Pittsburgh ICA

ICA director completed conflicting ethics forms, filed neither with state

First Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority executive director Henry Sciortino couldn't produce mandatory statement of financial interest forms he was supposed to file annually with the ...

Forensic audit of Pittsburgh oversight agency planned amid claims contracts were manipulated

The corruption probe of the Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Agency will expand to include a series of contracts the state watchdog agency allegedly forced on the ...

Lame-duck director produces financial forms but ICA won't certify accuracy

The lame-duck director of a state-created authority overseeing Pittsburgh's finances has produced five years of annual financial disclosure forms that he was required to have ...

ICA picks interim director committed to 'openness, transparency'

The state agency overseeing Pittsburgh's finances made it official on Monday, announcing Gordon Reynolds "Renny" Clark as its interim director. The deal between the Pittsburgh ...

Democratic senators propose reforms for Pittsburgh's Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority

Top Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate on Friday introduced legislation designed to reform an embattled state watchdog overseeing Pittsburgh's finances, drawing the strong support ...

Investigators serve search warrant on Pittsburgh ICA headquarters

Seeking banking records, computer equipment and internal financial documents, Allegheny County District Attorney's Office detectives Wednesday raided the Downtown headquarters of the state agency overseeing ...

Pittsburgh ICA board dumping executive director

Henry V. Sciortino, the man who oversaw more than a decade of budget battles between state fiscal overseers and Pittsburgh officials, is losing his contract ...

Pittsburgh oversight agency head denies wrongdoing in email to higher-ups

The embattled executive director of the Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority told board members, state lawmakers and officials in an email that he did not destroy ...

Pittsburgh might pay price if ICA director is dismissed

The board overseeing the Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority weighed the fate of embattled director Henry Sciortino during a secret session Wednesday, arriving at few good ...

Allegheny County DA begins probe of ICA

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. launched a criminal probe into a state watchdog agency overseeing Pittsburgh's finances, as state lawmakers and city ...

Pittsburgh oversight agency found to have destroyed financial records

Since it was formed in 2004, the Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority has relentlessly forced city officials to surrender financial documents as part of a state ...

ICA director had financial problems of his own, Trib investigation finds

Second in a series. Henry V. Sciortino, the executive director of a state authority entrusted to oversee Pittsburgh's finances and prevent insolvency the past ...

Pittsburgh fiscal overseer reorganizes, embraces spending rules

A trio of new members appointed by state Democratic leaders to Pittsburgh's financial oversight board deposed its Republican chairman Monday and unanimously agreed to new ...