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Colesville Fire District #1 – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-276)
… reconciliations only at year-end. Board members authorize all claims for payment and indicate their approval by … basis. Require the Treasurer to provide check images for all District disbursements so it can verify claims were paid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/12/20/colesville-fire-district-1-internal-controls-over-financial-operationsDelaware County – Assigned Counsel (2016M-384)
… period January 1, 2015 through June 9, 2016. Background Delaware County is located in eastern New York, consists of … Key Findings County officials began working with the Delaware County Bar Association (DCBA) to update the County’s … Delaware County Assigned Counsel 2016M384 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2017/08/18/delaware-county-assigned-counsel-2016m-384Global Concepts Charter School – Cash Disbursements (2017M-126)
… The School, which is a public school financed by local, State and federal resources that is not under the control of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2018/02/02/global-concepts-charter-school-cash-disbursements-2017m-126Hamburg Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2015M-32)
… are not met. Agency officials did not have a system to track the amounts directly billed and collected by taxing … the recapture of financial assistance if businesses fall short of their performance goals. Monitor whether PILOTs are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2015/06/19/hamburg-industrial-development-agency-project-approval-andCost-Saving Ideas: School District Auditing – External Auditor
… on a five-year basis/term. Consider changing the audit firm to ensure independence and fresh prospective. (We … provide an affirmative statement that the individual or firm is independent of the district as defined by Generally … deputy claims auditor The district’s internal auditor Any firm or individual whose hiring would result in a conflict of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-school-district-auditing-external-auditorUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-103
… unit, value of the Prepaid Legal Service Benefit and the Earnings Code. Union BU Value Earnings Code DC 37, … whose address type is HOME or the HOME address is blank and (State) is equal to NY. Agency Actions Notify affected … Legal Service Benefit was processed. Payroll Register and Employee's Paycheck/Advice The applicable earnings code …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-103-prepaid-legal-service-benefit-unified-court-system-ucsOpinion 96 - 11
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Sales (authority of town board to submit … REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for when selling town real property); (on town board motion in lieu of petition) … obtaining one or more appraisals and utilizing a real estate broker to identify potential buyers (see, e.g., Opn …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-11Protection of Child Performers
… 16, 2017. Background The Department of Labor (Department) is charged with protecting workers in New York State. Part … The Department’s Child Performers Unit (Unit) is responsible for monitoring compliance with all parts of … NYCRR also ensure that a portion of each child’s earnings is protected, in accordance with Article 7, Part 7, of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/27/protection-child-performersSUNY Bulletin No. SU-252
… Purpose To provide agency instructions for processing the Recruitment and Retention Payments. … of America/Graduate Student Employees Union, provides for recruitment and retention payments. Each doctoral degree … non-resident alien earnings code – XRC, YRC, ZRC) for the recruitment payment or Earnings Code GRT (or the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-252-suny-recruitment-and-retention-payments-gsnu-employeesState Police Bulletin No. SP-162
… processing of the 2015 State Police Holiday Bonus Payment and to provide agency instructions for payments not processed … the 2007-2011 Agreement between the State of New York and the New York State Police Investigators Association … code of Leave of Absence/MLS or Leave of Absence/MTS) and who returns to the payroll prior to 10/31/16 may receive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-162-2015-state-police-holiday-bonus-paymentState Police Bulletin No. SP-158
… Holiday Bonus Payment will be processed in a separate check in Administration Pay Period 17L/18C, paychecks dated … in Bargaining Unit 62 who have a Payroll Status of Active, Leave With Pay or Leave of Absence with an Action/Reason code … (if applicable). This payment will be made in a separate check regardless of when it is paid. The separate check will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-158-2014-state-police-holiday-bonus-paymentDiNapoli, Wharton, Myrie Op-Ed: Putting the Public Back Into Campaign Finance
… on Elections. The full op-ed is below: Putting the Public Back Into Campaign Finance Democracy works best when … This is a victory for the people — one that has been in the works for decades. The PCFP will strengthen democracy, … running for state office the opportunity to participate in a voluntary public campaign financing system, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-wharton-myrie-op-ed-putting-public-back-campaign-financeState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… District officials did not establish adequate policies and procedures for network user accounts to prevent … disable 64 unneeded user accounts, which included generic and former student and employee accounts. Lansing Central School District – …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsXII.7.B Voucher Denials – XII. Expenditures
… Process and Document Preparation: Payment rejections can occur for various reasons, including at the agency’s … via email to inform them of the rejection reason. Agencies can run the Agency Comments Report to access information on … is needed to reprocess the voucher. In addition, agencies can review rejected bulkloaded vouchers on the M161 extract. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii7b-voucher-denialsSUNY Bulletin No. SU-325
… SUNY Bulletin No SU325 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-325-suny-recruitment-and-retention-payments-gsnu-employeesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… The faculty auditor did not adhere to the district’s ECA policy, which resulted in insufficient oversight of and … unauthorized use, access and loss. Officials also did not disable 26 unneeded generic accounts of the 48 generic … access to or establish environmental controls over the server room. Sensitive IT control weaknesses were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0DiNapoli: Probation Departments Failing to Get Restitution Payments to Victims
… for years, according to a review of more than 340 cases at 13 county probation departments released today by … 13 departments reviewed had a total of 3,851 restitution cases with probation supervision during the audit period of Jan. 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. Auditors reviewed 343 cases with ordered restitution totaling $2.8 million in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-probation-departments-failing-get-restitution-payments-victimsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1820
… Subject Reporting Line Number and Budget Year Changes for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the procedures for reporting line … in PayServ using the following procedures since there is no automatic mass realignment process in PayServ. Access …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1820-reporting-line-number-and-budget-year-changes-fiscal-year-2020-2021Heat and Hot Water Complaints
… and Development (HPD) addresses heat and hot water complaints timely, issues notices of violation, and seeks the … as appropriate. Our audit covered heat and hot water complaints received during NYC Fiscal Years (FY) 2018 and … that it received approximately 447,000 heat and hot water complaints citywide. However, many complaints are often …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/24/heat-and-hot-water-complaintsHow to Make a Vendor Responsibility Determination
… capacity and controls; appropriate legal authority to do business in New York; a satisfactory record of … contracts. You should consider any information that comes to your attention and work with the vendor to address any … the vendor to disclose such information if it’s important to your review. Use our online research tools and resources …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/vendrep/how-make-vendor-responsibility-determination