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Town of Butler – Highway Asset Accountability (2024M-115)
… of highway machinery, tools and equipment or provide one to the Town Board (Board) since 2018. Town officials did not maintain or review adequate fuel records to safeguard and account for the Town’s fuel. We noted at … officials generally agreed with our recommendations and have initiated or indicated they planned to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/12/24/town-butler-highway-asset-accountability-2024m-115Charlotte Valley Central School District - Information Technology (2019M-27)
… complete report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Board and District officials ensured District information … and computerized data were safeguarded. Key Findings The Board and District officials did not monitor computer use … IT security awareness training for District employees. In addition, sensitive IT control weaknesses were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/09/27/charlotte-valley-central-school-district-information-technology-2019m-27Internal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations
… the State’s military forces, which are composed of the New York Army National Guard, New York Air National Guard, New York Naval Militia, and the New York Guard. DMNA employs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/27/internal-controls-over-selected-financial-operationsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-589
… Purpose To inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the July 2017 Increments and provide instructions for payments not processed … Employees in Bargaining Units CB, T8 and TC who meet the eligibility criteria Background Pursuant to Section 6220 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-589-july-2017-city-university-new-york-cuny-incrementsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1319
… and includes the April 1, 2014 Salary Schedule . Effective Date(s) The April 2014 PEF Salary Increase will be paid using … HRY (Grade 600 or 800) Employees with a Pay Basis Code of ANN, 21P or CAL who are in a traineeship (Grade 800) Employees with a Pay Basis Code of ANN, 21P or CAL who are in an NS position (Grade 600) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1319-april-2014-public-employees-federation-pef-salary-increaseContract Award and Performance
… Purpose To determine whether the New York State Energy Research and … (NYSERDA) awarded procurement contracts according to prescribed policies and procedures. We also determined … therefore, without the competition that would otherwise have been required. NYSERDA did not effectively monitor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/22/contract-award-and-performanceTitle IV-E Foster Care – Federal Funding and New York
… Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (Assistance Listing Number 93.658) is a … are allocated to New York State and pass through to the City, and are used for ongoing foster care expenses (like … 21.2 21.1 Total IV-E Funding $ 298.8 $ 295.4 Sources: NYC Office of Management and Budget; OSC analysis FIGURE 2 – …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/title-iv-e-foster-careEnvironment, Energy and Agriculture – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… permitting of certain renewable energy facilities from the Public Service Commission to the Department of State and sets …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/environment-energy-and-agricultureIntroduction – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… of claims or vouchers (the terms are used interchangeably in this publication) is a classic internal control activity. … control activity that is not always conducted effectively. In order to ensure that tax dollars are spent efficiently, it … improper or fraudulent claims from being paid. In short, the audit of claims is a highly important internal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/introductionIV.4.A Department Operations – Personal Service – IV. Accounting Codes - Uses and Descriptions
… Personal Service expenditures are the various forms of compensation … and certain non-employees that are chargeable to personal service appropriation/segregation accounts. Click here to … those hours worked in excess of 40 hours in any work week by a regular employee who is eligible for overtime …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iv/iv4a-department-operations-personal-serviceSUNY Bulletin No. SU-211
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the State University Professional Services Negotiating … – BU08 who met the eligibility criteria, except employees in the following titles. Title Job Code Assistant Instructor … will insert a row using the same effective date as the row being evaluated with the next available sequence number with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-211-2014-chancellors-power-suny-performance-incentive-paymentAusable Valley Central School District - Medicaid Reimbursements (2018M-189)
… complete report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the District claimed all Medicaid reimbursements to which it … did not document 1,593 scheduled services totaling $54,054 in the special education system (system) as having been … Ensure service providers document all service encounters in the system. District officials generally agreed with our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/01/25/ausable-valley-central-school-district-medicaid-reimbursements-2018m-189Selkirk Fire Company No. 2 – Board Oversight (2021M-122)
… did not provide adequate oversight of financial operations and cannot be assured all moneys raised were properly accounted for and deposited. The Board did not: Adopt adequate bylaws and supplemental financial policies and procedures. Ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2021/12/29/selkirk-fire-company-no-2-board-oversight-2021m-122Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Boards of Cooperative Educational Services – Building Access Badge Accounts (2024M-60)
… Determine whether the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) officials … 48 badges (55 percent) that were no longer needed out of the 87 active non-employee individual badge accounts. … and could not physically locate the badges for 15 of 25 shared accounts we selected for testing. Discovered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2024/08/16/erie-2-chautauqua-cattaraugus-boards-cooperative-educational-services-buildingSaranac Central School District – Tuition Billing and Collections (2023M-90)
… foster care students enrolled at the District. As of March 27, 2023, the District had not collected $59,336 of tuition billed and did not bill $4,345 for tuition due. As a result, the District had not been paid $63,681 of the $107,167 (59 percent) in tuition owed to the District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/12/22/saranac-central-school-district-tuition-billing-and-collections-2023m-90Greenburgh Central School District – Tax Certiorari Reserve (2023M-163)
… Audit Objective Determine whether Greenburgh Central School District (District) officials properly established the … corrective action. … Determine whether Greenburgh Central School District District officials properly established the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/30/greenburgh-central-school-district-tax-certiorari-reserve-2023m-163Selected Management and Operations Practices
… New York program according to statute, accurately reported job creation goals and other program metrics, and phased out … its government customers in New York City and Westchester County in 1990. The programs were expanded to State-operated … schools in 1992, community colleges statewide in 1993, and county and municipal governments in 1994. As of April 9, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/01/selected-management-and-operations-practicesDiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Compliance with Jonathan's Law
… the law’s requirements. This is the second state agency my auditors have found that is failing to meet their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-compliance-jonathans-lawXIV.14.L Asset Retirement Obligations – XIV. Special Procedures
… occur when it is both incurred and reasonable estimable. In order for a liability to be considered incurred, there … asset should not be reported. Internal Obligating Events In order to recognize an ARO, there must also be an internal … from normal operation of a tangible capital asset (in the case of contamination-related AROs) Placing a tangible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-xiv/xiv14l-asset-retirement-obligationsFriendship Central School District – Fund Balance and Reserves (2022M-55)
… the Friendship Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials properly managed … officials: Overestimated appropriations by a total of $2.3 million (8 percent) in the three fiscal years … written multiyear financial plan. As a result, as of June 30, 2021, the recalculated surplus fund balance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/22/friendship-central-school-district-fund-balance-and-reserves-2022m-55