The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its second quarter report for 2019 to the City Council. The report summarizes the Office’s activity from April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. This quarter’s report contains summaries of concluded investigations, inquiries, and other activities, including: An OIG investigation established that a Civilian […]
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OIG Audit of the Chicago Department of Transportation Finds That the City is Losing More Than $1 Million a Year Due to Incomplete and Inaccurate Commercial Driveway Billing
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) which finds that the Department either did not bill, or inaccurately billed, an estimated 6,713 permitholders, resulting in an annual revenue loss between $1.1 million and $1.5 million. CDOT also has no confidence that it […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Advisory Concerning Inequities in the Aldermanic Menu Program and Chicago’s Residential Street Infrastructure Management
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an advisory following up on its 2017 audit of the Aldermanic Menu Program (“Menu”), which found that the City perpetuates significant inequities between wards and underfunds residential street infrastructure needs by approximately $228.8 million annually. The previous administration disagreed with our findings and declined […]
Read MoreOIG Follow-Up Inquiry Finds CPD’s School Resource Officer Program Has Not Fully Implemented Recommendations nor Included Community Stakeholders
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety Section has issued a follow-up of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) management of School Resource Officers (SRO) assigned to Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Based on the Department’s responses, OIG concludes that CPD has fully implemented one recommendation and four recommendations still remain pending. Our 2018 review determined […]
Read MoreOIG Follow Up on the Chicago Department of Transportation’s Management of the Public Way Finds Some Recommendations Are Not Fully Implemented
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its January 2018 audit evaluating the design and implementation of the Chicago Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) management of construction in the public way. Based on the Department’s response, OIG concludes that CDOT has made progress, but more work remains to fully […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Third Annual Procurement Reform Task Force Progress Report
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed its Third Annual Progress Report on the work of the Procurement Reform Task Force (PRTF). The Chief Procurement Officer Committee’s 2018 Annual Report indicated that its Participating Members had fully addressed 23 recommendations and partially addressed the remaining 8. OIG concludes that the Participating […]
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