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East Williston Union Free School District – Management of Nonstudent Network User Accounts (2022M-171)
… officials adequately managed and monitored nonstudent network user accounts to help prevent unauthorized use, access and loss. Key Findings … officials did not adequately manage and monitor nonstudent network user accounts to help prevent unauthorized use, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/16/east-williston-union-free-school-district-management-nonstudent-networkTompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Network Access and Information Technology Assets (2022M-65)
… accounts. Provide adequate IT security awareness training for all employees and contractors. Periodically … Preserve historical data from IT security awareness training to assess and provide adequate training to users. Periodically update the IT asset …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2022/07/01/tompkins-seneca-tioga-board-cooperative-educational-services-network-access-andHunter-Tannersville Central School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-125)
… user accounts or develop a written IT contingency plan. In addition to sensitive IT control weaknesses that were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/10/hunter-tannersville-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-andWaterville Central School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-111)
… non-student user accounts were unneeded and should have been disabled. Key Recommendations Develop written … agreed with our recommendations and indicated they have taken or plan to take corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/10/waterville-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-and-informationDiNapoli: NYS Pension Fund Commits $1.3 Billion to Sustainable Investment Program
… Retirement Fund (Fund) committed $1.3 billion to two funds as part of its Sustainable Investments and Climate … in the markets.” The Fund committed $1 billion to funds tracking the MSCI World ex-USA Climate Change Index, … enabling institutional investors such as retirement funds to integrate climate risk considerations in their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-nys-pension-fund-commits-13-billion-sustainable-investment-programNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Calls on Companies to Adopt Better Workers' Rights Policies
… labor and workers’ rights controversies. Since 2001, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has received … unionized newsrooms and not bargaining in good faith. Amid news that additional employees have considered organizing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-calls-companies-adopt-better-workers-rights-policiesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School and Local Government Audits
… officials did not properly approve or monitor agreements for PTEs. Without adequate controls, the board cannot be … period totaling approximately $94,000. A loader, which is seven years beyond its usable life, accounted for … a faculty counselor. Each club did not maintain a separate set of records from those of the central treasurer. District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-and-local-government-auditsDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that … Stress Scores Data Files FSMS Search Tool Tool Track state and local government spending at Open Book New York . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data initiative, search … State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced that five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-some-citiesOpinion 94-3
… AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements (financing expenses for street improvements against abutting owners); (necessity to … owners or upon the board's own motion, to improve a street, highway, private road or right-of-way, and assess the … is commenced (1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-703, unreported; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 537; Memorandum of the Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3Use, Collection, and Reporting of Infection Control Data (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report, Use, Collection, and Reporting … devastating consequences for older populations residing in congregate settings, such as nursing homes. Within weeks … component of any health care delivery and a key concept in achieving the Department’s mission to protect and promote …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/12/20/use-collection-and-reporting-infection-control-data-followState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… or provide adequate financial reports to the board; take action to ensure electric fund revenues kept pace with … of these accounts have not been used in more than five years. Town of German – Supervisor’s Records and Reports … eight audit recommendations, officials did not actually take corrective actions. Of the eight audit recommendations, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0DiNapoli: NYC Needs to Develop Comprehensive Plan to Manage Pandemic-Battered Finances
… and financial outlook, should develop a comprehensive plan to lay out its options before resorting to long-term borrowing to fund operations, according to a report released today by … and financial outlook should develop a comprehensive plan to lay out its options before resorting to longterm borrowing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-nyc-needs-develop-comprehensive-plan-manage-pandemic-battered-financesDiNapoli: LIRR Must Better Prepare for Severe Weather to Prevent Service Disruptions and Costly Damages
… The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) needs to do more to properly prepare for severe weather events, … The Long Island Rail Road LIRR needs to do more to properly prepare for severe weather events …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-lirr-must-better-prepare-severe-weather-prevent-service-disruptions-and-costly-damagesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… – Records and Reports (Essex County) The supervisor did not maintain complete, accurate and timely accounting … As a result, the board lacked reliable records and reports to manage the town’s financial operations, account balances … not deposit collections as required, the school did not have access to the undeposited funds, and the risk of loss, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0DiNapoli Audit Finds Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments May Have Cost Taxpayers Nearly $300 Million
… found that a lack of oversight by the state Department of Health (DOH) and the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General … claims that Medicaid never tried to recover from patients’ insurance providers. “Medicaid is essential for millions of New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-lax-oversight-medicaid-payments-may-have-cost-taxpayers-nearly-300-millionDebt – 2022 Financial Condition Report
… $72 billion of State-Funded debt, an increase of 15.1 percent since SFY 2017-18. This is the State Comptroller’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2022-fcr/debtDiNapoli Audit: ESD Needs To Increase Transparency of Its Real Estate Holdings and Sales of Properties Below Fair Market Value
… The State’s Empire State Development agency (ESD) has not been meeting … the economic benefits of the transfer compared to the fair market value of the property, a new audit from State … disclosure explaining the economic benefits to New York’s taxpayers for sales of properties below their fair market …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-audit-esd-needs-increase-transparency-its-real-estate-holdings-and-sales-properties-belowState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… reduced surplus fund balance from 19% as of June 30, 2015 to 8% as of June 30, 2023, they consistently appropriated … requires purchase contracts that exceed certain thresholds to be competitively bid. In addition, the claims auditor did … auditor did not help ensure that district funds were used to procure goods and services in a prudent and economical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsOversight of Child Protective Services (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Oversight of Child Protective Services (Report 2021-S-17 ). About the Program The New York State Child Protective Services Act of 1973 was established to encourage more complete reporting of child abuse and maltreatment, provide for the swift and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/06/oversight-child-protective-services-followDiNapoli: New York Sees Improvement in Condition of Local Bridges
… One in 10 locally owned bridges in New York state is rated in poor condition, according to a report released today … condition, down from 12.1% in 2017. The regions with the highest percentage of local bridges in poor condition in 2023 … (48.7%), and Western New York (45.4%) regions have the highest share of local bridges in good condition. Nearly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-new-york-sees-improvement-condition-local-bridges