduce the HRA Fair Hearing case preparation deficiencies noted in this report. Other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/28/benefit-eligibility-assessment-processState Agencies Bulletin No. 2161
… to help them identify employees who require a new Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate. Affected … than six months. Background: The IRS released the new Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Certificate , and … modified to reflect the changes associated with the new Form W-4. The new 2020 Form W-4 eliminates the use of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2161-locked-query-identify-employees-who-require-new-form-w-4-employeesDiNapoli: Former Alexandria Town Clerk Pleads Guilty in Theft
… office at the town’s request, in partnership with law enforcement. The investigation and audit found that Peck, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-former-alexandria-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-theft