{"id":16209,"date":"2024-05-03T12:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T16:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collierclerk.com\/?p=16209"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:59:33","slug":"the-clerks-office-of-inspector-general-oig-train-clerks-statewide-on-saving-taxpayer-dollars-with-contract-oversight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/the-clerks-office-of-inspector-general-oig-train-clerks-statewide-on-saving-taxpayer-dollars-with-contract-oversight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clerk\u2019s Office of Inspector General (OIG) Trains Clerks Statewide on \u201cSaving Taxpayer Dollars with Contract Oversight\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I, along with our Senior Inspector in our OIG Katerina Pelic and the Miami-Dade Clerk\u2019s Assistant Director Phillip Rincon, gave a presentation at the Florida Court Clerk and Comptroller (FCCC) Winter Conference about the contract oversight function, and how that process yields taxpayer savings. Mr. Rincon presented his approach to contract oversight in Miami-Dade and Ms. Pelic and I discussed Collier\u2019s method of contract oversight for the Board of County Commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>Statewide, most Clerks do not have a formal Contract Oversight function within their Office of Inspector General.\u00a0 Ms. Pelic explained that Contract Oversight consists of varying levels of assessments, inspections and evaluations of the County\u2019s public contracts, grants, programs, and procurements.\u00a0 This section of the OIG performs real-time monitoring of selected County contracting and program activities, providing contemporaneous feedback to County stakeholders.\u00a0\u00a0 Contract Oversight is meant to support transparency and accountability in the County&#8217;s expenditure of monies, and to help detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of public resources.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2020 through 2023, the Contract Oversight function yielded the highest taxpayer savings for the OIG.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16210\" src=\"https:\/\/collierclerk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/04.png 624w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-150x85.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Clerk\u2019s OIG produced more than double the number of Contract Oversight reports during that same period, as the process is more nimble and less formal than what is required for audits or investigations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16211\" src=\"https:\/\/collierclerk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/05.png 624w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/05-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/05-150x81.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Contract Oversight function is supported by the Association of Inspectors General (AIG) through their Certified Inspector General Inspector\/Evaluator (CIGE) program, and the function is subject to the AIG\u2019s peer review process. The OIG has two CIGE staff and a part-time analyst who support the Contract Oversight function.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16212\" src=\"https:\/\/collierclerk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/06.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/06.png 624w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/06-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/06-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 62 attendees from Clerk\u2019s offices around the state, were very complimentary of the presentation, with comments such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI found this course very helpful! I plan to connect with Collier County in the future.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2026this topic was awesome and I would have loved more time on the subject and to be able to discuss with peers.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our Office continues to work with other Clerk\u2019s Offices to ensure the best possible practices and processes for detecting issues in contracting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/designrr.page\/?id=306011&amp;token=3770479783&amp;h=6642\">Read and download the full May 2024 Newsletter here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I, along with our Senior Inspector in our OIG Katerina Pelic and the Miami-Dade Clerk\u2019s Assistant Director Phillip Rincon, gave &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The Clerk\u2019s Office of Inspector General (OIG) Trains Clerks Statewide on \u201cSaving Taxpayer Dollars with Contract Oversight\u201d\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/the-clerks-office-of-inspector-general-oig-train-clerks-statewide-on-saving-taxpayer-dollars-with-contract-oversight\/#more-16209\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Clerk\u2019s Office of Inspector General (OIG) Trains Clerks Statewide on \u201cSaving Taxpayer Dollars with Contract Oversight\u201d\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":16213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[701,1073,885,1072,728],"class_list":["post-16209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","tag-clerks-office-of-inspector-general-oig","tag-florida-court-clerk-and-comptroller-fccc-winter-conference","tag-katerina-pelic","tag-miami-dade-clerks-assistant-director-phillip-rincon","tag-office-of-inspector-general-oig","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16241,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16209\/revisions\/16241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}