We summarized what we have determined to be the most significant management and performance challenges facing DOI for FY 2024.
RECENT REPORTS
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We found issues with resolution of deficiencies, emergency management and security, data reliability, and staffing at Havasupai Elementary School…
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We found that a former DOI Deputy Secretary failed to monitor his investments or recuse himself from a matter in which he held financial interests…
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OIA allocated nearly $20 million in IIJA and IRA funding to American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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We partially substantiated allegations that a senior DOI official violated ethics requirements and failed to disclose prohibited investments.
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We audited WSFR grants awarded by FWS to New Jersey to ensure compliance and cost allowability.
Issue Areas
The OIG is charged with oversight of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $756 million pandemic relief fund. Learn how we are fulfilling our mission to prevent fraud, waste, and misuse during this crisis.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education provide services to 574 federally recognized tribes with a population of about 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. OIG oversight helps prevent fraud and mismanagement that diverts funds from those in need.
DOI has significant financial assets, including contracts, financial assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements), property, and other resources. Within this broad area, we prioritize oversight work on grants and contracts, CARES Act, and spending under the Great American Outdoors Act.
OIG In The News
Press Release
BECKLEY, W.Va. – Jennifer Douglas, 48, of Beckley, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation and ordered to pay $168,729.13 in restitution for theft from federal programs.
Press Release
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that James Montoya, 54, of Lakewood, was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of wire fraud.