The Times-PicayuneLouisiana auditor is latest to scrutinize New Orleans City Hall for alleged improprieties
written by David Hammer
Wednesday September 16, 2009, 2:26 PM
State auditors who investigate allegations of governmental impropriety have begun a probe of New Orleans City Hall, the official in charge of the investigation said Wednesday.
Dan Daigle, director of the legislative auditor's Compliance Audit Division, said his office is conducting a review of all city offices, including the inspector general's office, the independent agency responsible for keeping an eye on City Hall locally.
Daigle said his team is considering allegations swirling around several city offices and conducting "risk assessments" to determine what parts of city government require a closer look.
"If we find enough risk, we'll go on to audit the various components of city government," Daigle said. "I can't tell you where we are in that process. When we get to the point where we're auditing an office, if you ask, we'll tell you."
The Compliance Audit Division typically looks for criminal activity and sends its findings to state or federal law enforcement. But its probe of City Hall comes with several other investigations already well under way.
At the start of the year, the city inspector general released a report on crime-camera contracts that was handed over to the FBI. In June, the FBI executed search warrants in Mayor Ray Nagin's technology office, and the U.S. Attorney's Office gave a rare acknowledgment that it was investigating that office and specifically the crime camera issue.
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