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 […]
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Significant Activity Report: State of Illinois v. John Balzano
On October 5, 2018, John Balzano pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1 million from the City of Chicago via a contracting pass-through scheme. Standing before Circuit Court Judge Kenneth J. Wadas, Mr. Balzano plead guilty to one Class 1 felony of theft of government property (720 ILCS 5/16-1(a)(2)) and one Class 2 felony of fraudulently […]
Read MoreOIG Releases 2019 APR Audit Plan Draft for Public Comment
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, […]
Read MoreOIG Finds Chicago Police Department’s School Resource Officer Program Requires Immediate Changes
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 […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Follow-Up of Language Access Ordinance Compliance Audit
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 […]
Read MoreOIG Launches New Information Portal
Today, the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has unveiled a public, user-friendly Information Portal on its redesigned website. This portal is an interactive data visualization tool that provides the public with an unprecedented means of engaging and understanding City of Chicago data. The portal dashboards contain over 100 ways for users to […]
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