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Follow-Up of Department of Streets and Sanitation Garbage Collection Performance Audit

September 15, 2016

Summary

The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its April 2015 audit of the Department of Streets and Sanitation’s (DSS) Garbage Collection Performance Measurement. OIG concludes that DSS has begun to implement corrective actions related to the audit findings.

Executive Summary

In April 2016, OIG followed up on an April 2015 audit of DSS’s Garbage Collection Performance Measurement. DSS responded by describing the corrective actions it has taken subsequent to receiving the original audit, and providing supporting documentation. We have summarized the two original findings, the associated recommendations, and the status of the Department’s corrective actions below. OIG’s follow-up inquiry did not observe or test the implementation of the new procedures, and thus makes no determination as to their effectiveness, which would require a new audit with full testing of the procedures.

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