Department of the Interior

We did not substantiate allegations that a company or its contractors, provided BSEE false information in response to an incident of noncompliance.

We substantiated allegations that a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation employee illegally used a Government purchase card and falsified time records.

An Administrative Judge violated ethics regulations and did not comply with an ethics recusal and prohibited holdings waiver.

We found that an oil and gas company did not violate safety and environmental regulations.

Using a risk-based, tiered approach to focus our limited resources, AIE will initiate work in nine focus areas in 2022 – 2023.

The DOI did not track FOIA reviews under its now-rescinded awareness review process, and our analysis of the process suggested a lack of clarity.

We found safety concerns and other deficiencies at the USPP’s dispatch center that undermine its ability to achieve its core public safety mission.

We substantiated allegations that a leaseholder failed to make timely royalty payments for minerals (gravel) a subcontractor removed from a tribally owned gravel pit.

The official embezzled $95,001 by making personal purchases.

We substantiated that an unknown individual fraudulently represented themselves as a DOI official and misdirected $64,097 of the official’s pay.