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Accounts Payable Advisory No. 64

… or Cancelling a Vendor, Employee Expense, or SSI/SSP Check Guidance: A vendor may request New York State reissue a check because the check was stolen and cashed by a party … determine the claim is a valid forgery, a check will be mailed to New York State Treasury. NYS Treasury will notify …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/64-forgery-checks

Town of Pulteney – Information Technology (2021M-28)

… adequately safeguarded Town information technology (IT) assets. Key Findings Town officials did not adequately safeguard Town IT assets and failed to implement the recommendations we made in 2013 to adopt comprehensive IT security policies and monitor computer use. As a result, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/06/25/town-pulteney-information-technology-2021m-28

Livonia Joint Fire District – Fire Truck Funding and Purchase (2021M-97)

… appropriations to accumulate more than $1.1 million in fund balance to purchase a fire truck costing more than …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/09/17/livonia-joint-fire-district-fire-truck-funding-and-purchase-2021m-97

Arlington Central School District – Network User Accounts (2021M-110)

… secured. In addition to sensitive information technology (IT) control weaknesses which we communicated confidentially … accounts, one former employee account and one account the IT Director could not identify to whom it belonged. These accounts have been unnecessarily active …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/10/29/arlington-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-2021m-110

Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District – Procurement of Goods and Services (2022M-122)

… of Facilities (Director) for approval. Payments to vendors totaling $1.3 million were not adequately supported … ensure they are adequately detailed. Ensure payments to vendors are for services provided. District officials …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/18/katonah-lewisboro-union-free-school-district-procurement-goods-and

Potsdam Central School District – Network User Account Controls and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-104)

Determine whether Potsdam Central School District District officials established adequate controls over network user accounts and developed an information technology IT contingency plan

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/12/02/potsdam-central-school-district-network-user-account-controls-and

Cayuga County – Security of Electronic Public Health Department Personal, Private and Sensitive Information (2022M-146)

… PPSI. In addition to sensitive information technology (IT) control weaknesses communicated confidentially to … containing PPSI on 32 of the 61 County-owned Department IT devices we examined, in violation of County policies. … inventoried PPSI in their possession. County officials and IT staff did not establish formal written procedures to help …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2022/12/02/cayuga-county-security-electronic-public-health-department-personal-private-and

Town of Chemung – Conflict of Interest (2022M-176)

… York State General Municipal Law Article 18, each invoice for repair work provided by the auto service corporations …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/12/16/town-chemung-conflict-interest-2022m-176

Town of Orange – Former Highway Superintendent’s Records (2019M-30)

… governmental administration in the Second Degree for destroying Town records. In December 2020, the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/04/16/town-orange-former-highway-superintendents-records-2019m-30

Babylon Union Free School District – Medicaid Reimbursements (2022M-91)

… As a result, District taxpayers incurred the full cost of providing more than $536,000 in Medicaid-eligible … reimbursement. District officials generally agreed with our recommendations and have indicated they planned to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/01/13/babylon-union-free-school-district-medicaid-reimbursements-2022m-91

East Williston Union Free School District – Management of Nonstudent Network User Accounts (2022M-171)

… Audit Objective Determine whether East Williston Union Free School District (District) officials adequately managed …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/16/east-williston-union-free-school-district-management-nonstudent-network

Portville Central School District - Financial Management (2018M-245)

… Board annually appropriated fund balance that was not used to finance operations and overestimated appropriations by … and the amount of fund balance that will be used to fund operations. Reduce unrestricted fund balance to within the statutory limit and use the excess funds in a …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/03/29/portville-central-school-district-financial-management-2018m-245

Village of Interlaken - Water and Sewer Financial Operations and Information Technology (2019M-74)

… Key Findings The water and sewer infrastructure are in disrepair and the Board did not develop a comprehensive, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2019/06/14/village-interlaken-water-and-sewer-financial-operations-and-information

Town of Alexandria - Redwood Water and Sewer District Charges (2019M-90)

… Determine whether the Town billed charges in the Redwood Water and Sewer Districts in accordance with Town ordinances. Key Findings Town officials did not bill water and sewer charges in accordance with Town ordinances. We found: The water ordinance did not provide a clear, consistent and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/12/13/town-alexandria-redwood-water-and-sewer-district-charges-2019m-90

Town of Aurora - Real Property Acquisition and Sale (2018M-64)

… whether the Town Board (Board) used an adequate process to purchase and sell real property in the most cost beneficial manner. Key … money than necessary: The Town spent over $3.6 million to purchase and renovate the Southside Municipal Center …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2018/09/14/town-aurora-real-property-acquisition-and-sale-2018m-64

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