Search

Criminal History Background Checks of Unlicensed Health Care Employees

… oversees and monitors efforts by Nursing Homes, Adult Care Facilities (ACF), and Home Health Care (HHC) … history background checks when hiring unlicensed persons in direct care positions. Our audit covered the period of … the CHRC Legal Unit reviews the case using information from its initial request and any subsequent New York State …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/08/criminal-history-background-checks-unlicensed-health-care-employees

City of Glen Cove – Budget Review (B7-15-17)

… financial risks that the City Council should consider when adopting the 2016 budget. The City continues to finance operating expenditures with debt when it should be funding such expenditures with operating …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2015/10/16/city-glen-cove-budget-review-b7-15-17

Controls Over Capital Improvements at City-Owned Homeless Shelters (Follow-Up)

… private entities in its mission to: prevent homelessness when possible; provide temporary, emergency shelter when needed; and help individuals and families transition …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/03/22/controls-over-capital-improvements-city-owned-homeless-shelters-follow

Contract Participation of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises

… Purpose To determine whether the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York properly established annual contract participation goals for minority- and women-owned business enterprises and accurately … to the Department of Economic Development (DED), a division of the Empire State Development. DED is responsible …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/07/08/contract-participation-minority-and-women-owned-business-enterprises

City of Amsterdam - Budget Review (B22-5-3)

… an independent evaluation of the City’s proposed budget for 2022-23. Background Chapter 531 of the Laws of 2019 … is authorized to issue the deficit obligations, and for each subsequent fiscal year during which the deficit obligations are outstanding, their proposed budget for the next succeeding fiscal year. Key Findings City …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2022/04/27/city-amsterdam-budget-review-b22-5-3

XII.4.F Proper Invoice – XII. Expenditures

… A proper invoice is a written or electronic request for payment submitted by the vendor that must contain the … information. *Consistent with New York State Finance Law §§ 109(1) and 179-e(5), vendors should only invoice an … an agency has to make a payment on time, thereby avoiding prompt payment interest. The Invoice Checklist can assist …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii4f-proper-invoice

Adequacy of 2021 Budgets - Town of Niskayuna (S9-21-11)

… evaluation of the Town’s adopted budget for the 2021 fiscal year. Background The COVID-19 pandemic (pandemic) … have decided to delay capital projects, which could result in future delays to other projects to maintain and … 2021 fiscal year budgets, our office conducted reviews of 20 adopted budgets of various counties, cities, towns and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2021/05/07/adequacy-2021-budgets-town-niskayuna-s9-21-11

Annual Wage for New Tier 6 Employees

… Retirement Online is the fastest and easiest way to enroll new employees . But if you must use paper, you can enroll NYSLRS members by fax. Be sure to fill in the … and Fire Membership Application form (PF5022) . We cannot enroll new members without this information. A delay in …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/annual-wage-new-tier-6-employees

Local Sales Tax Collections Up 19% in 2021

… for goods and services and from brick and mortar to online,” DiNapoli said. “While local sales tax collections …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/local-sales-tax-collections-19-percent-2021

XIII.11 Submitting Travel and Expense Reimbursement Requests for Inactive Employees – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement

… employee’s State service. If the former employee is doing business with the State in a new capacity, unrelated to their …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii11-submitting-travel-and-expense-reimbursement-requests-inactive-employees

Compliance With Freedom of Information Law Requirements

… 2020. About the Program CDTA was created in 1970 by the New York State Legislature. Today, CDTA is the premier mobility …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/10/16/compliance-freedom-information-law-requirements

New York State Health Insurance Program – Payments by Empire BlueCross for Hospital Services for Ineligible Members

… December 31, 2018. About the Program The Department of Civil Service (Civil Service) administers the New York … plan is the Empire Plan, which serves about 1.1 million of the members. Civil Service contracts with Empire BlueCross … Eligibility and Accounting System (NYBEAS) as the system of record for member enrollment and eligibility information, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/08/18/new-york-state-health-insurance-program-payments-empire-bluecross-hospital-services

Administration of Mitchell-Lama Waiting Lists (Follow-Up)

… 64,000 apartments. Apartments are rented or sold to applicants on waiting lists maintained by DHCR’s Automated … be offered and awarded apartments in the order their names appear on the waiting lists. Applicants must meet certain eligibility requirements such as income limits and family size, before …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/01/19/administration-mitchell-lama-waiting-lists-follow

State Agencies Bulletin No. 138

… paycheck or advice. New Reveal Report To assist agencies in maintaining employee address information, a new Reveal … conditions: Home Address is blank or missing an entry in Address Line 1, City, State or Zip Edit Mailing Address- … partial information is entered but an entry is missing in Address Line 1, City, State or Zip Check Address-The Check …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/138-employee-addresses-and-new-reveal-report-employee-address-report

Repaying Your NYSLRS Loan after Retirement

… System (ERS) retirees who retired with an outstanding loan to repay that loan and increase their pension. Retirees cannot take a new loan from NYSLRS. If you are not yet retired, visit our Loans …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/retirees/repaying-your-nyslrs-loan-after-retirement

Contract Award and Performance

… monitored vendors’ performance to ensure compliance with contract terms. Our audit included contracts awarded or … Its earliest efforts focused on research and development with the goal of reducing the State’s petroleum consumption. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/22/contract-award-and-performance

Oversight of Persons Convicted of Driving While Intoxicated

… Purpose To determine whether the New York City Department of Probation provided proper …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/10/07/oversight-persons-convicted-driving-while-intoxicated

Glossary – Governmental Accounting Standards Board

… For additional terms and descriptions, please refer to the Governmental Accounting … rate will support projected benefit payments of the plan, and, (b) assets will be invested using the current allocation target to achieve that return, and (2) for the period of benefit payments not supported, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/gasb/glossary