Section 605.10  Jurisdiction

a)         The jurisdiction of the Inspector General is to investigate allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance, misfeasance, malfeasance, or violations of the Act or violations of other related laws or rules involving employees of the Office of the Auditor General. 

b)         The Inspector General will decline to investigate the following types of complaints:

1)         complaints relating to conduct the most recent act of which occurred more than a year before the complaint is filed, except when there is reasonable cause to believe that fraudulent concealment has occurred.  To constitute fraudulent concealment sufficient to toll this limitations period, there must be an affirmative act or representation calculated to prevent discovery of the fact that a violation has occurred;

2)         complaints involving vendors of the Office of the Auditor General, unless the complaint also specifically alleges improper conduct by an employee of the Office of the Auditor General relating to that vendor;

3)         anything that has been fully adjudicated (administratively or in a court) or is pending before an agency or pending in civil or criminal court; and

4)         disagreements of legal interpretations relating to or arising out of the audit and examination process or decisions by the Office of the Auditor General relating to audits or examinations.

c)         The Inspector General may also decline to investigate the following types of complaints:

1)         complaints in which a person is dissatisfied with the Office of the Auditor General's administrative or personnel policies or procedures, such as the identity of one's supervisor or a work assignment; and

2)         complaints that are currently pending before another federal, State or local entity.

(Source:  Amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 11477, effective August 13, 2010)