Verification Review – Recommendations for the Evaluation Report Titled U.S. Department of the Interior’s Offshore Renewable Energy Program (CR-EV-BOEM-0001-2013)
We reviewed three recommendations (recommendations 2, 3, and 4) made in our September 2013 evaluation report titled U.S. Department of the Interior’s Offshore Renewable Energy Program to verify that the Department implemented the recommendations.We confirmed that recommendations 3 and 4 have been...
Verification Review – Recommendations for the Management Advisory Titled Issues Identified During Our Audit of Interim Costs Claimed by Coastal Environmental Group, Under Contract Nos. INF13PC00214 and INF13PC00195 With the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Verification Review – Recommendations for the Report, Offshore Oil and Gas Permitting, U.S. Department of the Interior (Report No. CR-EV-BSEE-0006-2013)
We completed a verification review of eight recommendations presented in the subject report. The objective of this review was to determine whether the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement implemented the recommendations as reported to the Office of Financial Management (PFM), Office of...
Issues Identified with State Practices in Subaward Administration for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants
Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) provides grant funds to eligible States to conserve, restore, and manage wildlife and sport fish resources. States may provide Program funds to other non-Federal entities to accomplish or support grant...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants Awarded to the State of North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission From July 1, 2016, Through June 30, 2018
We audited costs claimed by the State of North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 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 approximately $103 million on 54 grants that were open...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants Awarded to the State of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Marine Fisheries, From July 1, 2016, Through June 30, 2018
We audited costs claimed by the State of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Marine Fisheries, 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 approximately $8.4...
NPS Employee Made Inappropriate Sexual Advances Towards a Colleague
The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. National Park Service (NPS) employee sexually harassed a colleague during a trip to gather data from a weather station.We found that the employee made unwanted sexual advances towards the colleague during an off-duty road trip including hugging, kissing...
USGS Staff Did not Immediately Inform Their Supervisors About NRC Violations
The OIG investigated an allegation that U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) senior leaders may not have been forthcoming to the USGS Director about their knowledge of violations identified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). In 2018, the NRC issued the USGS a civil penalty for infractions...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants Awarded to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources, From July 1, 2015, Through June 30, 2017
We audited costs claimed by the State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Department) under Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The audit included claims totaling approximately $50 million on 90 grants that were associated with the...