Inspector General Joe Ferguson released the following statement on Deputy Inspector General Soo Choi being named the Commissioner for the City’s Department of Human Resources by Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel: “Today, Mayor-elect Emanuel announced Deputy Inspector General Soo Choi as his nominee to be the next Commissioner of the City’s Department of Human Resources. Ms. Choi […]
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Inspector General Announces New Transparency Initiative “Open Chicago”
Citing the importance of promoting and enhancing transparency in City government Inspector General Joe Ferguson today announced “Open Chicago,” a new transparency initiative. Hosted on the City of Chicago’s Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) newly redesigned website, the initiative is aimed at increasing the public’s understanding of City government and to further the OIG’s mandate […]
Read MoreImpact of The City of Chicago’s 2009-2011 Furloughs on Employee Pensions
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report today stating that the City publicly overstated savings realized from its furlough program by $11.05 million. Additionally, the OIG report found that the furlough program will result in increasing the funding shortfall of City employees’ pension funds by approximately $24.55 million dollars. “As […]
Read MoreCrooked Code: Expediter Sentenced to Three Years Probation
A former Chicago woman who provided extraordinary cooperation in Operation Crooked Code, a federal public corruption investigation of the City of Chicago building permit process, avoided prison and was sentenced on January 14, 2011 to three years of probation. The defendant, Catherine Romasanta, testified in four federal trials about how she paid bribes to city […]
Read MoreOIG Report and Recommendations Regarding Gifts from Contractors to City of Chicago Employees
In response to a series of investigations concerning violations of the City’s gift policy (Section 2-156-040 of the City of Chicago’s Ethics Ordinance), the OIG is recommending that the Mayor institute a City-wide “no-gifts” policy. “In examining gift related cases my office has investigated over the past year alone, it is clear that this recommendation […]
Read MoreCrooked Code: City Inspector Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bribery of Probe Permits
A City of Chicago building inspector was sentenced December 17, 2010 to three years in federal prison after being convicted at trial in September on bribery charges for accepting two $1,000 cash bribes from a cooperating contractor and demanding two $2,000 cash bribes from developers to approve inspections at residential and commercial construction sites, federal […]
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