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Motor Vehicle Financial Security and Safety Responsibility Acts – Assessable Expenses for the Two Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2013
… the administration of Article VI and Article VII of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. We performed our audit pursuant to … 31, 2013. Background The Department administers the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act (Security Act) and the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act (Responsibility Act). These …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/03/19/motor-vehicle-financial-security-and-safety-responsibility-acts-assessable-expenses-twoUnitedHealthcare – Improper Payments for Medical Services Designated By Modifier Code 59
… to August 31, 2013. Background The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) provides health insurance coverage to more than 1.2 million active and … United’s payments to medical providers are based, in part, on procedure codes billed on claims that indicate the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/08/unitedhealthcare-improper-payments-medical-services-designated-modifier-code-59Contracts for Personal and Miscellaneous Services (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Contracts for Personal and Miscellaneous Services ( 2008-S-158 ). … have a requirement to periodically assess whether existing personal and miscellaneous service contracts were still … necessary goods or services. We estimated that by reducing personal and miscellaneous service contract costs by 10 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/06/contracts-personal-and-miscellaneous-services-followTuition Assistance Program – LaGuardia Community College
… for full-time status, and one student who did not maintain good academic standing. Key Recommendations The Higher … with requirements relating to full-time attendance and good academic standing. Other Related Audits/Reports of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/04/tuition-assistance-program-laguardia-community-collegeAudit of the Tuition Assistance Program at Stony Brook University
… in Suffolk County on Long Island. Stony Brook offers 68 undergraduate majors, 80 minors, and more than 100 master’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/26/audit-tuition-assistance-program-stony-brook-universityOpinion 98-20
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties (establishment of … Whether a board of fire commissioners in its discretion may provide that … newlyappointed members not be immediately assigned to the fire police squad …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 97-6
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … 301(8), 303, 308: The cost of constructing an addition to house an enhanced emergency telephone (E911) system which is … by the county governing board to be necessary to properly house the system and to assure effective operation and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-6Internal Control System Components
… of Motor Vehicles’ (Department) management of its internal control system appropriately addresses all five components of internal control. Our audit scope included the period January 1, 2013 … York State Governmental Accountability, Audit and Internal Control Act requiring each State agency to institute a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/17/internal-control-system-componentsInternal Control System Components
… Assistance’s (Office) management of its internal control system appropriately addresses all five components of internal control. Our audit scope included the period January 1, 2013 … York State Governmental Accountability, Audit and Internal Control Act requiring each State agency to institute a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/08/04/internal-control-system-componentsRegistration and Enforcement of Automotive Services, Sales, and Salvage Facilities
… the Department’s responsibilities for administering the registration and licensing for certain types of automotive businesses, including registration of repair shops, dealers, dismantlers, and junk … could potentially be operating without a valid Department registration. We performed site observations at 241 of these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/08/15/registration-and-enforcement-automotive-services-sales-and-salvage-facilitiesNorth Country Kids, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… the costs reported by North County Kids, Inc. (North Country) on its Consolidated Fiscal Reports (CFRs) were … Manual (RCM). The audit covered expenses reported on North Country’s CFR for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, and certain expenses reported on North Country’s CFR for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/04/12/north-country-kids-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualWage Subsidy and Transitional Employment Programs (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the two … (TANF) program provides assistance and work opportunities to needy families by granting states the federal funds and flexibility to develop and implement their own welfare programs. The TANF … To determine the extent of implementation of 2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/09/wage-subsidy-and-transitional-employment-programs-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 1098
… Immediately. Background Personal Use of Employer Provided Vehicle and Chauffeur Services are fringe benefits. Per the … employee’s income. Personal use of an employer-provided vehicle generally includes use of the vehicle for purposes of commuting to and from an employee’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1098-reporting-taxable-value-personal-use-employer-provided-vehicles-andAdirondack Helping Hands, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… The audit covered expenses reported on Adirondack’s CFR for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. Background … ineligible costs included: $22,215 in other than personal service costs that consisted of $9,453 in ineligible rent, … the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2016-S-48) North Country Kids, Inc.: Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/08/02/adirondack-helping-hands-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualVariety Child Learning Center – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Purpose To determine whether the costs reported by Variety Child … offers a range of special education services and programs to children with disabilities from birth to eight years of age. During the period July 1, 2013 through … To determine whether the costs reported by Variety Child …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/31/variety-child-learning-center-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualSelected Operating and Administrative Practices of the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (Follow-Up)
… audit report, Selected Operating and Administrative Practices at the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (Report … of Health: Selected Operating and Administrative Practices of the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (2011-S-19) … initial audit report Selected Operating and Administrative Practices at t …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/09/23/selected-operating-and-administrative-practices-bureau-narcotic-enforcement-followTrash Can Free Stations Pilot Program
… 468 subway stations throughout Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. Trash collected is bagged and stored in refuse storage rooms and platform housings. However, trash storage … selected stations. Key Recommendations Objectively review the results of the Pilot Program, focusing on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/09/22/trash-can-free-stations-pilot-programOpinion 2000-2
… in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (expenditure by village to promote literary, graphic, dramatic and … et seq .; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(l)(i): A village, by resolution, may provide for bands, movies and similar … and the arts within the village. In addition, it may, by local law, further provide for the promotion of literary, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Housing Preferences for Veterans (Follow-Up)
… City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (NYC HPD). We specifically found two housing companies in Manhattan (Hamilton House and Clinton Towers) filled vacant … veterans had been identified on their waiting lists. NYC HPD approved many of these non-veterans’ applications, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/29/housing-preferences-veterans-followInspecting Highway Bridges and Repairing Defects (Follow-Up)
… Defects (2012-S-32) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: Inspecting Highway Bridges and Repairing Defects …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/06/25/inspecting-highway-bridges-and-repairing-defects-follow