Office of Inspector General
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quarterly report of the Office of Inspector General Fourth Quarter 2016
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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
January 15, 2017
To the Mayor, Members of the 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 fourth quarter of 2016, filed with the City Council pursuant to Section 2-56-120 of the Municipal Code of Chicago. This report includes summaries of investigations that resulted in two terminations, the resignation of a Special Service Area Commissioner, the guilty plea of a building inspector to soliciting a bribe, as well as the imposition of the final sentence in the prosecution of one of the largest, longest, and most notorious kickback schemes in the City's history. It also includes summaries of two audits published during the quarter.
This quarter's report also features a new section detailing the Office's campaign finance activities. OIG's work in this area increased in 2016 as a result of the legislative conferral of investigative oversight of the City Council to OIG. Similarly, in the fourth quarter OIG opened a more active and collaborative engagement with the Board of Ethics (BOE) under its new leadership. This collaboration included two formal requests, one for clarification on the validity and availability of unofficial guidance issued by the Board and another seeking the Board's formal opinion regarding the practice of private foundations funding the travel of City employees and officials. OIG's ...
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