IGO Releases Third Quarter 2011 Report
October 18, 2011
On October 14, 2011, the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (IGO) transmitted its third quarter report for 2011 to the City Council and City officials. The report provides a summary of IGO activity from July 1 through September 30, 2011.
“The IGO remains committed to operating as transparently as possible,” said Inspector General Joe Ferguson. “These allow City stakeholders to better understand the IGO’s role in City government, and City residents to see the ways in which their government functions.”
In addition to narrative summaries of IGO investigations, the report includes specific policy recommendations the IGO has proposed to the City, and updates of the IGO’s Shakman Oversight activities, the IGO’s Open Chicago project, and IGO investigations that have led to criminal charges.
The IGO also released a separate public report on its investigation into mileage reimbursement in the Fire Prevention Bureau. That report, which can be accessed here details how the the IGO found that in 2009 – just a one-year snapshot of what many in the CFD volunteered has been a decades-long practice – 54 FPB inspectors and supervisors conservatively stole approximately $100,000 taxpayer dollars by filing false certifications for mileage reimbursement.