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Use of New York State Snowmobile Trail Development and Maintenance Funds
… County Snowmobile Association paid its trail groomer operators $79,885 for fiscal years 2009-10 and 2008-09 … with pay rates ranging from $12 per hour for groomer operators to $15 per hour for the President and Vice … that sponsor and TME practices such as using paid groomer operators have on the effectiveness and value provided to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/01/02/use-new-york-state-snowmobile-trail-development-and-maintenance-fundsBilinguals Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… AED; and $15,895 paid for gift cards, clocks, parties, and funeral expenses (for a Billinguals employee); and $205,695 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/06/26/bilinguals-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualRivendell School – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Purpose To determine whether the costs reported by Rivendell School … documented, program-related, and allowable pursuant to the State Education Department’s (SED) Reimbursable Cost … not-for-profit organization that is authorized by SED to operate, among other SED-approved programs, a Preschool …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/28/rivendell-school-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualSchool of Professional Studies – Controls Over Bank Accounts
… expenditures increased from $8.11 million to $16.5 million for the same period. Over 70 percent of CUNY SPS’s revenues … bank accounts. CUNY SPS lacked adequate formal policies to open and close bank accounts. A former employee was able to … sign checks for significant dollar amounts and use them to open two unauthorized bank accounts in the name of CUNY SPS. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/06/02/school-professional-studies-controls-over-bank-accountsCompliance With State Arts Education Requirements (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the two … that between 142 and 197 of our 310 sampled students (46 to 64 percent) did not meet one or more of the SED Arts … and communication skills that research attributes to Arts Education. In addition, the high exception rate we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/11/06/compliance-state-arts-education-requirements-followOversight of Persons Convicted of Driving While Intoxicated
… Purpose To determine whether the Queens County District Attorney’s … specific circumstances. Convicted offenders are subject to a range of sanctions including, but not limited to, license suspension or revocation, significant fines, and … To determine whether the Queens County District Attorneys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/07/29/oversight-persons-convicted-driving-while-intoxicatedControls Over Computers (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the four … without detection. We made four recommendations to the Department designed to strengthen these controls. Key Finding Department … To determine the extent of implementation of the four …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/21/controls-over-computers-followSelected Aspects of Discretionary Spending
… Purpose To determine whether the Capital District Transportation … and properly approved. Our audit period was April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2013. Background The Capital District … was created in 1970 as a public benefit corporation, to provide transportation services in the Capital District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/29/selected-aspects-discretionary-spending-1Selected Aspects of Discretionary Spending
… Purpose To determine whether Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation’s … RIOC was created by the New York State Legislature in 1984 to take responsibility, pursuant to a General Development Plan (GDP), for the development and … To determine whether Roosevelt Island Operating Corporations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/30/selected-aspects-discretionary-spending-3Selected Aspects of Discretionary Spending
… Purpose To determine whether the Niagara Frontier Transportation … and properly approved. Our audit period was April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012. Background The Niagara Frontier … by an Act of the New York State Legislature in 1967 to promote the development and improvement of transportation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/30/selected-aspects-discretionary-spendingMedicaid Program – Medicaid Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2015 Through September 30, 2015
… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Health’s eMedNY system … Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments to the providers. The audit covered the period April 1, 2015 … claims submitted by providers for services rendered to Medicaid-eligible recipients, and it generates payments to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/09/medicaid-program-medicaid-claims-processing-activity-april-1-2015-through-september-30-2015Business Services Center Shared Services
… Purpose To determine whether implementation of the Business Services … customers. The audit covers the period September 27, 2012 to September 12, 2016. Background The State’s 2012-13 budget, … and cost per transaction. The Center’s mission is to provide shared services to standardize HR and Finance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/12/16/business-services-center-shared-servicesCompliance With Payment Card Industry Standards
… Purpose To determine whether the Central New York Regional … a set of technical and operational requirements designed to protect cardholder data. Entities that do not comply with PCI DSS may be subject to fines and penalties, and lose the public’s confidence and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/02/06/compliance-payment-card-industry-standardsTravel Advisory No. 18
… Values for Processing Payments in SFS Reference: Guide to Financial Operations: Chapter XIII, Section 9 – Allowed … the following in Chapter XIII, Section 9 of the Guide to Financial Operations: Chapter / Section Name Description … Extra Dinner Categorized the section’s layout to assist with readability and clarified existing expense …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/travel-advisory/18-gfo-updates-chapter-xiii-section-9-allowed-values-processing-payments-sfsMedicaid Program – Improper Payments of Medicare Buy-in Premiums for Ineligible Recipients
… Objective To determine if Medicaid made improper Medicare premium … Medicare buy-in program credits from January 1, 2015 to November 30, 2020. About the Program The Department of … We found that the Department needs additional controls to ensure timely Buy-in Program eligibility determinations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/11/29/medicaid-program-improper-payments-medicare-buy-premiums-ineligible-recipientsNew York State Health Insurance Program – Payments by UnitedHealthcare for Medical/Surgical Services for Ineligible Members
… Objective To determine whether UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of … Program (NYSHIP) provides health insurance coverage to over 1.2 million active and retired State, local … UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of New York (United) to administer the medical/surgical portion of this plan. From …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/29/new-york-state-health-insurance-program-payments-unitedhealthcare-medicalsurgical-servicesChildren's Development Group, PLLC – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… the Program CDG is an SED-approved, for-profit provider of preschool special education services to children with disabilities who are between three and five years of age. CDG is reimbursed for these services through rates … to CDG’s tuition reimbursement rates. Remind CDG officials of the pertinent SED guidelines that relate to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/12/11/childrens-development-group-pllc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualChildren’s Education Services, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Objective To determine whether the costs reported by Children’s … CES provides preschool special education services to children with disabilities who are between three and four … financial information, including costs, that CES reports to SED on its annual CFR. To be eligible for reimbursement, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/12/18/childrens-education-services-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualOversight of Select High-Technology Projects
… Objectives To determine if Empire State Development (ESD) adequately … economic development programs and projects it oversees and to determine if these projects are achieving the intended … billions of dollars in investments since 2013 intended to stimulate job creation and economic growth in high-tech …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/08/21/oversight-select-high-technology-projectsFare Evasion (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the 19 … Brooklyn as well as express bus routes from those boroughs to Manhattan. The MTA has the authority to collect fares from the riding public, pursuant to the New … To determine the extent of implementation of the 19 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/22/fare-evasion-follow