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East Moriches Union Free School District -- Budget Review (B7-16-3)
… Purpose of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the District’s proposed budget for the 2016-17 fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/04/01/east-moriches-union-free-school-district-budget-review-b7-16-3Yonkers City School District – Fixed Assets (2015M-229)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review controls over the District’s fixed … City School District is the school district for the City of Yonkers. The District operates 39 schools with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/12/11/yonkers-city-school-district-fixed-assets-2015m-229Bath Central School District – Reserves (2016M-401)
… in the Towns of Avoca, Bath, Cameron, Thurston, Urbana and Wheeler in Steuben County. The District, which operates … inaccurately reported one reserve totaling $330,000 and overfunded two reserves totaling approximately $297,000. … of funds to be reserved, how each reserve will be funded and when the balances will be used to finance related costs. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/01/27/bath-central-school-district-reserves-2016m-401Hammond Central School District – Payroll (2016M-398)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the District's payroll … Hammond Central School District is located in the Towns of Hammond, Rossie, Morristown and Macomb in St. Lawrence County and the Town of Alexandria in Jefferson County. The District, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/02/17/hammond-central-school-district-payroll-2016m-398Schenectady City School District – Math Workbook Inventory (2023M-65)
… inventory records and ordered excessive quantities of workbooks. As a result, officials ordered 4,126 sets (each set serves one student) of workbooks that cost $143,036, which were not needed during … did not maintain a comprehensive perpetual inventory of workbooks, nor did they perform annual inventory counts at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/11/10/schenectady-city-school-district-math-workbook-inventory-2023m-65North Collins Central School District – Information Technology Equipment Inventory (2023M-39)
… officials maintained a complete and accurate inventory of information technology (IT) assets. Key Findings District … did not maintain a complete and accurate inventory of IT assets (computers, tablets, document cameras, etc.).As … were not always updated to include all acquisitions of, removed/disposed of, or recycled IT assets. Of the 79 IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/23/north-collins-central-school-district-information-technology-equipmentState Agencies Bulletin No. 180
… Active employees (incumbents and employees on paid leave of absence) in multi-filled salaried positions when the … include the positions which are overfilled on the last day of the pay period (pay end date) for the specified check date. OSC may withhold salary payments of employees in overfilled positions. Agency Actions Review …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/180-overfilled-salaried-positionsBolivar-Richburg Central School District - Financial Management (2019M-17)
… Findings The Board overestimated appropriations by a total of $3.8 million and annually appropriated $500,000 of fund balance that was not used to finance operations during our audit period. As of June 30, 2018, surplus fund balance totaled almost $1.5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/07/bolivar-richburg-central-school-district-financial-management-2019m-17Travel Advisory No. 12
… for mileage using the SFS Mileage Detail page in lieu of form AC 160-S. Guidance : The Office of the State Comptroller updated Sections XIII.3 – Record … Expense Reimbursement regarding traveler and proxy use of the Statement of Automobile Travel (AC 160-S) and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/travel-advisory/12-gfo-update-xiii3-xiii4-ac-160-ssfs-mileage-detail-pagePittsfield Volunteer Fire Department – Cash Receipts and Disbursements (2016M-310)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the Department’s internal … Fire Department provides fire protection for the Town of Pittsfield in Otsego County. The Department has … members and is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Directors. For 2015, the Department's reported revenues …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2016/12/09/pittsfield-volunteer-fire-department-cash-receipts-andLindenhurst Union Free School District – Collections (2024M-24)
… and reported. As a result, there was an increased risk of improper accounting of and potential theft of collections without detection. We reviewed $311,876 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/07/19/lindenhurst-union-free-school-district-collections-2024m-24Northeastern Clinton Central School District – Foster Care Tuition Billing (2024M-48)
… care students enrolled at the District. As a result, as of June 30, 2023, officials had not billed $95,210 of the $129,538 (73 percent) in tuition to which it was … billed. District officials did not: Provide oversight of the employees who prepared the tuition bills. Establish …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/16/northeastern-clinton-central-school-district-foster-care-tuition-billingCost-Saving Ideas: Managing Your Travel and Conference Expenses
… for reimbursement, you can cut costs and mitigate the risk of fraud. Understand the Risks Your governing board should … such as spouses Extending trips after the end of conferences at taxpayer expense for personal reasons Missing or insufficient documentation of expenses incurred Failing to adequately audit travel …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-managing-your-travel-and-conference-expensesState Agencies Bulletin No. 657
… card and verify the completeness, accuracy and legibility of the Federated Fund Code, Amount of Deduction, Employee’s Agency Code, Social Security Number … Federated Fund Code, which appears at the top right of the form, should be used as the Deduction Code. Cards …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/657-2007-sefa-campaignUnited HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Eastern Orange Ambulatory Surgery Center
… Surgery Center, LLC waived Empire Plan members’ out-of-pocket costs, and if so, to quantify the overpayments made … primary health benefits plan for NYSHIP, covering a range of services from inpatient hospital care to outpatient … and physician office visits. The New York State Department of Civil Service contracts with United HealthCare (United) to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/05/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-eastern-orange-ambulatory-surgery-centerNew York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era (May 13, 2021)
… businesses, and state and local governments. Three of these laws, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic … national payments declined to $141.5 billion. The number of payments declined to 146 million, owing to statutorily … billion in payments were provided under CARES and CRTR; of this, $23.8 billion (or 5.8 percent) was received by New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-economy-and-finances-covid-19-era-may-13-2021Area #10 – Firewalls and Intrusion Detection – Information Technology Governance
… are often useful, they also increase the vulnerability of IT systems and electronic data to access and attacks from … review logged activities/events. There are several types of firewalls, each with varying capabilities to analyze … to defined rules. Understanding the capabilities of each type of firewall, acquiring firewall technologies and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-10-firewalls-and-intrusion-detectionAdditional Resources – Information Technology Contingency Planning
… https://www.cisecurity.org/ms-isac/ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Computer Security … New York State Office of Information Technology Services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-contingency-planning/additional-resourcesDiNapoli: State Should Improve Financial Literacy Efforts
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit of five agencies, including the Department of Financial Services (DFS), the Department of State (DOS), the NYS Office for the Aging (NYSOFA), the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-state-should-improve-financial-literacy-effortsXIX.2.B Project Information and Budget Control – XIX. Project Costing (PCIP)
… Project Types are established to take advantage of functionality including Standard Activities ( See Section … Data. Project Type is a way to identify groups of similar projects for consistent types of information to … can access and transact against the project. The owner of the Project is the GLBU creating the Project, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xix/xix2b-project-information-and-budget-control