Revising overtime policies with innovative techniques used in other jurisdictions could save the District more than $8 million a year, according to a new inspector general’s report.

On the heels of a recent audit that found the city’s school system faces serious issues with its overtime system, Inspector General Charles Willoughby now says, “Internal control weaknesses may exist in other District agencies.” Overtime payments citywide have jumped the past two years, from $41.3 million in fiscal 2003 to $48 million in 2004 and $55.3 million in 2005.