Department of the Interior

The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) administrative assistant made numerous personal purchases using a Government purchase card from 2016 to 2018.Our investigation found that during that 2-year period the employee made 27 personal purchases totaling $7,454.88...

The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) manager accepted gifts from prohibited sources, awarded contracts to personal friends, directed improper credit card purchases, and violated travel regulations.We did not find evidence that the manager’s actions violated...

We investigated allegations that Lawrence Killsback, while serving as President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe (NCT), submitted fraudulent travel claims. The funds used to pay the fraudulent claims came from federally funded NCT programs. Our investigation focused on Killsback’s regional travel in...

The OIG investigated allegations that Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Facilities employees Simon Nunez, David Parrish, and Leland Martinez and San Felipe School employees Ruby Montoya and Nancy Nunez made personal purchases on their assigned Government charge cards.Parrish and Martinez admitted to...

The OIG investigated an allegation that an employee with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (AS-IA) may have improperly used entities that he owned or had a financial interest in to perform work at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI).We found that the employee was...

We investigated allegations that two National Park Service (NPS) managers violated contracting regulations and procedures by using the Standard Form 182 (SF-182), which is meant to fund standardized training, to pay a company for extended work on an internal NPS training website. We also...

We investigated allegations that a then senior political employee of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) did not comply with his Federal ethics pledge under Executive Order No. 13770 when he communicated with a former employer during the required 2-year recusal period following the political...