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Travel Advisory No. 17
… Subject : Agency Provided Meals to State Employees As a reminder, the Office of the State … agency or another agency provides meals without charge to the employee, that fact including the name of the … not reimbursable. Therefore, employees are not entitled to a per diem meal allowance on a day they consumed a meal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/travel-advisory/17-agency-provided-meals-state-employeesAccounts Payable Advisory No. 49
… impacts the Scheduled Due field and, where applicable, the Discount Due field. The default Basis Date for vendors … the Basis Date to calculate the Scheduled Due field and Discount Due field, where applicable. Note: This section used …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/49-gfo-updates-basis-date-invoice-received-date-mir-date-and-paymentFriendship Central School District – Fund Balance and Reserves (2022M-55)
… to fund operations. Reduce surplus fund balance to comply with the statutory limit. Return improperly restricted funds to general fund surplus fund balance in compliance with applicable statutes. District officials generally agreed with our recommendations and indicated they plan to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/22/friendship-central-school-district-fund-balance-and-reserves-2022m-55Jamestown City School District – Fund Balance and Reserves (2022M-97)
… complete report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Jamestown City School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials properly managed fund balance and reserves. Key Findings The Board and District officials did not properly manage fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/09/23/jamestown-city-school-district-fund-balance-and-reserves-2022m-97Norwood-Norfolk Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-129)
… balance was $1.7 million, $0.7 million or 2.9 percentage points over the limit. Surplus fund balance must be used to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/10/norwood-norfolk-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-129Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District – Information Technology Assets and Network Access (2022M-151)
… Develop written procedures for tracking IT assets. Nine of 31 devices (laptops, desktops and tablets) we tested were … Enter into a service level agreement (SLA) with each of the District’s IT service providers to clearly identify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/12/30/frankfort-schuyler-central-school-district-information-technology-assetsSilver Creek Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-153)
… not properly manage fund balance and reserves, resulting in more taxes being levied than were needed to fund … deficits when it had operating surpluses; the swing in operational results totaled $9.7 million. As of June 30, … with the statutory limit. Reduce overfunded reserves in accordance with applicable statutes. District officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/01/06/silver-creek-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-153Montauk Union Free School District – Information Technology (2022M-137)
… School District (District) officials secured access to the network and financial application and developed an … application, they did not adequately secure access to the network or develop an IT contingency plan. As a result, there is an increased risk that the network may be accessed by unauthorized individuals, data …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/01/27/montauk-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2022m-137Town of Western - Supervisor’s Records and Reports (2022M-184)
… reports. As a result, the Town Board’s (Board’s) ability to monitor the Town’s financial operations and make sound … not have accurate financial records and has been unable to obtain bonding for a capital project. In addition, the … records. Provide reliable monthly financial reports to the Board and file AUDs, as required. Town officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/02/10/town-western-supervisors-records-and-reports-2022m-184Afton Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2023M-18)
… fund balance exceeded the 4 percent statutory limit in each of the last three fiscal years by approximately $2.9 … appropriated fund balance that was not needed, which in effect is a reservation of fund balance that is not … the statutory limit. The District incurred $63,561 in unnecessary interest and other associated costs for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/16/afton-central-school-district-fund-balance-management-2023m-18Town of Urbana – Supervisor’s Financial Records and Reports (2022M-14)
… Town Supervisor (Supervisor) maintained complete, accurate and up-to-date accounting records and reports. Key Findings The Supervisor did not ensure that the Town’s accounting records and reports were complete, accurate, up to date, reliable or … Town Supervisor Supervisor maintained complete accurate and uptodate accounting records and reports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/05/13/town-urbana-supervisors-financial-records-and-reports-2022m-14White Plains City School District – Financial Management (2020M-71)
… The District’s fund balance over the past five years grew to $97.9 million, the equivalent of 43 percent of the … were overestimated in previous budgets and continued to be overestimated. District officials made year-end transfers totaling about $29 million to reserves. The transfers were made to stay within the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/10/30/white-plains-city-school-district-financial-management-2020m-71Town of Patterson – Justice Court Operations (2020M-63)
… reviewed were not reported or incorrectly reported to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), or were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2020/11/06/town-patterson-justice-court-operations-2020m-63Suffolk County Probation Department – Restitution Payments (S9-20-9)
… Recommendations Establish adequate policies and procedures for enforcing and monitoring restitution obligations. Provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2021/12/14/suffolk-county-probation-department-restitution-payments-s9-20-9Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District – Fund Balance Management (2021M-116)
… were realized. When unused appropriated fund balance is added to the surplus fund balance, the recalculated … 2021-22 budget. Annually appropriating fund balance that is not needed to finance operations is, in effect, a reservation of fund balance not provided for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/10/bayport-blue-point-union-free-school-district-fund-balance-managementHolland Central School District – Claims Audit (2021M-210)
… the Holland Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) ensured that claims were adequately … be made and not be detected and corrected. We reviewed 75 of 1,661 claims totaling $1,804,573 and found that claims … documentation such as itemized invoices or detail of services provided. Further, the Board did not comply with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/03/04/holland-central-school-district-claims-audit-2021m-210Town of Morehouse – Records and Reports (2021M-182)
… by about $1.7 million as of June 30, 2021. Federal payroll taxes were not filed timely, resulting in interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/03/18/town-morehouse-records-and-reports-2021m-182Sullivan County Funding Corporation – Millennium Revolving Loan Program (2021M-196)
… established policy guidelines (guidelines) and ensured businesses complied with loan agreements. Key Findings … accordance with established guidelines and did not ensure businesses complied with their agreements. The Loan Review … second by $15,710 or 76 percent. Officials did not verify businesses’ self-reported job creation and retention numbers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/local-development-corporation/2022/03/25/sullivan-county-funding-corporation-millennium-revolvingChittenango Central School District – Information Technology (2023M-155)
… Officials also have less assurance that, in the event of a disruption or disaster such as a ransomware attack, … to officials, we determined: Eighty-nine (15 percent) of the District’s nonstudent network user accounts were no longer needed and should have been disabled. Eleven of 21 local user accounts (52 percent) reviewed on 12 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/08/chittenango-central-school-district-information-technology-2023m-155City of New Rochelle – Physical Accessibility to Programs and Services (S9-24-38)
… complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Assess whether City of New Rochelle (City) officials could take additional steps to increase … Assess whether City of New Rochelle City officials could take additional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2025/02/21/city-new-rochelle-physical-accessibility-programs-and-services-s9-24-38