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<p class="MsoNormal">You are receiving this email because you engaged with the Chicago Office of Inspector General earlier this year—perhaps at a summer farmer’s market or other community event or in conversation with a project team. Thank you for your feedback,
insights, and experiences with OIG’s work. We just published two documents with over 50 potential projects for 2024, now available for community feedback (please see the link at the bottom of this email.) We appreciate your sharing this with your networks
and let us know if you have any questions. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529">The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released drafts of its Audit and Program Review Annual Plan and Public
Safety Outlook with details of proposed projects under consideration for 2024 for public comment. OIG invites input and feedback on the proposed projects through December 31, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529">“We are committed to working on what matters most to Chicagoans. As we plan and prioritize our oversight work, community feedback is vitally important,” said Deborah Witzburg,
Inspector General for the City of Chicago. “Chicagoans know their City.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529">Potential projects are developed from a variety of sources, including concerns and information sent to us by community members, ideas from OIG staff, deeper or connected
analyses inspired by past projects, feedback from year-round community events, and more. OIG also analyzes its intake submissions for trends or recurring concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529">OIG’s Public Safety section works to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Chicago’s police accountability
agencies, and to transform the critical relationship between CPD and the communities it serves. Possible projects for 2024 examine CPD’s organizational competence, the discipline process and outcomes for CPD members, and the allocation of resources for CPD, COPA,
and the police board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529">OIG aims to enhance the quality and relevance of OIG’s audits and inquiries, making them more impactful and responsive to Chicagoans’ needs. The office’s Audit and Program
Review section examines the efficacy of City services. Possible projects for 2024 include City development and regulatory audits, inquiries into City services for marginalized populations, and City finance and administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529">Read the Plans</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529">To read and provide comments on OIG’s draft annual plan and outlook and to see details on the background, rationale, and potential objectives for over 50 proposed projects,
visit: <a href="https://igchicago.org/community-feedback-2024/">igchicago.org/community-feedback-2024</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif;color:#212529">The draft plans will be available for public comment through December 31, 2023. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif">p.s. Please share! We invite you to share this information and the link above with your networks, in your newsletters, or wherever you connect with your constituents,
stakeholders, and followers. Or, hit reply and let us know any questions or ideas to spread the word.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif">Deanna Shoss<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif">Director of Communications and Outreach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif">Office of Inspector General<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Nova Light",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:dshoss@igchicago.org">dshoss@igchicago.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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