Department of the Interior

We audited costs claimed by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Fish and Wildlife (Division), under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. We conducted this audit to determine whether the...

We reviewed four recommendations from our 2017 evaluation report titled Improvements Needed in the Bureau of Reclamation’s Oversight of Tribal Rural Water Projects to verify whether the Bureau implemented them.We confirmed that the recommendations have been resolved and implemented.

In our September 30, 2016 evaluation report, Condition of Indian School Facilities, we made 21 recommendations designed to help the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) develop promising practices to ensure that Indian school facilities are operated and maintained...

We audited the costs claimed by the Kentucky Department Fish and Wildlife Resources (Department), under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The audit included claims totaling $70.6 million on 51 grants that were open...

The OIG investigated allegations that QEP Energy Company (QEP) failed to properly value minerals produced from Tribal and Indian Allottee properties for 2013 and 2014.We found that QEP underpaid mineral royalties owed to Indian mineral owners in North Dakota, Oklahoma, and New Mexico by $118,716...

This project originated from our participation on a Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) working group focused on inspecting the supplemental funding appropriated by the U.S. Congress in 2018 for necessary expenses related to the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.We...

We investigated allegations that Helen Hernandez, former Secretary of the Credit and Finance Office (CFO), Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, SD, issued payroll deduction loans to herself. It was also alleged that Hernandez used other individuals’ personal information to acquire...

The October 2020 Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes the Office of Inspector General’s successful work completed from April 1, 2020, through September 30, 2020, to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability within the programs, operations, and management of the U.S. Department of the...

This report details KPMG’s findings of its audit of financial statements from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) for fiscal years 2020 and 2019. The OST financial reports contain financial statements and notes for Tribal and Other Trust Funds (Tribal) and Individual Indian...

In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, we are submitting what we have determined to be the most significant management and performance challenges facing the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), for inclusion in the DOI’s Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2020.Given the...