PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON INTERNAL CONTROLS

The SUNY Oneonta Internal Control Program is one of many interrelated activities that help ensure the accomplishment of our institutional mission, goals and objectives. Essential components of a sound internal control program include the cooperation and participation of all employees in an environment that values high standards of competence and integrity. I consider an effective internal control system to be a high priority and I ask your cooperation as we work together to carry out the strategic plan of the college.

As an agency of the State of New York, SUNY is required to comply with the mandates of the New York State Governmental Accountability, Audit and Internal Control Act of 1999. As a division of SUNY, our college is required to establish and maintain a system of internal controls designed to minimize risks to our human and financial resources, property, and institutional integrity. Internal control is a system that integrates activities, plans, attitudes, policies and collaborative efforts within the college to provide reasonable assurance that we can achieve our mission, goals and objectives in an efficient, effective manner.

Through system design and periodic testing our internal control program attempts to ensure:

1. Success of the college’s mission.
2. Appropriate safeguarding of state and college assets.
3. Accurate recording, preservation and reporting of institutional data.
4. Efficient and effective use of all available resources.
5. College compliance with SUNY policies, procedures and guidelines.
6. College compliance with all federal and New York state laws and regulations.

Proper implementation of our internal control program requires management support as well as participation and cooperation of all employees. Competence and professional integrity are required of each member of the faculty and staff. As president of the college I am required to certify and comment on our internal control program annually. It is my intention, with every employee’s participation and cooperation, to maintain a program of the highest quality.

Our Internal Control Program will continue under the direction of the Internal Control Advisory Committee consisting of representatives from each division of the college. Thank you to the committee, and every employee for understanding the significance and participating in the success of our Internal Control Program.

If you have questions regarding the Internal Control Program, please contact the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration at 607-436-2081.

Thank you.



Dr. Nancy Kleniewski
President