Here you can find publications related to our investigations, audits, and public reports of City government. While the IGO’s investigations are largely confidential, our quarterly reports include narrative summaries of some our investigations. Additionally, here you can view press releases and speeches made by the Inspector General.
Latest Publications & Press
- IGO Releases Audit of City’s Red-Light Camera Program
- IGO Releases Audit of Animal Care and Control Shelter Operations
- USAO, FBI, and IGO Announce Arrest
- IGO Issues Follow-Up Report on DFSS Grant Monitoring
- IGO Releases 1st Quarter 2013 Report
- IGO Issues Follow-Up Report Regarding Recommendations to Improve Enforcement of Certificate of Occupancy Requirements
- IGO Publishes Follow-Up Report on City’s Emergency Contracting Practices
- Inspector General’s Statement Regarding Ferguson v. Patton Ruling
- IGO Advisory Regarding Fiscal Intermediaries
- IGO Advisory Regarding City Employee Indebtedness
- IGO Releases Audit of DWM Material Truck Haul Program
- IGO Publishes New Report Describing City’s Spending for 2012 NATO Summit
- IGO Recommends Civilianizing 292 Police Officer Positions to Save City At Least $6.4 Million Annually
- IGO Releases 4th Quarter 2012 Report
- IGO Audit Finds Waste in CPD Tuition Repayment Program
- IGO Releases Follow-up Report on Charitable Donations in TIF Public Benefits Clauses
- IGO Recommends Changes to City’s Animal Exhibition License & Permit Procedures
- IGO Advisory Regarding Employee Solicitations
- IGO Releases Third Quarter 2012 Report
- IGO Publishes New Report Describing City’s Powers Under the Parking Meter Concession
- SEIU Local 1 President and Inspector General Exchange Correspondence on Revenue & Savings Options Report
- IGO Publishes Audit of DWM Inventory Process, Recommends Fixes to Prevent Theft & Loss
- 2012 Savings & Revenue Options
- Owner of Defunct Azteca Supply Co. and Her Husband Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection With Minority Contract Fraud
- IGO Publishes Audit of Chicago Police Department Evidence & Recovered Property Section
- State Supreme Court Oral Arguments Tomorrow
- IGO Advisory Regarding Security Cameras
- IGO Offers Department of Buildings Recommendations to Improve Enforcement of Certificate of Occupancy Requirements
- Former City Inspector Sentenced to 2½ Years in Prison for Taking Bribes to Help More Than 500 Individuals Obtain State Food Sanitation Certificates
- IGO Advisory Regarding Unemployment Benefit Fraud
- IGO Releases Report Describing the City’s Labor Agreements with its Police Officers and Firefighters
- IGO Finds Waste in City’s Emergency Contracting Practices
- Inspector General Issues Statement Respecting City Council Finance Committee Denial of Access to City Duty Disability Program Records
- IGO Issues Downtown Affordable Housing Density Bonus Program Audit Follow-Up Report
- IGO Releases Report on City’s Reclassification Process
- IGO Releases 2nd Quarter 2012 Report
- IGO Letter to the City Regarding 2012 Budget Options Report
- Mistakes in Booter Scheduling Waste Approximately $320,000 Over Two Years
- IGO Issues Follow-Up Report to 2010 TIF Audit
- Lapses in Aviation Contracting Process Leads to at Least $55,000 in Cost Overruns
- IGO Statement Regarding Arbitration Decision for Fire Prevention Bureau Employees
- IGO Releases Recommendations for Improving the SSA Establishment Process
- Description of the Research and Development of the Street Sweeper Photo Enforcement Program
- IGO Response to Aldermanic Request Concerning Infrastructure Trust Jurisdiction
- IGO Releases 2012 First Quarter Report
- Analysis of Special Service Area Taxes and Tax Increment Financing Funds
- IGO Releases Audit of City’s Department of Family & Support Services Grant Monitoring
- Former City Employee Sentenced for Role in Operation Crooked Code
- IGO Finds Waste in Department of Aviation GPS Contracts
- IGO Releases Recommendations and Responses Regarding Cashiering and Mail Delivery
- IGO Releases Audit of City Business License Process
- IGO Releases 2011 Fourth Quarter Report
- IGO Statement Regarding City’s Settlement With Allied Waste Transportation, Inc.
- City Releases Open Chicago 2012 Budget Hearing Documents
- IGO Releases Review of City Residency Waivers
- IGO Releases Downtown Affordable Housing Density Bonus Process Audit
- Inspector General Joseph M. Ferguson’s Opening Statement to Chicago City Council
- IGO Review of Mileage Use in the Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Bureau
- IGO Releases Third Quarter 2011 Report
- IGO Review of TIF Public Benefits Clauses and Charitable Donations
- 2011 Budget Options – Printable Version
- Former City Inspector Convicted of Taking Bribes to Help Obtain State Food Sanitation Certificates for More Than 500 Individuals.
