Policy and Procedure Recommendations for NYC Agencies

The New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) issues formal Policy and Procedure Recommendations (PPRs) to city agencies to correct vulnerabilities found during investigations. This dataset tracks the status of these recommendations, including their issuance, acceptance, and implementation. It supports DOI's approach to preventing fraud and corruption through systemic reforms.

Use Cases

• Tracking recommendation implementation status across agencies using the `Implementation Status` and `Agency Reported Status` columns.
• Analyzing the timeline from investigation to action using the `Date Issued` and `Date Implemented` columns.
• Identifying agencies with open recommendations using the `Agency` and `Acceptance Status` columns.
• Auditing the nature of systemic vulnerabilities identified by DOI using the `Recommendation` column.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the authoritative New York City Department of Investigation.
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals official importance and public accessibility.
• The dataset structure includes key tracking fields for monitoring the lifecycle of policy recommendations.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and license information is missing from all provided sources.
• The 'last updated' timestamps conflict between sources (2026-03-22 vs 2026-03-18), creating uncertainty about freshness.
• The Data.gov source lacks column information, limiting a complete understanding of the data schema from that platform.

Provenance

Source

New York City Department of Investigation (DOI)

Collection Method

Pulled from the DOI's public Policy and Procedure Recommendations (PPR) Portal.

Freshness

2026-03-22 03:56:05.520954

Geography

New York City