Category: Illinois Auditor General’s Report
State Agency Paid Staffing Firm $78.5 Million for Contractors’ Standby Time
In a report ordered by a 2024 resolution from the Legislative Audit Commission and released on August 11, 2026, the office of Illinois Auditor General Christopher Meister found that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency-Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) was poorly managed and monitored its use of contractors during fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The biggest