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Website
https://www.doioig.gov/
Abbreviation
DOI
Agencies
Department of the Interior
Federal Agency
Yes
Location

United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline
Anyone with information regarding fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, or mismanagement involving the programs or activities of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) should contact the DOI Office of Inspector General (OIG) hotline. Please provide as many details as you can when completing our hotline complaint form. Without specific information, we may be unable to act on your concerns. The DOI OIG has oversight responsibilities of DOI employees, programs, contracts, and grants, to include disclosures concerning the following bureaus and offices:
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
  • Bureau of Reclamation
  • Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
  • Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
  • National Park Service
  • Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Office of the Secretary
  • Office of Policy, Management and Budget
  • Office of the Solicitor
  • Office of the Chief Information Officer
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs
  • Other Interior Offices
DOI OIG has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving:
  • DOI employees
  • Employees of DOI contractors, subcontractors, grantees, and subgrantees
  • DOI employees who feel their security clearance or access to classified information has been taken in retaliation for whistleblowing
If you wish to file a complaint, please click here.
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline
  • 911 Emergencies
  • Tribal, State, and Local police matters (unless DOI funds are involved)
  • Issues handled by other Government agencies such as the Office of Personnel Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Health and Human Services (to include Indian Health Care issues)
Hotline Page
https://www.doioig.gov/oig-hotline-forms
Whistleblower Protection Page
https://www.doioig.gov/complaints-requests/whistleblower-protection

BIE Employees Misused Government Charge Cards

2020
17-0209
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

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...

AS-IA Employee Misused Charge Card and Received Improper Cash Payments

2020
17-0844
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

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...

NPS Managers Circumvented Contracting Regulations to Pay Over $1 Million to a Vendor Without Competition

2020
19-0473
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

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...

Alleged Violations of Ethics Pledge by a Senior DOI Political Employee

2021
19-0300
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

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...

Recommendations for the Report Titled U.S. Department of the Interior’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Not Yet Capable of Providing Complete Information for Enterprise Risk Determinations (Report No. ISD-IN-MOA-0004-2014-I)

2020
2020-ER-048
Review
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We reviewed Recommendations 1, 2, 5, and 6 from our 2016 report titled U.S. Department of the Interior’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Not Yet Capable of Providing Complete Information for Enterprise Risk Determinations to verify whether the OCIO implemented them.We consider...

Recommendations for the Report Titled Stronger Internal Controls Needed Over Indian Affairs Loan Guarantee Program (Report No. 2016-CR-036)

2020
2020-CR-031
Review
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We reviewed the 13 recommendations from our 2017 report titled Stronger Internal Controls Needed Over Indian Affairs Loan Guarantee Program to verify whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development implemented them.We confirmed that the 13 recommendations have...

Recommendations 1 – 3 and 6 – 8 From the Evaluation Report Titled, The Bureau of Indian Education Is Not Ensuring That Background Checks at Indian Education Facilities Are Complete (Report No. 2017-WR-024)

2020
Review
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We reviewed 6 of the 11 recommendations from our 2018 evaluation report titled, The Bureau of Indian Education Is Not Ensuring That Background Checks at Indian Education Facilities Are Complete, to verify whether the Bureau of Indian Education implemented them.We confirmed that Recommendations 1 – 3...

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