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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1191
… regarding this bulletin should be directed to the Payroll Systems mailbox ( …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1191-osc-will-allow-agencies-test-interface-files-preparation-ssn-decouplingCanisteo-Greenwood Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-362)
… Develop a written reserve fund policy indicating how much money will be reserved, how each reserve will be funded and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/30/canisteo-greenwood-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-362Accounts Payable Advisory No. 4
… Subject: Making Payments to Verizon for Landline Phone Services Guidance: Consistent with the … Chapter XII, Section 5.C - Selecting the Appropriate Vendor and Address Sequence , Business Units must select the correct Vendor ID and Address Sequence when processing payments to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/4-complex-entity-verizon-landline-servicesOysterponds Union Free School District – Financial Management, Check Signing and Information Technology
… audit was to assess selected District Financial Operations for the period July 1, 2012 through October 31, 2013. … seven elected members. The District’s expenditures for the 2012-13 fiscal year totaled $5.4 million. Key … checks under $5,000, with its Vice President as co-signer for all District checks over $5,000. The Board has not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/03/28/oysterponds-union-free-school-district-financial-management-check-signingInternal Control System Components
… Purpose To determine whether the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s (Office) management of its internal control system …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/08/04/internal-control-system-componentsLaurens Central School District – Budgeting and Reserves (2013M-135)
… The Board adopted budgets that included the use of surplus fund balance to finance operations in an effort to avoid … raising unnecessary real property taxes. However, although fund balance was included in the budgets, the District has not actually used fund balance to finance operations since 2008. In fact, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/09/20/laurens-central-school-district-budgeting-and-reserves-2013m-135North Greenbush Common School District – Budgeting (2016M-112)
… expenditures by a total of more than $1.4 million (or 19.6 percent). Due to the overestimated expenditures, the … exceeds the statutory limit by approximately $1.6 million, or 75 percentage points, as of June 30, 2015. The District … to, reducing District property taxes, paying off debt or financing one-time expenditures. Develop a multiyear …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/24/north-greenbush-common-school-district-budgeting-2016m-112DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Valued at $259.9 Billion at End of Third Quarter
… that the estimated value of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) was $259.9 billion at the end of the … been ranked as one of the best managed and best funded plans in the nation. … New York State Comptroller Thomas P …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-valued-259.9-billion-end-third-quarterAmsterdam Housing Authority – Claims Processing and Related Not-for-Profit Corporations (2013M-126)
… controls over selected Authority financial operations for the period January 1, 2011, to November 30, 2012. … tenants and subsidies from HUD. Key Findings The Board does not audit claims and has not designated a claims auditor to perform this function. Instead, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2013/08/23/amsterdam-housing-authority-claims-processing-and-related-not-profit-corporationsSyracuse Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring and Administration of the Development Fund (2015M-240)
… January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015. Background The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency is an independent … benefit corporation established by a special act of the New York State Legislature in 1979 for the benefit of the City of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2016/01/08/syracuse-industrial-development-agency-project-approval-andState University of New York Upstate Medical Center – Selected Travel Expenses
… Purpose To determine whether the use of travel monies by the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center (Center), for two … expenses, which are discretionary and under the control of agency management, include car rentals, meals, lodging, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/06/26/state-university-new-york-upstate-medical-center-selected-travel-expensesTown of Caledonia – Financial Management (2013M-363)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the Town’s management practices for the period … Supervisor did not provide each Board member with budget-to-actual reports to monitor the budget throughout the year. The board did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/03/28/town-caledonia-financial-management-2013m-363Hadley-Luzerne Central School District – Financial Condition (2012M-188)
… balance, or reserves, and built up amounts of unexpended surplus funds that exceeded the legal limit in the past two … District appropriated more than $1 million in unexpended surplus each year to help finance the ensuing year’s budget, … District did not use these funds because it generated a surplus each year. The Board has not developed a multi-year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/01/25/hadley-luzerne-central-school-district-financial-condition-2012m-188Steuben County – Court and Trust Funds (2024-C&T-4)
… appropriate controls to safeguard and account for court and trust funds for the period January 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. Background Pursuant to a court order, certain assets may be provided to the court and then …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/09/13/steuben-county-court-and-trust-funds-2024-ct-4Long Beach City School District – Financial Management (2023M-147)
… this was not clearly stated in annual budget documents for voter approval. Prior to the non-transparent and … revenues by an average of $1.6 million annually for a three-year period. Adopted budgets that appropriated … million and $4.1 million, totaling more than $8.5 million for a three-year period. Key Recommendations Develop …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/09/long-beach-city-school-district-financial-management-2023m-147CVS Caremark – Accuracy of Empire Plan Commercial Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service
… To determine if CVS Caremark appropriately invoiced drug manufacturers and remitted corresponding rebate revenue … with CVS Caremark to administer the prescription drug program. From 2019 through 2022, the cost of the prescription drug program averaged almost $3.3 billion per year. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/03/18/cvs-caremark-accuracy-empire-plan-commercial-rebate-revenue-remitted-department-civilOpinion 2003-4
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … that no claim may be presented, audited or paid unless it is either verified under oath or certified, to be true and … v City of Long Beach , 286 NY 382 at p 388). 2 Further, it is also well established that when the Legislature …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-4State Agencies Bulletin No. 191
… new codes and the increased rates should be used beginning in Pay period 14L. Background As detailed in Payroll Bulletins 176 and 183, the following payments have … ($5.50) to pay overtime meals to OT ineligible employees in CSEA, PEF, Council 82 and M/C. Agencies are to use OMA …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/191-new-earn-codes-overtime-meals-and-intermittent-inconvenience-pay-andTown of Altona – Apparent Misappropriations of Cash Receipts and Supervisor’s Records and Reports (2013M-282)
… during our entire audit period. The Board did not audit, or cause to be audited, the records of various offices and … receipts and deposits, including segregation of duties or implement mitigating controls. Ensure that the Town’s … reports of all Town officers and employees who received or disbursed money during the preceding fiscal year or hire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/05/15/town-altona-apparent-misappropriations-cash-receipts-and-supervisors-records-andComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being spent appropriately and effectively.” Schuyler …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits