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) issued a letter to Louisiana Department of Education Superintendent John White giving notice of termination of the OIG’s agreement with the Recovery School District to provide a fraud deterrence program for construction.
The Inspector General wrote Mayor Landrieu to express concerns regarding the Sewerage and Water Board’s (S&WB) capacity to manage additional resources in the event that legislation needed to approve rate increases passed. The IG’s assessment was based on standard risk assessment methodologies conducted by the OIG, which indicated that the S&WB was the most likely of the City’s component entities to engage in fraud, waste, and abuse, and raised concerns that additional funds might not be spent properly and in the public interest.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) wrote to the Chief Administrative Judge at New Orleans Municipal Court (Court) expressing concerns about nepotism at the Court that undermines public confidence in the judiciary.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a letter to the City’s Chief Administrative Officer to communicate that vehicles assigned to Municipal and Traffic Court are the City’s property and there is no legal requirement to provide this benefit.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a letter reviewing the City’s solicitation for Curbside Management and Enforcement including parking meter operations and parking ticket processing. The letter coincided with the expiration of existing contracts and the initiation of a new procurement.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Corporation’s Accounting Policies and Procedures, and made 45 recommendations for improvements. The Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Corp. sought OIG’s assistance to help improve its operations.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) commented on a draft of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) policy changes regarding the management of police secondary employment (also known as “details”).
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed the travel policy of the New Orleans Municipal Retirement System (NOMERS) and NOMERS’ compliance with the policy.
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited Municipal Court’s operating expenses to determine whether the Court remitted money to the City’s Finance Department in accordance with state law, maintained adequate records of fines and fees collected, and disbursed fine and fee revenues to the agencies designated to receive them.
