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Quarterly Report of the Office of Inspector General Third Quarter 2015
OCTOBER 14,2015
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Joseph M. Ferguson Inspector General
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
City of Chicago
740 N Sedgwick, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 Telephone: (773) 478-7799 Fax: (773)478-3949
October 14, 2015
To the Mayor, Members ofthe City Council, the City Clerk, the City Treasurer, and the residents of the City of Chicago:
Enclosed for your review is the public report on the operations of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) during the third quarter of 2015, filed with the City Council pursuant to Section 2-56-120 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago.
This quarterly report comes as the City Council is in the process of reviewing, and ultimately voting on, the Mayor's proposed budget. The budget proposed for 2016 includes tax increases that are substantial, but will not alone address the City's structural deficits. Moving forward, our collective ability to deliver municipal services needed and expected of a world-class City can be achieved only through paradigm-shifting reforms. We must double down on efforts to identify and implement work and service delivery models that permit the City to deliver more for less in a fiscally responsible and self-sustaining manner. Such reform can only be achieved through a continuous process of self-examination and performance management aimed at improving the economy, effectiveness, and efficiency of City programs.
As we do in advance of each fiscal year, this quarter we published our 2016 Proposed Audit Plan, which identifies 25 City programs and services for potential examination in the coming year. Some of these projects focus on risk and efficiency, seeking to ensure that the City is ...
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