By ordinance, the investigations and considerations by the Board of Ethics of potential violations of the Ethics Ordinance are confidential. County Code, § 2-592. As a matter of policy, the Board also maintains as confidential the identity of the requestors of advisory opinions. Board of Ethics Rules & Regulations, § 4.10. The Board, however, is undertaking to make its final determinations available to the public with such deletions as may be necessary to prevent disclosure of any information the Board determines to be confidential.

This dataset provides the list of vendors to be recommended for award at the Cook County Board Meetings and are posted below for public viewing.

M/W/DBE Participation Types
MBE = Minority Business Enterprise
WBE = Women Business Enterprise
DBE = Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Native American (4)
African American (5)
Female (7)
Asian (8)
Hispanic (9)

This dataset provides the list of vendors and contracts to be executed by the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer and is updated 3 days before award.

M/W/DBE Participation Types
MBE = Minority Business Enterprise
WBE = Women Business Enterprise
DBE = Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Native American (4)
African American (5)
Female (7)
Asian (8)
Hispanic (9)

The official statements below provide detailed information about the outstanding bonds issued by the County. The full faith and credit of the County is pledged to the punctual payment of the principal and of interest on General Obligation bonds, with a pledge of home rule sales tax revenues securing the associated sales tax revenue bond issues.

These reports are issued every March 15th and September 15th.

As required under the Employment Plan, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle hired a Compliance Officer whose primary responsibilities include the following:

1. Overseeing compliance with the Employment Plan

2. Maintaining and reviewing the Exempt List

3. Accepting, investigating, and reporting on complaints related to Employment Actions and the Employment Plan

4. Taking steps to evaluate, eliminate, remedy and reporting instances of Political Contacts and Unlawful Political Discrimination; and

5. Training on Employment Plan and reviewing Policies and Procedures.

If you would like to make a complaint alleging non-compliance with the Employment Plan, a Complaint Form is available or you can contact the Compliance Officer directly.

Letitia Dominici, Compliance Officer 118 N. Clark Street, 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 Letitia.dominici@cookcountyil.gov

The OIIG has issued the following proposed legislation.

The Independent Inspector General submits a Quarterly Report to the President and the County Board. The Quarterly Report is released the 15th day of January, April, July, and October of each year. Quarterly Reports chronicle the number and type of investigations initiated, concluded or pending since the date of the last report. The Quarterly Report identifies the number and type of investigations (corruption, fraud, waste, mismanagement, unlawful political discrimination or misconduct) of any County employee, appointed officials, elected officials, contractors, subcontractors, persons seeking County Contracts, or persons seeking certification of eligibility for County contracts or other County Programs. The Quarterly Report identifies the number and type of investigations conducted by the OIIG regarding employees under the separately elected officials. The Quarterly Report identifies the number and type of recommendations made to any department heads or elected officials and whether or not the recommendation was followed.

The Independent Inspector General is authorized to issue public statements in two circumstances: When an investigation that exonerates an individual who is publicly known to have been under investigation, where the subject requests such a statement; and when an investigation concerns inefficient or wasteful management, as opposed to individual misconduct or illegality.

Fiscal Year 2015 Adopted and Adjusted Appropriations with Final Fiscal Year 2015 Expenditures and Fiscal Year 2016 Adopted Appropriation