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City’s Department of Law Improperly Refused to Provide “High Profile” Hiring Records to OIG – But Then Produced Them in Response to Covert FOIA Request

FOR RELEASE: March 4, 2026 PRESS CONTACT: Deanna Shoss, Communications, 773-478-8417 The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published an Advisory on the Department of Law’s (DOL) Cooperation with Oversight of Its Employment Actions. OIG advised DOL that it had failed to meet its duty to cooperate with OIG’s statutory oversight of […]

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OIG Finds Lack of Clarity, Transparency in the 311 Request Process, Limiting Its Potential to Improve City Services and Risking Public Distrust

FOR RELEASE: February 26, 2026 PRESS CONTACT: Deanna Shoss, Communications, 773-478-8417 The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has concluded its audit of the Office of Emergency Management and Communication’s (OEMC) management of 311 and its service request performance. The 311 system, which receives between 2.2 and 2.3 million requests each year, is […]

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City Paid Tens of Millions in Overtime to Potentially Ineligible Employees, OIG Finds

FOR RELEASE: January 21, 2026 PRESS CONTACT: Deanna Shoss, Communications, 773-478-8417 The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published an advisory sent to the Department of Human Resources (DHR) and the Department of Finance (DOF) alerting them that from 2020 through 2024, the City paid $26.5 million in overtime to potentially ineligible […]

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OIG Releases Fourth Quarter 2025 Report, Documenting Ethics Ordinance Violations, Improper Campaign Contributions, and more PPP Loan Fraud by City Employees

FOR RELEASE: January 15, 2026 PRESS CONTACT: Deanna Shoss, Communications, 773-478-8417 The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published its Quarterly Report for the fourth quarter of 2025, which summarizes concluded investigations, inquiries, intakes, and other operations of OIG, from October 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. This report has been filed […]

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New OIG Data Dashboard Shows Constellation of Relationships of Chicago Police Department Sworn Members Co-Accused in Misconduct Complaints

FOR RELEASE: January 13, 2026 PRESS CONTACT: Deanna Shoss, Communications, 773-478-8417 The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published a Chicago Police Department (CPD) Complaint Register Network data dashboard, allowing users to view complaints against CPD sworn members in relationship to others with whom they have been co-accused. This dashboard augments OIG’s […]

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