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View the latest press releases and public statements from the Office of Inspector General. With scores of inquiry reports and comprehensive quarterly reports, there’s always something new, so check back often.

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OIG’s Audit of the Department of Water Management’s Monitoring of Overtime Finds That Despite Policies, Resources Were Not Being Utilized Effectively

March 25, 2020

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 […]

OIG’s Advisory Concerning the City of Chicago’s Data Portal Found Problems with Accuracy, Consistency, and Overall Usability

March 23, 2020

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 […]

Follow-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

March 10, 2020

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 […]

OIG 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

February 25, 2020

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. […]

OIG Follow-Up Report Finds That the Chicago Police Department Has Taken Corrective Actions Concerning Overtime Management, But Need for Reform Still Remains

February 3, 2020

The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its audit of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) overtime controls. Based on the Department’s responses, OIG concludes that CPD has initiated a systemwide overhaul of its overtime system, but that reform is still a substantial work in progress. CPD has fully […]

OIG Releases Advisory on the Chicago Police Department’s Predictive Risk Models

January 23, 2020

The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety Section has issued an advisory on the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD or the “Department”) risk models known as the Strategic Subject List (SSL) and Crime and Victimization Risk Model (CVRM). CPD received $3.8 million in federal grants and spent ten years developing these sequential models for predicting […]