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Farmingdale Union Free School District – Payroll (2024M-22)
… work. Ensure all nonemergency overtime is preapproved in writing and properly documented. Properly budget for and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/28/farmingdale-union-free-school-district-payroll-2024m-22North Babylon Union Free School District – Online Banking (2023M-156)
… Union Free School District (District) officials ensured online banking transactions were appropriate and secure. Key Findings While we determined that online banking transactions were appropriate, the Board of … Law (GML) Section 5-a and must improve controls over online banking to ensure these transactions are secure. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/14/north-babylon-union-free-school-district-online-banking-2023m-156Willsboro Central School District – Student State Aid (2023M-119)
… manner for all special education students. Review all unclaimed State aid and submit any eligible claims for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/02/02/willsboro-central-school-district-student-state-aid-2023m-119Chenango Valley Central School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-162)
… user accounts or develop and adopt an IT contingency plan. In addition to finding sensitive IT control weaknesses, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/16/chenango-valley-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-andEast Quogue Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-8)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 20 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. … Specifically: Six IT assets with combined purchase prices of approximately $8,200 were not inventoried. In addition, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/east-quogue-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-8Pelham Union Free School District – Information Technology (2021M-134)
Determine whether Pelham Union Free School District District officials established adequate controls over user accounts to help prevent unauthorized use access and loss and adopted an adequate IT contingency plan
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/04/08/pelham-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2021m-134Horseheads Central School District – Network Access Controls (2021M-127)
… if the District was appropriately billed or receiving the best value for IT services. Did not establish formal policies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/11/12/horseheads-central-school-district-network-access-controls-2021m-127Seneca County Probation Department – Restitution Payments (S9-20-7)
… 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/seneca-county-probation-department-restitution-payments-s9-20-7Jefferson County Probation Department – Restitution Payments (S9-20-10)
… been used to pay victims with unsatisfied orders: some of the money was collected between seven and 27 years ago. … In addition, officials did not maintain an accurate list of unsatisfied restitution orders, make undisbursed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2021/12/14/jefferson-county-probation-department-restitution-payments-s9-20-10Randolph Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-22)
… inventoried and safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key … officials did not appropriately track or inventory IT assets, maintain complete IT inventory records or establish adequate controls to … audit school randolph IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/randolph-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-22East Bloomfield Central School District - Network and Financial Software Access Controls (2022M-68)
… which allowed them to potentially control all phases of financial transactions. Officials paid BOCES $539,644 for … for services. As a result, the roles and responsibilities of each party may not be understood by all parties resulting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/09/02/east-bloomfield-central-school-district-network-and-financial-softwareChappaqua Central School District - Fixed Assets (2022M-186)
… the District’s new asset list is complete, accurate and up-to-date and that all fixed assets are tagged. Ensure that all … District’s new asset list. Update the fixed asset policy to require periodic and unannounced inventory counts. … our recommendations and have initiated or they planned to initiate corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/04/14/chappaqua-central-school-district-fixed-assets-2022m-186Windsor Central School District – Fuel Controls (2022M-133)
… accounted for. Key Findings District officials did not have adequate internal controls over fuel credit card … Employees used District credit cards to purchase fuel, but records were not always maintained to report who used the … adequate controls to safeguard diesel fuel stored in the District’s 10,000-gallon storage tank. Without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/23/windsor-central-school-district-fuel-controls-2022m-133Westhampton Beach Union Free School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2021M-9)
… for. Deposits were not always supported by school deposit forms or accurately completed bank deposit slips and activity logs. Of the collections we … percent) were not supported by a duplicate press-numbered receipt. Twenty-one of the 24 ECA clubs did not maintain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/04/09/westhampton-beach-union-free-school-district-extra-classroom-activityState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… prepared and submitted state aid forms for three of these buses. The district unnecessarily borrowed more than $294,000 when purchasing 11 buses. Auditors estimate the district will pay about $11,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Responsibility for IT Internal Controls – Information Technology Governance
… IT manager, department head(s) or an IT vendor. Asking the right questions is not only an effective way to exercise oversight, it can be done at little or no cost. On the other hand, not asking the right questions may potentially leave weaknesses undetected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/responsibility-it-internal-controlsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-123
… defined below: Represented employees in Bargaining Units SA, SR, SN, G9, F8, DR, SG, S9, SK, SD and 87 Unrepresented … 2/28/06. The ratification dates were: 7/1/04 DR, F8, S9, SA, SD, SG, SN, SR 7/6/04 G9, SK 8/4/04 87, CT, 86, 88 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-123-ratification-bonus-payment-certain-ucs-employeesState Agencies Bulletin No. 306
… information about additional public queries available for agency use. Affected Employees Agency PaySR users with access to create and/or run PS … Qeries Duplicate Overtime Payments Position Management Agency Actions Payroll officers should distribute this … information about additional public queries available for agency use …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/306-new-generic-public-queries-ps-query-databaseOnTECH Charter High School - Information Technology (2023M-71)
… Determine whether OnTECH Charter High School School officials ensured information technology …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2024/03/15/ontech-charter-high-school-information-technology-2023m-71Brentwood Union Free School District – Information Technology (2023M-83)
… Brentwood Union Free School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and officials ensured computerized data was … users with information technology (IT) security awareness training and implementing an IT contingency plan. Key … safeguarded. In addition, the District has an increased risk that the network may be accessed by unauthorized …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/11/03/brentwood-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2023m-83