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Compliance With Navigation Law
… Objective To determine if the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (Parks) is … requirements to ensure boaters’ safety and quality of life on State waters in accordance with New York State … October 31, 2019. About the Program With its vast network of waterways, including about 70,000 miles of rivers and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/07/01/compliance-navigation-lawState Contract and Payment Actions in April
… Moses Causeway in Suffolk County. $2.4 million with IBI Group Inc. for maintenance of New York’s 511 Traveler …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/05/state-contract-and-payment-actions-aprilState Contract and Payment Actions in May
… Markets $5.6 million with the Farmers Market Federation of NY for Farmers Market Nutrition Program check processing … Route 354 in Erie County. $4 million with Sullivan County Paving & Construction Inc. for replacement of the Route 209 … $3.1 million with Parkline Asphalt Maintenance Inc. for paving and pothole repairs at Stony Brook University. Major …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/state-contract-and-payment-actions-mayDual Employment
… and Community Supervision (DOCCS) employees who are dually employed at multiple correctional facilities or other State agencies are working their required hours at each job. The audit … work locations. Ensure that dually employed staff are working the time for which they are being paid. Provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/19/dual-employment-2Jamestown City School District – Fund Balance and Reserves (2022M-97)
… did not properly manage fund balance and reserves and need to improve their budgeting practices and transparency with … and annually appropriated fund balance that was not used to fund operations. As of June 30, 2021, surplus fund balance … Adopt budgets that include reasonable estimates for appropriations, appropriated fund balance and reserve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/09/23/jamestown-city-school-district-fund-balance-and-reserves-2022m-97Attica Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-103)
… necessary; improperly restricted more than $3 . 5 million in a debt reserve; and overfunded the unemployment insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/23/attica-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-103Friendship Central School District – Fund Balance and Reserves (2022M-55)
… years audited. This made it appear the District needed to use fund balance and reserves to close projected budget gaps. However, they were not used to fund operations. Improperly restricted $246,000 in a debt …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/22/friendship-central-school-district-fund-balance-and-reserves-2022m-55Miller Place Fire District – Credit Cards (2024M-58)
… whether the Miller Place Fire District (District) Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) ensured that credit card … and for appropriate purposes. As a result, there is an increased risk that the District will expend funds for … to purchases being made. Ensure all claims are subject to an independent audit so Commissioners are not responsible for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2024/09/13/miller-place-fire-district-credit-cards-2024m-58Sherburne-Earlville Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-61)
… officials are not presenting the District’s spending plan in a transparent and meaningful manner to taxpayers. In addition, the Board did not adopt a reserve policy to … under which reserves will be used or replenished. From 2020-21 through 2022-23, the Board and District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/04/sherburne-earlville-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-61Falconer Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-52)
… Board and District officials’ budgeting practices resulted in the District levying more real property taxes than needed, a significant accumulation of surplus fund balance in excess of the statutory limit and missed opportunities to … finance operations as a means to accumulate surplus funds in excess of the legal limit or to provide a funding source …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/09/falconer-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-52Avon Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-75)
… gaps. However, the District incurred operating surpluses in all five years we reviewed, totaling $8.2 million. Appropriating fund balance that is not needed is, in effect, a reservation of fund balance that is not provided … annual expenditures for 344 years and the debt reserve in the debt service fund had $866,000 in unidentified money …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/25/avon-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-75Brockport Central School District - Financial Management (2023M-107)
… the Brockport Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials effectively … However, the District incurred operating surpluses in each of those five years, totaling $20.9 million. The Board … million (8 percent) and underestimated revenues by a total of $8.7 million (4 percent). Five reserves had unreasonably …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/01/12/brockport-central-school-district-financial-management-2023m-107IX.12.D Federal Funding Subject to CMIA – IX. Federal Grants
… Please see CMIA regulations (e.g. 205.27b and 205.29) for other potential actions. Guide to Financial Operations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix12d-federal-funding-subject-cmiaControls Over Tablet and Kiosk Usage by Incarcerated Individuals (2022-S-8
To determine whether the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision provides sufficient oversight to ensure that the independent network, kiosks, and tablets used by Incarcerated individuals are secure, and whether secure messaging accessed by these Individuals complies with...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-22s8.pdfNon-Revenue Service Vehicles and On-Rail Equipment (2020-S-29)
To determine whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) maintains an inventory and consistently retires/disposes of its non-revenue service Highway Fleet Vehicles, and whether LIRR performs preventive maintenance on these vehicles and on-rail equipment ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-20s29.pdfSingle/Sole Source Award - C001044, Amendment #3
On September 29, 2023, the Bureau of Contracts approved a request for exemption from giving notice in the New York State Contract Reporter for an amendment to Contract C001044 with Experis US LLC for Oracle Staff Augmentation services.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/procurement/pdf/c001044-3-single-sole-source-ad.pdfFinancial Condition Analysis (for Board Members)
Performing a regular, timely financial condition analysis can provide board members with valuable information on the current and future state of a local government's finances. Regular analysis can highlight potential fiscal problems and provide information necessary for timely corrective action.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/financial-condition-analysis-110823.pdf2022 New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund Annual Financial Report
The New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund (Fund) was established in 1978 by Article 12 of the New York State Navigation Law, and administrative and operational responsibility for the Fund was assigned to the State Comptroller.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/about/pdf/oil-spill-annual-report-2022.pdf2021 New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund Annual Financial Report
The New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund (Fund) was established in 1978 by Article 12 of the New York State Navigation Law, and administrative and operational responsibility for the Fund was assigned to the State Comptroller.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/about/pdf/oil-spill-annual-report-2021.pdfSales Tax Vendor Registration Practices (2020-S-40) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) has taken steps to ensure that persons who are required to register as sales tax vendors, including those with no physical presence in the State, have done so.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s40-response.pdf