Tài chính & Kiểm toán Phiên bản này (Volume IX, ấn bản 3) sẽ là phiên bản cuối cùng của bản tin giải pháp. Văn phòng hoạt động trong Văn phòng Kiểm soát viên Nhà nước sẽ được kết hợp bản tin Giải pháp và bản tin Express lương thành một trong những ấn phẩm. | Office of the State Comptroller Financial Audit Solutions September 2007 Volume IX Issue 3 Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Office of Operations This edition Volume IX Issue 3 will be the final edition of the Solutions Newsletter. The Office of Operations within the State Comptroller s Office will be combining the Solutions Newsletter and the Payroll Express Newsletter into one publication. The new publication will contain articles on both financial management and payroll topics and will be distributed to the current recipients of both the Solutions and the Payroll Express newsletters. Thank you for reading the Solutions Newsletter over the past several years. We look forward to continuing to provide you timely and useful financial management information through the new publication in years to come. Timber Audit The New Office of Operations Starts Debate A routine audit of the Department of Environmental Conservation DEC on State Forest Timber Sales Report 2006-S-9 sparked recent debate when it identified several issues relating to sustainable forests. The audit found that DEC cut about half of the harvestable timber from State forests. As a result the State was not able to obtain the maximum potential revenue from timber sales. Auditors discovered that between April 2001 and March 2006 the number of foresters working for DEC decreased from 46 to 33 while the amount of State-owned forested land increased by 18 700 acres. Due to staff shortages and competing priorities DEC foresters In May 2007 Comptroller DiNapoli established the Office of Operations led by Joan M. Sullivan Executive Deputy Comptroller. This Office consolidates into one organization the former State Financial Services Group Bureaus of Contracts Expenditures Accounting Operations Accounting Systems Financial Reporting and the FOCAS Project and the former Payroll and Revenue Services Division comprised of the Bureau of State Payroll Services and the Office of Unclaimed Funds . The Office of Operations
