Category Archives: Press Releases

The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a second follow-up to its May 2016 audit of the Administrative Hearings’ (DOAH) adjudication timeliness which concludes that DOAH has not fully implemented corrective actions related to the audit findings. The original audit assessed whether DOAH used nationally recognized performance measures of clearance rate […]

On October 26, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis sentenced former Public Building Commission (PBC) Manager of Payroll and Benefits Tara Smith to 36 months of probation, 200 hours of community service, and restitution in the amount of $51,018 to PBC and $40,371 to the Internal Revenue Service. United States v. Tara Smith, 18 […]

The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its third quarter report for 2018 to the City Council. The report summarizes the Office’s activity from July 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018. This quarter’s report contains summaries of concluded OIG investigations, inquiries, and other activities, including: An OIG investigation which established criminal […]

The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) Audit and Program Review Section (APR) has published a draft of its 2019 Audit Plan. The Plan includes details on audits that OIG is currently considering for 2019, as well as ongoing projects and audits completed year to date. OIG is soliciting comments from City Council, […]

The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety Section has issued a review of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD or the Department) management of School Resource Officers (SRO) assigned to Chicago Public Schools (CPS). OIG concluded that CPD’s recruitment, selection, placement, training, specification of roles and responsibilities, and evaluations of its SROs are not sufficient […]

The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its September 2017 audit of the City’s compliance with the Language Access Ordinance (LAO). Based on the Department’s responses, OIG concludes that the City has only partially implemented corrective actions related to findings. The 2017 audit determined that the City was […]