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 detail below, even though the 2020 Report was timely filed, the QARAC’s findings and conclusions inexplicably failed to reflect the application of any accepted professional standards for conducting an evidence-based analysis, including but not limited to, conducting any written or verbal interviews or discussion with the Inspector General or any member of our staff.

We believe that despite the generally positive tone of the report, discussions with OIG executive management and/or staff during the review period would have provided clarification and/or additional perspective which would have resulted in a more substantive and useful Report.