The mission of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse and promote efficiency and effectiveness in the programs and operations of the City of New Orleans (City). The OIG periodically conducts a city-wide risk ...

The Homestead Exemption is a state exemption for residential property owners. A property owner may be exempt from a portion of property taxes if the owner is eligible for the Homestead Exemption. A domicile is one’s permanent owned residence. A person can ...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the Audubon Nature Institute’s (Institute) internal controls over the employeenew hire, termination, payroll, and executive compensation processes. The objectives of the audit were to ...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the Audubon Nature Institute’s (Institute) use of funds for the period of January1, 2012, through December 31, 2014. The objectives of the audit were todetermine if: The Institute’s p ...

In October 2016, the S&WB switched from its internally created customer accounts program to a customer service management software provided by Cogsdale Corp. By April 2017, the agency had discovered a large number of billing errors, primarily through ...

Pursuant to the applicable ordinances, the City of New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) submits our formal response to the May 11, 2020, Report of the Quality Assurance Review Committee’s (QARAC) to the Ethics Review Board (ERB). As set forth in ...

Allegation of Possible Abuse of Overtime by Allegation of Possible Abuse of Overtime byEmployees in the Property Management Department in calendar year 2018 The City of New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) received information that Departmen tTh ...

The Office of Inspector General of the City of New Orleans (OIG) conducted an evaluation of the management and operations of the Traffic Camera Safety Program (TCSP or “program”). The purpose of the evaluation was to determine whether the program was oper ...

Chief Investigator for the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office, contacted the City of New Orleans Office of Inspector General concerning allegations that former employee Rachael C. Gagliano, Administrative Support Specialist accepted monetary compensation fro ...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the Audubon Nature Institute’s (Institute) internal controls over employee purchase card transactions and expense reimbursements for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 201 ...

As detailed in its performance audit of the Department of Public Works (DPW) Emergency Catch Basin Project (Project) released today, the Office of Inspector General for the City of New Orleans (OIG) concluded the contracted entities performed the services ...

Allegation that Health Department employee Mara Hahn personally benefited from the submission of a $4,000 invoice dated May 26, 2017 for food and supplies purchased by the Conrad Park Booster Club for the Hollygrove Family Fest held on May 13, 2017.

On November 21, 2017, the City of New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a letter to the Department of Public Works (DPW) concerning the purchasing and application of Hot Mix Asphalt.  The findings and recommendations are summarized in ...

The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) today released a report titled "Report of Investigation: Department of Health Employees Sarah Babcock and Timothy Murphy use of compensatory time."   The OIG has determined that Sarah A. Bab ...

This Annual Work Plan of the City of New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) covers the period from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020. Pursuant to the City Charter, the enabling Ordinance, and applicable professional standards, the OIG undertake ...

The objective of the audit was to determine if the Sewerage & Water Board (S&WB) Internal Audit Department (Department) complied with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (p ...

Response of the City of New OrleansResponse of the City of New OrleansOffice of Inspector General To theQuality Assurance Review Advisory Committee ReportWritten Report of Activities for 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report is issued quarterly to provide a periodic status update on the work of the Office of Inspector General’s Construction Fraud Division (CFD) for the New Orleans Aviation Board (NOAB). This report includes a summary of actions and accomplishmen ...

This report is issued quarterly to provide a periodic status update on the work of the Office of Inspector General’s Construction Fraud Division (CFD) for the New Orleans Aviation Board (NOAB). This report includes a summary of actions and accomplishmen ...

This report is issued quarterly to provide a periodic status update on the work of the Office of Inspector General’s Construction Fraud Division (CFD) for the NewOrleans Aviation Board (NOAB). This report includes a summary of actions and accomplishments ...