The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its second Quarterly Report of 2023, which summarizes concluded investigations, inquiries, intakes, and other operations of OIG, from April 1, 2023, through June 30, 2023. This report has been filed with City Council pursuant to Section 2-56-120 of the Municipal Code of Chicago. Notably, […]
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OIG Finds Chicago Police Department’s Search Warrant Files Are Incomplete, Paper-based, and Decentralized, Preventing Tracking of Wrong Raids; Proposed Policy Changes May Address Some Shortcomings
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the final report in a series from its inquiry into the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) service of residential search warrants. OIG found that, to date, CPD’s maintenance of search warrant files has been incomplete, paper-based, and decentralized, with records housed by individual units and, […]
Read MoreOIG Audit Finds Chicago Department of Public Health Does Not Enforce the Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Ordinance
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the results of its audit of the Chicago Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) enforcement of the City’s construction and demolition (C&D) debris recycling ordinance. The objective of the audit was to determine whether CDPH ensures that contractors who work on construction and demolition projects […]
Read MoreCity Code Requires Mayor to Appoint a Chief Administrative Officer; Longstanding Vacancy in that Position Contributes to Gaps in Interdepartmental Coordination
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an Advisory Concerning Interdepartmental Coordination and the City’s Administrative Officer Position. The advisory was prompted by OIG’s observations across multiple inquiries from 2019 to 2022 of poor coordination among different City departments and resulting losses of efficiency and effectiveness in City services. In a […]
Read MoreMore Than Two Years After Audit, OIG’s Second Follow-up Finds City’s Employee Evaluation Process Still Lacking
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a Second Follow-up to OIG’s Audit of the Department of Human Resources (DHR) Performance Evaluation Process. The objective of OIG’s original October 2020 audit was to determine whether DHR ensured that City of Chicago departments evaluate their employees as required by City rules, and, […]
Read MoreMore Than Two Years After Audit, OIG’s Second Follow-up Finds City’s Employee Evaluation Process Still Lacking
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a Second Follow-up to OIG’s Audit of the Department of Human Resources (DHR) Performance Evaluation Process. The objective of OIG’s original October 2020 audit was to determine whether DHR ensured that City of Chicago departments evaluate their employees as required by City rules, and, […]
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