Department of the Interior

We have completed a review of DOI’s progress in implementing our past audit recommendations addressing Government charge card internal controls.

We found that a former BIA employee defrauded the Government through misuse of Government credit cards and other misconduct.

We audited costs claimed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection under WSFR grants awarded by the FWS.

We audited costs claimed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency under grants awarded by the FWS through WSFR.

We reviewed the actions of the NPS and USPP in preparing for WFAF’s demonstration at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021.

The DOI took actions to address the six recommendations we reviewed; we determined all six recommendations have been implemented.

KPMG audited DOI’s financial statements and found three material weaknesses and one significant deficiency in financial reporting internal controls.

We found that the NPS did not adequately monitor States’ administration of LWCF funds.

We found that the DOI’s bureaus do not perform any analysis of effective royalty rates for Federal oil and gas developed on Federal lands or offshore.

This semiannual report summarizes the work we completed from April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023.