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Cohoes City School District – Medicaid Reimbursements (2022M-107)
… maximized Medicaid reimbursements by submitting claims for all services provided to Medicaid eligible students with signed parental consent forms. Key Findings The District … not maximize Medicaid reimbursements by submitting claims for all eligible Medicaid services provided. We reviewed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/12/02/cohoes-city-school-district-medicaid-reimbursements-2022m-107Town of Dix – Justice Court Operations (2022M-06)
… report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Dix (Town) Justices collected, recorded, deposited, … reported. The Justices did not provide adequate oversight of the clerk, ensure she was properly trained or prepare … errors occurred, causing the Court to owe the Office of the State Comptroller’s Justice Court Fund (JCF) $21,204, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2022/04/22/town-dix-justice-court-operations-2022m-06VII.5 Document Retention Requirements – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… Agencies are responsible for retaining backup documentation outside SFS, even though backup is included in SFS as an attachment to the Direct Deposit or … refer to the General Retention and Disposition Schedule for New York State Government Records as published by the New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii5-document-retention-requirementsDryden Central School District – Information Technology (2020M-106)
… the Dryden Central School District’s (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials adequately … IT service providers. In 2018, the District was the victim of a ransomware attack. The Director of Information Technology Services (IT Director) failed to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/02/26/dryden-central-school-district-information-technology-2020m-106NYS Comptroller DiNapoli on Amazon's Racial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices
… released the following statement today in advance of Amazon’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at 9:00 … have urged shareholders to support a resolution calling on Amazon to conduct an independent racial equity audit of its … discrimination, one year after the murder of George Floyd, Amazon continues to find itself accused of practices and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-amazons-racial-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-practicesWesthill Central School District – Information Technology (2021M-32)
… Eight of 10 employees’ computers we reviewed were used for personal Internet activity. Properly manage network user … shared user accounts and three user accounts were found with unneeded administrative permissions. Provide formalized … awareness training. District officials generally agreed with our audit findings and recommendations and indicated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/07/09/westhill-central-school-district-information-technology-2021m-32Information Technology Contingency Planning – Information Technology Contingency Planning
… The goal of IT contingency planning is to enable a computer system …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-contingency-planningFormer Lake George Watershed Coalition Director Sentenced to 8-24 Years for Stealing Nearly $250,000 in State Grant Funds
… degree and four counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, related to his diversion of … league for children. The Lake George Watershed Coalition is a consortium of municipalities and organizations … that his ongoing criminal activity will not be tolerated. I thank the exceptional work of assistant district attorney …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/former-lake-george-watershed-coalition-director-sentenced-8-24-years-stealing-nearly-250000-stateRepaying Your NYSLRS Loan after Retirement
… Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) retirees who retired with an outstanding loan to repay that loan and increase … a NYSLRS loan. How Much Do I Need to pay? If you retired with an outstanding loan, your pension was reduced each … the amount you would have received if you had not retired with an outstanding loan. The pension increase will not be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/retirees/repaying-your-nyslrs-loan-after-retirementState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Department of Health (DOH): Suspicious and Fraudulent Medicaid Payments … claims, and that it was not possible to perform all of the procedures the dentists billed in relation to the … identified in the initial audit report. At the time of the follow-up review, the state was paid $681,336 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: NYC's Shelter Repair Process Needs Its Own Fix
… Nov. 2019, only three pipes were repaired due to lack of funds. Even scaled back, it was over budget by more than $1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-nycs-shelter-repair-process-needs-its-own-fixDiNapoli: New York's Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Fixing
… Hoosick Falls, Syracuse and Newburgh are the latest signs of the need to spend more on water delivery systems. The … is $22 billion through the year 2030. The state Department of Health, meanwhile, puts the estimate much higher and … that need attention and resources, including contamination of water systems that can cause public health emergencies and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/dinapoli-new-yorks-drinking-water-infrastructure-needs-fixingState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… district and charter school finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being spent appropriately and effectively." LaFayette … County) The board has not established threshold values for tagging and inventorying assets for departmental …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being spent appropriately and effectively." Global … supported by adequate documentation and appeared to be for proper school purposes. However, the board did not ensure … employee benefit accrued liability and unemployment) with balances totaling approximately $10 million. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0DiNapoli: Consumers Should Read Fine Print On Gift Cards This Holiday Season
… 1, 2011, New York state has required companies offering rebates to disclose whether those rebates will be issued in the form of a gift card and whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-consumers-should-read-fine-print-gift-cards-holiday-seasonCUNY Bulletin No. CU-531
… Purpose To inform agencies of the new flat rate deduction codes that will be used to … OSC will process deficiency deduction transactions using the new deduction codes when applicable. Agency update access … Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Deductions mailbox. Questions regarding Medicare …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-531-new-deduction-codes-580-city-university-new-york-medicareState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being spent appropriately and effectively. North Warren … the unrestricted fund balance increased to almost $2.26 million, or 17 percent, of the ensuing year's budgeted … expenditures by a total of more than $15 million for fiscal years 2013-14 through 2015-16. The district also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Criminal Conviction and False Claims Act Settlement with Bottini Fuel for Diverting Customers' Credit Balances for Their Own Benefit
… Fuel, headquartered in Wappingers Falls, provides heating oil to customers throughout Hudson Valley. From 2004 to 2016, … customer overpayments and duplicative payments for heating oil. Bottini Fuel did not inform customers that they had … prosecution was handled by Assistant Attorney General Hugh L. McLean of the Criminal Enforcement and Financial Crimes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-underwood-announce-criminal-conviction-and-false-claims-actDiNapoli: Remember to Read Fine Print on Gift Cards This Holiday Season
… January 1, 2011, New York has required companies offering rebates to disclose whether those rebates will be issued in the form of a gift card and whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-remember-read-fine-print-gift-cards-holiday-seasonState Education Department Examination of Payments to Tough Man, Inc.
… and T816040 to Tough Man Inc. (Tough Man). The objectives of our examination were to determine whether funds were used … exceeded program revenues as required under the terms of the contracts. Background Tough Man is a not-for-profit … and funding from other sources. For a complete copy of Report 2018-BSE2-001, click here . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/03/01/state-education-department-examination-payments-tough-man-inc