Maryland Office of Inspector General for Education Archives

BCPS issues statement regarding release of the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education report on November 2020 cyberattack

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools officials have issued a statement following this week’s release of the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education report on the November 2020 cyberattack on BCPS. The full statement from BCPS reads as follows: “The OIGE report highlights BCPS’ extensive and immediate recovery efforts that have now positioned the system years ahead of other […]

Governor Hogan asks state Board of Education to advance investigation of grade-changing practices in Baltimore City Public Schools

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Chris Montcalmo

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan this week announced that he has asked the Maryland State Board of Education to advance the Inspector General for Education’s recommendation for a full independent investigation of widespread grade changing practices in Baltimore City Public Schools. “Marylanders are demanding better outcomes and more accountability for the taxpayer dollars entrusted to the local school systems charged with […]

Associate Medical Director of Baltimore County pain management practice sentenced to federal prison for accepting kick-backs

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Associate Medical Director of a Baltimore County pain management clinic will spend time behind bars after accepting kick-backs. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III this week sentenced Howard Hoffberg, M.D., 65, of Reisterstown, to eight months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback statutes, in connection with a […]

St. Jude Medical agrees to pay $27 million for allegedly selling defective heart devices

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—St. Jude Medical, Inc. has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that, between November 2014 and October 2016, it knowingly sold defective heart devices to health care facilities that, in turn, implanted the devices into patients insured by federal healthcare programs. St. Jude was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in January 2017. The […]

Inspector General unable to determine source of pornographic noises heard during Baltimore County School Board meeting

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—The Board of Education of Baltimore County and Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darryl L. Williams on Tuesday issued the following statement from the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education regarding the board meeting held on Tuesday, October 13, 2020: “On October 15, 2020, the Board Officers, in consultation with the Superintendent and Board counsel, requested […]

Governor Hogan announces appointment of Maryland’s first education Inspector General

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan on Monday announced the appointment of Richard P. Henry as Maryland’s first Inspector General for Education. Henry, who has over 30 years of law enforcement experience at the federal level, currently serves as executive director of the Maryland State Department of Education’s Office of Compliance and Monitoring. “For five years, our administration has been working hard […]

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