GAO's Yellow Book, Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)

OIG found that the municipal license plate inventory the Department of Assets, Information and Services (AIS) manages does not match the Illinois Secretary of State (ILSOS) database of municipal plates issued to the City. Approximately 7,000 municipal license plates issued by ILSOS for City vehicles...

On May 6, 2021, an equipment failure at the Roseland Pumping Station (RPS) caused pressure in the water main to drop, requiring the Department of Water Management (DWM) to issue a 24-hour water-boil order for much of the 19th Ward in the RPS service area––spanning from Albany Avenue to the west...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the Department of Finance’s (DOF) administration of the process for designating municipal depositories. Banks designated as depositories hold and pay interest on funds deposited by the City and the Chicago Board of Education, essentially...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the Public Building Commission of Chicago’s (PBC) administration of building commissioning required by the Chicago Energy Conservation Code. Building commissioning is the process of documenting and verifying how buildings’ mechanical...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a second audit of the Chicago Fire Department’s (CFD) fire and emergency medical response times. The first audit was published in 2013.The objectives of the audit were to determine if,CFD has goals for fire and emergency medical services (EMS) response...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of City Council committee spending and employee administration. Council committees review proposed legislation within their defined subject matter areas and vote on whether to recommend its passage by the full Council, hold hearings (both on...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit to determine whether the ward superintendent position within the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) is appropriately classified as Shakman Exempt. More specifically, our objective was to determine whether the ward superintendent...

What Was Performed? An examination of the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District Career and Technical Education funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. We reviewed the Career and Technical Education funds to ensure New Castle Technical-Vocational School District allocated the...