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A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

Presented at the Mar. 14 meeting of the Jacksonville City Council, the Jacksonville Inspector General’s Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016 offers a look into “fraud, waste, and abuse” in city government. Among the details in the 34-page document: “time and attendance fraud, overtime fraud, misrepresentation of educational credentials, failure to meet promotional qualifications for […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 17, 2017

The city of Jacksonville will try again to hire a new inspector general. A draft version of the job advertisement was obtained by FloridaPolitics.com, ahead of Thursday’s inspector general selection and retention committee meeting. City Hall veteran Steve Rohan has been the interim IG for several months, as the city has searched in vain for […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 6, 2016

On Tuesday, the Jacksonville City Council Transportation, Energy, and Utilities (TEU) committee mulled a resolution regarding moving the Inspector General‘s office into the City Hall building and consolidating some employees and space with the Ethics Department. Ultimately, the bill was deferred for two cycles. Yet the discussion revealed unresolved conflicts between Council VP John Crescimbeni and the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 14, 2016

As Jacksonville continues to refine its Inspector General position, two bills to that effect highlighted a quiet agenda. One bill expanded the duties of the Inspector General to cover the entire consolidated government. It passed 18-0 without discussion. And a second sought to remove the provision that the Inspector General could not have been employed by the city […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 7, 2016

On an otherwise quiet Tuesday in the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee, the panel moved to remove the provision that the inspector general shall not have been employed by city government or any other governmental entity within two years before before being selected, unless the appointment was in the IG’s office. The bill, moved on an […]

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Fraud, waste, and abuse: the Jacksonville Inspector General’s look at 2016

Jacksonville will try again to find a permanent inspector general

Jax council panel defers bill to move inspector general office into city hall

Jax City Council moves inspector general legislation

Jax Council Rules committee relaxes inspector general ‘2-year rule’