The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its January 2019 Audit of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners (CBOEC). Based on the Board’s responses, we conclude that CBOEC has fully implemented 5 of the 19 audit recommendations, substantially implemented 5, partially implemented 5, and not implemented 4. The […]
Read MoreCategory Archives: Press Releases
OIG Finds That the Chicago Department of Transportation Does Not Have a Traffic Signal Management Plan and Cannot Ensure That Signals Are Optimized to Promote Traffic Safety, Reduce Congestion, or Minimize Air Pollution
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Chicago Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) traffic signal planning practices, which found that CDOT does not have a traffic signal management plan for the 2,834 signalized intersections it manages across the city. Additionally, CDOT has not established program objectives or performance […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That the Chicago Police Department Cannot Produce All Relevant and Responsive Records in its Possession nor Ensure That it is Meeting its Lawful Obligations, Due to a Lack of Resources and Inadequate Management of Record-Keeping
The Public Safety section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a review of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) processes for managing and producing its records for criminal prosecution and civil litigation arising out of law enforcement activities. OIG’s review found that the Department’s records management practices are inadequate to ensure […]
Read MoreIG Ferguson Nominates Deborah Witzburg as the Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety
The City of Chicago Inspector General has nominated Deborah Witzburg for the position of Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety. Deborah Witzburg currently serves as Associate General Counsel for Public Safety for the City of Chicago Office of the Inspector General (OIG). In this position, Witzburg has advised on legal and constitutional matters related to […]
Read MoreOIG’s Audit of the Department of Water Management’s Monitoring of Overtime Finds That Despite Policies, Resources Were Not Being Utilized Effectively
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Department of Water Management’s (DWM) overtime monitoring, with the objective of determining whether DWM effectively monitored overtime to prevent waste and abuse. Our audit focused on the Bureau of Water Supply and the Bureau of Operations and Distribution, which accounted […]
Read MoreOIG’s Advisory Concerning the City of Chicago’s Data Portal Found Problems with Accuracy, Consistency, and Overall Usability
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an advisory which finds that the City did not comply with the requirements of Executive Order No. 2012-2 (“the Order”), which governs administration of the Data Portal. In the course of several OIG projects, we encountered issues with the Portal’s usability, accessibility, transparency, and […]
Read More