Opinion ID: 2558572
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 31

Heading: OIG's Internal Inquiry

Text: 60. After Respondent's Council testimony on March 7, 2003, OIG conducted an internal inquiry into Respondent's allegations. Jason Grimes, the then Director of Investigations at OIG, conducted the inquiry. 61. In connection with OIG's internal inquiry, Mr. Grimes requested and obtained the assistance of OCTO and the Secret Service to conduct searches on the computers used by Respondent at OHR and by Mr. Scavdis at OIG to determine the validity of Respondent's assertions concerning e-mails she claimed to have sent Mr. Scavdis and/or OIG. BX 26; Tr. at 489-90, 494-95, 502-04, 510, 527, 534-37. The computer searches revealed no evidence to support Respondent's contentions. BX 34 at 14; Tr. at 500, 502; 387-88, 446-47. 62. Based on the computer searches, OIG was able to determine that the 34-BX 16 at 2-35; BX 34 at 17; Tr. at 501-02, 527-30, 539-41; see BX 20 at 460. Among other alterations that OIG found that Respondent made to the memorandum she sent to Ms. Graham was the deletion of the bolded phrase in her opening paragraph: I believe that Mr. Holman initiated the Performance Improvement Plan in order to eventually terminate my employment with the Office of Human Rights because I first refused to approve an invoice from a contractor who's contract had expired and because I reported this [changed to a] contract violation with the D.C. Inspector General's Office. Compare BX 34 at 52 (first page of actual memo e-mailed to Graham) with BX 16 at 2 (first page of memo provided to Orange). Respondent also deleted references to Mr. Holman's alleged improper use of her travel credit card. Tr. at 502-03, 528-29, 540-41; see BX 34 at 122-26. 63. On March 25, 2003, OIG presented Mr. Orange and other members of the D.C. Council a written report of the results of OIG's internal inquiry demonstrating the falsity of Respondent's testimony, and provided supporting documentation. BX 25 at 2-4; Tr. at 492-93. Nevertheless, Mr. Orange and the Council proceeded to push legislation and take other actions to remove Mr. Maddox as IG based, in part, on Respondent's false statements and documentation that OIG had failed to investigate her complaints about OHR contracts to CLA. Tr. at 1408-11, 1437-38, 1448-50.