OIG Releases Draft Annual Plans, Seeks Feedback to Prioritize 2025 Projects

December 9, 2024

FOR RELEASE:
December 9, 2024

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The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General(OIG) has released the draft annual plans for 2025, sharing details of over 50 proposed projects under consideration for 2025 in OIG's Public Safetysection and Audit and Program Review section. OIG invites the public to take the "Annual Plan Community Feedback Survey" and provide public comment on the proposed project topics. The survey is available in 12 languages, via the easy translation function on the igchicago.org website.

"There will always be more that needs doing than gets done; decisions we make about the work we undertake are prioritization decisions and I am committed to ensuring that our priorities match those of Chicagoans," said Deborah Witzburg, Inspector General for the City of Chicago.

Potential projects are developed from a variety of sources, including concerns and information sent to us by community members, ideas from OIG staff, deeper or connected analyses inspired by past projects, feedback from year-round community events, and intake submissions. This year, OIG also developed ideas based on our 2024 Listening Tours, where OIG staff talked with Chicagoans about what they have seen go wrong in City government and how they believe City government could serve them better.

OIG's Public Safety section works to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of the Chicago Police Department(CPD) and Chicago's police accountability agencies, and to transform the critical relationship between CPD and the communities it serves. Possible projects for 2025 fall into strategic priority areas, including CPD's organizational competence, the discipline process and accountability for CPD members, and constitutional policing.

The office's Audit and Program Review section examines the efficiency and effectiveness of City services. Possible projects for 2025 include those in the areas of City developmentand regulatorywork, community services, City finance and administration, infrastructure, and public safety.

Read the plans, released on December 9, 2024:

Draft Public Safety Annual Outlook 2025

Draft OIG Audit and Program Review 2025 Annual Plan

See details on the background, rationale, and potential objectives for over 50 proposed projects, take the Community Feedback Survey, and provide public comment, at igchicago.org/2025draftplan.

The draft plans will be available for public comment through January 31, 2025.

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