Employees of Atlanta’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) asked for protections under state and federal whistleblower protection laws Monday in a letter alleging corruption and misuse of funds at the highest levels of Atlanta city government. The letter was sent to the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Attorney General’s Office and Georgia’s Office of Inspector General.
The letter was signed by Deputy Inspector General Shelby J. Williams, an assistant inspector general, two senior investigators, and the office’s business manager. It comes two weeks after former Inspector General Shannon Manigault resigned from her post, reporting being stonewalled and harassed by members of the Mayor’s Office and City Council.
“The federal government and State of Georgia afford protections to employees that come forth and identify vulnerabilities within government systems.” the OIG employees wrote in the letter, which summarized 11 of the OIG’s ongoing investigations. The subjects of those investigations include Mayor Andre Dickens, members of his cabinet, high-ranking departmental managers, and City Councilmember Andrea Boone, according to the letter.
Star-C reportedly the subject of several OIG investigations
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