Quarterly Report: First Quarter 2024

Executive Summary

OIG’s mission is to promote economy, effectiveness, efficiency, and integrity in the administration of programs and the operation of City government. OIG accomplishes its mission through investigations of allegations of misconduct, performance audits, evaluations and reviews, data analysis and visualization, and other inquiries.

When OIG investigates and sustains allegations of misconduct, it issues summary reports of investigations to the appropriate authority, City management officials, and/or the Mayor’s Office, with investigative findings and recommendations for corrective action and discipline. Narrative summaries of sustained administrative investigations, i.e., those typically involving violations of the City’s Personnel Rules, Debarment Rules, and Ethics Ordinance––and the resulting department or agency actions––are released in quarterly reports. OIG’s investigations resulting in criminal sanctions or civil recovery actions are summarized in quarterly reports following public action (e.g., indictment) and updated in ensuing quarterly reports as court developments warrant.

OIG’s performance audits, programmatic inquiries, and advisories are directed to the appropriate agency for comment and response and are then published on the OIG website. From time to time, OIG also issues notifications to a City department for attention and comment; those notifications are summarized, along with any response, in the ensuing quarterly report.

Listen to the report highlights video with Inspector General Deborah Witzburg posted on YouTube. 

Correction

In OIG’s 2024 first quarter report, published on April 15, 2024, OIG reported 214 currently active misconduct investigations, including 20 for Elected Officials. The report was corrected on April 16, 2024, to report 213 currently active misconduct investigations, including 19 for Elected Officials.