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 […]
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IG 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 MoreFollow-Up of OIG’s Audit on Evaluating and Setting User Fees Finds That the City Has Made Improvements But Will Not Increase Transparency or Full-Cost Analyses
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its 2018 audit of the City’s process for evaluating and setting user fees. Based on the Department’s responses, we conclude that the Office of Budget and Management (OBM) has fully implemented four of the eight corrective actions related to the audit […]
Read MoreOIG Audit Finds That the Juvenile Intervention and Support Center Cannot Reliably Determine Whether It’s Reducing Youth Recidivism in Chicago, Due to Inadequate Record-Keeping and a Lack of Collaboration Between Chicago Police Department and Department of Family and Support Services
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Juvenile Intervention and Support Center (JISC). JISC is a partnership between the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) implemented to divert youth who are arrested for low-level offenses away from the juvenile justice system. […]
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