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Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General News

• Office of Executive Inspector finds mismanagement by Department of Employment Security management

  From Chicago City Wire

  by Mario Marroquin | Jul 12, 2019

  

  The Governor’s Office of Executive Inspector General recently concluded an investigation of a complaint alleging preferential treatment by the former Manager of Support Services at the Department of Employment Security Marlene Meriwether and General Services Manager John Rogers.

• Office of the Executive Inspector General finds tax appeals judge failed to report conflict of interest

  by Adam Eisenberg | Jul 11, 2019

  

  The Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge of the state's Property Tax Appeals Board has been counseled after a report from the Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) found she failed to report a conflict of interest.

• Department of Central Management Services violated code by swapping leases, OEIG finds

  by Glenn Minnis | Jul 2, 2019

  

  An investigation by the Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) has found that the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) recently violated procurement code in awarding at least two leases.

• OEIG report: Former SIU president Dunn mismanaged hires of chancellor’s family members

  From Carbondale Reporter

  by Glenn Minnis | Jun 22, 2019

  

  A new Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) report finds that former Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIUC) President Dr. Randy Dunn “improperly negotiated” several hires during his tenure as well as violated certain established hiring procedures.

• Ex-cop hired by IDFPR despite admitting federal gang-related drug conviction

  From Chicago City Wire

  by Marian Johns | May 9, 2018

  

  A recent Illinois Office of Executive Inspector General (OEIG) investigation revealed that the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) hired a former Chicago police officer with a past criminal history of drug and gang-related federal convictions.

• Edgar County Watchdogs founder puzzled by ethics complaint against Rauner being 'punted' to Mautino's office

  by Karen Kidd | Apr 11, 2018

  

  Kirk Allen, a writer and founder of Edgar County Watchdogs, says he doesn't understand why the state Office of Executive Inspector General has "punted" his formal ethics compliant against Gov. Bruce Rauner and his administration to the state's Auditor General Inspector General.

• Illinois ethics panel fines ex-Bensenville trustee for using state job to snoop political rival's driver's records

  From Cook County Record

  by Jonathan Bilyk | Apr 10, 2018

  

  A state ethics panel has ordered a former village trustee and one-time candidate for mayor of Bensenville to pay a fine for allegedly using his job in the Illinois Secretary of State’s office to snoop on the driving records of a political opponent.

• Office of Inspector General has a new leader

  by Glenn Minnis | Mar 14, 2018

  

  Gov. Bruce Rauner has tapped Susan Haling as executive inspector general for the agencies of the Illinois governor.

• Former Illinois Department of Aging employee double billed for expenses, state says

  by Glenn Minnis | Feb 20, 2018

  

  The Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) has recommended that a former state employee be barred from all future employment with local government after she pleaded guilty to defrauding the state in an ongoing double-dipping scheme.