OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, 2022 BUDGET HEARINGS Madame Chair and Members of the City Council: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations and to submit the following opening statement. Since our last annual Budget Committee hearing, OIG has continued to execute its […]
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IG Statement to the Joint Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight and Environmental Protection and Energy Regarding the Audit of Commercial and High-Density Residential Recycling Enforcement
Thank you, Committee chairs and members, for the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon about the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit of the Department of Streets and Sanitation’s (DSS) enforcement of recycling requirements for commercial and high-density residential buildings—i.e., those with five or more housing units. The Chicago Recycling Ordinance requires owners or […]
Read MoreInspector General’s 2020 Statement to Chicago City Council
Madame Chair and Members of the City Council: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations and to submit the following opening statement. During 2020, the inspector general function at the national level has come under attack prompted by executive reaction to the independence of its […]
Read MoreIG Statement to the Joint Commitee on Public Safety and Education and Child Development Regarding the Chicago Police Department’s Management of School Resource Officers in Chicago Public Schools
Thank you, Committee Chairs and Members, for the opportunity to speak to you this morning on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) review of the Chicago Police Department’s management of School Resource Officers (SROs) assigned to Chicago Public Schools (CPS). In many communities across the nation, sworn local law enforcement personnel are assigned to public […]
Read MoreInspector General Statement to the Joint Committee on Budget and Government Operations, Ethics and Government Oversight, and Public Safety Regarding the Juvenile Intervention Support Center
Thank you, Committee Chairs and members, for the opportunity to speak to you this morning on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit of the Juvenile Intervention and Support Center (JISC). The JISC operates as a partnership between the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS), implemented to divert youth […]
Read MoreDeputy Inspector General for Public Safety Nominee’s 2020 Statement to Chicago Public Safety Committee
Opening Statement of Deborah Witzburg, 2020 Public Safety Committee Nomination, June 3, 2020 To Chairman Taliaferro, Vice Chair Osterman, and Members of the Public Safety Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. I am honored to have been nominated to serve as the City’s Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety, and I am […]
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