Opening Statement of Deborah Witzburg, 2020 Public Safety Committee Nomination, June 3, 2020 To Chairman Taliaferro, Vice Chair Osterman, and Members of the Public Safety Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. I am honored to have been nominated to serve as the City’s Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety, and I am […]
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Inspector General’s 2020 Statement to the Public Safety Committee
Opening Statement of the Inspector General, Public Safety Committee Nomination of Deborah Witzburg, June 3, 2020 Good Afternoon Chairman Taliaferro, Vice-Chairman Osterman, and Members of the Public Safety Committee: I am honored and pleased to submit for your consideration the nomination of Deborah Witzburg for the position of Deputy Inspector General of the Public Safety Section […]
Read MoreIG Ferguson Nominates Deborah Witzburg as the Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety
The City of Chicago Inspector General has nominated Deborah Witzburg for the position of Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety. Deborah Witzburg currently serves as Associate General Counsel for Public Safety for the City of Chicago Office of the Inspector General (OIG). In this position, Witzburg has advised on legal and constitutional matters related to […]
Read MoreOIG’s Audit of the Department of Water Management’s Monitoring of Overtime Finds That Despite Policies, Resources Were Not Being Utilized Effectively
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Department of Water Management’s (DWM) overtime monitoring, with the objective of determining whether DWM effectively monitored overtime to prevent waste and abuse. Our audit focused on the Bureau of Water Supply and the Bureau of Operations and Distribution, which accounted […]
Read MoreOIG’s Advisory Concerning the City of Chicago’s Data Portal Found Problems with Accuracy, Consistency, and Overall Usability
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an advisory which finds that the City did not comply with the requirements of Executive Order No. 2012-2 (“the Order”), which governs administration of the Data Portal. In the course of several OIG projects, we encountered issues with the Portal’s usability, accessibility, transparency, and […]
Read MoreFollow-Up of OIG’s Audit on Evaluating and Setting User Fees Finds That the City Has Made Improvements But Will Not Increase Transparency or Full-Cost Analyses
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its 2018 audit of the City’s process for evaluating and setting user fees. Based on the Department’s responses, we conclude that the Office of Budget and Management (OBM) has fully implemented four of the eight corrective actions related to the audit […]
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