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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1258
… Purpose To notify PayServ users with garnishment view access of changes to garnishment processing resulting from the upgrade to PayServ … 9.1. Affected Employees All employees with a current garnishment(s) Effective Date(s) July 22, 2013 Background In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1258-garnishment-changes-payserv-91Controls Over Unclaimed Bottle Deposits
… has the authority to penalize deposit initiators that fail to register with the Department or fail to file quarterly reports. The Act requires all … Key Recommendations Assess penalties on initiators that fail to file quarterly reports. Review the red flags that we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/19/controls-over-unclaimed-bottle-depositsEffectiveness of Cost Containment Initiatives
… January 13, 2016. Background The Authority is responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Thruway, a 570-mile tolled … eight major bridges and maintenance responsibility for 809 other bridges that carry local roads and State highways over and under the Thruway, as well as for operation of the State’s 524-mile Canal System. Some …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/11/17/effectiveness-cost-containment-initiativesControlling Access to Student Grading Systems in School Districts (2015-MS-3)
… School districts maintain and use students’ grades for a variety of educational purposes. School districts use … be limited to only those school district officials with a business need (i.e., operations, instruction, management … not be supported with written authorization. The lock out function (i.e., an internal control that helps prevent grade …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/09/21/controlling-access-student-grading-systems-school-districts-2015-ms-3DiNapoli: Audit Recommends Labor Department Step Up Investigations of Violations in NYC
… in holding violators accountable and attaining restitution for workers while allowing infractions to continue, according … but DiNapoli’s audit found many claims wait long periods for a determination. The audit reviewed 7,847 claims relating … New York City employers and found many listed as pending for long periods of time. Among them were 354 complaints that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-audit-recommends-labor-department-step-investigations-violations-nycOperational Training and Medical Assessments of Train Crews (Follow-Up)
… and a Conductor – both of whom have direct responsibility for the safe, timely, and proper operation of Transit trains. … road service in a yard or terminal; prepare trains for road service and switch cars in the yards; and learn the … including how to deal with emergency situations. Training for all positions is conducted both in the classroom and in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/19/operational-training-and-medical-assessments-train-crews-followCollection of Petroleum Business Tax and Motor Fuel Excise Tax
… it to appropriately collect Petroleum Business Tax and Motor Fuel Excise Tax, as required by relevant law and … on the product involved. Fuels subject to PBT include motor fuel and highway diesel motor fuel, among others. Effective January 1, 2020, the PBT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/20/collection-petroleum-business-tax-and-motor-fuel-excise-taxDiNapoli Announces $200 Million Commitment for Opportunistic Investments
… best funded plans in the nation. Over the past 20 years, 80 percent of the cost of benefit payments has been funded by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-announces-200-million-commitment-opportunistic-investmentsOpinion 2005-6
… and that the speakers are secular educational experts who would discuss the topic of how to prevent “bullying”. … supra ). In this instance, as an incident to the town’s authority to preserve the public peace, good order and … with a private organization for operation of the town’s program, or for services in connection therewith, so long …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-6DiNapoli and Investor Group Reach Shareholder Agreement With FirstEnergy
… on the company’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced … standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new stationary sources and the regulation of carbon pollution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-and-investor-group-reach-shareholder-agreement-firstenergyState Comptroller DiNapoli Announces Municipal Audits
… to the 85 granted exemptions and found that 68 exemptions (80 percent) totaling $6.9 million in town-exempt assessed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-announces-municipal-auditsNursing Home Surveillance
… follows federal and State regulations and procedures for conducting nursing home surveys and whether survey … Division of Nursing Homes and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Surveillance … a pattern of repetitive citations. Other Related Audit/Report of Interest Department of Health: Facility Structure, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/19/nursing-home-surveillanceDiNapoli Op-Ed: New York Needs to Boost Financial Education in Our Schools
… more. But we should also be focusing on financial literacy for the next generation to ensure young people have the … trap of spiraling debt. According to a National Endowment for Financial Education 2022 report, 80% of those surveyed … by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a not-for-profit corporation regulated by the Securities and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-op-ed-new-york-needs-boost-financial-education-our-schoolsMedicaid Program – Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients Who Are Eligible for Medicare
… control the Medicaid costs of recipients who were eligible for Medicare based on age but were not enrolled in Medicare. The … service itself, Medicaid can pay a recipient’s Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts, which allows …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/14/medicaid-program-reducing-medicaid-costs-recipients-who-are-eligible-medicarePublic Health – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… necessary to ensure compliance with the global cap limit for SFY 2020-21. Pandemic Brings Jump in Medicaid Enrollment … DOH data, in February 2021, enrollment surpassed 7 million for the first time in the history of the program, with … but only 41.2 percent of the costs of DOH Medicaid claims for the State in SFY 2020-21. Elderly, blind, and disabled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/public-healthNew York Youth Jobs Program
… Purpose To determine if the Department of Labor (Labor) is ensuring that employers meet New York … Performance of the Excelsior Jobs Program ( 2015-S-15 ) … To determine if the Department of Labor is ensuring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/09/new-york-youth-jobs-programLifespire, Inc.: Compliance With the Consolidated Fiscal Reporting and Claiming Manual
… 750 nonprofit service providing agencies, with about 80 percent of services provided by private nonprofits and 20 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/14/lifespire-inc-compliance-consolidated-fiscal-reporting-and-claiming-manualState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… audits are designed to help schools improve their financial management practices and verify proper policies and … of each school year, the senior account clerk updates each individual employees’ salary, pay rate and leave accruals, as … District officials have not developed a classification scheme or performed an adequate inventory of the PPSI stored …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-1DiNapoli: Audit Finds Inadequate Oversight of Student Grade Changes
… Student grades in five school districts were changed from failing to passing … Williamsville, does not detail or track the history of grade changes. “When proper controls are not in place, there … For access to state and local government spending, public authority financial data and information on 50,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-audit-finds-inadequate-oversight-student-grade-changesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Fully Integrated Resources and Services Tool (Follow-Up) (2018-F-4) An initial audit released in September 2016 found … to meet their needs. In a follow-up, auditors found CUNY officials have made progress in addressing the issues … Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA): Oversight of Hotels and Motels Used for Homeless Mixed-Use Temporary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0