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Compliance With Payment Card Industry Standards
… of New York (SUNY) schools are in compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards and whether SUNY System … All industries that accept credit cards as a method of payment must comply with the Data Security Standards (DSS) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/08/compliance-payment-card-industry-standardsMTA Headquarters and MTA Capital Construction – Travel and Entertainment Expenses
… by the Governor with the advice and consent of the State Senate. The MTA has six constituent agencies, including … 2011 to October 2, 2013, MTAHQ and MTACC spent $1,217,483 on travel and another $85,568 on entertainment. Key Findings … General Services Administration and the U.S. Department of State) pertaining to maximum allowable lodging rates. For the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/02/02/mta-headquarters-and-mta-capital-construction-travel-and-entertainment-expensesInfrastructure Inspection and Maintenance
… Purpose To determine whether the New York State Canal Corporation’s … Thruway Authority (Thruway Authority), was created in 1992 to operate and maintain the New York State Canal System …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/05/26/infrastructure-inspection-and-maintenanceWestchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Programs. The ineligible costs included: $74,714 in other than personal service costs, which consisted of $44,262 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/12/30/westchester-community-opportunity-program-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualState Agencies Bulletin No. 951
… or about December 24, 2009 for Institution agencies. If a change to the employee’s current deduction or Goal Amount for … Institution agencies. Agency Processing Instructions to Change Existing Deductions or Start New Deductions When … future-dated transactions for these deduction codes. To change the Goal Amount for employees who are eligible to make …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/951-supplemental-retirement-annuity-sra-and-tax-deferred-annuity-tdaOversight of Private Career Schools
… Purpose To determine whether the State Education Department's … The New York State Education Law (Law) requires the Bureau to oversee and monitor non-degree granting private career … action. Of 491 licensed schools, 292 (59 percent) did not submit required statistical reports showing required job …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/07/oversight-private-career-schoolsOpinion 88-11
… Comr's v Armstrong , 45 NY 234; Gewirtz v City of Long Beach , 69 Misc 2d 763, 330 NYS 2d 495, affd 45 AD2d 841, 358 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-11Medicaid Program – Overpayments of Ambulatory Patient Group Claims
… Purpose To determine if Medicaid overpaid Ambulatory Patient Groups … by the Department of Health (Department) in an effort to more accurately pay providers for services rendered. Prior …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/20/medicaid-program-overpayments-ambulatory-patient-group-claimsAssessment and Collection of Selected Penalties
… is properly billing, collecting and promptly depositing, in appropriate accounts, selected legislatively mandated penalties. Background The Workers' Compensation Law allows health care providers, which have provided … to pay or notify them within 45 days that payment is not being made for a bill that has been submitted. WCB staff …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/24/assessment-and-collection-selected-penaltiesOpinion 2009-2
… LAW § 209-q (13) (a): When a town proposes or is required to issue indebtedness to finance a water improvement, the town must obtain the … total estimated cost of the improvement, including amounts to be financed both by the issuance of obligations and from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-2Selected Aspects of the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Program
… Purpose To determine if the Empire State Development Corporation’s … Reports. The Division requires each contracting agency to submit an Annual Goal Plan on January 15 of each year … as MWBEs. In 2013, DED implemented a fully integrated online certification process for submitting both first-time …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/04/selected-aspects-minority-and-women-owned-business-enterprises-programState Agencies Bulletin No. 329
… Purpose To ensure that the correct deduction calculation routine and … message: "Deduction Amount and percent are both zero" to a 'REJECT' message. The REJECT message will be either: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/329-changing-warning-message-general-deduction-panel-reject-messageOversight of Persons Convicted of Driving While Intoxicated
… Purpose To determine whether the New York City Department of … Program. Our audit covers the period August 15, 2010 to May 19, 2015. Background In New York, Driving While …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/10/07/oversight-persons-convicted-driving-while-intoxicatedOpinion 88-59
… PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (authority to pay village justice the salary of acting village justice); … Justice (appointment mandatory) -- Compensation (authority to increase during term) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, … appropriated for an acting village justice cannot be paid to the village justice. The salary of the village justice may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-59Mission Statement and Performance Measures
… Purpose To determine whether the New York State Thruway Authority is … corporation created by the State Legislature in 1950 to build, operate and maintain the Thruway System. The New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/07/11/mission-statement-and-performance-measuresSelected M/WBE Purchases by Various Facilities
… Purpose To determine whether Department purchases from one vendor, … by management and ESDC officials. Key Recommendations How does the use of M/WBE firms as brokers for transactions … brokers be required to add value to a transaction and how could that value be quantified or measured? Other Related …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/07/selected-mwbe-purchases-various-facilitiesSelected Aspects of Discretionary Spending
… to determine if they adequately address the various forms of discretionary spending. The review should include …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/19/selected-aspects-discretionary-spendingAccounts Payable Advisory No. 12
… #,-) or spaces in the invoice field of vouchers payable to Citibank Guidance: Citibank reports that it continues to receive Business Units’ payments with data in the invoice field that does not conform to the requirements outlined in the Guide to Financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/12-citibank-account-numbers-invoice-fieldThe Survivor’s Benefit Program for Retired NYS Employees
Information about The Survivors Benefit Program which provides minimum death benefit to the survivors of New York State retired employees
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/survivors-benefit-program-retired-nys-employeesOutstanding Violations (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the four … managers did not have effective systems in place to ensure hazardous violations were resolved quickly. As a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/10/15/outstanding-violations-follow