The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State Department of Education Recovery School District to provide oversight of the RSD’s New Orleans school construction projects. This letter contains a correction to the original letter dated June 27, 2013, the Inspector General outlines points of disagreement regarding compensation to the Program Manager/Construction Manager, Jacobs/CSRS.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a follow up letter expressing concern about the Recovery School District program management/construction management contract with Jacobs CS/RS. Inspector General Edouard Quatrevaux urged the State Department of Education to stop relying on a private contractor to protect the state’s interests, saying that such arrangements elsewhere have led to construction fraud.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) documented the City’s financial support to the municipal and parish jail system, including budget allocations, City in-kind support, and ad valorem taxes. The report provides a detailed budget picture of the fiscal operations of OPSO and provides information regarding the City’s and OPSO’s respective responsibilities and authorities regarding the New Orleans Jail.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluated the City of New Orleans delinquent property tax collection program to determine if the program complied with applicable laws and city policies and if it operated efficiently and effectively. The scope of the evaluation included the collection of property taxes for real, non-movable property for the 2010 tax year from April 1, when delinquent taxes were referred to the collections contractor, to the fall of 2011, when the City held its tax title sale.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection of the NOPD’s field interview data (information obtained during NOPD officer stops of suspicious persons, also known as “stops and frisks”) reported from January to June 2011 at the request of the Independent Police Monitor Division of the OIG. Insufficient data prevented inspectors from determining whether NOPD officers were compliant with legal requirements to stop individuals only when there was reasonable suspicion to do so, and determining whether, when conducting stops and frisks, NOPD appeared to apply the constitutional standard of reasonable suspicion equally to all persons.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluated the City’s workers’ compensation program to determine whether the City managed the program effectively and to identify opportunities for cost savings. The scope of the evaluation included the City’s management and oversight of its self-insured workers’ compensation program between 2008 and 2011, a period during which the City averaged almost $16 million in workers’ compensation expenses per year.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an evaluation of the City’s motor vehicle self-insurance program and related elements of its vehicle use policy. The objectives of the evaluation were to determine if the full cost of the motor vehicle self-insurance program, to assess the City’s management of the program, and to evaluate the City’s vehicle use policy as it related to fleet risk management.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection of the city’s vendor payment practices. The objective of this inspection was to determine if the City made payments to vendors in accordance with applicable laws and policies.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection of the City’s 2012 appropriations for sanitation and parks and recreation services as a follow-up to the budget benchmark performed during our office’s review of the City’s 2009 budget process. The objective of the current inspection was to replicate the 2009 benchmark for the two specified service types to determine whether the City’s 2012 appropriations were discrepant from that of the benchmark municipalities, and if so, whether any discrepancies were relatively larger than the differences revealed in 2009.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluated the City’s policies and practices relating to the management of property and casualty risks, including the risk of damage or loss caused by flood, fire, and natural disaster. The objectives of the evaluation were to determine whether the City prudently managed these risks and to assess the procurement and contracting practices relating to an insurance producer of record.
