Office of Inspector General (OIG) has Created a “Culture of Fear”
“Lack of Transparency”
“Speed and Secret Nature of Investigations of union
workers leave little room for Due Process”
Secrecy of OIG has Created a Culture of Fear
Must re-affirm workers’ rights
OIG – “Political Hack”
OIG has “No publicly available Standard Operating Procedures”
“Lack of Clarity on how investigations are conducted”
“Investigations must be done in city facilities, not peoples’ homes
“OIG made process very political”
OIG “leaked confidential information”
OIG “hired public relations firm” and conducted “media blitz”
OIG “thumbed her nose at city workers”
To curtail the abuses of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the City of Atlanta, reforms have been proposed to the Atlanta City Council to specify roles, and structure, and provide checks and balances that are needed for the troubled office and inspector.
Reforms are needed for the OIG due to abusive conduct and questionable, bizarre behavior from the Inspector, Shannon Manigrault, and her office.
Her office has been rife with chaos, including accusations of repeatedly trampling on the rights of employees and others, improper activity, and partisan political activity.
Manigrault was also caught promoting a Republican Party organized political event on her office’s city government, tax-payer funded website, in which she was admonished by the city’s Ethics Officer.
For example, it was recently revealed and reported by local media that the OIG had placed ‘spy pens’ and ‘nanny cameras’ around city hall, actions that violate rights and is contrary to basic investigative guidelines.
Furthermore, last month the OIG was sued by a local small business owner for overstepping her boundaries and not following the law.
The lawsuit, filed in Fulton County superior court, also alleges the OIG failed to respond to an open records request for documents related to a recent report released by the office.
The attorney representing the small business owner said: "She talks about alleged, unlawful activities in lobbying, but lobbying isn't even something that's within her bailiwick, that's the state ethics director," he said. "This is part and parcel of what's been going on with this inspector general. She keeps exceeding her authority on numerous things."
These scandals led to the creation of a task force that released recommended changes late last year to the inspector general’s role and neglect of the rights of employees.
The Mayor’s Chief of Staff Odie Donald told the AJC that the legislation was an attempt to “level the playing field” — especially for employees who find themselves involved in probes.
“Employees need to know what their rights are throughout this process and any pending investigations,” he said
The reforms allow employees to have union or legal representation during interviews, require conversations take place on city property during regular business hours, and codifies a subpoena process.
Regarding the need to clarify the role of the OIG, City Attorney Patrise Perkins-Hooker to the AJC: “We wanted to make certain that that language about the mission was clear — she’s not the FBI,” Perkins-Hooker said
Board and Governance
Employee Rights
Data + Governance + Subpoenas
Roles + Responsibilities
OIG Compliance Division Jurisdiction: Defines the jurisdiction to include abuse of authority in the exercise of official duties or while acting under color of office, substantial misconduct, (such as gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or a substantial violation of law, ordinance, or regulation), or conduct that undermines the independence or integrity.
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