Office of the Inspector General

Office of the Inspector General

The Office of the Inspector General is the executive branch’s equivalent of
the City Council’s DC Auditor. The Inspector General investigates accusations of waste,
fraud, mismanagement, and corruption in the District government. If the office discovers
matters that are possibly criminal, it refers them to the US Attorney for the District of
Columbia, or possibly to the Corporation Counsel, for prosecution. Otherwise, the
Inspector General has the power to write and issue reports on its findings. The Office was
made independent of the Mayor by the same federal legislation that created the DC
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, the Control Board.

The current Inspector General is Charles J. Willoughby, who was appointed on
May 18, 2005. The announcement of his appointment is available here.

Many of the Inspector General’s reports are now posted online at the
IG’s website, http://oig.dc.gov. 

• Audit of the Procurement Activities at the Office of Public
  Education Facilities Modernization, June 29,
  2011
• Report of Investigation into Misconduct Violations by a Former
  Employee of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic
  Development, an Employee of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, an
  Employee of the Office of Contracting and Procurement, and a Former
  Employee of the Executive Office of the Mayor, OIG No. 2009-0305(S)
  (Donation of fire truck and ambulance to Sosua, Dominican Republic), April
  14, 2011
• Office of the Inspector General Charles James Willoughby
  Confirmation Approval Nomination of 2005, PR
  16-249
• Charles J. Willoughby, appointment as acting Inspector General, May
  18, 2005
• Austin A. Anderson, appointment as Interim Inspector General, January
  8, 2004
• Charles C. Maddox, resignation letter, September
  12, 2003
  • Mayor Anthony Williams, press release on resignation, September
    12, 2003
  • Councilmember Vincent Orange, press release on resignation, September
    12, 2003
• Inspector General Qualifications Emergency Amendment Act of 2003, Bill
  15-200
  • City Council appeal of Superior Court decision, August
    5, 2003
  • Memorandum Order by Judge John M. Campbell, August
    1, 2003
    • “Councilmember Vincent B. Orange’s press statement
      addressing today’s court decision on the Inspector General
      Law,” August 1, 2003
    • “Statement by Mayor Williams on Court Decision Regarding
      Qualifications for Inspector General,” August
      1, 2003
  • General Counsel of the District of Columbia, in Superior Court
    of the District of Columbia, Plaintiff’s Memorandum in
    Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint, or in
    the Alternative, for Summary Judgment, June
    20, 2003
  • Corporation Counsel, in Superior Court of the District of
    Columbia, Defendant’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in
    Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, June
    20, 2003
  • Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chairman, letter to Mayor Williams
    requesting the mayor to place Inspector General Charles C. Maddox
    on administrative leave without pay, June
    18, 2003
  • Superior Court Judge John M. Campbell, Order giving standing to
    City Council to sue Mayor in Inspector General case, June
    18, 2003
  • General Counsel of the District of Columbia, in Superior Court
    of the District of Columbia, Plantiffs’ Supplemental Memorandum
    on the Issue of Standing in Support of Motion for Summary
    Judgment, June 13, 2003
  • Corporation Counsel, in Superior Court of the District of
    Columbia, Defendant’s Supplemental Brief on the Issues of
    Standing and the Applicability of Quo Warranto to the Instant
    Proceedings, June 13, 2003
  • General Counsel of the District of Columbia, in Superior Court
    of the District of Columbia, Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary
    Judgment, June 11, 2003
  • Corporation Counsel, in the Superior Court of the District of
    Columbia, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint, or in the
    Alternative, for Summary Judgment, June
    11, 2003
  • Corporation Counsel, Opposition of Respondent
    Mayor Anthony A. Williams to Petition for Writ of Mandamus, June
    3, 2003
  • Council petition for writ of mandamus to force mayor to obey the
    Inspector General law, June 2, 2003
    • Mayoral press release on Council petition, June
      2, 2003
  • Mayor Williams Declares Council IG Bill “Null”; claims power to
    disobey and ignore a law he claims is invalid; asks Inspector General
    Charles Maddox to remain in office in defiance of city law; and orders
    Chief Financial Officer and Director of Personnel to keep Maddox on
    payroll, May 30, 2003
  • Mayoral veto of the “Inspector General Qualifications Emergency
    Amendment Act of 2003,” April 2, 2003
• Inspector General Qualifications Amendment Act of 2003, Bill
  15-183
  • Testimony of Dorothy Brizill on Bill 15-183, March
    27, 2003
• Charles C. Maddox, Inspector General, Statement on the Health Care
  Safety Net, October 7, 2002
• Letter to Councilmember Vincent Orange, et al., about
  distribution of the Report of Investigation of Fundraising Activities
  of the Executive Office of the Mayor, April
  18, 2002
• City Council Vote of No Confidence in the
  Inspector General of the District of Columbia Charles C. Maddox
  Resolution of 2002 and statement of facts regarding the Inspector
  General, passed unanimously on February 5,
  2002
• Statement on the “Sense of the Council Vote of No-Confidence in
  Inspector General Charles C. Maddox Emergency Resolution of 2002,”
  PR 14-542, passed February 5, 2002
• Committee on Government Operations hearing on the “District of
  Columbia’s Inspector General’s Term of Office and Principal
  Residence,” January 17, 2002
• Inspector General Charles Maddox, letter to Mayor Anthony Williams
  and Council Chairman Linda Cropp on the ongoing investigation of
  fundraising by the Office of the Mayor, January
  14, 2002