• to ensure internal security and integrity of the Department's payment and ancillary systems, • to investigate reports of inappropriate employee conduct in the performance of their duties, and • to prevent, through investigation and review, any continuing wrongdoing, and to ensure the integrity of employee services

Recently, I was sent a picture via Facebook of a pickup loaded with various articles, a boy who appeared to be about 12 years old was riding back there with saw horses, etc. I found out later, there was a car seat in the bed of the truck also with a toddler in it. Several years ago there was a death in Stephen County when a toddler bounced out of a pickup as it crossed over a railroad track at too fast speed. The baby was killed. I cannot believe there is still no law in this county to prevent something so horrible.

Medicare, alone, loses an estimated $110 billion every year to fraud, waste and abuse. Claims paid for people who don't exist, or have never been treated. Massive over treatment and unnecessary hospitalization by health care providers for the sake of revenue. This affects all of us in the form of higher taxes and premiums, with reduced services, threatening the entire U.S. economy and society.

Question on job applications ask "if ever convicted of felony?" with disclaimer that answering yes will not hinder consideration for employment when in fact it does. However, if it doesn't why ask? Maybe the question should be followed by "how long ago was the conviction?" Employers cannot ask a persons age on an application and a person has the option to answer the question about race. Omitting these questions help to curtail discrimination against age and race. Ex offenders like my significant other, who has been released from prison and has had no other issues with the law since 1996, can't get pass this issue. If an offender has paid their debt to society and have had no other run ins with the law in almost 17 years, shouldn't they be given a second chance? By not giving these people another chance to change their lives could result in desperation acts of trying to provide for themselves or a family.

After more distracted drivers using phone/text.How many people are going to die before our Governor makes this a real priority. Make enforcement easier & fines a real deterrent .

I have MS and I have not found anything that helps me to relax and forget the constant discomfort and pain as much as Marijuana. It is the only thing that allows me to get a restful night sleep. But putting my views aside it has been proven that it helps many people with Cancer, Authorities,Etc.and many states have already seen the benefits. Let catch up with the rest of the country and stop letting our friends and relatives suffer needlessly.

I have a great work history of 11 years within one company. Last year I was laid off due to a conversion and centralization within the company I worked for. When I wanted to return to work, I was told that the company would only look 10 or 7 years back. I have a felony conviction from 1996. I applied for a job that said they would only check 7 years back. I was hired but fired after 1 week when they said they found something on my record from 1996!! I am 39 credits away from my bachelor's degree in Accounting. How can I get a job?!!!

The recent gun violence that killed 6-year old Aliyah Shell in Little Village and 7-year old Heaven Sutton on the Westside as well as the massacres in Aurora, CO and Oak Creek, WI demonstrate that we need to pass HB 5831 in Illinois. We believe that requiring handguns to be titled like cars and banning military style assault weapons from our communities are two reasonable solutions to save lives. We urge lawmakers to enact stronger common sense gun laws to protect our communities from this gun violence epidemic. HB 5831 would: • require all gun owners to register their handguns with the Illinois State Police, and renew that registration every 5 years. The records would be considered private, and would not be released publicly. • require all gun owners to present a Certificate of Registration issued by the Illinois State Police in order to transfer or possess handguns, and create a Class 2 Felony for falsifying the information. • require gun owners to report the theft or loss of a firearm to law enforcement within 72 hours of becoming aware of it, and creates a Class A Misdemeanor for the offense. • generate resources to help shore up thousands of records on dangerously mentally ill and other prohibited persons that are estimated missing from the flawed ISP FOID Card System and the FBI NICS. El reciente acto de violencia a mano armada que mató a Shell Aliyah de 6 años de edad en La Villita o Sutton Cielo de 7 años al oeste de la ciudad a las masacres en el cine de Aurora, Colorado, y contra la comunidad Sikh en Oak Creek, Wisconsin, demuestran que tenemos poner alto los asesinatos insensatos con armas de fuego. Creemos que requerir que armas de fuego sean registradas como los coches y que prohibir armas de asalto estilo militar en nuestras comunidades son dos soluciones razonables para salvar vidas. Instamos a los legisladores a promulgar leyes más duras con sentido común en contra el uso de armas para proteger a nuestras comunidades de esta epidemia conocida como la violencia armada.

Police violence towards American citizens has escalated , with officers having no fear of retaliation unless sued in court , if an Officer loses his case in court and found guilty , then the guilty officer should compensate the victim with the Officers , pension and unions own monies instead of charging the tax payer .

Billions are stolen from the public while tens of thousands of families are destroyed to stuff the pockets of people making money from the corrupt policce/war on drugs/prison system. It has to stop.

Why is the federal government giving life sentences to drug dealers? Jails were made for violent offenders. When is this going to stop? My son is facing life for selling drugs. Once these guys get out, they can't get a job because they are felons. Come on USA, we've got to do better by our people. The USA is creating monsters in these jails.

We must work together and our state Legislators need to help US fix or rewrite the law to end/stop modern-day slavery. The issue drew the attention of President Obama at former President Bill Clinton's Clinton Global Initiative on Tuesday (Sept. 25), where Obama said the estimated 20 million victims of human trafficking would become a major focus of his Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. "Like that Good Samaritan on the road to Jericho, we can't just pass by, indifferent," Obama said. "We've got to be moved by compassion. We've got to bind up the wounds."