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

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the data privacy and cybersecurity of the Chicago Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) COVID-19 contact tracing program. Contact tracing is a disease control strategy that involves identifying persons diagnosed with COVID-19 and their...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit assessing the Chicago Fire Department’s (CFD) policies and practices related to discrimination and sexual harassment. The objectives of the audit were to determine if CFD’s discrimination and sexual harassment prevention, reporting, and...

An OIG inquiry has determined that the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) is violating the Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) by providing free garbage collection service to at least 1,182 nonprofit entities. Section 7-28-235 of the MCC, effective January 1, 2016, requires all recipients of...

A 2017 audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the City perpetuates significant inequities between wards and underfunds residential street infrastructure needs by approximately $228.8 million annually, primarily because it does not follow best practices for multi-year capital...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has identified an opportunity to immediately improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Department of Streets and Sanitation’s (DSS) Bureau of Forestry. The issue was identified during an OIG investigation involving the Bureau of Forestry, which is...

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...

An OIG inquiry has determined that the City does not comply with the requirements of Executive Order No. 2012-2 (“the Order”), which governs the administration of the Chicago Data Portal. Additionally, in the course of several OIG projects, we have observed multiple issues that impact the Portal’s...

The audit has three findings:1. A more efficient training process could result in greater staffing efficiency, and potentially reduce overtime.2. Non-emergency calls to the Emergency Communications Center are rising, which burdens existing staff and calls for a multi-faceted solution. 3. The audit...

The audit had three findings, consisting of the following issues: 1. Systems may not be utilized to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and effectiveness in payroll processes, and the billing process for reimbursable expenses needs to be updated, automated, recorded, and tracked more efficiently in the...

The audit had five findings:1. Controls to ensure overtime recorded was actually worked should be improved to ensure accuracy and consistency.2. The billing process for reimbursable expenses needs to be updated, automated, recorded, and tracked more efficiently in the County’s financial system.3...