Department of the Interior

We found a former NPS official failed to comply with an ethics standard when she participated in particular matters involving a former employer.

We substantiated allegations that a former DOI official violated Federal conflict of interest requirements on post-employment representation.

We found that a former OSMRE official gave the appearance of preferential treatment to a mining company and lacked candor with our office.

We found that UCRC misclassified its agreements and did not verify whether subcontractors were on an exclusions list prior to awarding funds.

We found that BOR complied with required laws and regulations when awarding drought mitigation funds but there are opportunities for improvement.

We found that an energy company failed to pay required Federal royalties on production from wells in Yuma County, Colorado.

We found USPP officers did not violate DOI or USPP use of force policies in an attempted arrest and fatal shooting in Washington, DC.

The Department’s Federal award administration included significant control deficiencies related to expenditure tracking and reimbursement requests.

Kentucky generally fulfilled IIJA AML goals; however, we identified issues with its grant spending and financial performance tracking and reporting.

Because BOR’s IRA-funded canal improvement projects have been cancelled, we are closing this audit.