Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Office of the Illinois Attorney General
The role of the Office of the Executive Inspector General (“OEIG”) is to ensure that all employees and vendors under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General maintain the highest standards of integrity and accountability. The OEIG investigates allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, and related violations of the law involving individuals employed by or doing business with the Office of the Attorney General.
The Attorney General appointed the first Executive Inspector General in September 2004. The OEIG is authorized by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act (5 ILCS 430) and is separate and independent from the Office of the Attorney General. The statute also gives the OEIG subpoena power.
Individuals are encouraged to contact the OEIG with information regarding waste, fraud, corruption, and abuse relating to employees of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General. Although a complaint may be made anonymously under the law, it is the practice of the OEIG to keep the name of the complainant confidential, unless otherwise required by law. Further, under the law the name of the individual providing information can only be disclosed with that person's consent or if disclosure of the identity of the person is required by law.
Executive Inspector General Diane Saltoun
Before coming to work as Executive Inspector General for the Illinois Attorney General's Office, Diane worked for 13 years as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Illinois. Her most recent position in that office was as a Deputy Chief in the General Crimes Division and the Coordinator of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a federal, state, and local initiative to reduce gun violence. Diane has extensive experience investigating and prosecuting cases involving public corruption, white collar crime, environmental violations, drugs, and violence. Diane is also on the faculty at the University of Chicago Law School.