IGO Publishes Follow-Up Report on City’s Emergency Contracting Practices
March 28, 2013
On March 28, 2013, the IGO published a six-month follow-up report of the City’s Emergency Contracting practices. The original report can be found here.
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IGO Finds Waste in City’s Emergency Contracting Practices
July 26, 2012
The IGO has published a report on the Chicago Department of Procurement’s (DPS) emergency contracting process. The report details how DPS awarded a series of emergency contracts from March 2010 through April 2011 contrary to its own internal emergency procurement policies. Specifically, DPS awarded a supplier ten separate unadvertised emergency contracts for concrete sewer pipes … [Read More...]
IGO Statement Regarding City’s Settlement With Allied Waste Transportation, Inc.
January 19, 2012
Today, the City of Chicago settled civil claims with Allied Waste Transportation Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Services, Inc, related to Allied’s long-running violations of Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) provisions in Allied’s waste hauling contracts with the City. The IGO offered a statement on the settlement. It is available via downloadable … [Read More...]
PBC Response to IGO Report on MWBE Participation on PBC Projects
July 7, 2011
On June 20, 2011 the IGO received a response from the Public Building Commission (PBC) regarding the IGO’s June 15, 2011 report on MWBE participation on PBC projects that were completed in 2009. In the response, the PBC takes issue with several of our findings. The PBC’s main points were: The IGO does not have … [Read More...]
Review of MWBE Participation on PBC Projects Completed in 2009
June 15, 2011
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (IGO) released a report today on Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) participation on Public Building Commission (PBC) administered construction projects. The IGO reviewed 15 PBC projects either fully or substantially completed in 2009 to calculate actual MWBE utilization and compare it with MWBE participation statistics reported … [Read More...]
Follow Up Review of the MWBE Program
June 9, 2011
Today, the IGO released a follow up review of the City’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program. This follow-up report details changes in the program over the past year, the challenges the program still faces, and recommendations for the new administration and City Council to consider in rebuilding the program to make it function … [Read More...]
MWBE Compliance Summaries for DHED Funded Projects
May 12, 2011
While the City places minority and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) requirements on contracts administered by the Department of Procurement Services (DPS), it also puts these requirements on construction projects that receive support from the Department of Housing and Economic Development. This support often takes the form of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) subsidies, but also may … [Read More...]
Former Executive Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the City in Bid-Rigging Attempt
June 3, 2010
The former president of a Schaumburg based business admitted in federal court today to participating in a scheme to win a City contract using fraudulent documents and inflated bids. Douglas E. Ritter was to go on trial later this month, along with co-defendant Steven Fenzl, for multiple charges outlined in an April 2009 indictment. The … [Read More...]
Review of the MWBE Program
May 20, 2010
Following numerous investigations uncovering fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the City’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program, the Inspector General’s Office (IGO) conducted a program review to analyze the effectiveness of program administration and how actual participation in the program compares to statistics reported to the City Council and the public.
Federal Grand Jury Indicts City Contractor on Fraud Charges
February 4, 2010
Following a joint investigation by the Chicago Inspector General’s Office and the FBI, a federal grand jury today returned a six-count indictment against a City contractor, as well as its owner and her spouse on felony fraud charges. Azteca Supply Co., a certified minority-and-woman-owned enterprise for the City of Chicago, is accused of receiving more … [Read More...]