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Copiague Fire District – Credit Card Purchases (2019M-98)
… ] Audit Objective Determine whether the Board ensured that credit card purchases were necessary, adequately supported … for legitimate District purposes. Key Findings Of 1,174 credit card charges made during our audit period, 753 … have receipts or invoices attached to the claims. Nineteen credit card purchases exceeded the District’s travel meal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/03/11/copiague-fire-district-credit-card-purchases-2019m-98IX.5.B Billing for Onboarding Agencies – IX. Federal Grants
… that includes Project Costing, Grants Management, and Customer Contracts. Agencies that have started using ESA are … Agencies: Establish their own Federal Grant Projects, Customer Contracts and Awards in SFS Have their Projects and Customer Contracts under their own agency PCBU Use the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix5b-billing-onboarding-agenciesIX.5.A Billing for Non-Onboarding Agencies – IX. Federal Grants
… Contracts. Agencies that have not yet started using ESA are considered to be Non-Onboarding agencies. Non-Onboarding … an award for Federal and State share if applicable, but are required to set up Funds Distribution to determine what … Upon billing, these transactions will create temporary bills that will then get approved systematically by SFS, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix5a-billing-non-onboarding-agenciesIslip Fire District – Disbursements (2020M-9)
… inappropriately paid for medical expenditures. Ensure all gas and general credit card charges are sufficiently …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/02/05/islip-fire-district-disbursements-2020m-9Roxbury Central School District - Health Insurance Buyouts (2019M-89)
… report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether District payments for health insurance buyouts were cost-effective, … Determine whether District payments for health insurance buyouts were costeffective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/08/09/roxbury-central-school-district-health-insurance-buyouts-2019m-89DeRuyter Central School District - Information Technology (2019M-175)
… did not: Limit or monitor employees’ personal Internet browsing and their use of social media on District computers. … use policy and monitor employees’ personal Internet browsing and use of social media. Provide formal IT security …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/12/13/deruyter-central-school-district-information-technology-2019m-175Town of Oneonta – Town Clerk (2021M-59)
… 30, 2020, the Clerk’s bank account held an unaccounted for and unremitted cash balance of $262. Key Recommendations Deposit all … whereby known liabilities are reconciled to available cash. Town officials agreed with our recommendations and have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/07/02/town-oneonta-town-clerk-2021m-59City of Johnstown – Financial Management (2020M-134)
… (City) officials maintained accurate and complete financial information to adequately manage operations. Key … City officials did not maintain accurate and complete financial information to adequately manage operations. The … records. The Treasurer filed the required annual financial reports late for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 and had …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/03/19/city-johnstown-financial-management-2020m-134Town of New Castle - Recreation Department Cash Receipts (2020M-19)
… Department were properly receipted, deposited and reported to the Town Board. Key Findings The Board did not develop a comprehensive cash collections policy to provide guidance for payments received at the Department. … 2018 and May 2019, the Department generated receipts up to 21 days after registration and remitted money up to 24 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/03/20/town-new-castle-recreation-department-cash-receipts-2020m-19Town of Bennington - Financial Management (2019M-249)
Determine whether officials properly managed finances by ensuring budget estimates were realistic establishing multiyear financial and capital plans
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/03/13/town-bennington-financial-management-2019m-249Copenhagen Central School District - Procurement (2019M-238)
Determine whether District officials sought competition for the purchase of goods and services not subject to competitive bidding
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/03/06/copenhagen-central-school-district-procurement-2019m-238Town of Stanford – Financial Management (2021M-130)
… Board properly managed the Town’s financial condition and adopted realistic budgets. Key Findings The Board did not properly manage the Town’s financial condition and did not adopt realistic budgets. The Board: Adopted an unbalanced 2020 budget that was missing information and misleading, which resulted in a 58 percent decrease in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/09/24/town-stanford-financial-management-2021m-130New Hartford Central School District – Payroll (2021M-149)
… complete report - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether New Hartford Central School District (District) officials … compensating controls over the payroll clerk who could add new employees to the financial system and was responsible for … Determine whether New Hartford Central School District District officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/10/new-hartford-central-school-district-payroll-2021m-149II.4 New York State Financial Accounting – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… New York State Financial Accounting standards are used in the EXECUTE and EVALUATE phases of the financial cycle …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii4-new-york-state-financial-accountingEast Ramapo Central School District - Textbooks Loaned to Nonpublic School Students (2019M-171)
… if District officials established eligibility for and maintained an inventory of textbooks loaned to nonpublic … systems in place to verify that textbooks purchased for and loaned to nonpublic schools were only provided to … students. We reviewed 300 nonpublic school student records and found that 114 students were provided with textbooks even …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/08/03/east-ramapo-central-school-district-textbooks-loaned-nonpublic-schoolNew York Mills Union Free School District – Procurement (2020M-79)
… District officials sought competition for the purchase of good and services not subject to competitive bidding. Key … No written or verbal quotes were obtained for the purchase of goods and services from 13 vendors who were paid $73,032. … District officials sought competition for the purchase of good and services not subject to competitive bidding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/10/02/new-york-mills-union-free-school-district-procurement-2020m-79Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services - Clerical Overtime (2023M-124)
… officials appropriately monitored and approved overtime for clerical employees. Key Findings BOCES officials did not appropriately monitor and approve overtime for clerical employees. Although the audit period overlaps … timeline, which BOCES officials indicated as the cause for overtime, the BOCES practice of verbally preapproving …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2024/03/29/western-suffolk-board-cooperative-educational-services-clerical-overtime-2023m-124Garden City Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (2023M-161)
… for and would be detected if lost, stolen or misused. We selected 60 IT assets from invoices and device management … 10 additional IT assets to confirm they were inventoried. We determined that 23 percent of the assets were not properly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/22/garden-city-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-2023m-161North Babylon Union Free School District – Online Banking (2023M-156)
… online banking to ensure these transactions are secure. In addition to sensitive information technology (IT) control …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/14/north-babylon-union-free-school-district-online-banking-2023m-156Pembroke Central School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2023M-136)
… As a result, collections were not recorded and deposited in a timely manner, and unsupported disbursements were … One club advisor did not deposit more than $3,500 in club fundraising activities until our audit began, which … Ensure that all ECA activity is performed and recorded in compliance with the Board-adopted policy. Ensure that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/04/19/pembroke-central-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-funds-2023m-136