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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)

The National Park Service Did Not Oversee Its General Agreements

2020
2019-CR-035
Audit
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We evaluated the National Park Service’s (NPS’) general agreements (GAs) to determine if the NPS oversees its GAs to ensure compliance with policies and governing laws.We found that the NPS did not oversee its GAs to ensure compliance with policies and governing laws. The NPS did not maintain a...

Review of Recommendations for the Evaluation Report Titled Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Southern Ute Agency’s Management of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Energy Resources (CR-EV-BIA-0011-2014)

2020
2020-CR-025
Review
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We reviewed the seven recommendations from our 2016 evaluation report titled Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Southern Ute Agency’s Management of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Energy Resources to verify whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Southern Ute Agency implemented them.We confirmed that the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Needs To Improve Oversight of Its Friends Program

2020
2019-CR-011
Audit
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We audited the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to determine whether it ensured that donations and revenues collected by friends organizations were accounted for and spent in accordance with governing laws.We found that the FWS did not ensure its friends organizations fully accounted for and...

Refuge Volunteers Misused Government Housing at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge

2020
19-0309
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We investigated allegations that U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) volunteers at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge allowed guests to utilize Government housing, against FWS policy. We also investigated the circumstances surrounding the termination of two other volunteers from the refuge.We determined...

Opportunity To Examine Email Access at the National Indian Gaming Commission

2020
19-0123
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

During a recent OIG investigation, we found that the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) has an internal policy that permits authorized senior staff to obtain access to employee emails to ensure “efficient and proper operation of the workplace,” or to search for “suspected misconduct.” We found...

Alleged Smuggling of Contraband by a National Park Employee

2020
18-0898
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We investigated an allegation that a National Park Service (NPS) employee assisted inmates from a prison work detail to smuggle contraband into a Federal penitentiary.We determined that during the prison work detail at a national park, inmates—whose criminal histories included firearms- and drug...

Mining Company Removed Coal From Unleased Land

2020
20-0127
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

The OIG investigated allegations that Bronco Utah Operations, LLC (Bronco), a coal mining company based in Utah, improperly removed Federal coal without a lease.We determined that Bronco trespassed into unleased Federal coal deposits that resulted in a loss of public revenues. The Bureau of Land...

Alleged Oil Theft Referred to BLM for Enforcement

2020
19-0688
Investigation
Department of the Interior OIG
Department of the Interior

We investigated allegations that an oil and gas company unlawfully removed oil from a Federal mineral lease, transported the Federal oil to a Wyoming State lease, and concealed both the production and the transfer of the oil from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).We determined that the alleged...

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