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Cost-Saving Ideas: Using State Contracts to Acquire Goods or Services
… The procurement process goal is to obtain goods and services that are both high in quality and low in cost. The … soliciting and negotiating to obtain goods and services may not always result in the anticipated savings. … and school district officials can purchase goods and services under existing State contracts to reduce duplicative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-using-state-contracts-acquire-goods-or-servicesDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for July 2016
… $377,000 to Carbone Automotive Group for eleven 2016 Dodge Ram 1500 special service vehicles. $54,000 to Trout Unlimited … to Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP for legal services related to a personnel matter. Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation $1.1 million to MPCC Corp. for a demolition project at Nissequogue River State Park in Kings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-july-2016DiNapoli: Audits Find $70 Million in Dubious Claims, Persistent Medicaid Billing System Failures
New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today released two audits revealing more than $70 million in questionable Medicaid claims and payments
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-audits-find-70-million-dubious-claims-persistent-medicaid-billing-system-failuresXII.5.E Processing Vouchers Against a Purchase Order – XII. Expenditures
… order, the Business Unit must create and process a voucher that references the purchase order to liquidate the … order in the SFS. The SFS will automatically create a voucher in the Accounts Payable module from the electronic invoice. When the voucher is processed it will liquidate the funds encumbered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-xii/xii5e-processing-vouchers-against-purchase-orderArtificial Intelligence Governance
… and sometimes serious, consequences. New York City (NYC or City) and some of its agencies have been using AI to aid their operations. For example, the NYC Police Department (NYPD) uses AI to power its facial … To ensure transparency in the use of AI and similar tools, NYC has enacted laws and policies to require the reporting of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/02/16/artificial-intelligence-governanceLocal Sales Tax Data, Reports and Resources
… Local Sales Tax Collections Increased by 4.2 Percent in 2023 February 2024 Local government sales tax collections in … State. The report also analyzes the pandemic’s impact on consumer spending, particularly as it pertains to the local … the strength of which was partly due to better collection of taxes on internet sales from small, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/local-sales-tax-data-reports-and-resourcesPipeline Safety Oversight
… Purpose To determine whether the Public Service Commission (PSC) is providing oversight of pipeline safety in accordance … reimbursement for the costs they incur. In New York, the PSC operates a federally certified safety program for … Department of Public Service (DPS), which reports to the PSC. The PSC manages enforcement actions for intrastate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/08/pipeline-safety-oversightMedicaid Program – Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Under Managed Care
… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Health (Department) has taken appropriate … to individuals enrolled in Medicaid managed care. The audit covered the period from October 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014. Background … To determine whether the Department of Health has taken appropriate steps to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/02/18/medicaid-program-medicaid-drug-rebate-program-under-managed-careManagement of Energy Consumption
… officials have been effectively managing their agency's energy consumption. The audit covers the period April 1, 2006 … directs State agencies and public authorities to be more energy efficient and environmentally proactive. It requires … them to reduce, by December 31, 2010, their respective energy consumption in all buildings by 35 percent relative to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/05/09/management-energy-consumptionDiNapoli: New York's Medicaid System Improperly Paid Over $16 Million in Claims
… New York State Department of Health’s eMedNY computer system improperly paid $16.2 million … released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “My office pays close attention to Medicaid because it’s … of state spending," DiNapoli said. “Errors can be costly. My office's latest audit found areas where the Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-new-yorks-medicaid-system-improperly-paid-over-16-million-claimsAccidental Death Benefit – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… die as the natural and proximate result of an on-the-job accident not due to your own willful negligence, an … your behalf, regardless of your years of service credit. "Accident” has a specific meaning with NYSLRS disability and … your estate. Filing Your family or employer should notify us of your death as soon as possible, so we can send the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/accidental-death-benefitAccidental Death Benefit – State Police Plan
… die as the natural and proximate result of an on-the-job accident not due to your own willful negligence, an … your behalf, regardless of your years of service credit. "Accident” has a specific meaning with NYSLRS disability and … your estate. Filing Your family or employer should notify us of your death as soon as possible, so we can send the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/accidental-death-benefitBusiness Partners
… If you are an attorney, hearing officer or court reporter who takes part in a NYSLRS hearing proceeding, or if you are an independent medical … (2 NYCRR Part 317). After receiving a request for a hearing, the NYSLRS Hearing Administration staff notifies the … If you are an attorney hearing officer or court reporter who takes part in a NYSLRS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/business-partnersKing Center Charter School – Purchasing (2013M-215)
… July 1, 2011, through July 12, 2013. Background The King Center Charter School was established in 2000 as the first … King Center Charter School Purchasing 2013M215 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/10/25/king-center-charter-school-purchasing-2013m-215Opinion 89-11
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent … Associations (use of tax moneys to rent meeting room) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105; Laws Of 1975, Chapter 543: The … Firemen's Benevolent Association may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to rent a room in which to meet, if the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Law Pertaining to SUNY Police Officers
… from ERS to PFRS, will I go back into Tier 2? How much of my ERS time will count towards my 25 years in the PFRS special plan? If I leave employment … that has a 20 or 25 year retirement plan, does my SUNY time count toward satisfying the 20 or 25 year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/law-pertaining-suny-police-officersState Agencies Bulletin No. 1219
… OSC is preparing to upgrade PayServ from PeopleSoft version 8.9 to version 9.1. Query users must review all current Public and … needed after the upgrade. If there is a comparable Public version of their Private Query, the user should rename only …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1219-preparing-queries-payserv-upgrade-peoplesoft-v89-v91DiNapoli: Value of IDA Projects Grew 10% in 2021 to $126 Billion
… report provides taxpayers with a look at the financial and project data reported by local IDAs so they can track their … IDA projects has remained relatively stable, but total project value has been increasing. Average project value over the period increased 76% from $16.5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-value-ida-projects-grew-10-percent-in-2021-to-126-billionBlock Institute School - Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2018-S-69) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the costs reported by Block Institute School on its Consolidated Fiscal Reports (CFRs) were reasonable, necessary, directly related to...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-18s69-response.pdfOpinion 91-36
… the following conditions: (1) no feasible alternative parcel of land, public or private, is available to the … conditions, i.e., that there is no feasible alternative parcel of land available for acquisition within the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-36