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Advisory Concerning the Chicago Fire Department’s and Chicago Police Department’s Failures to Utilize the Biometric Component of the City’s Timekeeping System

Report Details

Report Description: 
An OIG investigation found that neither CFD nor CPD enroll their employees in the City’s biometric timekeeping system. The biometric component of the respective electronic timekeeping systems helps ensure that an employee is physically present when he or she clocks in for work, thus reducing the risk of time falsification and absenteeism.
Date Issued: 
Monday, February 3, 2020
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Location: 
Chicago, IL
United States
Type of Report: 
Advisory Reports
Professional Standard: 
GAO's Yellow Book, Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)

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