- Best Practices and Recommendations for SSA Transparency
- Review of World Business Chicago and the TIF approval process
- Effects of the Furlough Program on the Use of Overtime
- IGO Releases Second Quarter 2011 Report
- PBC Response to IGO Report on MWBE Participation on PBC Projects
- Inspector General Releases Report on Fire Department Overtime Payments
- Review of MWBE Participation on PBC Projects Completed in 2009
- Follow Up Review of the MWBE Program
- Special Service Areas 2011 Budgets
- Inspector General Release Audit on Tree Guarantees
- Inspector General Issues Statement on City’s New Department of Human Resources Commissioner
- IGO Releases First Quarter 2011 Report
- Inspector General Releases Audit on OEMC Spending
- Inspector General Release Follow-Up Report on CDPH Pharmaceutical Audit
- Inspector General Releases Review on Efficiency of Motor Truck Driver Job Duties
- Supporting Documents for Review of the Efficiency of the Job Duties of MTDs
- Inspector General Announces New Transparency Initiative “Open Chicago”
- Impact of The City of Chicago’s 2009-2011 Furloughs on Employee Pensions
- 2011 Annual Appropriation Ordinance
- “Expediter” Who Cooperated in Federal Corruption Probe of City Building Permits Sentenced to Three Years Probabation
- IGO 4th Quarter 2010 Quarterly Report
- IGO Report and Recommendations Regarding Gifts from Contractors to City of Chicago Employees
- City Inspector Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bribery in Probe of Crooked Permits
- Contractor Sentenced For Bribery Under Operation Crooked Code
- Administration Response to 2010 Budget Options
- IGO Audit of the Office of the City Clerk
- City Employee Sentenced to 41 Months in Federal Prison for Bribery
- IGO 2010 Budget Options for the City
- IGO 3rd Quarter 2010 Quarterly Report
- IGO Audit of Department of Aviation Overtime
- IGO Review of the Efficiency of the HRAIL Program
- Recommendation to Implement GPS Technology in Chicago Taxicabs
- Former City Contractor Arrested for Theft
- City Employee Sentenced to 21 Months in Federal Prison for Bribery
- Former City Inspector Sentenced for Bribery
- Former Ward Superintendent to Spend Nearly a Year in Jail for Vote Fraud
- Former City Worker Arraigned Theft, Official Misconduct, and Obstruction of Justice Charges
- Inspector General Joe Ferguson Speaks at Union League
- IGO 2nd Quarter 2010 Quarterly Report
- City Zoning Investigator Sentenced to 31 Months for Bribery
- IGO Issues Report Concerning CFD Overtime Payments
- IGO Audit Report Findings and Recommendations to Address Inadequate Controls TIF Expenditures
- City of Chicago Employee Convicted of Vote Fraud
- Former Executive Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the City in Bid-Rigging Attempt
- Review of the MWBE Program
- Direct Voucher Audit Report
- IGO 1st Quarter 2010 Quarterly Report
- Former City Tourism Fund Worker Guilty of Felony Theft, Pays $20,000 Restitution to City as Part of Plea Agreement
- Inspector General Issues Statement in Support of Mayor’s Proposal to Expand its Jurisdiction
- Federal Grand Jury Indicts City Contractor on Fraud Charges
- Former Non-Profit Executive Pleads Guilty to Felony Theft; Sentence Includes Year in Prison, $100k in Restitution to City
- City Council confirms Joseph Ferguson as Inspector General
- First Deputy Inspector Inspector General Hodge’s Opening Statement in 2010 Budget Hearings
- Inspector General’s Office files suit
- Operation Crooked Code: Zoning inspector pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate
- City Dept. of Environment inspector facing federal charges for bribery
- Operation Crooked Code: City inspector arrested, charged with bribery
- Federal Jury Convicts City Buildings Supervisor for Conspiracy, False Statements
- Former City Worker Indicted on Theft, Official Misconduct, and Forgery Charges
- Federal Bribery Charges Filed against City Building Inspector (8/10/09)
- IGO Report Closely Examines Parking Meter Lease, Recommends Major Reforms
- Illinois Reform Commission Releases Final Report
- Company Executives Indicted in Conspiracy to Defraud the City of Chicago
- Illinois Reform Commission Unveils ‘Pay-to-Play’ Reform Proposals
- IGO Audit Finds Waste, Lack of Controls at the City’s Central Pharmacy Warehouse
- Inspector General Hoffman Addresses Illinois Reform Commission
- Inspector General Hoffman’s Opening Statement in 2009 Budget Hearings
- Waste and Falsification in the Bureau of Sanitation
- Developers, Contractors, City Employees Among 15 Charged in Federal Bribery Probe of City Building Permits
- Inspector General Hoffman’s Opening Statement in 2008 Budget Hearings
- Three City Inspectors and a Private Contractor Charged in Crooked Code
- Inspector General Hoffman’s Opening Statement in 2007 Budget Hearings
