nola.com Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux stopped short of accusing New Orleans firefighters of faking injuries late in their careers to pad their retirement payout, but he noted many have since moved on to “strenuous careers” — in fields such as plumbing, construction, and carpentry — after claiming to be disabled. Continue Reading
THEADVOCATE.com Questionable disability benefits are being handed out at an alarming rate to retiring New Orleans firefighters, who are padding their pensions and costing the city millions of dollars each year, a top city watchdog said Thursday. Continue Reading
(NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive) The New Orleans Police Department has made substantial progress in the way it responds to sexual and domestic violence cases… Continue Reading
BY JIM MUSTIAN, NOLA.com | The Advocate A federal judge heaped praise Thursday on the New Orleans Police Department for the “tremendous progress” it has made in its handling of sexual assault cases… Continue Reading
BY CHAD CALDER, NOLA.com | The Advocate The New Orleans Inspector General’s Office says the city continues to balk at turning off water service for customers who don’t pay their bill for trash pickup, despite having the legal authority to do so. Continue Reading
Greg LaRose, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The Sewerage and Water Board issued nearly $42 million in sanitation fees on behalf of the city of New Orleans in 2014 but did not collect on $7 million — nearly 17 percent, and the city failed to shut off water service to customers with outstanding balances as allowed under its...
nola.com The city’s in-house attorneys do not track the time they spend on each case they are handling and sometimes dabble in outside work, which obscures the employees’ contributions and can lead to subpar job performance, according to an Office of Inspector General report. In addition, the Law Department’s internal systems do not provide data...
nola.com Starting this year, the city began holding adjudicated property auctions through contractor Archon Information Systems. By November, the auctions had netted $12 million in sales, according to the report. Before its July auction, the city reported an additional $1.2 million in delinquent tax collections from owners who wanted to avoid losing their properties. Continue...
The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans spent an excessive amount — nearly $400,000 — in fuel and repair costs for take-home vehicles in 2014, an audit from the city’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) found. Costs were high because 45% of employees with take-home vehicles live outside of Orleans Parish. Continue Reading
wwltv.com The New Orleans Office of Inspector General says the water board has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on take home cars and that many of those policies have been violated. Continue Reading
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