Office Of Inspector General in the News
2025
OIG report finds violations of unreported income in several Jacksonville Housing Authority programs
Date: December 4, 2025
Summary: News4Jax: A new report from the city's Office of Inspector General found significant policy violations within the Jacksonville Housing Authority, including repeated failures to properly manage cases of unreported income in its housing programs.
Jax Inspector General recommends tighter telework policy for Donna Deegan staff
Date: September 16, 2025
Summary: Florida Politics: A report released by Jacksonville’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) urges Mayor Donna Deegan's Office to more closely define what is and isn’t allowed for remote workers.
Office of Inspector General investigation reveals improper payments in housing assistance program
Date: September 4, 2025
Summary: Action News Jax: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has uncovered significant fraud in the Housing of People with Aids (HOPWA) Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Assistance (STRMU) program, with $366,335.77 disbursed to recipients who exceeded the program's 21-week assistance limit without proper documentation.
Date: April 17, 2025
Summary: News4Jax: A woman was charged with grand theft and other charges after being accused of submitting fraudulent applications for a COVID-19 rental assistance program and obtaining thousands of dollars, according to Jacksonville’s Office of Inspector General.
Jacksonville resident charged with fraud, grand theft, and money laundering
Date: April 17, 2025
Summary: Jax Daily Record: Jacksonville resident charged with fraud, grand theft, and money laundering. The city Office of Inspector General determined Chauntel Francis illegally obtained COVID-19 relief funds.
Summary: Action News Jax: This Week in the 904: Deputy Inspector General Rick Samples
Date: March 14, 2025
Summary: News4Jax: A new report by Jacksonville's Office of Inspector General (OIG) released on Thursday found that the city's Solid Waste Division significantly reduced overtime hours and costs following a 2024 investigation into allegations of overtime fraud.
The Jacksonville Office of Inspector General: An eye on how the city does business
Date: February 10, 2025
Summary: Jax Daily Record: The OIG provides oversight with a nonpartisan, nonpolitical perspective.
2024
Date: December 13, 2024
Summary: News4Jax: An investigation into a Jacksonville crime prevention program that ended last year found it lacked oversight -- just one of several deficiencies highlighted in a new report on "Cure Violence" from the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Investigation finds hiring violations, money mismanagement at Families of Slain Children nonprofit
Date: November 21, 2024
Summary: News4Jax: The Families of Slain Children, Inc., a Jacksonville-based nonprofit known for its work supporting grieving families, is under scrutiny following an investigation by the city’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The findings raise concerns about the organization’s management and hiring practices. The OIG report, released Thursday, addressed several allegations, including mismanagement of city funds, failure to pay subcontractors, and operating without a solicitation permit.
Date: October 30, 2024
Summary: Action News Jax: Jacksonville's Office of Inspector General said JEA needs to better train board members about Sunshine Law violations. The investigation stems from allegations that board members for the city-owned utility discussed leadership matters without public disclosure.
Duval County schools update policies for life-saving device following Inspector General report
Date: September 4, 2024
Summary: First Coast News: Duval County Public Schools is making changes to its automated external defibrillator, or AED, policies that one heart health advocate said could save lives.
Prepaid card intended for housing authority residents got used instead at Biscottis
Date: August 29, 2024
Summary: Florida Times Union: A former Jacksonville Housing Authority finance executive was arrested on a charge of fraudulent use of a credit card after an investigation found numerous prepaid cards that were supposed to help low-income residents instead were used at a Publix store and at the upscale Biscottis restaurant in Avondale.
'Gross Abuse': Jacksonville IG report finds solid waste employee got $120K of overtime in a year
Date: July 16, 2024
Summary: One City of Jacksonville Division of Solid Waste employee made $120,000 in overtime in just one year, according to a new Inspector General's report released Tuesday.
Investigates: Broken promise in Jacksonville affordable housing as free property turned profits
Date: July 8, 2024
Summary: As Jacksonville leads the state in evictions and rents are sky-high, Action News Jax found the city has dropped the ball in a big way when it comes to affordable housing. A report by the Office of Inspector General shows the city has been giving away property to people who say they’ll build affordable housing but failed to make sure the new owners followed through.
Date: July 3, 2024
Summary: Jacksonville’s inspector general is cracking down on the relationship between the city and a nonprofit helping the homeless community.
A new report from the inspector general found “significant deficiencies” in oversight of the way Clara White Mission is using grant funding.
Inspector General says city failed in oversight of grants to Clara White Mission
Date: July 1, 2024
Summary: The city of Jacksonville failed to adequately oversee grants awarded to Clara White Mission, the nonprofit headed by City Council member Ju'Coby Pittman, and the organization could not provide accurate data for how many people it serves in its program that give meals to the homeless, according to a city Office of Inspector General report issued Monday.
IG reveals $138k in questionable purchases at Duval Supervisors of Elections Office
Date: March 27, 2024
Summary: Action News Jax: The Duval County Supervisor of Elections Office protects the integrity of elections, but there are new questions about the accounting integrity of the office. In a new report, the City of Jacksonville’s Office of Inspector General concluded an employee “amassed over $138,000 of questionable purchasing card transactions with no corresponding receipts” from March 2020 through December 2023.
Date: January 18, 2024
Summary: During a review of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), Jacksonville's Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported that it uncovered five previously unreported cases of fraud involving more than $314,000. The OIG referred those five cases to state and federal prosecutors for criminal prosecution.
2023
Inspector General examines management of nearly $2 million for public housing residents
Date: December 13, 2023
Summary: The Florida Times-Union: The Jacksonville Housing Authority board is awaiting the public release of a closely watched Inspector General's investigation in the coming days before deciding what action it might take for managing a program that provides utility allowances to residents.
OIG Review: Questions raised about $4.3M in Jacksonville resiliency contracts
Date: October 17, 2023
Summary: Action News Jax: A review by the City of Jacksonville’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) concluded Chief Resilience Officer Anne Coglianese showed “preferential treatment” which led to $4.3 million in city contracts for resiliency consulting work awarded to companies that employ her former co-workers from Louisiana.
Two charged in relation to fraudulent assistance applications
Date: May 15, 2023
Summary: FirstCoastNews Report re: OIG investigation into fraudulent Mortgage, Rental, and Utility Assistance program applications (2022-0026)