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DiNapoli Announces Vicki Fuller's Retirement as CIO of NYS Common Retirement Fund
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that … Fuller, chief investment officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), will retire this summer after …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/dinapoli-announces-vicki-fullers-retirement-cio-nys-common-retirement-fundState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Communication Surcharges , Village of Milford , Village of Nassau and the Town of Pendleton . "In today's fiscal … DiNapoli. "By auditing municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that … Brentwood Public Library – Leave Accruals (Suffolk County) Leave accrual records for business office employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-2State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… office completed audits of the Village of Alfred , City of Batavia , Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development … provided adequate security training to employees. City of Batavia – Business Improvement District (Genesee County) City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… County) The board and district officials prepared budgets for the 2013-14 through the 2015-16 fiscal years that … fund policy did not stipulate the maximum funding levels for each reserve, the conditions necessary for using reserves to finance related costs or the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0DiNapoli: 2015 Sales Tax Collections Drop in 30 Counties
… Annual local sales tax collections declined in 30 of the 57 counties outside of New York City last year, … across the state grew by 3.6 percent, or $552 million, in 2015 compared to 2014. But the increase was nearly … saw an increase of $487 million. “The unpredictability in sales tax collections continues to have financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-2015-sales-tax-collections-drop-30-countiesState Agencies Bulletin No. 880
… Reason Code IHR and the creation of Reason Codes 130 and 131 . Affected Employees All employees who are appointed to a … hiring rate based on Section 130.4 and/or Section 131.1a of the Civil Service Law Background Civil Service Law … the salary grade in one or all areas or locations of the State, the Director may increase the minimum salary for that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/880-new-increased-hiring-rate-reason-codesUnited HealthCare Insurance Company of New York – Empire Plan Drug Rebates (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the implementation status of the two recommendations made in our audit report, United HealthCare Insurance Company of New York: Empire Plan Drug Rebates (Report 2014-S-62). Background …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/24/united-healthcare-insurance-company-new-york-empire-plan-drug-rebates-followSelected Operating and Administrative Practices of the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (Follow-Up)
… prevention and deterrence to detection and prosecution. For example, our analysis of prescription data identified … more than 325,000 prescriptions filled over 565,000 times for controlled substances such as Oxycodone (OxyContin), … recommendations: to review the identified prescriptions for potential investigations; enhance routine data analysis; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/09/23/selected-operating-and-administrative-practices-bureau-narcotic-enforcement-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 811
… Purpose To inform agencies of two new fields on the TIAA/CREF Suspense/NRI page in … day vesting requirement and/or completing seven (7) years of service). Previously, upon an employee’s rehire, agencies … retain the previous projected dates in effect at the time of the employee’s termination thus requiring agencies to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/811-new-fields-tiaacref-suspensenri-page-payservDiNapoli Releases Year-End State Cash Report
… a year earlier. Significant increases include spending for public health programs (up $2.2 billion largely because of … For access to state and local government spending, public authority financial and debt data and information on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-releases-year-end-state-cash-reportUpstate New York Company Delivers $450,000 Investment Gain To The State Pension Fund
… New York State Common Retirement Fund"™s (Fund) investment in Canandaigua-based ClearMomentum has generated a $450,000 … of companies across the state that the Fund invests in through its In-State Private Equity Investment Program. … economies. Our program continues to serve as a model for public pension funds around the country looking to develop …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/upstate-new-york-company-delivers-450000-investment-gain-state-pension-fundCompliance With the Clery Act
… public and private colleges participating in federal Title IV student financial aid programs to prepare and publish an … requirements could result in DoE-imposed civil fines and suspension from financial aid programs. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/08/22/compliance-clery-actAmusement Park and Fair Ride Safety
… for protecting the safety and health of workers and the public. As part of this role, its Industry Inspection Unit is … The results of each inspection are available online for public access. Key Findings Over the three-year period, there …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/08/12/amusement-park-and-fair-ride-safetyImplementation of the Security Guard Act (Follow-Up)
… policies and procedures for reviewing and processing arrest notifications and notifying the Division of Criminal … Justice Services of inactive guards, which resulted in 14 arrest notifications where security guards were no longer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/implementation-security-guard-act-followComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… adopted budgets that did not include estimated expenses for recurring revenues and realistic estimates for expenditures. As a result, the district has accumulated … and approved before payment, appropriately supported and for valid business purposes. However, two tuition claim …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0Oversight of Sidewalk Sheds (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the 15 recommendations included in our initial audit report, … of more than 1 million buildings and construction sites in NYC. This includes enforcing provisions of the NYC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/07/06/oversight-sidewalk-sheds-followSales Tax Vendor Registration Practices (Follow-Up)
… extent of implementation of the recommendation included in our initial audit report, Sales Tax Vendor Registration … of Taxation and Finance (Department) is responsible for administering more than 40 State and local taxes, … and imposed by localities and range from 3% to 4.875%, and in the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/21/sales-tax-vendor-registration-practices-followState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… could not explain how the finance committee participated in the budgeting process or identify what reports the … practice of overestimating appropriations resulted in it levying more real property taxes than needed and resulted in the accumulation of surplus fund balance in excess of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsEthics Oversight (2020-MS-1)
… For the 20 local governments we examined: 95 percent of local governments did not ensure their Ethics Boards … officers and employees. 90 percent did not comply with all of the GML requirements we tested. 90 percent did not ensure … not review disclosure statements for potential conflicts of interest and completeness. 50 percent (7 of 14) of Ethics …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2020/12/30/ethics-oversight-2020-ms-1Appointment of Claims Auditor – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… Establishing a separate position with the responsibility for auditing claims may increase the effectiveness of this key control because a claims auditing official would be … or school district operations plays an important role in deciding whether or not the appointment of a claims …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/appointment-claims-auditor