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Illinois Ethics Matters, a monthly newsletter published by the Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor, is archived here. This page also contains news items and/or current events.

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On May 10, 2012, the Chicago Sun-Times published an article titled "Report: Ex-top IDOT boss misused state post to get NASCAR tickets." Please click the following link to read the article:

On May 10, 2012, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled "State report slams college savings program." Please click the following link to read the article:

On April 5, 2012, the Office of Executive Inspector General provided the following comments to the Executive Ethics Commission (EEC) and to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.  These comments were provided in response to the EEC’s notice of proposed amendments to Illinois Administrative Code, Title 2, Section 1620, which was published in the Illinois Register on February 24, 2012:

On March 12, 2012, the website hispanicallyspeakingnews.com posted an article titled "Attorney Gen. Madigan: DHS Caseworker Guilty in Kickback Scheme." Please click the following link to read the article:

On March 12, 2012, the State Journal Register published an article titled "Review: Illinois official sped payment to wife's firm." Please click the following link to read the article:

On February 24, 2012, the Daily Herald published a letter from Executive Inspector General Ricardo Meza. Please click the following link to read the letter:

On February 21, 2012, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin published an article titled "Meza strives for transparency." Please click the following link to read the article:

On February 21, 2012, the Quad-Cities Online Dispatch website posted an article titled "Inspector general: Illinois OK'd contract after fraud." Please click the following link to read the article:

On February 21, 2012, in Voice of the People, the Chicago Tribune published a letter from Executive Inspector General Ricardo Meza. Below is a link to the Chicago Tribune article and a link to the contents of the letter:

On January 27, 2012, Executive Inspector General (EIG) Ricardo Meza testified before a joint House Human Services and State Government Administration Committee Hearing. EIG Meza’s testimony was related to a joint investigation conducted by the Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) and the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Children and Family Services. A copy of his written testimony is now available using this link, EIG Ricardo Meza Testimony 01.27.12. The investigative timeline for the case is also available using this link, 10-01182 Investigative Timeline. Finally, a copy of the redacted final report for case 10-01182-McEwen et al. is available on the OEIG website at 10-01182 McEwen et al. 10.17.11. Please check our OEIG Cases webpage to see additional OEIG Investigative final reports.

On January 27, 2012, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled "State investigators say DCFS contract fraud could be worse than known." Please click the following link to read the article:

On November 23, 2011, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled "Ill. workers suspended over money to help disabled." Please click the following link to read the article:

On November 17, 2011, the State Journal-Register published an editorial titled "Our Opinion: No relation to reality in ‘Quinn Land’." Please click the following link to read the editorial:

On October 24, 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times published an article titled "State senator tied to target of ‘large-scale fraud’ investigation." Please click the following link to read the article:

On October 20, 2011, the Chicago Tribune published an editorial titled "$18 million, little oversight." Please click the following link to read the editorial:

On October 18, 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times published an article titled "Ex-DCFS director’s friend accused of "large-scale’ fraud of state funds." Please click the following link to read the article:

On October 18, 2011, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled "Ex-DCFS chief allegedly failed to monitor grants tied to probe." Please click the following link to read the article:

On October 13, 2011, the Illinois Times published an article titled "State worker charged with child porn keeps job." Please click the following link to read the article:

On October 11, 2011, a pair of bills aimed at increasing transparency and strengthening ethics training compliance were introduced by State Representative Fred Crespo (44th District).  The two bills have the full support of the Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG).  On October 12, 2011, a press release related to HB 3830 and HB 3831 was released by the OEIG.  Please click on the following links to read the press release and the two newly introduced bills:

On September 7, 2011, the Daily Eastern News published an article titled "Employee charged with child pornography." Please click the following link to read the article:

On August 29, 2011, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled "Anti-tea party e-mail leads to slap on wrist for human rights investigator." Please click the following link to read the article:

On August 24, 2011, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled "Legislative watchdog wants more power to investigate ethics violations." Please click the following link to read the article:

On August 3, 2011, the Daily Herald published an article titled "State workers not fired for fireable offenses." Please click the following link to read the article:

On August 1, 2011, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled "Quinn adviser fined for political activity from state phone."

  • Quinn adviser fined for political activity from state phone

On July 18, 2011, the Belleville News Democrat published an article titled "State official baffled: Why didn't IDNR fire Scott Flood?"

On July 15, 2011, the Daily Herald published a letter from Executive Inspector General Ricardo Meza in an article titled "Inspector general has eye on ethics." Please click the following link to read the article:

On July 13, 2011, in Voice of the People, the Chicago Tribune published a letter from Executive Inspector General Ricardo Meza. Below is a link to the Chicago Tribune article and a link to the contents of the letter:

On July 7, 2011, The Daily Herald published an editorial article titled “State’s ethics math does not compute.” Please click the following link to read the article:

On July 6, 2011, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled “Former state parks director's son resigns, but not until after pension vests”, related to an Office of Executive Inspector General Investigation. Please click the following link to read the article:

On July 6, 2011, the Daily Herald published an article titled “State ethics board levied $28,350 in fines.” Please click the following link to read the article:

On February 15, 2011, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office (“AG’s Office”) issued a press release concerning the indictment on fraud and official misconduct charges of Margarita Lopez, an Illinois Department of Human Services caseworker.  The Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor assisted the AG’s Office on the investigation involving Ms. Lopez.

On February 14, 2011, the Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor was granted authority to act as Executive Inspector General for the Regional Transportation Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace, effective July 1, 2011.


 
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